FAIR ENOUGH is a podcast series by ART COLOGNE in collaboration with TEXTE ZUR KUNST. Presented by Micaela Dixon, FAIR ENOUGH brings together artists, curators, writers and thinkers to reflect on how art and art institutions respond to the urgencies of our times. This season, marking the 35th anniversary of TEXTE ZUR KUNST, we’re taking up the journal’s motto for the year: there is no art without criticism. Each episode draws on previous issues of the magazine by re-examining its various sec ...
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FAIR ENOUGH by ART COLOGNE + TEXTE ZUR KUNST #9
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1:19:18Live Panel on Cologne in the 1990s and Now at ART COLOGNE 2025 What made Cologne one of Europe’s most magnetic art cities — and what remains of that energy today? Recorded live at ART COLOGNE 2025, this panel brings together leading voices who shaped and chronicled that era and continue to define the field today: Isabelle Graw, Diedrich Diederichse…
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FAIR ENOUGH by ART COLOGNE + TEXTE ZUR KUNST #8
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1:13:18Micaela Dixon and Daniel Hug in conversation on the Myth of the Good Gallerist What makes a good gallerist? Vision, loyalty, risk — or something else entirely? In this eighth episode, Micaela Dixon speaks with Daniel Hug, Director of ART COLOGNE and board member of the Moholy-Nagy Foundation, about the enduring “myth” of the good gallerist — and wh…
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FAIR ENOUGH by ART COLOGNE + TEXTE ZUR KUNST #7
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1:10:52Micaela Dixon and Tom McDonough in conversation on the Politics of the Image In this episode, art historian and critic Tom McDonough (Binghamton University / Texte zur Kunst contributing editor) joins Micaela Dixon to discuss the politics of the image — and the legacies of critical theory in an era of visual overproduction. Together, they explore h…
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FAIR ENOUGH by ART COLOGNE + TEXTE ZUR KUNST #6
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1:07:09Micaela Dixon in conversation with Alicja Melzacka on the Place of Poetry in the Exhibition Space In this sixth episode, Micaela Dixon speaks with curator and writer Alicja Melzacka about the intersections between poetry and exhibition-making. Together, they explore how rhythm, language, and emotional charge can shape the experience of art — and ho…
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FAIR ENOUGH by ART COLOGNE + TEXTE ZUR KUNST #5
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1:02:17Micaela Dixon and Tara Heffernan in conversation on The Return of the Badaud Tara Heffernan: The Return of the Badaud Art critic Tara Heffernan discusses the reappearance of the 19th-century badaud — the idle onlooker, the fascinated observer of modern life — in today’s art world. In conversation with Micaela Dixon, Heffernan reflects on the emerge…
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FAIR ENOUGH by ART COLOGNE + TEXTE ZUR KUNST #4
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46:24Micaela Dixon and Tamina Amadya in conversation on Painting, Place, Presence In this fourth episode, we visit the Berlin studio of painter Tamina Amadyar to explore her distinct approach to colour, gesture, and space. Speaking with host Micaela Dixon, Amadyar reflects on how her work balances landscape and abstraction, intuition and control — and h…
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FAIR ENOUGH by ART COLOGNE + TEXTE ZUR KUNST #3
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1:04:53Micaela Dixon in conversation with Manuel Borja-Villel on Rethinking the Museum What role can museums play in a time of uncertainty, conflict, and change? In this episode, Manuel Borja-Villel – curator, writer, and former Director of the Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid) – reflects on the museum as a living institution: a space for memory, critique, and c…
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FAIR ENOUGH by ART COLOGNE + TEXTE ZUR KUNST #2
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1:14:07Micaela Dixon and Anna Sinofzik in conversation about Bad Reviews What makes a bad review — and why do we need them? In this episode of FAIR ENOUGH, presented by ART COLOGNE in collaboration with Texte zur Kunst, together with Anna Sinofzik (senior editor at Texte zur Kunst), host Micaela Dixon dives into the complex world of art criticism. Togethe…
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FAIR ENOUGH by ART COLOGNE + TEXTE ZUR KUNST #1
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1:08:49Micaela Dixon in conversation with Anna Kornbluh This episode features a conversation with literary theorist Anna Kornbluh, author of Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late Capitalism (VERSO, 2024). We discuss her ideas on the cultural style of immediacy and its effects on visual art, what she identifies as the current period of art history, and her a…
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