Louisa Elderton

Louisa Elderton | Writer & Editor

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Cover Feature for Flash Art: 'A Mirror, Darkly: Michaël Borremans'

I wrote the cover feature on Michaël Borremans for the summer issue of Flash Art. You can purchase a copy of the magazine to read it here.

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Profile for Frieze: 'Sung Tieu and the Art of Difficulty'

I wrote a profile on Sung Tieu, who is co-representing Germany alongside Henrike Naumann at this year's 61st Venice Biennale. You can read it here.

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Essay for the painting class of Professor Christian Macketanz at HfBK Dresden, 2026: 'A road, a ribbon, a dotted line'

I wrote about painting, choices and life paths in an ode to ordinariness as part of this essay for Professor Christian Macketanz's painting class at the University of Fine Arts Dresden (HfBK Dresden). An exhibition of the students' work will take place at Bethanian in Berlin from 30 April 2026, where you can pick up a copy of the essay in person. You can also read it here.

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Text for Frieze: '7 Shows to See During Berlin Gallery Weekend 2026'

For frieze, I selected 7 shows worth seeing over Berlin Gallery Weekend 2026. You can read it here.

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Teaching 'Art Writing: Developed and Distilled Upon the Page', International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, 17–29 August 2026

This summer I will teach a course in art writing and editing at the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, from 17–29 August 2026. This course centres the “art” in art writing and asks you to get up close and personal with why art matters to you. It focuses on language ­to ask what it means to write authentically and accessibly about your opinions on and experiences of art, and how to make that compelling for a reader. If you're interested in applying, you can read more about the course here.

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Catalogue essay for KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst: 'An Endless Play of Surfaces: The Paintings of Erik Schmidt' (Distanz, 2025)

I wrote an essay for the exhibition catalogue accompanying Erik Schmidt's survey exhibition at KINDL. The essay focuses on Schmidt's painting practice and his preoccupation with surface. You can read it here.

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Review for frieze: 'Klara Lidén Brings Berlin's Streets into the Gallery'

I reviewed KW Institute for Contemporary Art's Klara Lidén exhibition for frieze. You can read it here.

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Article for Artnet News: 'Is Smell the Next Big Thing?'

For Artnet News, I wrote about two exhibitions in Germany that highlight how olfaction is shaping the way art is made, viewed, and experienced. You can read it here.

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Interview with Thea Djordjadze for Plus Magazine

I interviewed Thea Djordjadze for Issue 9 of Plus Magazine. You can read it here.

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Profile for Artnet News: 'Christian Marclay on Why 'The Clock' Challenges a Digitally Obsessed Generation'

I interviewed Christian Marclay in relation to his exhibition 'The Clock' at Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie for Artnet News. You can read it here.

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Review for frieze: 'Lunita-July Dorn Channels Music into Paint'

I wrote about Lunit-July Dorn's paintings at Tanya Leighton for frieze. You can read more here.

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Panel Moderation for Bergen Assembly 2025: ‘Unseen Ecologies of the Fjord’

For Bergen Assembly 2025, I moderated a talk with artists Ravi Agarwal and Monica Ursina Jäger, and Kikki Flesche Leiven and Bjørg Risebrobakken from Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research. We discussed the ecological challenges facing Norway's Fjords and how Ursina Jäger's artwork engages with this subject.

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Review for frieze: 'Yayoi Kusama Is Still One of Our Most Important Artists'

I wrote about the Yayoi Kusama retrospective at Fondation Beyeler for frieze. You can read it here.

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Review for frieze: 'Jordan Strafer Puts the Patriarchy on Trial'

I reviewed Jordan Strafer's exhibition DISSONANCE at Fluentum, Berlin, for frieze. You can read it here.

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Editor of the across, with, nearby Reader (Bergen Assembly, 2025)

I was the Editor of this Reader for the fifth edition of Bergen Assembly 2025, across, with, nearby. It brings together 3 convenor essays, an introductory text, artist biographies, and over 100 project and venue texts, alongside new and archival images. You can read more about the triennial here.

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'Becoming Writing: Navigating Art Through the Written Word' at the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts

This summer I devised, developed, and taught a course in art writing and editing for students at the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, as part of which they produced this wonderful zine of experimental art writing and criticism.

As I wrote in my editorial for this publication: Initially, I wanted this course to see body, sensation, and thought coalescing to become writing during two weeks at the Summer Academy. Multi-layered answers crystallising. Yet soon I also began to wonder: What would a school of questions look, sound, and feel like? How might it move, smell, and taste? What modes of writing could emerge from not having all (if any) of the answers, from prioritising not knowing and, instead, shaping modes of thinking with others? From letting the so-called centre dissolve into a set of relations: questions snowballing into writings.

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Bergen Assembly: Text and Editorial Lead

I lead on the text and publications strategy for this year's edition of Bergen Assembly, which opens on 11 September and runs until 9 November. Convened by Ravi Agarwal, Adania Shibli, and Bergen School of Architecture (BAS), the assembly is titled across, with, nearby and asks: In what sense can love act as a public force, capable of countering social, ecological, economic, and political injustices? You can read more about this edition at our e-flux announcement here.