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Kristian Vistrup Madsen

Kristian Vistrup Madsen is a Danish writer based in Berlin. He graduated from the Royal College of Art, London, in 2016, and writes art journalism for various publications such as Artforum, Studio International, and Leap. His writing on political philosophy, post-colonialism, and the prison industrial complex has been published in academic journals in the United States and Scandinavia.

Features• November 28, 2017

Against Tidy Memory: Anti-Fascist Memorials and the Horror of Kitsch

By Kristian Vistrup Madsen

Like a catchy Schlager tune, rightwing populism in Germany has matured into a countrywide plague. Historical guilt, which had until recently stalled the nationalism…

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Features, Reviews• July 7, 2017

“Made in Germany”: Can the Artworld Have a Nation?

By Kristian Vistrup Madsen

Like exotic flowers, international art exhibitions bloom in Berlin, Kassel, and Münster every two, five, or ten years, helping to establish Germany, alongside Venice,…

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Reviews• May 2, 2017

Modernist Frederick Kiesler is “Rediscovered” Between Abstraction and Compromise

By Kristian Vistrup Madsen

In 1990, Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz was a wasteland. German partition had sent the square back in time, making space for “The City of the…

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