the 4th Berlin Biennial
Various Venues
WHERE DOES THE 4th Berlin Biennial (BB4), organized with the title “Of Mice and Men” by the team of artist Maurizio Cattelan, curator Massimiliano Gioni, and writer Ali Subotnick, actually begin? The trio’s Gagosian Gallery, Berlin, opened last September, an act of “guerrilla franchising” parodying the high-end dealer’s international expansion; but the project clearly has its roots in the Wrong Gallery, the group’s locked door of a space nestled until last year among Chelsea’s blue-chip galleries (it now resides at Tate Modern). Likewise, the publication Checkpoint Charley appeared in November