International Programme
Current, upcoming and recent institutional exhibitions, commissions and artist projects
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26 April 2019
There I Belong. Hammershøi by Elmgreen & Dragset at SMK, Copenhagen
Masterpieces by the Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi presented (27 April–1 September 2019) in unconventional company, juxtaposed with international contemporary art. Also included are works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Francesca Woodman. SMK, Copenhagen -
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25 April 2019
Wangechi Mutu and Do Ho Suh to feature in Ruby City’s inaugural exhibition Waking Dream
Mirroring the interests and character of Pace herself, Waking Dream (13 October 2019–2022) underscores several themes reflected in the Linda Pace Foundation Collection, including the creative self, notions of home, vulnerability and resilience. San Antonio, Texas -
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25 April 2019
Just announced: Ruby City’s inaugural programme will include an exhibition dedicated to Isaac Julien’s Playtime
On public view from 13 October 2019 (until 2020), Julien's immersive video installation addresses representations of global capital. San Antonio, Texas -
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17 April 2019
Now open: Adriana Varejão: Por uma retórica canibal at the Museum of Modern Art, Salvador
Curated by Luisa Duarte, this major exhibition (17 April–15 June 2019) features works created from the early 1990s to present, with an emphasis on the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil's rich cultural history, and its many references in the artist's work. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil -
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8 April 2019
Opening soon – Stephen Willats: Languages of Dissent at Migros Museum, Zürich
This exhibition (25 May–18 August 2019) is themed around two aspects of Willats' practice: cybernetics, the regulation and control of dynamic systems, which enables him to frame structures of communication and relationships in society, and also enables him to influence the fabric of actual social realities, serving him as both method, aesthetic vocabulary, and formal model; and his specific interest in subcultures, where nonconformism and self-determination manifest themselves. Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich -
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6 April 2019
Conrad Shawcross features in Negative Space: Trajectories of Sculpture at ZKM, Karlsruhe
Slow Fold Inside a Corner, 2018, is on view as part of as part of Negative Space: Trajectories of Sculpture (6 April–11 August 20190. The exhibition is a continuation of a show first staged at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris in 1986, that sought to question 'what is modern sculpture?'. Karlsruhe, Germany -
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2 April 2019
Summer with the Averys (Milton, Sally, March), opening soon at Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut
Featuring landscapes, seascapes, beach scenes, and figural compositions – as well as rarely seen travel sketchbooks – the exhibition (11 May–1 September 2019) takes an innovative approach to the superb work produced by the Avery family. Along with canonical paintings by Milton Avery, the show offers a unique opportunity to become acquainted with the remarkable art created by Avery’s wife Sally and their daughter March. Greenwich, Connecticut -
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27 March 2019
Opening soon: Do Ho Suh at Museum Voorlinden
An exhibition (18 May–22 September 2019) of drawings, sculptures, video work and installations continuing the artist's exploration of how we relate to where we live and shifting definitions of 'home'. Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, the Netherlands -
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26 March 2019
Grayson Perry to exhibit in Scotland this summer as part of Edinburgh Art Festival
Perry's Julie Cope’s Grand Tour will go on view at Dovecot Studios (25 July–25 August 2019). Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh -
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25 March 2019
Isaac Julien: Playtime, coming to LACMA in May
Marking the artist’s first major presentation in Los Angeles, Playtime (5 May–11 August 2019) is a captivating critique of the influence of capital in the art world. Los Angeles, California -
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19 March 2019
Soul of a Nation, featuring Howardena Pindell, travels to The Broad
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power (23 March–1 September 2019) shines light on a broad spectrum of Black artistic practice from 1963 to 1983, one of the most politically, socially, and aesthetically revolutionary periods in American history. The exhibition will tour to The Broad, Los Angeles, in March 2019. The Broad, Los Angeles -
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18 March 2019
Doug Aitken at Faurschou Foundation, Beijing
The artist's first solo exhibition in mainland China takes place between 23 March and 4 August 2019. Faurschou Foundation, Beijing -
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16 March 2019
Now open: Childhood Now, featuring Chantal Joffe, at Compton Verney
The exhibition (16 March–16 June 2019) features the work of three contemporary painters and partners Compton Verney's survey show Painting Childhood: From Holbein to Freud, which spans some 500 years of paintings, drawings and sculptures of children. Compton Verney Art Gallery & Park, Warwickshire -
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11 March 2019
MK Gallery reopens with The Lie of the Land, featuring Stephen Willats
Following a major expansion, the gallery reopens on 16 March 2019 with an exhibtion that aims to capture a visionary spirit of grand designs tempered by the realities of political expediency (on view until 26 May 2019). MK Gallery, Milton Keynes -
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8 March 2019
Njideka Akunyili Crosby features in Plumb Line: Charles White and the Contemporary
The exhibition (8 March–25 August 2019) features contemporary artists whose work in the realm of black individual and collective life resonates with Charles White’s profound and continuing influence. California African American Museum, Los Angeles -
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3 March 2019
Now open at Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, the world premiere of Isaac Julien’s Lessons of the Hour – Frederick Douglass
Lessons of the Hour (3 March–12 May 2019) is a meditation on the life, words, and actions of Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), the visionary African American abolitionist and freed slave, and on the issues of social justice that shaped his life’s work. Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York -
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3 March 2019
Collezione Maramotti opens its rehung galleries, featuring displays by Jules de Balincourt and Chantal Joffe
For the first time since the opening of Collezione Maramotti in October 2007, ten rooms on the second floor of the permanent display have been rehung to present some of the projects shown during the first ten years of activity: including Jules de Balincourt (2012) and Chantal Joffe (2014). Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia -
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26 February 2019
Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston at the Linda Pace Foundation – Ruby City
Central to the exhibition (28 February–11 August 2019) is Julien’s seminal 1989 documentary-drama Looking for Langston. Also on display are two recently acquired photographic works from the Looking for Langston series, which illuminate the multilayered narratives present throughout Julien’s oeuvre. Ruby City, San Antonio, Texas -
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20 February 2019
Chantal Joffe, Alex Hartley, Idris Khan and Grayson Perry donate works to the Drawing Room’s Drawing Biennial 2019
Works on paper by the artists have been donated to the Drawing Room's fundraising exhibition and online auction (exhibition: 20 February–26 March 2019; auction: 11–26 March 2019). Drawing Room, London -
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8 February 2019
Celia Paul at The Huntington
Travelling from the Yale Center for British Art, the exhibition (9 February–8 July 2019) is curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hilton Als and features work selected by Als in collaboration with the artist as a testament to their transatlantic friendship. The Huntington, San Marino, California -
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4 February 2019
Chantal Joffe to feature in Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage, opening this summer at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
The exhibition (29 June–27 October 2019) is the first survey exhibition of collage ever to take place in Britain. It spans a period of more than 400 years and includes more than 250 works. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh -
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1 February 2019
Stephen Willats features in Objects of Wonder, British Sculpture 1950s – Present at the PalaisPopulaire, Berlin
Featuring some 75 works from the Tate collection, the exhibition (1 February–27 May 2019) demonstrates how British artists revolutionised contemporary sculpture after World War II. PalaisPopulaire, Berlin -
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1 February 2019
Elevation 1049: Frequencies, featuring Doug Aitken’s Mirage Gstaad
Elevation 1049: Frequencies features Mirage Gstaad, a new outdoor, site-specific sculpture by Doug Aitken that will remain on view in Gstaad over the course of two years, reflecting and interacting with the mountain landscape over the changing seasons. Gstaad, Switzerland -
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31 January 2019
Njideka Akunyili Crosby features in a new exhibition of works from the Hammer Contemporary Collection
This group show (24 January–19 May 2019) highlights recent acquisitions and works from the Hammer Contemporary Collection that have never before been on view. This lively mix of painting, sculpture, drawings, and multimedia installations features the work of more than 30 international established and emerging artists. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles -
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23 January 2019
Isaac Julien: The Leopard at Block Museum of Art
A presentation (26 January–14 April 2019) of Julien’s groundbreaking 2007 video installation The Leopard (Western Union: Small Boats) – a lyrical and visceral meditation on histories of African migration. Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Chicago -
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18 January 2019
Stan Douglas: Hors-champs goes on view at Western Front, Vancouver
In Douglas’ Hors-champs, 1992 (on view 18 January–23 February 2019), a quartet of musicians—Kent Carter, Douglas Ewart, Oliver Johnson, and George Lewis—perform Albert Ayler’s Spirits Rejoice. Projected simultaneously on opposite sides of the same screen, Douglas’ installation considers the Black musical traditions (blues, gospel, etc) embedded into Ayler’s composition. Western Front, Vancouver -
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17 January 2019
Jonathan Meese, Daniel Richter, Tal R: The Men Who Fell from Earth at Espoo Museum of Modern Art
The exhibition (30 January–7 July 2019) features installations co-created by the three artist friends and colleagues, a video piece, as well as an overview of each artist’s recent work. EMMA, Espoo, Finland -
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16 January 2019
Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen travels to Rose Art Museum
This major exhibition (1 February–19 May 2019) spans the New York–based artist’s five-decade career, featuring early figurative paintings, pure abstraction, and conceptual works, as well as personal and political art that emerged in the aftermath of a life-threatening car accident in 1979. The exhibition traces themes and visual experiments that run throughout Pindell’s work up to the present. Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts -
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16 January 2019
Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem at the Museum of the African Diaspora
This major traveling exhibition (16 January–14 April 2019) features works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Isaac Julien, Wangechi Mutu, Chris Ofili and Howardena Pindell. Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, California -
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Commission
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16 January 2019
Sarah Sze discusses her forthcoming commission for Storm King Art Center
Opening in spring 2020, Fallen Sky is comprised of a deliberately incomplete and increasingly delicate 36-foot-diameter spherical cavity, sheathed in mirrored stainless steel. Storm King Art Center -
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15 January 2019
Ilse D’Hollander features in Salon de Peinture at M HKA – Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp
The exhibition (17 January–17 February 2019) features works by some 50 Belgian (or Belgium-based) artists, including Ilse D'Hollander, Raoul De Keyser, Luc Tuymans and Walter Swennen. Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp -
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10 January 2019
Conrad Shawcross, Chantal Joffe and Yayoi Kusama create window installations for Selfridges in celebration of their forthcoming Crossrail commissions
As a foretaste of their Crossrail commissions for the new Elizabeth Line, participating artists have been invited to create windows for Selfridges in Oxford Street, on view until 29 March 2019. Selfridges, London -
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8 January 2019
Interiorities, featuring Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Adriana Varejão, coming to Haus der Kunst, Munich, in November 2019
The exhibition (29 November 2019–29 March 2020) focuses on interior of the imagination, as well as with the interior as a real setting, as a private retreat or shelter, or as a space with the potential to reflect and change the social and political zeitgeist. Haus der Kunst, Munich -
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1 December 2018
Njideka Akunyili Crosby: Counterparts at The Modern, Fort Worth
For this exhibition (1 December 2018–13 January 2019), the artist has created a series of visually and conceptually mirrored pairs of paintings. One juxtaposes a Nigerian interior with Akunyili Crosby’s Los Angeles home. In another, a Nigerian table setting is matched with an American example. The Modern, Fort Worth, Texas -
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22 November 2018
Michael Jackson: On the Wall, featuring Isaac Julien and Grayson Perry, travels to the Grand Palais, Paris
Travelling from the National Portrait Gallery, London, the exhibition (23 November 2018–14 February 2019) explores the influence of Michael Jackson on some of the leading names in contemporary art. Grand Palais, Paris -
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18 November 2018
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta
The major touring exhibition travels to Atlanta (18 November 2018–17 February 2019). The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA -
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17 November 2018
Njideka Akunyili Crosby: “The Beautyful Ones” at the National Portrait Gallery
This display (17 November 2018–3 February 2019) brings together new and existing works from the ongoing series "The Beautyful Ones", some of which are being exhibited for the first time. National Portrait Gallery, London -
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10 November 2018
Do Ho Suh – Corridor at ARoS, Denmark
An installation (10 November 2018–17 February 2019) of Do Ho Suh's Hub works – transitory, connecting spaces between rooms that speak metaphorically about movement between cultures and the blurring of public and private, as well as reflecting on the passage of the artist’s own life. ARoS, Aarhus, Denmark -
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26 October 2018
Conrad Shawcross and Doug Aitken feature in Foresta Urbana at Palazzo Belmonte Riso, Palermo
Curated by Paolo Falcone, the exhibition (27 October 2018–20 January 2019) features contemporary interpretations of the natural world by major international artists. Palermo, Sicily -
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25 October 2018
Chantal Joffe in Exposed: The Naked Portrait at Laing Art Gallery
This exhibition (27 October 2018–3 March 2019) of works from the National Portrait Gallery collection invites questions about identity and gender, the real and ideal. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne -
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21 October 2018
Elmgreen & Dragset participate in the Bangkok Art Biennale
The duo's new outdoor sculpture, Zero, is on display at the East Asiatic Building until 3 February 2019. The East Asiatic Building, Bangkok -
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20 October 2018
Chantal Joffe, Wangechi Mutu and Celia Paul feature in Contemporary Dialogues with Tintoretto at the Ca’ d’Oro, Venice
The exhibition (20 October 2018–7 January 2019) focuses on dialogues between Tintoretto’s masterpieces preserved at Palazzo Ducale and Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca’ d’Oro, with the artworks by leading contemporary artists. Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro, Venice -
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19 October 2018
Grayson Perry: Vanité, Identité, Sexualité at La Monnaie de Paris
The artist's first major solo exhibition (19 October 2018-3 February 2019) in France is divided into ten themed chapters that look at universal topics such as identity, gender, class, religion and sexuality. La Monnaie de Paris -
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18 October 2018
Njideka Akunyili Crosby features in Sanguine: Luc Tuymans on Baroque at the Fondazione Prada, Milan
Curated by Luc Tuymans, the exhibition (18 October 2018–25 February 2019) is a personal interpretation of the Baroque based on innovative juxtapositions and unexpected associations of works by contemporary artists and Old Masters. Fondazione Prada, Milan -
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16 October 2018
Idris Khan creates the British Museum’s first site-specific work as part of the new Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World
Opening on 18 October 2018, the new gallery is a new exploration of the Islamic world through art and material culture. In response to the BM's Islamic world collection and building on the collection of contemporary works on paper, Khan has created 21 Stones, an installation of twenty one unique paintings, British Museum -
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Commission
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15 October 2018
Now open – the Comcast Technology Center, featuring a site-specific work by Conrad Shawcross
The new Comcast Technology Center building, designed by Foster + Partners, in Philadelphia, features a major site-specific sculpture by the artist. Philadelphia, PA -
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12 October 2018
Do Ho Suh: Specimens at Frist Art Museum
The centrepiece of this exhibition (12 October 2018–6 January 2019) will be the artist's Specimen Series, which explores details of Suh’s domestic existence such as light switches, door handles, electric panels and appliances taken from his living spaces and recreated in fabric. Frist Art Museum, Nashville, Tennessee -
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12 October 2018
Do Ho Suh: The Perfect Home II at Brooklyn Museum
A display (12 October 2018–27 January 2019) as part of Brooklyn Museum's One series, of Suh's 2003 work The Perfect Home II. Brooklyn Museum -
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10 October 2018
Doug Aitken – Mirage Detroit
Opening on 10 October 2018, this immersive, mirrored installation is set within the former State Savings Bank, a seminal historic building in downtown Detroit. Detroit, Michigan -
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5 October 2018
Tal R: The Minute at Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
A major exhibition (5 October–16 November 2018) of paintings and drawings, including recent works, by the artist. University of the Arts, Philadelphia -
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4 October 2018
The exhibition – I Want You to Look at My Prospects for the Future: Plants and I – goes on view at the Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo
The exhibition (4 October 2018–28 February 2019) showcases Kusama’s botanical-themed works alongside a selection of self-portraits from across her career. The Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo -
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28 September 2018
Yayoi Kusama’s LOVE IS CALLING goes on view as part of Tampa Museum of Art’s Season of Love
On view until 14 February 2019, Infinity Mirrored Room: LOVE IS CALLING, 2013, invites visitors to enter a mirrored room with tentacle-like soft sculptures hanging from the ceiling and positioned on the floor. Tampa Museum, Florida -
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27 September 2018
Elmgreen & Dragset: This Is How We Bite Our Tongue at the Whitechapel Gallery
The first major UK survey of artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset, this exhibition (27 September 2018–13 January 2019) spans twenty years of extraordinary artistic collaboration. Whitechapel Gallery -
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26 September 2018
Yayoi Kusama’s Narcissus Garden is featured in Space Shifters at the Hayward Gallery
This major exhibition (26 September 2018–6 January 2019) brings together sculptures and installations that explore perception and space. Hayward Gallery -
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21 September 2018
A Brief Intermission, a major solo exhibition by Hernan Bas at CAC Málaga
The artist's first solo museum exhibition in Spain (21 September–9 December 2018) features a selection of work made over the past ten years. CAC Málaga, Spain -
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21 September 2018
Do Ho Suh: Bridging Home, London
Do Ho Suh's new installation at Wormwood Street, EC2, commissioned by Art Night and Sculpture in the City, is on view until 2020. Wormwood Street, London EC2 -
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20 September 2018
A new work by Njideka Akunyili Crosby is unveiled at Brixton Underground station
'Remain, Thriving', unveiled on 20 September 2018, is the first commission in a new programme at Brixton station and will be on view for six months. Brixton Underground station -
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15 September 2018
Inka Essenhigh: A Fine Line tours to Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
This survey (15 September 2018–6 January 2019) of some 30 paintings from across the artist's career tours from Virginia MOCA. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan -
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26 August 2018
Isaac Julien is featured in Strata – Rock – Dust – Stars at York Art Gallery
The exhibition (28 September–25 November 2018), which showcases groundbreaking moving image, new media and interactive artwork, is inspired by William Smith’s geological map of 1815, which was key in the development of Geology as a science and transformed the way in which we understand the world. York Art Gallery -
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24 August 2018
Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room – Hymn of Life goes on permanent display as part of Henie Onstad’s 50th anniversary celebrations
A permanent installation (from 23 August 2018) of Yayoi Kusama's 2015 work Infinity Mirrored Room – Hymn of Life at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Norway. Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Norway
