Articles of ‘Ruben Östlund’

Kettle’s Whistle. Back to Square One

Kettle’s Whistle. Back to Square One

By Michele Robecchi
There were great expectations last spring when Ruben Östlund’s film The Square was premiered in Cannes. Finally, so it seemed, the contemporary art world would be the recipient of a well-researched, intelligent, and caustic study safely distant from the vapid clichés that have dominated every production on the subject so far. [...]