Listen to the new Darling Killer episode!

https://deaddarlings.nl/podcast/

" @msmarkus didn’t so much kill this darling, as wish to resurrect it! Pygmalion is a work from her exam show at the Rietveld Academy, for all intents and purposes ‘dead to the world’ and buried in the past, yet already containing all the seeds for themes and patterns that keep reappearing and evolving throughout her work. Extended still lives, activism, textiles, memento mori, the colour blue and last but not least, the coded autobiographical references in her seemingly abstract works. Quite literally woven into the fabric of her oeuvre, are the people, the places and the ideas that left their mark on her. Informed by her background in psychology and theology, her work doesn’t shy away from spirituality. The spirituality contained within this beautifully constructed photographic composition is hidden yet palpable, and this archival print, this historical monument, has been generously offered up for auction by the artist at the symbolic starting price of one euro. By bidding you support Darling Killers and the artist directly."
Dead Darlings

Dead Darlings is an anonymous art auction founded in Amsterdam by Tania Theodorou and Lina Ozerkina as a platform to explore the complex love triangle between artist, artwork, and collector.

Dead Darlings
March 8, International womxn’s day. Time to take out the pirate in you and find your allies!

I am in debt to the ones before, in awe for the ones today and curious on the ones to come. Let’s be conscious and embrace awareness, not just today but everyday. In times of conflict, climate crisis and shrinking democratic space global gender equality diminishes even more. Speak up, reach out, change.

Images:
1. once upon a time when being a pirate ©charlottmarkus
2. Poster by Monica Sjöö used in demonstrations and protests. Quote by Emma Goldman. The work is in the collection of the Modern museum of Sweden.
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#intersectionalfeminism #internationalwomensday #standwithukraine #standwithpalestine #womxnsday #IWD2025  #womensrights  #transrights #womxnsrights  #solidarity #equalrights #equality #equalityforeveryone #hiddeninplainsight  #somethingshidden  #charlottmarkus #shakeyourbrain #intersectionalfeminismistheonlyfeminism
Thank you Mondriaan Fund for selecting me for one of the Aichi Triënnale vouchers 2025! Thank you Embassy of Japan in the Netherlands for this upcoming adventure!

I am honoured and grateful. If all goes well you find me in Japan in August/September 2025 (in Tokyo around September 10 and in Nagoya from 11-15 September). To friends/ colleagues in Japan - give me a shout to find time for meet ups and talks! Looking forward to meet old and new and to share precious time with you.
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image: Scale-model for the installation ‘partition # 9 (sphere for Thea) in @amsterdammuseum
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#grateful @mondriaanfonds @embassyjapannl
@nlambassadorforculture @aichi_triennale
#dutchembassytokyo #Aichitriënnale #Aichitriënnale2025 #japan #art #contemporaryart #tokyo #nagoya #charlottmarkus