Interview with Johan Holten, Director of the Kunsthalle Mannheim * XIBT Contemporary Art Mag

Interview with Johan Holten, Director of the Kunsthalle Mannheim * XIBT Contemporary Art Mag

Johan Holten, Director of the Kunsthalle Mannheim since 2019 and formerly Director of the Kunsthalle Baden-Baden since 2011, reacted to this moment of crisis, since the beginning of the lockdown, with determination and promptness, proposing a series of online guided tours through the Live platforms of Instagram and Facebook.

The Upside-Down world of Yngve Holen | Xibt Contemporary Art Magazine | 02/2020

The Upside-Down world of Yngve Holen * XIBT Contemporary Art Mag

by Elda Oreto When I entered the world of Yngve Holen, I had the impression men were hybrids of flesh and synthetic material. It's as if the artist dreams of clandestine experiments in which the brain is injected with substances that induce hallucinations and excruciating headaches.

Sonia Gomes I Rise – I’m a Black Ocean, Leaping and Wide | Xibt Contemporary Art Magazine

Sonia Gomes I Rise - I'm a Black Ocean, Leaping and Wide * XIBT Contemporary Art Mag

Sonia Gomes never considered a career as an artist. She discovered her vocation by accident, long after she thought herself established in another occupation. Almost as if she had found her way after a long off-piste run.