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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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.
Nadine Karl creates installations where time, memory, and space fall out of sync. An artist spotlight on perception, slowness, and resistance.
Nadine Karl builds spaces where time and memory lose their grip. An artist spotlight on installation, perception, and the politics of slowness.
What Can Theatre Teach Sculpture? Artist Spotlight Xiaozhou Liao
Xiaozhou Liao transforms theatre thinking into contemporary sculpture. His installations mix stagecraft, politics and play to question how neoliberal spaces shape our lives.
Why Do ‘Emerging Artist’ Opportunities Still Have an Age Limit?
Open calls and residencies often define ‘emerging artist’ as under 35, but real art careers don’t expire. Here’s why age limits in the art world are outdated.
Who Really Builds an Artist’s Career, and Who Just Collects the Credit
Small galleries invest time, risk, and belief. Mega galleries arrive when it is safe. Everyone pretends this is just how careers work.
Yuma Radne and the Return of Myth in Contemporary Painting
How Yuma Radne brings Buryat mythology into contemporary painting, exploring identity, memory, and myth through vivid, symbolic works.
The Living Archive
Does It Matter Where an Artist Begins, or Only What They Create?
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Whether self-taught or schooled, artists confront the same questions about creativity and career. This piece looks at what really shapes an artistic path today.
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How Does Structure Become Emotion in the Work of Chris Cassimatis? Interview with DiFranco
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Chris Cassimatis transforms technical drawings, architecture and sculptural thinking into paintings where precision meets instinct. His interview with Di Franco reveals how structure, color and memory shape his process.
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Being visible feels like playing a game I never really wanted to join by Eri Maeda
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Eri Maeda on clay, visibility and staying honest on social media. A weekly Catapult series where artists share how they navigate the online world.
Interview
Why Doesn’t Art Get an ’80s Fashion Meltdown Moment?
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Art has had its own terrible eras, only hidden under taste, history and debate. A short rant on cringe cycles, the art world, artists, and cultural nostalgia.
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David Rosado: Rejecting Harmony in Contemporary Painting
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David Rosado rejects visual comfort, using painting to compress street energy into unstable, emotionally charged images.
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Why Does December Turn Sparkle, Stress and Glitter Into an Existential Crisis?
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Because December turns everyday chaos into sparkle, making mess feel magical and glitter the easiest way to stay joyful.
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Why Did We Let Christmas Art Become a Shopping Mall?
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Christmas art was once theology, conflict, power, and fear. Now it is scented candles and Q4 marketing. The downgrade says more about us than about the holiday.
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How Do Intimacy and Rebellion Speak Through Ruth Devriendt’s Work? A Conversation with Black Swan Gallery and DiFranco
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Artist Ruth Devriendt and gallerist Kristoff Tillieu (Black Swan Gallery) join Di Franco to explore vulnerability, resistance, and the instincts that shape their collaboration.
Interview
Who Knew Saving the Planet Would Look This Good?
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Green thinking is more than a trend, artists, galleries, and collectors are rewriting the rules with conscience, creativity, and a touch of compostable glamour.
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Sune Christiansen Went From Graphic Design to Painting and Never Looked Back
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Graphic design trained, painter by conviction. Discover how Sune Christiansen turned color, play and instinct into a distinct painting language.
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Alaska - Group-Show Kunstverein Schattendorf curated by Siggi Hofer
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Group Show - Kunstverein Schattendorf with Georgia Creimer, Rouven Dürr, Lazar Lyutakov, Anja Ronacher, Marko Rop, Petra Sterry curated by Siggi Hofer
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Kristof Santy and the Quiet Power of Everyday Painting
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Kristof Santy’s paintings turn folklore, color, and daily life into a restrained visual language. On view at Christine König Gallery, Vienna.
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What Can Theatre Teach Sculpture? Artist Spotlight Xiaozhou Liao
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Xiaozhou Liao transforms theatre thinking into contemporary sculpture. His installations mix stagecraft, politics and play to question how neoliberal spaces shape our lives.
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Olga Shcheblykina: A promising artist transforms Contemporary Art with Bold Abstraction
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Emerging artist Olga Shcheblykina blends painting and sculpture, transforming human emotions into vibrant, tactile forms that challenge traditional art boundaries
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Can an Alter Ego Protect You From Contemporary Overexposure? Artist Spotlight on Grip Face
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David Oliver's masked persona Grip Face explores digital anxiety through sculpture and installation. But does the alter ego protect or multiply exposure?
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What Happens When Medieval Tapestries Meet Bleeding Horses and Dead Sunflowers? Olivia Rode Hvass at Luxembourg Art Week
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Olivia Rode Hvass transforms The Hunt of the Unicorn into Hunt(ed), a storefront installation during Luxembourg Art Week where jacquard tapestries, failed crops, and class collisions rewrite myth as critique. Curated by Çağla Erdemir
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Why Do ‘Emerging Artist’ Opportunities Still Have an Age Limit?
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Open calls and residencies often define ‘emerging artist’ as under 35, but real art careers don’t expire. Here’s why age limits in the art world are outdated.
Catapult - uncensored
Aurélia Jaubert Uses Textile as a Site of Collision, Not Comfort
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Working with textiles, rugs and embroidery, Aurélia Jaubert brings historical technique into friction with contemporary imagery.