International Programme
Current, upcoming and recent institutional exhibitions, commissions and artist projects
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17 October 2019
Isaac Julien features in Love and Ethnology at HKW, Berlin
Subtitled The Colonial Dialectic of Sensitivity (after Hubert Fichte), the exhibition (18 October 2019–6 January 2020) examines Hubert Fichte’s writing and takes it as the starting point for new artistic works on questions of representation and restitution. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin -
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16 October 2019
Do Ho Suh: 348 West 22nd Street at LACMA
A recent gift to LACMA, 348 West 22nd Street (on view from 10 November 2019) replicates the artist’s ground-floor residence from a single New York building. LACMA, Los Angeles, California -
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11 October 2019
ICA Miami presents Yayoi Kusama: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins
ICA Miami presents a special off-site exhibition (12 October 2019–31 January 2020) of Yayoi Kusama’s All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins in the Miami Design District, marking the first time that one of Kusama’s signature Infinity Mirror Rooms will be on view in Miami. ICA Miami -
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10 October 2019
Now open at the Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo – Spirits of Aggregation
An exhibition (10 October 2019–31 January 2020) of works from Kusama's Accumulation or Aggreggation series, first created in the early 1960s, presented with associated documents and photographs. Also on show is the installation Dots Obsession and works from Kusama's ongoing My Eternal Soul series. Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo -
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10 October 2019
Sarah Sze’s Triple Point (Pendulum) goes on view at MoMA
First exhibited at the 55th Venice Biennale, where Sze represented the United States in 2013, the work hovers between many forms at once. MoMA reopens to the public on 21 October 2019. MoMA, New York -
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10 October 2019
Isaac Julien features in Migrating Worlds: The Art of the Moving Image in Britain at Yale Center for British Art
The exhibition (10 October–29 December 2019) brings together work by eight of Britain’s leading film and video artists in the first exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art dedicated exclusively to the moving image. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut -
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9 October 2019
Interiorities, featuring Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Adriana Varejão, opening soon at Haus der Kunst, Munich
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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7 October 2019
Wangechi Mutu and Do Ho Suh 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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7 October 2019
Ruby City’s inaugural programme includes 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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6 October 2019
Varda Caivano features in the Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition Slow Painting, curated by Martin Herbert
Opening at Leeds Art Gallery (24 Oct 2019–12 Jan 2020), Slow Painting features 19 artists whose work spans a myriad of styles and applications, from figuration to abstraction. Leeds Art Gallery -
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25 September 2019
Doug Aitken features in TRANSFORMER: The Rebirth Of Wonder at 180 The Strand
Aitken’s New Era, 2018, is featured in The Store x The Vinyl Factory exhibition TRANSFORMER: The Rebirth Of Wonder at 180 Strand, curated by Jefferson Hack (2 October–8 December 2019). 180 The Strand, London -
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17 September 2019
Francesca Woodman: Portrait of a Reputation at MCA Denver
Featuring over 40 unique vintage prints, as well as notes, letters, postcards, and other ephemera related to the artist’s burgeoning career, this exhibition (20 September 2019–5 April 2020) details Woodman’s creative coming-of-age primarily during the years 1975-79. MCA Denver -
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17 September 2019
Conrad Shawcross features in the Science Museum exhibition The Art of Innovation: From Enlightenment to Dark Matter
The exhibition (25 September 2019–26 January 2020) explores the relationship between science and art over the past 250 years, and how it has helped to interpret, study and explore the world around us. Science Museum, London -
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17 September 2019
Do Ho Suh and Stephen Willats feature in the Chicago Architecture Biennial
Titled …and other such stories, the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial (19 September 2019–5 January 2020) traces dialogues between various practices and the questions they raise across global communities, cities, territories, and ecologies. Chicago, Illinois -
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16 September 2019
Ilse D’Hollander at The Arts Club
The exhibition (16 September 2019–January 2020) features canvases and works on cardboard by the late Belgian artist, focusing on the rich dialogue between representation and abstraction in her work, and shedding light on the ways in which colour and form are perceived. The Arts Club, Dover Street, London -
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Commission
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9 September 2019
Wangechi Mutu: The Met Façade Commission
Wangechi Mutu has created sculptures for The Met's Fifth Avenue façade niches – the first-ever such installation on the Museum's historic exterior – inaugurating a new annual artist commission series (on view 9 September 2019–12 January 2020). The Met Fifth Avenue, New York -
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7 September 2019
Doug Aitken: Sonic Mountain (Sonoma) is unveiled at The Donum Estate, California
The installation responds to changes in the surrounding environment and creates patterns of sound as wind moves through it. The Donum Estate, Sonoma, California -
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1 September 2019
Stephen Willats features in Still Undead: Popular Culture in Britain Beyond the Bauhaus at Nottingham Contemporary
Still Undead (21 September 2019–12 January 2020) explores how Bauhaus ideas and teaching lived on in Britain, via pop culture and art schools. This exhibition coincides with the centenary of the pioneering art and design school’s founding in Weimar. Nottingham Contemporary -
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30 August 2019
Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room – My Heart is Dancing into the Universe goes on permanent display at Crystal Bridges Museum
Previewing from 31 August 2019 and on view to the public from 2 October 2019, Infinity Mirrored Room – My Heart is Dancing into the Universe conveys the illusion of being unmoored in endless space. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas -
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22 August 2019
Do Ho Suh: Robin Hood Gardens at the V&A
Suh’s panoramic film (on view 7 September–13 October 2019) uses time-lapse photography, drone footage, 3D-scanning and photogrammetry to create a visual journey in which the camera ceaselessly pans through and around the building. V&A, London -
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22 August 2019
Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem travels to the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
This major traveling exhibition (on view at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, 14 September–8 December 2019) features works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Isaac Julien, Wangechi Mutu and Howardena Pindell. The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan -
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20 August 2019
Adriana Varejão: Otros cuerpos detrás at Museo Tamayo
A monographic exhibition (24 August–10 November 2019) exploring the lines of research that the Brazilian artist has developed in her artistic practice since the 1990s. Museo Tamayo, Mexico City -
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19 August 2019
Pushing Paper: Contemporary Drawing from 1970 to Now featuring Grayson Perry and Stephen Willats at the British Museum
Celebrating the power of contemporary drawing, this display at the British Museum (12 September 2019–12 January 2020) explores how artists have used the medium to examine themes including identity, place and memory. British Museum, London -
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16 August 2019
Now open at MFA Boston – Women Take the Floor, featuring Alice Neel
This reinstallation of the Level 3 galleries (on view 13 September 2019–3 May 2021) challenges the dominant history of American art by focusing on the overlooked and underrepresented work and stories of women artists. Museum of Fine Arts Boston -
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14 August 2019
Elmgreen & Dragset: Sculptures at Nasher Sculpture Center
The exhibition (14 September 2019–5 January 2020) focuses on Elmgreen & Dragset’s sculptural production, presenting together for the first time a large selection of sculptures that illustrate the artists’ use of multiple aesthetics and working methods. Dallas, Texas -
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14 August 2019
A major exhibition by Sarah Sze to open at Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
For her second solo show at the Fondation Cartier, Sarah Sze will create an immersive exhibition (12 December 2019–10 May 2020) in dialogue with the transparent spaces of Jean Nouvel’s iconic building. Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris -
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23 July 2019
NS Harsha: Gathering Delights at CHAT, Hong Kong
A major survey (28 July–3 November 2019) of the artist, featuring some 30 works that more than 20 years of his practice. CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile), Hong Kong -
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22 July 2019
Grayson Perry: Julie Cope’s Grand Tour at Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
The exhibition (25 July–2 November 2019), which is the final stop of Julie Cope’s Grand Tour, includes the complete series of tapestries and a selection of artefacts from A House for Essex. Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh -
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12 July 2019
Doug Aitken: New Horizon
This nomadic art installation and series of happenings comes to Massachusetts (12-28 July 2019) accompanied by a series of live events and experiences taking place across the state, all centred around a mirror-surfaced hot air balloon and gondola that vividly contrasts with the natural settings of New England. Massachusetts -
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12 July 2019
New commissions by Alex Hartley are featured in In Ruins at Witley Court
Presented by Meadow Arts, In Ruins (12 July–3 November 2019) looks at ideas of ruin and decay through installations, sculptures and other work set in Witley Court's historic landscape. Witley Court, Worcestershire -
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12 July 2019
Sweet Harmony: Rave Today, featuring Conrad Shawcross
As part of this exhibition (12 July–14 September 2019) about the impact of acid house and rave culture, Shawcross presents Golden Lotus (Inverted), a 1981 Lotus Elite, stripped of its engine and overturned, that rotates to a specially-composed soundtrack by Mylo. Saatchi Gallery, London -
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11 July 2019
Opening in May 2020 – Yayoi Kusama at the New York Botanical Garden
Just announced: The New York Botanical Garden will host an exhibition (2 May–1 November 2020) of work by Yayoi Kusama. The New York Botanical Garden -
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10 July 2019
Alex Hartley features in Where Function Ends: Responses to the Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens
To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Edwin Lutyens, Hestercombe Gallery presents new work by three artists that responds to the legacy of the man whose designs transformed the Hestercombe site (on view: 14 July–27 October 2019). Hestercombe, Somerset -
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9 July 2019
Isaac Julien: Baltimore goes on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art
The work (on view 14 July 2019–5 January 2020) unfolds across three videos as a narrative of two people, filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles and an Afro-Cyborg woman embodied by Vanessa Myrie, making their way through significant cultural sites of the city. Baltimore Museum of Art -
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6 July 2019
Tal R: eventually all museums will be ships at Hastings Contemporary
An exhibition (6 July–13 October 2019) of new and recent paintings, sculptures and drawings by the Copenhagen-based artist marks the opening of Hastings Contemporary. Hastings Contemporary -
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5 July 2019
Sculptures by Conrad Shawcross are installed in the gardens of Wilton Crescent
Three sculptures — Formation II (The Dappled Light of the Sun), 2015, Manifold 5:4, 2016, and Paradigm B (Solid), 2019 — are installed in the private gardens of Wilton Crescent, SW1, and are viewable from the street. Wilton Crescent, London, SW1 -
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5 July 2019
Grayson Perry is included in Talking Maps at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford
The exhibition (5 July 2019–8 March 2020) is a celebration of maps and what they tell us about the places they depict and the people that make and use them. Bodleian Libraries, Oxford -
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29 June 2019
Chantal Joffe is included in Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage 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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29 June 2019
Expect the Unexpected, featuring Sarah Sze, opens at The Lowry, Salford
An eclectic and provocative exhibition (29 June–29 September 2019) of work by visual artists who incorporate elements of chance in their work, inspired by John Cage’s hugely influential performance piece 4’ 33”. The Lowry, Salford -
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28 June 2019
Adriana Varejão: Por uma retórica canibal at MAMAM, Recife, Brazil
Curated by Luisa Duarte, this major exhibition (28 June–8 September 2019) features works created from the early 1990s to present. Recife, Brazil -
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28 June 2019
Howardena Pindell is featured in ACE: Art on Sports, Promise, and Selfhood
The artists in this exhibition (28 June–7 December 2019) use sports and athletic culture to explore how youth, gender, race, promise, and identity are intertwined with athleticism. University Art Museum, University at Alabama -
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24 June 2019
Doug Aitken is featured in The Coming World: Ecology as the New Politics 2030–2100
This major exhibition (28 June–1 December 2019) at The Garage, Moscow, takes a look at a future already in the making, when the environmental agenda will become one of the main political questions. The Garage, Moscow -
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18 June 2019
Paintings by David Harrison are included in Dog Show at Southwark Park Galleries
An exhibition (18 July–8 September 2019) of dog-related artworks by David Harrison, Joan Jonas, Martin Creed, Lucian Freud, William Wegman, David Shrigley and others. Southwark Park Galleries -
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18 June 2019
Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Wangechi Mutu feature in I Am... Contemporary Women Artists of Africa at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Taking its name from a 1970’s feminist anthem, I Am… Contemporary Women Artists of Africa (20 June 2019–15 March 2020) draws upon a selection of artworks by women artists from the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art’s permanent collection to reveal a more contemporary feminism that recognises the contributions of women to the most pressing issues of their times. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC -
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14 June 2019
Billboards by Stephen Willats feature as part of Going out of Circles, Berlin
Willats' series In Isolation leben (on display 14 June–17 August 2019) was created in 1979/80 on Berlin's Gropiusstadt housing estate in collaboration with the resident Klaus Müller, whose large apartment in a high-rise tower is a symbol of isolation in Willats' four images. Hellersdorf, Berlin -
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7 June 2019
Conrad Shawcross’ Chord on view at The Jute Shed, Halifax
Shawcross exhibits Chord at the Jute Shed (22 June–21 July 2019), part of the vast and historic Dean Clough Mills in Halifax. This is the first time the work has been shown since 2009. The Jute Shed, Halifax -
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7 June 2019
Elmgreen & Dragset: It’s Not What You Think at the Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona
It’s Not What You Think (7 June–27 October 2019) transforms Il Salotto into an abandoned, underground boiler room with tubes crisscrossing the space. The Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona -
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6 June 2019
Doug Aitken: Mirage Gstaad
Elevation 1049: Frequencies features Mirage Gstaad, an 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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1 June 2019
Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Little Sparta public opening 2019
Set in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, Little Sparta is Ian Hamilton Finlay’s unique garden and life's work. This year's annual public opening takes place between June and September 2019. Stonypath, Dunsyre -
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26 May 2019
Shine of Life by Yayoi Kusama is unveiled at Kistefos-Museet, Norway
The largest sculpture by Kusama in the Nordic countries has been unveiled at Kistefos sculpture park and museum. Kistefos-Museet, Norway -
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25 May 2019
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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21 May 2019
Chantal Joffe is featured in Downtown Painting: Presented by Alex Katz
A summer group exhibition (5 June–20 July 2019) echoing the spirit of the downtown art scene in New York in the 1950s and 1960s. Peter Freeman Inc, New York -
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20 May 2019
John Kørner: Running Box at Riksidrottsmuseet, Sweden
An exhibition (24 May–29 September 2019) of painting, sculpture and installation that takes running as a metaphor for the increasing speed of society. Riksidrottsmuseet, Sweden -
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17 May 2019
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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16 May 2019
Wangechi Mutu is featured in the 2019 Whitney Biennial
Featuring seventy-five artists and collectives, the 2019 Biennial (17 May–22 September 2019) takes the pulse of the contemporary artistic moment. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York -
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16 May 2019
Conrad Shawcross’ Monolith (Optic) and Optic Labyrinth are featured in Pilane Sculpture Park 2019
Installed on a rocky outcrop in Pilane, Sweden (opening 18 May 2019), Monolith (Optic) appears to change endlessly according to shifting light conditions. Pilane, Sweden -
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13 May 2019
Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston at Tate Britain
On view until 17 November 2019, Looking for Langston is a film that breaks down traditional divisions between different art forms, and explores Black, queer desire in a setting which has no clear time or place. Tate Britain -
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12 May 2019
Elmgreen & Dragset and Grayson Perry feature in United Artists for Europe
Based on an original idea by Bernard-Henri Lévy, this unprecedented initiative will take place in London on May 21-23 and June 3 2019, to coincide with the European elections. It seeks to affirm artists’ devotion to European ideals, values and culture, and to benefit European cultural initiatives. Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London -
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11 May 2019
Summer with the Averys (Milton, Sally, March) 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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4 May 2019
Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Stan Douglas are included in La Biennale di Venezia, 58th International Art Exhibition, May You Live In Interesting Times
The 58th International Art Exhibition is curated by Ralph Rugoff and is open to the public from 11 May to 24 November 2019. Venice, Italy
