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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)

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

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 (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 Perspective so far, Contemporary&, 6 February 2024 (English)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Meaningful Returns, Outland, 19 September 2022, Samuel Reilly

“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

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

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

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

Dig Where You Stand, ExpoArtist News, 26 August 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘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

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

Im Universum der Werte, Suddeutscher 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

« 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

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

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

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

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

White Cube, Africultures, 5 April 2021

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

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

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

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

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

White Cube, Apollo, 26 March 2021

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

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

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

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

White Cube, Renzo Martens, Docville, 20 March 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

White Cube van Renzo Martens, Afrika Server, November 2020

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

Review: White Cube, Cineuropa, 26 November 2020, Chris Frieswijk

White Cube, VPRO Cinema, 26 November 2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Witte wereldverbeteraar, De Groene Amsterdammer, 11 November 2020, Basje Boer

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

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

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

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

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

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

De smokkelroutes van WielsDe Tijd, 11 September 2020, Koen van Boxem

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The White Cube, art4d, July 27, 2017, Wichit Horyingsawad

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

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

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

Oma: White Cube, Domus, May 23, 2017

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

De Repatriëring – Beeldverhaal, De Standaard, April 29, 2017, Thomas Nolf

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Critical Consumption, Elephant, February 15, 2017, Emily Steer

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

Art, Poverty and Chocolate, New York Times, February 3, 2017, Randy Kennedy.

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.

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

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

Cacao Statues at the SculptureCenter, The New York Times, January 25, 2017, Robin Pogrebin.

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.

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.

‘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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Art in the Jungle, HuffPost, January 16, 2014, Rana Florida.

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.

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

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

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.

Let’s fake historyTexte zur kunst, June 2012, Sven Lütticken.

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.