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ART AT & ABOUT WHERE LAND MEETS THE SEAAn exhibition at Hastings Contemporary looks at the very kind of landscape the ga...
05/10/2026

ART AT & ABOUT WHERE LAND MEETS THE SEA

An exhibition at Hastings Contemporary looks at the very kind of landscape the gallery itself is sited on, where the land meets the sea. Located on the Sussex town’s beach, the gallery presents a group presentation exploring the conditions of the coast. Comprising film, painting, installation & a range of other projects from over 30 artists, the show questions how earth turns to sea & how we humans relate to the threshold.

Read & See More at:
https://recessed.space/00334-Hastings-Edge
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The edge of land has always attracted us humans. Whether that’s the soft-underfoot sand of a relaxing day at the beach or the sudden and violent moment land becomes cliff becomes sea, it is a boundary that draws us. It is also a place entwined with politics, especially so currently in the UK as racists watch the coast for dinghies in a desperate attempt to stop outsiders from elsewhere coming onto the land.

A new exhibition at Hastings Contemporary, suitably a gallery literally constructed on the beach, seeks to explore through culture the conditions of that landscape moment when earth becomes water. An OS map might use a solid line to demark the waterline, but it’s far more nuanced, rich, and complicated than such a binary construct. Edge: Where the Land Meets the Sea is a show of works by 33 artists that seeks to start a cultural discussion around that nuance.

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Hastings Contemporary
The Land Gardeners
Otobong Nkanga
HAT Projects
Andy Goldsworthy
Wolfgang Tillmans

TEN HIGHLIGHTS FROM BERLIN ART WEEK 2026A vast & layered city like Berlin can be hard to navigate for the cultural visit...
03/10/2026

TEN HIGHLIGHTS FROM BERLIN ART WEEK 2026

A vast & layered city like Berlin can be hard to navigate for the cultural visitor, with institutions, non-profits, and commercial galleries scattered widely. Thankfully, each year the city organises Berlin Art Week with over 100 organisations opening for exhibitions, events, and parties. We went along to find out what’s happening in the German capital’s art scene.

Read & See More at:
https://recessed.space/00333-Berlin-Art-Week-2026
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One year ago, we visited Berlin to explore the city’s vast Art Week festival. In fact, it was so good we had to return for the 2026 edition. Over five September days, more than 100 galleries, project spaces, and private collections put on exhibitions, talks, events, and celebrations. From huge institutions to tiny gallery spaces – and even a building site – welcomed Berliners and international visitors to relish in the cultural breadth of the city.

This year marks 15 years of the annual event, and it’s as big as ever. In fact, there was far too much for recessed.space to explore, but we had a pretty good go at squeezing in as much as we could. Here, we distill the festival into ten highlights.

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Berlin Art Week
Kulturprojekte Berlin
Bristol Berlin, Vignette Collection
Lina Lapelyte
Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Ryuichi Sakamoto
CCA Berlin
C/O Berlin
Crespo Foundation
Stelios Kallinikou
Susanne Kriemann
KINDL

NEOZOON

mischa kuball
Neue Nationalgalerie
MAURIZIO CATTELAN
berlin modern
Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
Herzog & de Meuron
PASSAGE Art
Carsten Höller
PalaisPopulaire
Deutsche Bank Art
Lucia Tallova
Fluentum
Arash Nassiri
Schinkel Pavillon

THE RECESS 039 - we are back!Including:🔷 the recess newsletter returns from a break🔷 we launch our new recessed.speaks p...
29/09/2026

THE RECESS 039 - we are back!

Including:

🔷 the recess newsletter returns from a break
🔷 we launch our new recessed.speaks podcast
🔷 celebrating a year of exhibitions at the recessed.space gallery
🔷 Beaconsfield Gallery seeks support to survive
🔷 White Cube Mason’s Yard is 20 years old
🔷 London to have a new home for book arts & artist-led publishing
🔷 UK to continue with free museums for all
🔷 A new era for TBA21 in Madrid

recent articles:

🔷 Kanal-Centre Pompidou in Brussels
🔷 Oliver B**r at Thaddaeus Ropac
🔷 Ursula K. Le Guin’s speculative cartography
🔷 histories & futures explored on the Greek island of Samos
🔷 The Orobie Biennial puts art into the Bergamasque Prealps
🔷 Californian architects MAP & their use of AI

from the archive:

🔷 A 3-part exploration of Palm Springs & the Coachella Valley

Featuring:

Hypha Studios | Arts Charity
Hynek Martinec
𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐚 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬
Kanal
Oliver B**r Artist
Thaddaeus Ropac
Architectural Association
Ursula K. Le Guin
Art Space Pythagorion
GAMeC Bergamo
Lorenzo Giusti
MAP_Metropolitan Architectural Practice + MAP Studio

Beaconsfield
White Cube
Rundell Associates

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

TBA21 | Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

CONTOUR BIENNALE IN BELGIUM & MECHELEN’S CREATIVE RENAISSANCEDedicated to the arts of the moving image, Contour Biennale...
24/09/2026

CONTOUR BIENNALE IN BELGIUM & MECHELEN’S CREATIVE RENAISSANCE

Dedicated to the arts of the moving image, Contour Biennale has been running in the Flanders city of Mechelen since 2003. It has recently been relaunched by a local collective of individuals & institutions, so Will Jennings visited to explore the city through the moving image festival.

Read & See More at:
https://recessed.space/00331-Contour-Biennale-Mechelen
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There is no shortage of cultural biennials. The most celebrated may be Venice, but cities and regions across the world use the format – for good and bad – for a variety of reasons. The Biennial Foundation’s website currently lists 304 with an interactive map clearly showing that Europe greatest densities of biennials of any global region.

So, it may not have been noticed when Contour Biennial, running in the Belgian city of Mechelen began to stutter away from the two-year model. Founded in 2003, it ran in the traditional rhythm until 2019, after which four years passed before the 10th edition. When the 11th didn’t appear in 2025 it may have been thought that the final edition had taken place, but local institutions and creatives were busy strategising a new future, one rooted in collectivism, community, and opening up the city to contemporary art.

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TICK TACK Antwerp
TACK TICK Mechelen
Visit Mechelen
VISITFLANDERS
kunsthalmechelen
June Crespo

Tuan Andrew Nguyen
Ayoung Kim
Mariana Caló
dmvA architecten
lux

Prouvost Laure

claudia pagès rabal
Rodrigo Hernández
Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten
Het Predikheren - Bibliotheek Mechelen

CONTOUR BIENNALE IN BELGIUM & MECHELEN’S CREATIVE RENAISSANCEDedicated to the arts of the moving image, Contour Biennale...
22/09/2026

CONTOUR BIENNALE IN BELGIUM & MECHELEN’S CREATIVE RENAISSANCE

Dedicated to the arts of the moving image, Contour Biennale has
been running in the Flanders city of Mechelen since 2003. It has recently been
relaunched by a local collective of individuals & institutions, so Will
Jennings visited to explore the city through the moving image festival.

Read & See More at:
https://recessed.space/00331-Contour-Biennale-Mechelen
Link in bio

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There is no shortage of cultural biennials. The most celebrated
may be Venice, but cities and regions across the world use the format – for
good and bad – for a variety of reasons. The Biennial Foundation’s website
currently lists 304 with an interactive map clearly showing that Europe
greatest densities of biennials of any global region.

So, it may not have been noticed when Contour Biennial,
running in the Belgian city of Mechelen began to stutter away from the two-year
model. Founded in 2003, it ran in the traditional rhythm until 2019, after
which four years passed before the 10th edition. When the 11th
didn’t appear in 2025 it may have been thought that the final edition had taken place, but local institutions and creatives were busy strategising
a new future, one rooted in
collectivism, community, and opening up the city to contemporary art.

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TICK TACK Antwerp
TACK TICK Mechelen
Visit Mechelen
VISITFLANDERS
kunsthalmechelen
June Crespo

Tuan Andrew Nguyen
Ayoung Kim
Mariana Caló
dmvA architecten
lux

Prouvost Laure

claudia pagès rabal
Rodrigo Hernández
Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten
Het Predikheren - Bibliotheek Mechelen

THE THIRD FLOOR AT CASA BATLLÓ: GAUDÍ REDISCOVEREDThe celebrated Antoni Gaudí architecture of Casa Batlló on Barcelona’s...
20/09/2026

THE THIRD FLOOR AT CASA BATLLÓ: GAUDÍ REDISCOVERED

The celebrated Antoni Gaudí architecture of Casa Batlló on Barcelona’s Passeig de Gràcia has gradually been restored and opened up to the public. The latest space is the Third Floor, where conservationists have discovered historic details now offering a backdrop to contemporary design.

Read & See More at:
https://recessed.space/00330-Casa-Batllo-Gaudi-rediscovered
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Recently, we visited Casa Batlló to see a unique exhibition, with the works of Joan Miró and Joaquim Gomis presented within the contextual surroundings of Antoni Gaudí’s incredible architecture. While there, we also popped into the newly-re-opened Third Floor to see how the grand residential building is reinventing its history for the future.

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Casa Batlló by Gaudí, Barcelona
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