Art und Weise: Free Improvisation

Richard Sides (b. 1985, Rotherham, UK) is an artist and curator based in Berlin. His works explore contemporary ideas of meaning as an existential problem. These often manifest as environments that treat the exhibition as sites with their own obstructions and particularities to respond to, usually developing the exhibition itself into a conceptual artwork. Recent solo and duo exhibitions include Four Dilations, MoMA PS1 (2025), New York; Years, KIN (2025), Brussels; Psychology, Carlos/Ishikawa (2025), London; Looking At Rooms In A New Light, Schiefe Zähne (all 2025), Berlin; Slow Dance (4) with Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, Stadtgalerie Bern (2023); Basic Vision, KOW, Berlin (2022); Dwelling, Kunstverein Braunschweig (2019), and PURE HATE, Liszt (2017). Richard has participated in numerous group exhibitions including Fri Art Kunsthalle, Kunsthalle Zurich, Bonner Kunstverein, Kunsthaus Glarus, Kunstverein Hannover, Atonal Berlin, Fluentum Berlin and Swiss Institute, New York. He is co-director of The Wig in Berlin and runs Bus Editions since 2010.