‘Midnight’s Third Child’ by Naeem Mohaiemen Review: Trying HarderMark RappoltArtReview Asia28 November 2023An attempt to establish a specific art history of Bangladesh, and to define the role of the artist in that nebulous space
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran: Action and DramaMark RappoltArtReview02 November 2023The Sydney-based artist is driving towards an idea of sculpture as an animate form, something that embraces change and ephemerality
With a Dagger Rather than a TheoryMark RappoltArtReview Asia12 October 2023A graphic novel on the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture gives a new view of a welcome addition to a wider reconsideration of colonial and postcolonial histories
‘The Future Future’ by Adam Thirlwell Review: Studded With AnachronismsMark RappoltArtReview02 October 2023The author’s latest novel makes what’s ‘real’ seem like a stage set and what’s invented seem real
Can an Art Collection Be Truly Reflective of the World?Mark RappoltArtReview28 September 2023‘Before Tomorrow’ at Astrup Fearnley Museet in Oslo attempts a new acknowledgement of multiple art histories and diverse canons
Sancintya Mohini Simpson: Branches We Hold OntoMark RappoltArtReview Asia17 August 2023How indentured labourers and their descendants might navigate the long and winding road back ‘home’
Age of Vice: ‘More Netflix Pitch than Devastating Social Study’Mark RappoltArtReview21 July 2023Deepti Kapoor’s novel picks at the inequalities of Indian society but ultimately strays towards the conventions of TV dramas