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Eva Kristina Olsson Eva Kristina Olsson (b 1958) is the author of several books of poetry and plays, as well as a dancer, performer and filmmaker. She has published many books—including  The Crime (1988),  Eiderwhite (2011), and the verse plays  Antigone’s Face Niobe’s Labyrinth (2013). This excerpt is from her critically acclaimed book  The Angelgreen Sacrament (2017), which Aase Berg called “Torturously beautiful… the best poetry collection of the year” in Dagens Nyheter. The collection will be published in translation later this year by Black Square Editions. ...

Caroline Bøge selects 35 works from von Bartha's archive for ongoing series of temporary exhibitions Installation View, Imaginary Collection Vol.IV, Take the Stage at 2112, Copenhagen in collaboration with von Bartha. Image courtesy von Bartha. Photo: Malle Madsen. COPENHAGEN .-Von Bartha is presenting the fourth edition of The Imaginary Collection, an ongoing series of temporary exhibitions with works from the gallery’s archive, curated by independent collectors and presented within unique spaces. The fourth edition sees Danish Art Advisor Caroline Bøge curate Take the Stage, her ‘imagin...

Maruani Mercier presents works celebrating the power of an inspiring and highly symbolic colour: Black Allan McCollum, Three individual «Plaster Surrogates», 1984. Each signed ‘Allan McCollum’, dated 10-15-84 (M-15), 20-18-84 (M-18) and 5-19-84 (M-19) and inscribed with respective M numbering on the reverse. Enamel on cast hydrocal plaster in three parts, a) 21,6 x 16,5 x 2 cm b) 15,2 x 12,7 x 2 cm c) 15,2 x 10 x 2,2 cm. KNOKKE .- The perception of colours and its use has always been cultural and ideological. A colour is often associated to an economic, political, social, symbolic issue w...

White Market Drugs: Big Pharma and the Hidden History of Addiction in America by David Herzberg University of Chicago Press, 2020, 400 pp. Reams have been written about the misdeeds of Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, and Purdue’s majority owners, the Sackler family. After years of litigation prompted by spiking overdose rates, in November 2020 Purdue pleaded guilty to conspiracy to aid and abet doctors in dispensing OxyContin without a legitimate medical purpose. The company was ordered to pay $8.3 billion in penalties, damage, and forfeiture. This sum is less impressive th...

Erase All Kittens (EAK) is an edtech startup that created a “Mario-style” web-based game designed for kids aged 8-12. However, the game has a twist: it places an emphasis on inspiring girls to code (since, let’s face it, most coding tools are created by men). After reaching 160,000 players in more than 100 countries, it’s […]