The Kestner Gesellschaft is delighted to announce a new façade project: BE AFRAID OF THE ENORMITY OF THE POSSIBLE. The title of this work is based on a quote from the Romanian philosopher Emile Cioran (1911-1995). Emile Cioran is one of Alfredo Jaar's favorite authors and is frequently quoted by the artist. The artist chose this quote because of its deep ambiguity. As is his way, Cioran expresses here an idea and its possible opposite.
On Wednesday, February 12, 2025, William Kentridge will be installed as a Foreign associate member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts by Erik Desmazières, member of Engraving and Drawing section.
On January 30th at 6:00 PM, the Lia Rumma Gallery in Milan will host the presentation of "Marzia Migliora. Sette mostre immaginifiche 1993-2024", the first monograph dedicated to the artist. Both the artist and curators Matteo Lucchetti and Anna Cestelli Guidi will be present at the event. Conceived as a concept book, it reinterprets Marzia Migliora's body of work through seven recurring themes in her practice. The book features seven exhibitions on paper, each curated by a different curator who imagined them set in significant locations from the artist's life, creating a personal emotional geography that spans Italy, from her hometown of Alessandria to the salt mines of Sicily. Edited by Anna Cestelli Guidi and Matteo Lucchetti, the book compiles over thirty years of the artist’s work.
Wael Shawky’s practice spans film, performance, drawing, and sculpture. In his latest theatrical film, Drama 1882 (2024), which debuted at the Egyptian Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale (2024), Shawky examines the 1882 Urabi Revolution and Egypt’s resistance to British colonialism. This eight-part musical, reimagines the chain of events leading up to the revolution, examining primary sources to dispute the traditional Western settler narrative, suggesting that seemingly insignificant events, such as a café altercation involving a donkey keeper, could have been orchestrated by Britain as a pretext for their attack. Drama 1882 merges real and imagined histories into a musical critique that underscores the necessity to reevaluate history. Outdoor amphitheatre: Monday–Thursday, 4:00–10:00 PM; Friday–Sunday, 4:00 PM–12:00 AM; not available Wednesday 4–Saturday 8 December 2024 Indoor theatre: daily until Monday 13 January 2025, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM, unless there is other programming; not available Saturday 8–Sunday 9 December 2024 Language: Arabic, English | 45 minutes
Thursday, January 16th at 6:00 PM, at the Oratorio di San Filippo Neri in Bologna, the exhibition "TORRI : TERRA" by Grazia Toderi and Gilberto Zorio, curated by Cristina Francucci, will be inaugurated. The exhibition will be open to the public from January 17th to February 5th, from Thursday to Sunday, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, except on February 6th, 7th, and 8th, when it will be open from 5:00 PM to midnight, and on February 9th, from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM.
We are pleased to announce the first edition of Napoli Gallery Weekend, a public event dedicated to contemporary art, featuring three days of joint openings by Neapolitan galleries. NGW_Lista_Gallerie_Programma
Gary Hill exhibition "A Question of Perception” shows how the American media conceptual artist has been revealing the essence of image and language through the medium of video for more than five decades. With forty-six works spanning five decades, the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg has the largest collection of works by Hill in Germany. In the last few years, several more recent installations have been added to the holdings and are now being shown for the first time in this exhibition.
