"I think the way clothing and draperies are depicted in old paintings and fashion images was always something I was drawn to, and how can you not be amazed by the way Michelangelo depicts flowing fabric in marble?", says painter Marucs Appelberg, who is currently presenting a solo exhibition at Galleri Flach in Stockholm.

"In terms of optics; Martin Scorsese’s 40 years old and upon its release, box office failure, The King of Comedy comes to mind. It might not be obvious, but from one likely cinephile such as Carrasco to another; me, it will be.", writes Ashik Zaman after the premiere of Mari Carrasco's Burn baby baby per Dansens Hus. 

"They all carry a tune, they join in unison harmonies and deliver solo singing streaks that make you wonder where such versatile, gifted performers all were made. Unearth, suffice it to say almost immediately taps into the current collective psyche and zeitgeist of existenstial dread and guilt; seeing what we’re all seeing around us", finds Ashik Zaman about Jefta van Dinther's most recent piece Unearth.