The Living Archive – A Curated Record of Contemporary Art
Explore the Living Archive by Catapult (formerly Munchies Art Club). A comprehensive directory of contemporary artists, exhibitions, and long-form features
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Why Jakob Lena Knebl’s Sommerfrische at the Marmorschlössl Stayed With Us
We travelled to Bad Ischl already admiring Jakob Lena Knebl’s work. At Sommerfrische, mythology, fashion, art history and humour meet the extraordinary setting of the Marmorschlössl in an exhibition that stayed with us long after we left.
Kaija Hinkula Makes Signs That Are Built to Misdirect You
An independent review of Kaija Hinkula's You Are Here at Ama Gallery, Helsinki. Its painted wayfinding signs conceal real objects that mislead.
Paulina Semkowicz and the Afterlife of a Painted-Over Wall
Review of Paulina Semkowicz's Residency: The Wall at Galeria S35 in Łódź, a site-specific painting on a wall whose ornament was painted over.
Parallel Vienna 2026: Vienna's Alternative Art Fair Returns to the Otto Wagner Areal .
Parallel Vienna returns to the Otto Wagner Areal, September 9–13, 2026. Catapult Contemporary on 10 Artist Statements this year to discover.
The Dead Do Not Log Off Anymore
Raleigh Chapel presented Nicola Genovese's Infinite Stage, Chapter I in London, pairing griefbots and aging bodies in performance and sculpture. Through 28 June 2026.
A Parliament Where Nothing Stands on a Pedestal
JesuitenFoyer Vienna presents PARLAMENT by Jörg Reissner. Installation from scrap MDF, plywood, and canvas, arranged at eye level.
The Organism Was Never the Exception
Karim Boumjimar at Møstings Frederiksberg. Wall paintings, ceramics, and silver casts map the body inside nature's cycles. Through June 7, 2026.
HAGD Contemporary: Michael Kærgaard and the Logic of Monsters
HAGD Contemporary presents Michael Kærgaard’s Mother of Many, an exhibition of stoneware figures where monstrosity, tenderness, and material force collide.
What Happens When Art Becomes Belief? Susanne Wenger at Halle für Kunst Graz
Susanne Wenger Àdùnní Olórìṣà returns to Graz at Halle für Kunst Steiermark. A quiet, overdue rediscovery of art, belief, and a life shaped beyond Europe.
Can Painting Wear Armour and Still Feel Tender? Fátima de Juan and Her Dino-Fueled Amazons
Fátima de Juan paints monumental, fruit-charged figures that balance tenderness and threat, drawing from graffiti roots and a fiercely personal inner mythology.
Can Painting Carry Time Without Choosing a Side? Artist Spotlight Ruben Einsmann
Ruben Einsmann uses painting to layer medieval imagery with contemporary symbols, creating surfaces where time, memory, and erosion remain unresolved.
Can Threads Hold History Without Becoming Narrative? Avraam Hirodontis in Focus
Avraam Hirodontis works with canvas, fabric, soil dyes and layered textiles to explore material intelligence, memory and structure without relying on narrative.
The Living Archive
Niovi Kafantari Paints the Moment an Embrace Has Not Yet Decided
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Explore Niovi Kafantari's The Necessary Other at Opera Gallery London, where oil on cotton paintings rework Titian, Poussin and Delacroix.
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Ivan Geddert Builds Machines That Cannot Move Freely
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Explore Ivan Geddert's Spatenprobe at BLOOM in Düsseldorf, where mechanical sculptures of wood, wire and fabric hold a tense standstill.
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Can a Vase Archive a Text Message?
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Christina Arark discusses ceramic vases, text messages and Armenian ornament, exploring how painting and storytelling preserve intimacy in the digital age.
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A Wall That Has Started to Grow
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Artist in Focus profile of Lu Cheng, Munich: ceramic and steel sculptures that grow from walls and floors and test what can hold them.
Artist in Focus
Gillies Adamson Semple Builds Models Out of Studio Leftovers
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Explore Gillies Adamson Semple's Recordings at CAPTION in Seoul, where smoke-fired ceramics, oak and silver leaf form studio-born models.
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When the Landscape Walks Back
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Meet Prague artist Karolína Netolická, whose large soft pastel canvases bring together dark forests, fragmented bodies and traces of overproduction.
Artist in Focus
Yasy Bachurina Makes New Objects That Look Already Excavated
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Explore Yasy Bachurina's Preserved, Unfixed at Studiya in Seoul, where fiberglass, charred wood and paint make new objects look excavated.
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João Maria Gusmão Leaves the Projector in the Room
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Explore João Maria Gusmão's Following the White Tiger at Zachęta in Warsaw, where looping 16mm projections run beside their own projectors.
Material & Sculpture
Iris Helena Hamers Turns the Feed Into Something You Can Walk Around
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Iris Helena Hamers at PAW Düsseldorf, September 5–October 11, 2026. Cut-out UV prints, faux fur and sculptural forms. Text by Morgane Billuart.
Digital & Screen
Lucia Tallová Folds Flea-Market Paper Until It Stands on Its Own
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Explore Lucia Tallová's Moving Clouds at PalaisPopulaire in Berlin, where flea-market paper and bent columns mark her Deutsche Bank Artist of the Year show.
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Anna Uddenberg's Office Workers Have Become Part of the Chair
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Explore Anna Uddenberg's White Noise at Telegraph Gallery in Olomouc, where office furniture, corporate control and bodily autonomy intersect.
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Fangyang Presses Circulating Images Into Clay and Seals Them in Steel
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Explore Fangyang's Possessed at E.SCAPE art space in Shanghai, where images transferred onto clay are sealed in galvanized steel frames.
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Tereza Kalousová Builds a World Without Friction
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Explore Tereza Kalousová's Sorority at Clauda in Prague, where wooden spheres, a leather mat and upholstered buttons reduce the body to a symbol.
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Four Artists in Warsaw Treat Time as Raw Material
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Explore The Orange and The Rope at MISE EN in Warsaw, where bronze body casts, glass structures and oil on aluminium bend everyday time. Curated by Marianna Łomża
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Seongeun Lee Builds a House That Splits Into Two
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Explore Seongeun Lee's Two Houses at Cheongju Art Studio in Cheongju, where painted rotating panels and a house on casters split and reset.
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How KiefferWoodtli Turn Tree and Solar Data into Art
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Meet KiefferWoodtli, the Swiss artist duo based in New York, translating live tree and solar data into sound, sculpture and immersive installations.
Artist in Focus
Simon Bultynck Keeps the Painting and Loses the Picture
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Simon Bultynck at CONVENT in Ghent. Historical landscape paintings reworked in bronze, alongside sculptural objects and scent. Until 25 October 2026.
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Finbar Prior Turns Agar Membranes into Sculptural Architecture at OUTPOST
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Explore Finbar Prior's Tympanums at OUTPOST Gallery in Norwich, where agar membranes, sound and sculpture transform the exhibition space.
