Hans Ulrich Obrist met the Martinique-born philosopher, poet, and public intellectual Édouard Glissant in 1999; the encounter influenced the direction of Obrist’s work for years to come. Their ...

Obrist is strange. There, I said it. In an event that often felt like a coffee klatch at Obrist’s house, the art world power broker known as Hans Ulrich Obrist — he’s #2 on Art Review’s Power 100 — ...

And it’s a mess in there! Here’s proof that you don’t have to be a neat freak to be wildly successful. The book is essentially a download of Obrist’s chaotic mind, featuring notes taken during phone ...

We’ve read their novels, listened to their albums, and marvelled for hours in front of their artworks, but what would the world’s writers, musicians, and artists say if they had to fit just one ...

Now, the two teutonic curatorial titans will bring their art fair Laurel and Hardy act to the Art Basel Miami Beach talks program, where they’ll sit on a panel in the Salon portion to talk about, you ...

The chef cooking up Thai chilli paste outside Manchester Art Gallery isn't trying to launch a street food pop-up; bottles of his wares are freely available inside the art space. Here, you might also ...

At 8 a.m. two Sundays ago, Hans-Ulrich Obrist was at his midtown hotel, pouring packs of orange powder into a Obrist. (Photo by Yang Fudong, Shanghai 2009) At 8 a.m. two Sundays ago, Hans-Ulrich ...

Hans Ulrich Obrist, curator extraordinaire, likes to say that he models himself on the Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev, the general idea being that he is someone who brings great artists together ...

'Your memory and what you have done should remain alive. People should not forget certain things that happen in a lifetime,' MF Husain once said. The Indian artist, who died earlier this month at the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. ‘How do you preserve the work of a curator?’ It’s a question that has long interested pre-eminent ...

It turns out he’s also been taking notes the whole time — making diagrams and sketches, scribbling down ideas and keywords. And when artist Paul Chan, who’s also the founder and publisher of Badlands ...