Articles

Blaise Mandefu Ayawo (1968-2024), Artforum, 23 July 2024, Azu Nwagbogu (English)

CATPC’S FILM KU SAMBISAMA YA NSO YA MPEMBE (THE JUDGMENT OF THE WHITE CUBE), Artforum, 19 juillet 2024 (Anglais)

Vreemdeling is op de Biënnale een ruim begrip: we zijn het allemaal, Trouw, 5 June 2024, Harmen van Dijk (Dutch) (print)

Biennale / Venise à l’heure décoloniale, Tageblatt Lëtzebuerg, 2 June 2024, Jérôme Quiqueret (French)

Processies en performances. Venetië: België & Nederland, De Witte Raaf, May – June 2024, Pieter T’Jonck (Dutch)

De highlights van de Biennale 2024 – Stranieri ovunque, Foreigners Everywhere, Ciao Tutti, 31 May 2024 (Dutch)

Camouflage nets, Palestinian farms, Irish video… 10 highlights of the Venice Biennale, Irish Examiner, 27 May 2024, Marc O’Sullivan Vallig (English)

Piccolo Mondo: Competing epistemologies at the Sixtieth Venice Biennale, Artforum, 24 May 2024, Pablo Larios (English)

Een onverzadigbaar zwijn, De Groene Amsterdammer, 22 May 2024, Joke de Wolf (Dutch)

The Venice Biennale 2024: The Giardini Pavilions (Part 2), The Gen Z Art Critic, 19 May 2024, Jennifer Braun (English)

Voorbij de white cube: de Biënnale van Venetië, Tableau Fine Arts, 16 May 2024, Sara Madou (Dutch)

Venice Biennale 2024: The Art of Being “Strangers Everywhere, Atmosfera mag, May 2024 (English)

Was war Ihr Venedig-Moment?, Das Art Magazine, May 2024, print (German)

Kunstbiennale in Venedig: Sturmwarnung in der Lagune, Der Freitag, May 2024, Max Glauner (German)

Biennale di Venezia| Tra sculture di cacao e decolonizzazione il Padiglione Paesi Bassi del collettivo CATPC riabbracccia lo spirito furibondo di un funzionario belga, Artbooms, 9 May 2024 (Italian)

Blaise Mandefu Ayawo, Member of Congolese Collective Behind Venice Biennale’s Dutch Pavilion, Dies at 55, Artdependence, 9 May 2024 (English)

The Eurovision of the Artworld: the 60th Venice Biennale and the Crisis of Nationalism, Bmore Art, 8 May 2024, Michael Anthony Farley (English) 

Must Visit Pavilions at the Venice Biennale 2024, Abirpothi, 8 May 2024, Jain Syriac Babu (English)

Venice Indigenised, Aboriginal Art Directory, 7 May 2024, Jeremy Eccles (English)

Belangrijk hoor, geëngageerde kunst. Maar schiet de wereld er ook iets mee op?, De correspondent, 6 May 2024, Bregje Hofstede (Dutch)

At Venice Biennale, Artists Make a Case for Returning Looted Artifacts, The New York Times, 3 May 2024, Alex Marshall (English)

Lee Sharrock shares her highlights of the 2024 Venice Biennale, Art plugged, 3 May 2024, Lee Sharrock (English)

Kunst van cacao en palmvet: Hicham Khalidi uit Maastricht is curator op de Biënnale van Venetië, De Limburger, 3 May 2024, Rob Cobben, print (Dutch)

De Biënnale van Venetië: tussen decadentie en sacraliteit, AVROTROS, 2 May 2024, Muze redactie (Dutch)

Venice Biennale / 60th edition, Artpil, April 2024 (English)

Dalla A alla Z: la guida ai Padiglioni della Biennale Arte di Venezia, Venezia da Vivere, April 2024 (Italian)

60th Venice Biennale, The Penitent Review, 26 April 2024, Dr. Crystal Bennes and Tom Jeffreys (English)

Part protest, part rave: the Indigenous artists stunning the Venice Biennale, The Guardian, 25 April 2024, Alex Needham (English)

At the Venice Biennale, the art world’s insiders consider outsiders, The Globe and Mail, 25 April 2024, Kate Taylor (English)

Venice Biennale highlights: Our picks of the must-see pavilions and exhibitions, Euro News, 24 April 2024, Rebecca Ann Hughes (English)

Dix pavillons à voir ou à éviter, Le Journal des Art, 24 April 2024, Anne-Cécile Sanchez (French)

威尼斯日记 ( Diary of Venice), Artforum China, 23 April 2024, Pablo Larios (Chinese) 

Μπιενάλε Βενετίας 2024: Οι ένοπλοι φρουροί και οι ζωές των άλλων Πηγή, Protagon, 23 April 2024, Κική Τριανταφύλλη (Greek)

8 Highlights from the Venice Biennale, Marie Claire UK, 23 April 2024, Francesca Gavin (English)

10 Must-See National Pavilions in the 2024 Venice Biennale, Art & Object, 22 April 2024, Paul Laster (English)

Return of colonial-era statue to Congo fuels environmental revival, Reuters, 22 April 2024, Reporting by Benoit Nyemba; Additional reporting and writing by Ange Kasongo; Writing by Cooper Inveen; Editing by David Holmes and Aurora Ellis (English)

Curator Nederlands paviljoen op Biënnale Venetië Hicham Khalidi: ‘Gistermiddag is de jury langs geweest. Ze waren er maar twee minuten,’ NRC – Cultuur dagboek, 22 April 2024 (Dutch)

5 pavillons qui nous ont impressionnés à la Biennale de Venise, Beaux Arts, 22 April 2024, Daphné Bétard (Français)

Biennale de Venise 2024 : Balot exposé en RDC et en numérique en Italie, Agence Congolaise de Presse, 21 April 2024 (French)

Armed guards, reparations and the lives of others: Venice Biennale 2024 – review, The Guardian, 21 April, Laura Cumming (English)

Biennale 2024: il Padiglione dei Paesi Bassi si dividerà tra Venezia e il Congo, Exibart, 21 April 2024 (Italian)

Biennale di Venezia 2024: i 5 padiglioni ai Giardini da non perdere, Vogue Italy, 21 April 2024, Michele Fossi (Italian)

Biennale, at the Dutch Pavilion works by Congolese collective CATPC made with cocoa and palm oil, Finestre sull’arte, 20 April 2024 (English)

Bericht vanaf de Biënnale van Venetië, Hard//hoofd, 20 April 2024, Jorne Vriens (Dutch)

CATPC vertegenwoordigt Nederland op Biënnale van Venetië, Mixed Grill, 20 April 2024 (Dutch)

Biënnale van Venetië ambieert een historische bijsturing en schuift op richting zuiden, De Standaard, 20 April 2024, Geert Van der Speeten (Dutch)

Kan dit beeld eindelijk de boze geesten bedwingen en de lokale bevolking bijstaan in haar strijd? Nederland zet relatie België-Congo centraal op Biënnale, De Morgen, 20 April 2024, Pieter Dumon (Dutch)

Waarom Nederland op de Biënnale uitpakt met beladen Congolese kunst, De Morgen, 20 April 2024, Pieter Dumon (print) (Dutch)

威尼斯双年展亮点前瞻 (Highlights on Venice Biennale), Yitiao, 19 April 2024, Cheng Yanbin, Ye Li (Chinese)

A la Biennale de Venise, le pavillon des Pays-Bas revient sur le passé colonial du pays, Le Monde, 19 April 2024, Philippe Dagen (French)

Venice Diaries: Friends and Enemies, ArtForum, 19 April 2024, Pablo Larios (English)

Levende doden – Het Nederlands paviljoen als heiligdom en mortuarium, Metropolis M, 18 April 2024, Domeniek Ruyters (Dutch)

National Pavilions Review, Part 2: A Miasma of Despair and a Glimmer of Hope, Frieze, 17 April 2024, Terence Trouillot (English)

In het Nederlandse paviljoen in Venetië ruikt het zoet, maar zijn de expressieve cacaobeelden indringend, NRC, 17 April 2024, Thomas van Huut (Dutch)

De Nederlandse expo op de Biënnale vergt behoorlijk wat denkstappen, Volkskrant, 17 April 2024, Anna van Leeuwen (Dutch)

Il ritorno di Balot non fa più paura, il manifesto del, 17 April 2024 (print) (Italian)

Venice Diaries: Pretty Pretty Good, Artforum, 17 April 2024, Travis Jeppesen (English)

What to See at the 60th Venice Biennale – the Elephant Roundup, Elephant, 16 April 2024 (English)

Contested Congolese sculpture returns home, temporarily, The Art Newspaper, 16 April 2024, David D’Arcy (English)

Venice Biennale 2024: the must-see pavilions in the Giardini, The Art Newspaper, 16 April 2024, Lee Cheshire, José da Silva, Gareth Harris, Kabir Jhala, Julia Michalska and Alexander Morrison (English)

Venice Special: Biennale preview, The Recess, 14 April 2024 (English)

2024年第60届威尼斯双年展–部分国家馆参展名单及相关推介(The 60th Venice Biennale in 2024 – some highlights on national pavilions), Su Art, 14 April 2024 (Chinese) 

A Guide to the 2024 Venice Biennale National Pavilions, Artnews, 13 April 2024, Alex Greenberger (English)

‘War, refugees, destruction’: colonialism and conflict key themes of Venice Biennale, The Guardian, 12 April 2024, Lanre Bakare (English)

Venice Art Biennale 2024: a guide to what to see in and around the city, Wallpaper*, 12 April 2024, Amah-Rose Abrams (English)

What To Catch At The Venice Biennale 2024: Insider Tips For The Artfully Curious, The Art Gorgeous, 12 April 2024 (English)

Wat Unilever aanrichtte in Congo, verteld op de Biënnale namens Nederland, NRC, 11 April 2024, Toef Jaeger (Dutch)

The Congolese Collective CATPC on Representing The Netherlands at the 60th Venice Biennale, ArtReview, 10 April 2024 (English)

60th Venice Biennale Pavilions And Collateral Events Guide, Artlyst, 8 April 2024 (English)

Ancestral sculpture Balot temporarily returned to country of origin, Art Daily, 8 April 2024 (English)

Ancestral Sculpture Balot Temporarily Returned To Country Of Origin, The Culture Newspaper, 6 April 2024 (English)

Waarom de Biënnale dit jaar niet alleen plaatsvindt in Venetië, maar ook op een voormalige plantage in Congo, Het Parool, 2 April 2024, Kees Keijer (Dutch)

De sculptuur Balot is terug in het Congolese Lusanga – maar mag hij er ook voorgoed blijven?, NRC, 29 March 2024, Toef Jaeger (Dutch)

The Artists Digitally Liberating Colonial Plunder, NOEMA mag, 28 March 2024, Alizeh Kohari (English)

GLEAN 3, Guest editor: CATPC, Spring 2024 (English)

Kwilu : A Lusanga, une coopérative d’artistes associe l’art à la restauration des terres dégradées et la lutte contre la faim, 7sur7, 27 March 2024 (French)

Kwilu : une ONG célèbre le retour d’une œuvre d’art  Pende (De notre envoyée spéciale à Lusanga Constance Tekitila), Agence Congolaise de Presse, 22 March 2024 (French)

Pratiche decoloniali alla Biennale Arte di Venezia. Intervista al curatore del Padiglione Olanda, Artribune, 20 March 2024, Laura Cocciolillo (Italian)

2024 Venice Biennale pavilions: your go-to list [updated], ArtReview, 13 March 2024 (English)

Biennale di Venezia 2024: dentro i Padiglioni Nazionali, Il Giornalle dell’Arte, 8 March 2024, Enrico Tantucci (Italian)

The Art Angle Roundup: Museums vs Patrons, a Contested Sculpture Stars in Venice, and Koons on the Moon, ArtNet, 29 February 2024 (English)

Biënnale Venetië blijft bij deelname van Israël ondanks protest duizenden kunstenaars, NRC, 29 February 2024, Hester van Santen (Dutch)

Een beetje Biënnale in Congo, Trouw, 16 February 2024 (Dutch)

Van je buren moet je het hebben: Nederlanders hekelen Belgische koloniale geschiedenis op Biënnale, Nieuwsblad, 15 February 2024, Anton Goegebeur (Dutch)

Decolonizing Art: The Journey of the ‘Balot’ Figure to the Venice Biennale, BNN Breaking, 15 February 2024, Safak Costu (English)

Nederlands paviljoen toont Congolees beeld van vermoorde Belgische koloniaal, De Morgen, 15 February 2024 (Dutch)

Uit de kunst: een therapeutische tentoonstelling van Robbie Williams en de terugkeer van een Congolees beeld, Trouw, 15 February 2024 (Dutch)

De boze geest van een Belgische koloniale ambtenaar waart door de Biënnale van Venetië, De Standaard, 14 February 2024, Veerle Vanden Bosch (Dutch)

Contested Wood Sculpture Will Get Star Turn at Venice Biennale, ArtNet, 14 February 2024, Jo Lawson-Tancred (English)

Voorouderlijke sculptuur tijdelijk terug naar plaats van herkomst, Metropolis M, 14 February 2024 (Dutch)

Sculpture of colonial officer’s ‘angry spirit’ returns to DRC as Dutch urge reckoning, The Guardian, 14 February 2024, Philip Oltermann (English)

VMFA to loan Balot sculpture to Congo museum after years of controversy, Richmond Times-Dispatch, 12 February 2024, Colleen Curran (English)

Amerikaans museum eindelijk overstag: Congolees beeld tijdelijk terug naar Congo, Volkskrant, 12 February 2024, Anna van Leeuwen (Dutch)

These Pavilions have Announced African Perspectives so far, Contemporary&, 6 February 2024 (English)

Il Padiglione Olandese alla Biennale Arte 2024, Interni Magazine, 24 January 2024, Leonardo Castiglione (Italian)

Dit worden de culturele hoogtepunten van voorjaar 2024, NRC, 10 January 2024 (Dutch)

Facing the Fire: On a former palm oil plantation a community rebuilds, The Baffler, No. 71, November/December 2023 (English)

Il collettivo CATPC al Padiglione Olandese della Biennale 2024, Artribune, 23 November 2023, Giulia Giaume (Italian)

Biennale Venedig: Beitrag der Niederlande steht fest, Kunstforum, 23 November 2023 (German)

Fruits of Labour, De Witte Raaf, Edition 225, Sep/Oct 2023, Pia Louwerens (Dutch)

Growth, grift and speculation, The Critic, 9 September 2023, Pierre d’Alancaisez (English)

Met je hoofd in een klankkast of de geur van een tentzeil opsnuiven: de kunst op Into The Great Wide Open is voor alle zintuigen, Volkskrant, 31 August 2023, Janna Reinsma (Dutch)

African Artists’ Foundation announces the second edition of ‘Dig Where You Stand’, Art Africa, 25 August 2023 (English)

African Artists’ Foundation Explores the Regenerative Potential of Art in Africa and Its Diasporas, Widewalls, 7 August 2023, Hesper Cane (English)

African Artists’ Foundation announces the second edition of ‘Dig Where You Stand’ in Togo, artdaily, August 2023 (English)

Dig Where You Stand – Group Show, Contemporary And, August 2023 (English)

Venice Biennale 2024, Universes in Universe, August 2023 (English)

Someone is getting rich, De Witte Raaf, edition 224, July-August 2023, Bram Live (Dutch)

Which Artists Are Headed to the Venice Biennale in 2024? Here’s a List of All the National Pavilions Announced So Far, Artnet News, 24 July 2023 (English)

Erken dat uitgebuite plantagearbeiders co-auteurs van het Stedelijk Museum zijn, NRC, 7 June 2023, Renzo Martens (Dutch)

Met ‘sorry’ is de ongelijkheid van het slavernijverleden niet opgelost – met Ira Kip naar Someone is Getting Rich in het Tropenmuseum, Mister Motley, 25 May 2023, Roxane Soudagar (Dutch)

De kracht van het kunstcollectief, FD, 25 May 2023, Ellen Leijser (Dutch)

Tentoonstelling Tropenmuseum toont dat ‘de financiële wereld is gebouwd op onderdrukking en slavernij’, Parool, 9 May 2023, Maarten Moll (Dutch)

Congolese Plantation Workers’ Art Collective (CATPC) to Represent the Netherlands at 2024 Venice Biennale, Art News Africa, 21 April 2023, Iyanouluwa Adelne (English)

Collectief CATPC en Renzo Martens Nederlandse inzending Biënnale van Venetië 2024, Kunstkrant, 21 April 2023 (Dutch)

Biennale 2024: il Padiglione dei Paesi Bassi si dividerà tra Venezia e il Congo, Exibart, 21 April 2023 (Italian)

Dutch Pavillion at the 2024 Venice Biennale to Be Presented by Plantation Worker’s Collective from Congo, Widewalls, 20 April 2023 (English)

Renzo Martens und CATPC bespielen niederländischen Pavillon in Venedig, Monopol, 20 April 2023 (German)

Renzo Martens en Congolees collectief naar Biënnale van Venetië, NRC Cultuurgids, 20 April 2023, Thomas van Huut (Dutch)

Hicham Khalidi curator of the Dutch entry for the 2024 Venice Biennale, Jan van Eyck Academie, 19 April 2023 (English)

Renzo Martens naar Biënnale van Venetië, Het Parool, 19 April 2023, print (Dutch)

Nederland tikt CATPC Collective en Renzo Martens aan voor Venice Pavilion, Nieuws NL, 18 April 2023, Vera Hek (Dutch)

Congolese Plantation Workers’ Collective vertegenwoordigt Nederland op de Biënnale van Venetië, Nieuws NL, 18 April 2023, Vera Hek (Dutch)

Nederlandse bijdrage Biënnale van Venetië tegelijk in Congo, Barneveldse krant, 18 April 2023 (Dutch)

Congolese Plantation Workers’ Collective to Represent the Netherlands at the Venice Biennale, ARTnews, 18 April 2023, Alex Greenberger (English)

Netherlands Taps CATPC Collective and Renzo Martens for Venice Pavilion, Artforum, 18 April 2023 (English)

Which Artists Are Showing at Venice Biennale 2024?, Ocula News, 18 April 2023, Sam Gaskin (English)

Curator Bernice Rose Dies at 87, the Dutch Make Venice Biennale Pick, and More: Morning Links for April 18, 2023, ARTnews, 18 April 2023 (English)

Renzo Martens and Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise to represent the Netherlands at Venice Biennale, ArtReview, 17 April 2023 (English)

Renzo Martens vertegenwoordigt Nederland op de Biënnale in Venetië, Volkskrant, 17 April 2023, Rutger Pontzen (Dutch)

Collectief CATPC en Renzo Martens Nederlandse inzending Biënnale van Venetië 2024, Trendbeheer, 17 April 2023 (Dutch)

Collectief CATPC en Renzo Martens Nederlandse inzending Biënnale van Venetië 2024, Metropolis M, 17 April 2023 (Dutch)

Collectief CATPC en Renzo Martens Nederlandse inzending Biënnale van Venetië 2024, Trendbeheer, 17 April 2023 (Dutch)

Renzo Martens en Congolees collectief naar Biënnale van Venetië, NRC, 17 April 2023, Sandra Smallenburg (Dutch)

CATPC Collective and Renzo Martens Dutch Entry Venice Biennale 2024, ArtDependence, 17 April 2023 (English)

Renzo Martens and Congolese collective to Venice Biennale, Amsterdam Time, 17 April 2023 (English)

Collectief CATPC en Renzo Martens Nederlandse inzending Biënnale van Venetië 2024, Kunstbus, 17 April 2023 (English)

Why Are Alternatives to Art Schools on the Rise?, ArtReview, 9 March 2023, Kuba Szreder (English)

Joan Kee’s Top 10 Highlights of 2022, part of Best of 2022, Artforum, 1 December 2022, print and online (English)

Lagos Photo Festival 2022: When images recount ordeal, speak to future, Vanguard, 7 November 2022, Chris Onuoha (English)

When art creates a new economy: the White Cube project in Lusanga, Congo, Lampoon, 2 November 2022, Ilaria Sponda (English)

Tunis : Dream City, quand la Médina fait son festival, Jeune Afrique, 7 October 2022, Frida Dahmani (French)

“Tashweesh” ( du 23 au 25 septembre ) et “Dream City” ( du 30 septembre au 9 octobre ) : Quand les arts s’emparent de la capitale, Tunisie Actu, 23 September 2022 (French)

Exposition: “Dig where you stand”, Art Africain, 22 September 2022 (English)

Meaningful Returns, Outland, 19 September 2022, Samuel Reilly (English)

“Dream City” – 8e édition: Une ville rêvée au programme, La Presse TN, 18 September 2022, Haithem Haouel (French)

Photographer Zanele Muholi Finds Empowerment Through Bold Black-and-White Portraiture, Colossal, 12 September, Grace Ebert (English)

Afrique: Culture africaine – Les rendez-vous en septembre 2022, All Africa, 7 September 2022, Siegfried Forster (French)

Culture africaine: les rendez-vous en septembre 2022, RFI, 7 September 2022 (French)

How do you place a price tag on art in an age of perpetual crisis?, The Art Newspaper, 6 September 2022, Scott Reyburn (English)

Elevando las voces del Arte Contemporáneo Africano, Plataforma de Arte Contemporáneo (PAC), 6 September 2022, Sara Torres Sifón (Spanish)

Dig Where You Stand – Group Show, C&, 2 September 2022 (English)

The African Artists’ Foundation Announces Two New Exhibitions As Part Of Their 2022 Fall Program. Elevating The Voices Of African Contemporary Art, Re-Edition, 2 September 2022 (English)

Dig Where You Stand, ExpoArtist News, 26 August 2022 (English)

The New Yorker writes about Balot sculpture and White Cube controversy with VMFA, Richmond Times-Dispatch, 23 August 2022, Colleen Curran (English)

Could NFTs be used as a tool to decolonize the arts?, ZAM magazine, 14 August 2022, Aimie Eliot (English)

Can an Artists’ Collective in Africa Repair a Colonial Legacy?, The New Yorker (print issue July 25, 2022), 18 July 2022, Alice Gregory (English)

Future Talks: Kunstenaars die de wereld veranderen, Waag, 23 June 2022, Anne Schepers (Dutch)

A Biennial for the Future, Kunstkritikk, 15 June 2022, Louise Steiwer (English)

Congolese artists mint NFTs to challenge US museum’s ownership of indigenous sculpture, The Art Newspaper, 15 June 2022, Tom Seymour (English)

Decolonizing Museums Doesn’t Help Plantation Workers Like Us in the Congo. So We’re Selling NFTs to Buy Back Our Land, Artnet, 14 June 2022, Cedart Tamasala & Matthieu Kasiama (English)

Buitententoonstelling Paradys toont de spanning tussen het paradijs en de turbulente realiteit, Volkskrant, 25 May 2022, Sarah van Binsbergen (Dutch)

Kunst zet aan tot kijken en denken in Fries paradijs (print), NRC, 19 May 2022, Majoleine de Vos (Dutch)

Ibrahim Mahama Builds Museums of the Future, ArtReview, 18 May 2022, Azu Nwagbogu (English)

In het Friese paradijs neemt het damhert wraak op de mens (print), Trouw, 16 May 2022, Joke de Wolf (Dutch)

The NFT Project That’s (Re)Claiming A Museum Object, Jing Culture & Commerce, 9 May 2022, Min Chen (English)

“Staple: What’s on Your Plate?”, Artforum, print edition May 2022, Rahel Aima (English)

10 hot documentary projects pitched at the CPH:DOX Forum, Screendaily, 1 April 2022, Ben Dalton (Dutch)

Ethical Engagement with NFTs – Impossibility or Viable Aspiration?, Makery, 31 March 2022, Michelle Kasprzak (English)

Renzo Martens und CATPC in Berlin: Ein Gentrifizierungsprogramm im Kongo, Monopol, 28 March 2022, Philipp Hindahl (German)

Can I Create and Publish My Own Subversive Wordle? + More Artists’-Rights Questions, Answered, ArtNet, 25 March 2022, Katarina Feder (English)

Colonial Confrontations: CATPC and Renzo Martens at KOW Berlin, BerlinArtLink, 18 March 2022, William Kherbek (English)

How NFT technology can be ‘a tool for decolonization’, DW, 17 March 2022, Alexandria Williams (English)

Vegetal Enlightenment, Urban Acoustics and Postmodern Dance: Arts and Culture this March, ArtReview, 4 March 2022 (English)

Eén grondstof per kunstenaar ­– Made in X, Kunsthal Extra City, Metropolis M, 3 March 2022, Jasper Delva (Dutch)

NFTs, art repatriation and the VMFA: How a local museum ended up in the middle of an international controversy, Richmond Times-Dispatch, 28 February 2022, Colleen Curran (English)

Congolese Sculpture Held by Virginia Museum Is at the Center of a Dispute Involving NFTsArtNews, 22 February 2022, Angelica Villa (English)

‘We Reappropriated What Belongs to Us’: Congolese Artists Minted NFTs of a Colonial-Era Sculpture—and the Museum That Owns It Is Not Happy, ArtNet, 22 February 2022, Kate Brown (English)

Congolees beeld mag niet terugkomen naar huis dan maken Congolese kunstenaars het toch lekker digitaal na en verkopen het, Het Parool, 22 February 2022 (Dutch)

Die Kunst der Woche für Berlin: das Kollektiv CATPC bei KOW, TAZ, 22 February 2022 (German)

A group of Congolese artists are building the NFT to ‘re-appropriate’ a statue sold during colonial rule, Virginia News, 21 February 2022 (English)

Im Universum der Werte, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 19 February 2022, Peter Richter (German)

Row about Congolese statue loan escalates into legal battle over NFTs, The Guardian, 19 February 2022, Daniel Boffey (English)

Congolees kunstcollectief hoopt met NFT van geroofd kunstwerk het weer digitaal terug te krijgen, De Volkskrant, 14 February 2022, Maxine van Veelen (Dutch)

Een NFT als een geest in de fles, De Standaard, 14 February 2022, Inge Schelstraete (Dutch)

A-radical-new-model-turns-the-NFT-into-a-tool-for-decolonization, ArtDaily, 6 February 2022 (English)

Expo belicht onze haat-liefdeverhouding met grondstoffen, Kanaal Z, 4 February 2022, Valerie Bouwens (Dutch)

‘Nucleaire’ stenen, 250 kilo theebladeren en levensgroot beeld uit chocolade: expo in verduisterd Dominicanenklooster zet aan tot nadenken, HLN, 4 February 2022, Grâce Verellen (Dutch)

Extra City serveert beelden in cacao en theeblaadjes, GVA, 4 February 2022, Frank Heirman (Dutch)

Grondstof tot nadenken: Kunstenaars over cacao, thee, kobalt, Pasar (print), 1 February 2022 (Dutch)

Neocolonialism, a History of Death and Cursed Rings: the Best Arts and Culture this February, ArtReview, 1 February 2022 (English)

Internationale artiesten stellen massaproductie aan de kaak in nieuwe expo: “Want onwetendheid komt niemand ten goede”, HLN, 23 December 2021, Grâce Verellen (Dutch)

Renzo Martens’ Film ‘White Cube’ Embodies the Phrase ‘Joy to the World’, Ocula, 23 December 2021, Sam Gaskin (English)

A Huge Facility For Arts Just Opened In Jeddah And It’s Taking The City’s Artistic Legacy Forward, Lovin Riyadh, 8 December 2021, Mohammed Mirza (English)

Your new go-to creative space: Hayy Jameel, Destination Jeddah, 7 December 2021, Rama Maad (English)

Hayy Jameel’s opening show explores the politics of food in Jeddah, Arab News, 7 December 2021, Rebecca Anne Proctor (English)

Hayy Jameel multidisciplinary arts center opens to public in Jeddah, Arab News, 7 December 2021, Rebecca Anne Proctor (English)

Hayy Jameel a one of a kind arts complex opens in Jeddah, The National News, Alexandra Chaves, 5 December 2021 (English)

One-of-a-kind arts complex opens in Jeddah, Bashdop, 5 December 2021, Roger B. Hall (English)

The top four art documentaries at DOC NYC, The Art Newpaper,  17 November 2021, David D’Arcy (English)

Site of Extraction: Renzo Martens’s ‘White Cube’ in a Congolese Palm Oil Plantation, ArtReview, 10 November 2021, J.J. Charlesworth (English)

The Largest Documentary Film Festival in the U.S. Is Kicking Off in New York. Here Are 7 Films About Art to Check Out at Doc NYC, Artnet, 10 November 2021, Sarah Cascone (English)

An overview of DOC NYC 2021, largest documentary film festival in U.S., Peoples world, 9 November 2021, Bill Meyer (English)

Witte messias in Congo, VPRO Gids, November 2021, Daan Snijder (Dutch)

“Monoculture: A Recent History”, Artforum, Yoann Van Parys (English)

Renzo Martens’ White Cube: gedurfd manifest voor een gedekoloniseerde kunstwereld, Recto Verso, 7 May 2021, Anneleen van Kuyck (Dutch)

’White Cube’: Congolesiske arbejdere sælger kunst til vesten i tankevækkende dokumentar, Sound Venue, 1 May 2021 (Danish)

Neo-kolonialismen skal fordrives med chokoladekunst, Politiken, 28 April 2021, Kim Skotte (Danish)

CPH:DOX review: White Cube (Renzo Martens), ICS, 26 April 2021, Walter Neto (English)

Kinshasa : White Cube, un film sur l’art et la culture de terre, Actualité, 25 April 2021, Thérèse Ntumba (French)

White Cube Screening, Lagosmums, 23 April 2021 (English)

Bez imaginace nemáš žádnou naději, Artalk, 21 April 2021, Vít Havránek (Czech)

Sharjah Art Foundation and The Africa Institute co-host White Cube, Gulf Today, 14 April 2021, Muhammad Yusuf (English)

African workers take control of their destiny with new museum, OLT News, 14 April 2021 (English)

« White Cube » : une utopie postcoloniale ?, The Conversation, 13 April 2021, Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka (French)

Sharjah Art Foundation and The Africa Institute to Co-host Global Museum Launch Middle East Premiere of White Cube (2020), Albawaba, 13 April 2021 (English)

With a New Museum, African Workers Take Control of Their Destiny, The New York Times, 13 April 2021, Nina Siegal (English)

With the new museum, African workers will be in control of their own destiny, Love by Life, 13 April 2021 (English)

Der niederländische Konzeptkünstler Renzo Martens erforscht die globalen Geldströme der Kunst am Beispiel Afrikas. In dem Film “White Cube” zeigt er nun eine echte Utopie, Die Zeit, 8 April 2021, Jonathan Fischer (English)

Renzo Martens’s Fraught Attempt to Change the Art World, Frieze, 7 April 2021, Eric Otieno Sumba

White Cube, Africultures, 5 April 2021 (English)

The work of the Congolese in the plantations in Lusanga presented in the feature film «White Cube», ACP, 5 April 2021 (English)

Lagos premiere of ‘White Cube’ film celebrates Congolese’ land buy back, African Arts with Taj, 3 April 2021 (English)

Renzo Martens. White Cube, De Witte Raaf, March/April 2021, Johan Hartle (English)

Die Befreiung der Kunst beginnt auf den Plantagen, Die Welt, 27 March 2021, Marcus Moeller (German)

‘Onze musea zijn gefinancierd op de kap van uitgebuite Congolese arbeiders’, De Standaard, 27 March 2021, Jeroen Struys (Dutch)

White Cube, Apollo, 26 March 2021 (English)

Dokumentation “White Cube”. Schokoskulpturen mit bitterer Note, Monopol Magazine, 25 March 2021, Ann Mbuti (German)

Renzo Martens afirma: “La violencia de las plantaciones ha financiado museos”, El Universal, 24 March 2021, Sonia Sierra (Spanish)

CULTURA“La Violencia de las Plantaciones ha Financiado Museos”: Renzo Martens, Cambio 22, 24 March 2021 (Spanish)

Un museo “White Cube” en el Congo, Neo2, 23 March 2021, María Muñoz (Spanish)

White Cube, Renzo Martens, Docville, 20 March 2021 (Dutch)

Renzo Martens: White Cube, Africanah, 19 March 2021, Rob Perrée (English)

Why is there a white cube gallery space in the middle of a Congolese palm oil plantation? FAD Magazine, 11 March 2021, Mark Westall (English)

«WHITE CUBE» DE RENZO MARTENS : Culture et Art, Farafina Culture, 25 February 2021, Zouhour Harbaoui (Français)

Post-plantation art: The chocolate sculptures taking on capitalism, EXBERLINER, 15 February 2021, Duncan Ballantyne-Way (English)

Hart Magazine, Kunst, kritiek en zelfbediening. Een gesprek tussen Renzo Martens en Pieter Vermeulen, Hart Magazine, 3 February 2021 (Dutch)

Book Review: Engagement or Acquiescence? On ‘Critique in Practice: Renzo Martens’ Episode III: Enjoy Poverty’, Third Text, December 2020 (English)

Renzo Martens maakt van voormalige plantagearbeiders kunstenaars (en geeft ze zo hun eigenwaarde en plantage terug), Museum Tijdschrift, November 2020 (Dutch)

White Cube van Renzo Martens, Afrika Server, November 2020 (Dutch)

White Cube – in de bioscoop vanaf 26 november, Oog voor Afrika, November 2020 (Dutch)

Review: White Cube, Cineuropa, 26 November 2020, Chris Frieswijk (English)

White Cube, VPRO Cinema, 26 November 2020 (Dutch)

White Cube gaat over meer dan alleen de kolonialistische banden van de kunstwereld, Het Parool, 25 November 2020, Roosje van der Kamp (Dutch)

Renzo Martens helpt Afrikanen met kunstwerken, NRC Handelsblad, 24 November 2020, Sabeth Snijders (Dutch)

IDFA Feature-length Competition review: White Cube by Renzo Martens, Business Doc Europe, 21 November 2020, Mark Adams (English)

Renzo Martens over White Cube: ‘Het Stedelijk moet vanaf nu het hele aankoopbudget aan kunst van plantagearbeiders besteden’, Cultuurpers, 18 November 2020, Leo Bankersen (Dutch)

Deze documentaires mag u niet missen op IDFA 2020, HP De Tijd, 18 November 2020, Nico van den Berg (Dutch)

White Cube: terug naar de plantages voor een ‘omgekeerd gentrificatieproject’, Het Parool, 18 November 2020,  Jan Pieter Ekker (Dutch)

Renzo Martens profiteerde van de armoede die hij filmde: ‘Het is vernederend dat ik de energie van anderen heb verspild’, Trouw, 17 November 2020, Harmen van Dijk (Dutch)

Met de ontroerende documentaire ‘White Cube’ slaat Renzo Martens de spijker op z’n kop, Trouw, 17 November 2020, Belinda van de Graaf (Dutch)

Het eeuwige spel met ongemak van regisseur Renzo Martens, De Volkskrant, 16 November 2020, Sarah Van Binsbergen (Dutch)

Kunst moet de wereld verbeteren, Filmkrant, 16 November 2020, Edo Dijksterhuis (Dutch)

Witte wereldverbeteraar, De Groene Amsterdammer, 11 November 2020, Basje Boer (Dutch)

White Cube: Cocoa Sculptures With a Bitter Taste of Colonialism, Twin Magazine, 6 November 2020 (English)

Kunstenaar helpt arbeiders in Congo, wie heeft daar baat bij? NRC Handelsblad, 4 November 2020, Hans den Hartog Jager (Dutch)

David Gianotten featured in IDFA 2020 documentary, AAS Architecture, 3 November 2020 (English)

Hier botsen kunst en actualiteit, NRC Handelsblad, 14 October 2020, Hans den Hartog Jager (Dutch)

Altijd in het midden, Risquons-Tout in WIELS, HART, NR. 207, 6 October 2020, Pieter Van Bogaert (Dutch)

Critique in Practice. Renzo Martens’ Episode III: Enjoy Poverty, De Witte Raaf, edition 207 September-Oktober 2020, Bas Blaasse (Dutch)

De smokkelroutes van WielsDe Tijd, 11 September 2020, Koen van Boxem (Dutch)

The Sculptural Politics of CacaoArt in America, 15 September 2020, Zoé Samudzi

Pork Trotters, Bay Leaves and Chocolate, frieze, September 2019, Jesse Connuck (English)

See the Congolese artists igniting a modern arts movement, National Geographic, 8 April 2019, Jocelyn C. Zuckerman (English)

The Rural, Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art, MIT Press, February 2019 (English)

Leading Architects’ Best Pro-Bono Projects Opening in 2019, Architectural Digest, 17 December 2018, Eva Fedderly (English)

Wir haven keine Zeit zu verlieren, TAZ, 14 August 2018, Ingo Arend (German)

Tightrope Walks (Gratwanderungen), BE #25, 1 August 2018, Hajo Schiff (English, German)

#whatif, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen — Intervista a Irene Campolmi, ATP Diary, 4 May 2018, Giulia Morrucchio (Italian)

21e Biennale de Sydney, Artpress, 1 April 2018, Miriam Cosic (French, English)

Kunst er ikke SoMe, Dagbladet Information, 27 March 2018, Ida Marie Hede (Danish)

Les racines vivaces du rappeur Baloji, Le Monde, 23 March 2018, Stéphane Davet (French)

Dokumentariske utopier for an grumset verden, kunsten.nu, 22 March 2018, Kristian Handberg (Danish)

Baloji’s Vibrant New Video Looks at Congolese Pygmy Wedding Traditions, Dazed, March 22, 2018, Lior Phillips (English)

Baloji est de retour du Congo avec le clip le plus hallucinant de l’année, Les Inrocks, March 22, 2018, Stéphane Deschamps (French)

Chocoladesculpturen maken voor natuurherstel in Congo, Trouw, February 19, 2018, Jeroen Den Blijker (Dutch)

Love in a Box Set: What The Critics Are Giving Their Valentines, The Times, February 9, 2018, Rachel Campbell-Johnston (English)

Étendue d’une “chaine de valeurs”. Entretien avec Nicolas Jolly, Flux News, 29 January 2018, Annabelle Dupret (French)

3 Art Industry Insiders Share Their Favorite Exhibits Of The Year, Ocean Drive, December 8, 2017, Jason Farago (English)

The Best Art of 2017, The New York Times, December 6, 2017, Jason Farago (English)

TOP 10 Museums and Cultural Venues of 2017, Designboom, December 1, 2017, Isabel Narea (English)

Een White Cube op een plantage in Congo, De Groene Amsterdammer, November 8, 2017, Roos van der Lint (Dutch)

White Cube in de Jungle, Metropolis M, August 2017, Sacha Bronwasser (Dutch)

What Is This Art Gallery Doing on a Congolese Palm-Oil Plantation?, Atlas Obscura, July 27, 2017, Sam Gaskin (English)

The White Cube, art4d, July 27, 2017, Wichit Horyingsawad (English)

The Repatriation of the White Cube, Diaphanes, July 5 2017, Clémentine Deliss (English)

II. Los Angeles and New York, Even, July 1, 2017, Joanna Fiduccia (English)

Guggenheim in Kongo, Frankfurter Allgemeine, June 16, 2017, Kolja Reichert (German)

Oma: White Cube, Domus, May 23, 2017 (English)

Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise, Art in America, May 22, 2017, Mostafa Heddaya (English)

Renzo Martens en David Gianotten / OMA: het (post)koloniale dilemmaArchiNed, May 22, 2017, Paoletta Holst (Dutch)

OMA – Office for Metropolitan Architecture White Cube, Divisare, May 22, 2017 (English)

OMA-designed ‘white cube’ gallery in DR Congo highlights the plight of plantation workers, DesignBoom, May 18, 2017, Philip Stevens (English)

Have At It: A Post-Trump New York Looks at How Images, Ideas, and Resources Circulate, Art News, May 17, 2017, Liz Hirsch (English)

With the Banned. The Art World Should Mean the Whole World, ARTnews, May 15, 2017, Ruba Katrib (English)

巧克力雕塑、种植园中的美术馆和刚果民主共和国的“贫穷资源” (Chocolate sculpture and White Cube on the plantations, and the “poor resources” of the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Creator Project Vice China, May 12, 2017, Sam Gaskin (Chinese)

OMA’s latest museum design opens with a burst of flames in Lusanga, DRC – but is it really the colonial reversal it claims?, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, May 11, 2017, Katrina Kufer (English)

How an OMA-Designed Art Museum Just Opened in a Remote Town in the DRC, Arsty, May 11, 2017, Natalie Hegert (English)

A Visit To Lusanga, V2, May 8, 2017, Michel van Dartel (English)

Congo: kunst, chocolade, kapitaal, De Morgen, May 6, 2017, Sacha Bronwasser (Dutch)

Chocoladesculpturen bieden uitweg voor Congolese plantagearbeiders, De Volkskrant, May 4, 2017, Sacha Bronwasser (Dutch)

Chika Okeke-Agulu on Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise, Art Forum, May 2017, Chika Okeke-Agulu (English)

Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise, Art Forum, May 2017, Claire Bishop (English)

A New Art Museum Stands on a Former Plantation in the Congo, VICE Creators, April 29, 2017, DJ Pangburn (English)

De Repatriëring – Beeldverhaal, De Standaard, April 29, 2017, Thomas Nolf (English)

Congolese plantation sprouts art centre to help the poor, Agence France-Presse (AFP): News24 (South Africa), MSN Video (United Kingdom)Dailymotion, 21Frames,AFP Youtube Channel, Yahoo! News Canada, Yahoo! 7 News Australia, Radio France InternationalYahoo! Singapore, Modern Ghana, Pulse Nigeria, Channel Africa, Africatime, France 24, Getty Images, Pulse Ghana, Pulse Kenya, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, Breitbart, April 28, 2017 (English)

RDC: après les plantations Unilever, un rêve contre la pauvreté, Forbes Afrique, 24h Congo,VOA Afrique, Afrique Télévision,AFP, L’Express, France 24, Le Point, Le Parisien, Orange Actualités,Orange Pro, La Croix, Journal du Cameroun, RTL Info, 5 Minutes RTL (Luxembourg), Niooz LuxembourgMedia Congo, Africatime, April 27, 2017 (French)

White Cube in de jungle, NRC, April 27, 2017, Renzo Martens (Dutch)

Kwilu – Inauguration D’un Centre De Recherche En Art Et Les InégalitésÉconomiques À Lusanga, Le Congolais; Le Poteniel, April 26, 2017, Stanislas Ntambwe (French)

Een Dumas en Tuymans in de Congolese jungle, De Volkskrant, April 24, 2017, Sacha Bronwasser (Dutch)

OMA-Designed Museum With Subversive Goals Opens on a ‘Post-Plantation’ in DR Congo, Artnet, April 24, 2017, Alyssa Buffenstein (English)

New museum on former plantation opens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Art Daily, April 23, 2017 (English)

Woede aan de macht, Financieel Dagblad, April 19, 2017, Farid Tabarki (Dutch)

Nouveau Musée En RD Congo Pour S’Attaquer À L’Inégalité ” Lusanga”, CongoActu, April 11, 2017 (French)

New museum in DRC to address inequality, The East African, All Africa, April 9, 2017, Bamuturaki Musinguzi (English)

Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise at SculptureCenter, New York, Art Radar,March 24, 2017, Tausif Noor (English)

OMA Design New Museum on Former Plantation in Lusanga, Congo, The Culture Trip, March 23, 2017, Freire Barnes (English)

Museo e centro d’arte progettato da Rem Koolhaas. In Congo in un’ex piantagione Unilever, Art Tribune, March 21, 2017 (Italian)

A new museum-Lusanga International Research Centre on Art and Economic Inequality, NOWNESS Instagram, March 17, 2017 (English)

New Museum in Democratic Republic of Congo to Address Economic Inequality Through Art, Art Forum, March 17, 2017 (English)

Can art redress economic inequality? A new white cube museum on a former Congo plantation aims to find out, The Art Newspaper,March 17, 2017, Victoria Stapley-Brown (English)

Congolese Plantation Workers Art League to Open Art Center on Former Plantation, ArtNews, March 17, 2017, Robin Scher (English)

African Art in a Game of Catch-Up, New York Times, March 13, 2017, Holland Cotter (English)

Congolese artist displays chocolate sculptures in New York, Al Jazeera, March 12, 2017, Gabriel Elizondo (English)

5 Show-Stopping Sculptures from The Armory Show 2017, Art Space, March 2nd, 2017, Amelia Ames (English)

Can Art Really Make A Difference?, Huffington Post, February 25, 2017, Natalie Hegert (English)

Critical Consumption, Elephant, February 15, 2017, Emily Steer (English)

Chocolate and Capitalism Face Off in a New Sculpture Exhibit, The Creators Project (Vice), February 11, 2017, Abby Ronner (English)

Art, Poverty and Chocolate, New York Times, February 3, 2017, Randy Kennedy (English)

Congolese Plantation Workers Art League. A chocolate dilemma: Renzo Martens brings his problematic art enterprise to the SculptureCenter, 4 Columns, February 3, 2017, Ania Szremski (English)

Congolese Plantation Workers Are Making a Living Selling Chocolate Sculptures to the Art World, Artsy, February 1st, 2017, Casey Lesser (English)

OUT NOW: CATPC – Cercle d’art des travailleurs de plantation congolaise, Contemporary And (C&), January 28, 2017 (English)

Cacao Statues at the SculptureCenter, The New York Times, January 25, 2017, Robin Pogrebin (English)

Surfen of de diepte in?, VPRO gids, November 6, 2016, Rolf Hermsen (Dutch)

How Artist Renzo Martens Aims to Funnel Western Capital Back to the Plantation, Artnet, November 1, 2016, Brian Boucher (English)

Kunstenaar bouwt Afrikaanse ‘Tate’, Volkskrant, November 5, 2015, Sacha Bronwasser (Dutch)

Gentrification After Institutional Critique: On Renzo Martens’ Institute for Human Activities, Afterall Journal, Autumn/Winter 2015, TJ Demos (English)

‘Kunstenaars zijn niet beter dan multinationals’. Renzo Martens, wereldverbeteraar of zelfverrijker?, De Standaard, September 27, 2015, Anne-Sophie Dekeyser (Dutch)

Kunstenaar Renzo Martens: ‘Ik ben niet cynisch’ Het Parool, July 21, 2015, Peter van Brummelen (Dutch)

Interview: Kunstenaar Renzo Martens wil dat Afrikanen zelf verdienen aan hun armoede, De Correspondent, May 30, 2015, Marian Cousijn (Dutch)

Congolese portretten van pure chocolade NRC Handelsblad, May 29, 2015, Tracy Metz (Dutch)

Die Schokoladenseite der Kunst, Art Magazine,  May 16, 2015, Raimar Stange (German)

Chocoladebeelden uit het oerwoud, Knack, May 13, 2015, Jan Braet (Dutch)

Renzo Martens, Artforum, May 1, 2015, Travis Jeppesen (English)

Mysterie van Geld, Kunst en Cacao, Parool, May 1, 2015, Jan Pieter Ekker (Dutch)

Im Kopf nur Schokolade, Die Zeit, 29 April, 2015, Kolja Reichert (German)

Renzo Martens. How the Dutch provocateur launched an independent cultural economy with plantation workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Art Review, April 2015, J.J. Charlesworth (English)

Chocoladekunst met extra emoties NRC Handelsblad, February 19, 2015, Renzo Martens (Dutch)

The secret artists colony that wants to change the world with chocolate heads, CNN, 6 maart, 2015, Carrington Daisy (English)

Bekentenissen van de Imperfecte, 1848-1989-Vandaag, De Witte Raaf, Jan-Feb 2015, Jrg. 29 Nr. 173 (Dutch)

I want to gentrify the jungle, The Guardian, December 16, 2014, Stuart Jeffries (English)

Ongemakkelijke kunst voor een goed doel, De Groene Amsterdammer, December 4, 2014, Koen Kleijn (Dutch).

Niet kunnen leven van de cacao, maar wel van de chocolade, De Volkskrant, November 21, 2014, Mieke van Dixhoorn (Dutch)

Dakloos bla bla bla,  De Groene Amsterdammer, June 25, 2014, Roos van der Lint (Dutch)

Het streven – Hans de Hartog Jager. Kan hedendaagse kunst de wereld verbeteren? Literair Nederland, June 12, 2014, Martin Lok (Dutch)

Heeft de artistieke autonomie zijn grens bereikt? ‘Ja’ , Vrij Nederland, May 24, 2014, Carel Peeters (Dutch)

De (on)macht van kunst , Metropolis M, May 20, 2014, Floor van Luijk (Dutch)

Kunst, de motor van de economie, De Correspondent, May 19, 2014, Arnon Grunberg (Dutch)

De kunst van relevant zijn,De Volkskrant, April 7, 2014, Sacha Bronwasser (Dutch)

Een aanslag als een kunstwerk (Dutch), NRC Handelsdagblad, March 28, 2014, Daan van Lent (Dutch)

Art in the Jungle, HuffPost, January 16, 2014, Rana Florida (English)

On the Institute for Human Activities – Renzo Martens in Conversation with T.J. Demos (English), In: Scandalous: A Reader on Art and Ethics, Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2013, Nina Möntmann (ed.)

Malen nach Zahlen. Der Künstler Renzo Martens erklärte in Berlin, warum er ein kongolesisches Dorf gentrifizieren will  Suddeutsche Zeitung, September 24, 2013, Felix Stephan (German)

Kritisch pleidooi voor verbeelding en traagheid. Kunstenfestivaldesarts confronteert de ‘weldenkende kunstminnaar’ met de wereld, De Morgen, May 11, 2013, Pieter T’Jonck (Dutch)

Renzo Martens mag naar Yale, De Volkskrant, May 2, 2013, Karolien Knol (Dutch)

Artists come to create beauty and kindness. Renzo Martens in conversation with Artur Żmijewski, 7th Berlin Biennale Catalogue, August 31, 2012 (English)

Renzo Martens in conversation with T.J. Demos. “Institutional Critique Ultimately Is Beneficial to Only Some Areas of the World”, Camera Austria, 2012 (English)

Toward a New Institutional Critique: A Conversation with Renzo Martens J. Demos, Atlantica, 2012 (English)

Kunst als banenmotor in Congo , NRC Handelsblad, July 27, 2012, Raymond van den Boogaard (Dutch)

World history and earth art, E-flux magazine, June 2012, Sven Lütticken (English)

Let’s fake historyTexte zur Kunst, June 2012, Sven Lütticken (English)

Burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid, NRC Handelsblad, May 3, 2012, Sandra Smallenburg (Dutch)

A Recipe for a New Institute, A Political Cookbook, A Political Cook Book, Venice Biennial, 2011, Renzo Martens (English)