Kristian Vistrup Madsen is an arts and culture writer based in Berlin, Germany.
Thomas Vinterberg’s latest film about a group of middle-aged men finding happiness through the habitual consumption of alcohol is sentimental and without complexity
Kristian Vistrup Madsen on Da Corte’s ‘Chicken’, which resurrected a 1966 Allan Kaprow happening
At KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, more than 250 works offer dark and eccentric makeovers of psychoanalysis and kitsch
At Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, the artist’s painted grids speak to how memories are always mediated and wrought
The first in a series looking at alternative approaches to biennials
A private show in Stuttgart to neo-Nazi demos in Berlin, queer lessons in times of change
An exhibition at Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, reveals how the artist uses the technique of collage to create an aesthetic of ambivalence
The brainchild of a cohort of next-gen galleries, the Various Others initiative is an attempt to rejuvenate the city’s image
German museums are being pushed to diversify their canons and respond to a globalized world – but is ‘cleaning up’ the answer?
At carlier | gebauer, Berlin, the artist explores where the boundary blurs between violence and security in public spaces
If the city’s pivot to contemporary art was first realized by landmark construction, then what comes after might not need an address at all
Galeria Plan B, Berlin, Germany
The dual sides to the city’s Cph Art Week
PSM Gallery, Berlin, Germany
