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#6 In the studio with Jakub Jansa
Jakub (Millennial, Czech) and I talked about the upcoming Czech and Slovak Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, veggie dictatorships, and how to pull off a…
 • Jennifer Braun
Sculpting The Invisible. Trisha Donnelly at TOWER MMK
Are pure aesthetics meaningless? Trisha (Gen X, US-American) proves how the focus on formalism can be an intense exercise in philosophical thinking.
 • Jennifer Braun
From Kosovo to Prague: The Best of 2025
To conclude this year, I want to take the focus off exhibitions and turn it toward individual works and artist that stayed with me throughout the year.
 • Jennifer Braun
Fashion Theme Park No. 5: Klára Hosnedlová at Museum Hamburger Bahnhof
Klára's (Millennial, Czech) first solo show in Germany and biggest one so far has me torn between admiration and suspicion. Is there something more to…
 • Jennifer Braun
Buddha's Mugshot: Video Art Meets Eastern Asian Artifacts at Langen Foundation
The Julia Stoschek Foundation and the Langen Foundation collaborated with a show divided by time, geography and medium. But is the combination…
 • Jennifer Braun
Who I Am In Between: Moritz Krauth's Gentle Portraits at Moltkerei Werkstatt
Every transformation comes with loss. But it comes with new freedom as well. Moritz (Millennial, German) portrays one such transformation with a gentle…
 • Jennifer Braun
Manifesting Afro-Optimism: Toyin Ojih Odutola at Museum Hamburger Bahnhof
I only have two words for her first solo show in Germany: Absolute. Cinema.
 • Jennifer Braun
Gummy Bear Gang Bang in Paris: Precious Okoyomon at Mendes Wood DM
A show that's giving 😍🔥🧸❤️‍🔥🥺🎀🌞💦🌼 on the outside with a whole lot of philosophical implications on the inside.
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A Magician of Simple Things: Ian Waelder at Kestner Gesellschaft
With a few humble gestures, Ian (Millennial, Spanish) stopped me in my hasty rut to remember the wonder that art can spark.
 • Jennifer Braun
Cologne Art Diaries
Art Cologne means unofficial Art Week for the city. The week was jampacked with shows and more or less hot gossip. I kept a diary for the past few days.
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Reinventing Oppenheimer: Hedda Roman at Kunstverein Bielefeld
The artist duo figures out an artistic relationship to AI. Despite my appreciation, I am weighed down by a sense of impending doom.
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Beating a Dead Horse or Whipping a Shrugging Ocean. Julius von Bismarck at Kunst Haus Wien
So many big feelings and big pictures, only for the lack of substance to leave me speechless.
 • Jennifer Braun
A Whisper Commands Attention: Kateřina Vincourová at Rudolfinum Gallery Prague
Kateřina (Gen X, Czech) proves that art addressing politically charged issues can be both aesthetically exciting and profound — The secret sauce is…
 • Jennifer Braun
Cologne Gallery Hopping: Gun Powder Paintings, Lesbian Catcalling & Blue Call Boys
Here's my three current favorite gallery shows to see this fall in Cologne.
 • Jennifer Braun
The Gen Z Art Critic
The Gen Z Art Critic
Weekly exhibition reviews by a Gen Z art historian based in Venice & Cologne – slightly unhinged but fully honest.
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