Entering the Berlin studio of installation and performance artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset is a curious, immersive experience. For 10 years now, the duo have worked in a towering warehouse in the city’s now hip Nuekolln district. A marble statue of a pointing child greets you on the way in; a crane has been converted to hold an overhead office space; and their 14-person team gathers daily for lunch in an open kitchen. When I meet them, they are a day away from shipping the final sculptures and paintings to Los Angeles for their forthcoming exhibition at Pace Gallery, “The Alice in Wonderland Syndrome.”

Picture an installation anchored by a (silicone) gallery assistant asleep at her desk; a sculpture of men in VR goggles, holding each other in a tender embrace; and a series of c

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