Art box portal // The 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled In Minor Keys and curated by Koyo Kouoh, will run from Saturday, 9 May to Sunday, 22 November 2026 (preview days: 6, 7, and 8 May), across the Giardini, the Arsenale, and various locations throughout Venice. The title and curatorial...
Art Box portal // The eighth edition of Personal Structures, the biennial contemporary art exhibition organised by ECC Italy in Venice, will welcome visitors from 9 May to 22 November 2026. Running alongside La Biennale di Venezia, the exhibition will unfold across three iconic venues — Palazzo Bembo, Palazzo Mora, and the Marinaressa Gardens —...
Art Box portal // Right in the heart of Manhattan, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) stands as a beacon of modern and contemporary art. It’s no surprise that MoMA is one of the top reasons people flock to New York, and it was exactly this pull that brought the Art Box editorial team to...
By: Ljiljana Maletin Vojvodić // While staying this summer at an international artist residency in the unusually named place of Ii, near the city that is this year’s European Capital of Culture (Oulu, ECoC 2026), I had the opportunity to write in a truly unusual local library — a space where you can sit and...
Art Box portal // Paris is a city with a large number of bookstores and a wide selection of books in French. However, in the Latin Quarter, the historical and cultural heart of the city, there are two bookstores notable for their international reputation and English-language books: Shakespeare and Company and the Taschen bookstore. Both...
Written by Ljiljana Maletin Vojvodić // Although Karl Ove Knausgård (1968) now lives in London, I constantly associate him with Bergen. The city I returned to this winter for an artist residency is also the place where I first “encountered” Knausgård — admittedly, not through reading, but through a question. During an interview, my Norwegian...
Written by: Dragan Vojvodić // The exhibition Georg Baselitz: A Life in Print (4 October 2025–22 February 2026), presented at the KODE museum in Bergen, Norway, offers a retrospective overview of the graphic oeuvre of one of the most significant contemporary artists, whose artistic expression has continuously evolved over more than six decades while remaining...
Art Box portal // In the Nordic countries, public spaces such as swimming pools and saunas play an important social role. They are not merely places for recreation or relaxation, but also sites of everyday encounters and social equality. Outdoor bathing, even during the winter months, is a well-established practice in Iceland, Norway, and Finland,...
Written by: Dragan Vojvodić // While democracy is increasingly articulated — both locally and globally — through crisis, protest, and social unrest, Iceland, with Reykjavík as its political and cultural center, remains a key reference point in analyses of peaceful societies and functional democratic models. The city’s urban culture, shaped by American and British musical...
By: Ljiljana Maletin Vojvodić // Although BITEF, our largest and oldest international theatre festival, is not being held this year in its institutional format, ne:BITEF was opened last night in Belgrade with The Pelicot Trial by Milo Rau and Servane Dècle. Even though Milo Rau—one of the most significant European directors—was declared persona non grata...