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Lombardi—Kargl is pleased to invite you to a guided tour through the exhibitions From Within, Beneath, and Beyond: Through Matter by Camila Sposati and Weinstadt, Bierstadt, Wasserstadt by Andreas Fogarasi, followed by a talk between Bruno Mokross and Andreas Fogarasi.

Saturday, April 26, 14.00

Razstava

Opening: May 15, 7 pm

Exhibition: May 16, October 26, 2025

Cukrarna Gallery, Ljubljana

In his project David Maljković shows how painting opens a discursive field, reflecting and articulating the manifold relations between image, space, and time.
Painting has always been more than the material sum of what is created in the studio out of canvas, colour, and stretcher frame. This is also evident in David Maljković’s artistic practice since the mid-1990s, when painting became an open field which the artist used to transfer his experience with this particular medium into other artistic media. It was inscribed into the pictoriality of his objects, video works, and spatial installations. To which extent painting can represent a discursive field in order to articulate the relations between image, space, and time can be experienced in the project at Cukrarna Gallery. Here, painting no longer acts as a mediator but as a speaking voice.

Curated by Kathrin Rhomberg

https://cukrarna.art/en/program/exhibitions/50/david-maljkovic/

the artist´s Intelligence

Opening: May 3, 3 pm

Exhibition: May 4 - June 1, 2025

Kunstverein Schattendorf, Burgenland

Let us choose one of the many artists available. If he stands contemplatively in his studio, or sits next to his work table, if he consciously loses himself in his activity, if his understanding of his calling concurs with that he had of it beforehand, then he will realize that the sharpness and the precision of his observations have lead him to the point where he has found a way to develop his existence as an artist - unerringly. The changes which come to pass in our subject in this respect become clear as a result of certain characteristics.
He puts aside the inconsequential things which disturb his attention and distract him from his way of finding the truth, he immerses himself with joy and earnestness in the tasks he has set himself and, in doing so, pursues his one sole purpose: the productive channeling of all his mental powers in order to advance his intent of being a good artist in practice - as a result of his receptivity.

Artists: Adriana Czernin, KAtrina Daschner, Assaf Evron, Ben G. odor/Times Gates, Johannes Lakinger, Christian Kosmas Mayer, Thea Moeller, Constanze Schweiger

Curated by Siggi Hofer

shuttlebus: 10 euros
departure: 2 pm, felberstraße next to westbahnhof, in front of hotel mercure
return: 6 pm

https://kunstverein.schattendorf.com/the-artists-intelligence.html 

Manufacturing Time 

through November 3, 2025

Musée de la Poste, Paris

By virtue of its history and its very activity, the Post Office is inextricably linked to the concept of time, and for centuries it has played a decisive role in measuring and managing time.

As early as 1839, the postal administration, whose activities were affected by the fact that time was not synchronised from one municipality to another, obtained an order from the Ministry of the Interior for municipal clocks to be set according to tables supplied by the Bureau des Longitudes, thus laying the foundations for a shared ‘national time’.

The rise of the railway in the mid-19th century further reinforced the need for a single time throughout the country, and it was the telegraph that enabled all public clocks to be synchronised with the time from the Paris Observatory.

These technical advances reflect a constant challenge for La Poste: to provide a fast, reliable and accurate service. Through the standardisation of time and the integration of new technologies, La Poste is establishing itself not only as a key player in the harmonisation of time, but also as an institution that is deeply rooted in societal transformations.

It is this relationship with time that the Musée de La Poste has decided to highlight in the exhibition The Manufacture of Time. To explore this theme, the museum has drawn on its resources and various collections. In all, over a hundred items are on display to the public.

Visitors will be able to admire some remarkable objects (a travel clock from the late eighteenth century, a mail coach watch from 1850), historical photographs (from 1887 to the present day), pieces of marcophily and philately (date stamps, postmarks, envelopes, etc.) and other artefacts (including some fifty almanacs from the early eighteenth century to the present day).

All these treasures and curiosities will be brought together with contemporary works of art that explore the measurement of time, providing a lively and fresh interpretation of heritage objects. Through an inspiring scenography, some fifty works of art in a variety of formats - videos, photographs, installations, objects, sculptures... - will question our perception of time while offering a poetic, philosophical and sometimes even humorous perspective on this theme.

Artists: Darren Almond, Maarten Baas, Patrick Bailly-Maître-Grand, Lenora de Barros, Patrick Bernatchez, Dominique Blais, Claude Closky, Angela Detanico et Rafael Lain, Julien Discrit, Ruth Ewan, Mark Formanek, Philippe Geluck, Susanna Hertrich, Véronique Joumard, Stephen Kaltenbach, On Kawara, Olga Kisseleva, Alicja Kwade, Jorge Macchi, Annette Messager, Melik Ohanian, Roman Opalka, Laurent Pernot, Patricia Reed, Keith Robinson, Franck Scurti, Benjamin Vautier dit Ben, Thomas Wattebled, Elsa Werth. 

Curated by Céline Neveux. 

https://www.museedelaposte.fr/en/expositions-et-evenements/manufacturing-time 

1 0  Y E A R S  G 2  K U N S T H A L L E - Works from the Hildebrand Collection

through June 29, 2025

To mark its tenth anniversary, the G2 Kunsthalle is presenting selected works from the Hildebrand Collection. For the first time since the Kunsthalle opened in 2015, works by national and international artists will be shown across the entire space.

With works of the Hildebrand Collection by Trisha Baga, Alvaro Barrington, Maja Behrmann, Norbert Bisky, Marcel van Eeden, Simon Fujiwara, Gregor Hildebrandt, General Idea, Melke Kara, Tomasz Kręcicki, Friedrich Kunath, Alicja Kwade, Benedikt Leonhardt, Inna Levinson, Hannah Levy, Rosa Loy, Conny Maier, Jeanette Mundt, Matt Mullican, Murat Önen, Neo Rauch, Daniel Richter, Tomas Saraceno, Andreas Schmitten, Kristina Schuldt, Dana Schutz, Brett Charles Seiler, David Shrigley, Marina Peres Simão, Sophia Süßmilch, Wolfgang Tillmans, Nora Turato, Matthias Weischer, Georg Weißbach.

http://g2-leipzig.de/en/exhibitions/10-jahre-g2-kunsthalle/ 

Excavations 

through September 15, 2025 

La Brea Tar Pits Museum, LA

Mark Dion’s immersive, uncanny installation at La Brea Tar Pits, Excavations, evokes a behind-the-scenes museum space, displaying new work alongside early museum murals, dioramas, and maquettes of Ice Age mammals in a playful, irreverent presentation in keeping with his meticulous yet mischievous approach. During an extended residency at the Tar Pits, Dion assisted with excavations, sorted microfossils, shadowed a taxidermist at the Natural History Museum, explored collections and archives, and interviewed researchers, educators, and floor staff to create this installation. 

Dion’s 10-foot-long sculpture of a fossil pack rat skeleton stands atop a mix of natural and cultural detritus from the Tar Pits and the Hancock Park neighborhood. Additionally, six new drawings by Dion of mammal skeletons commonly found in the Tar Pits—artworks labeled with the names of locally important scientists, artists, historical figures, and landmarks—further blend artifice and reality, belying Dion’s critical and satirical approach to museum didactics. A new field guide to Hancock Park published in conjunction with the exhibition highlights the flora and fauna of the site, as well as the Tar Pits’ unparalleled cultural and scientific significance.

https://tarpits.org/mark-dion-pst

Self-Portraits

through 20 July 2025

National Museum Warsaw 

The “Self-Portraits” exhibition presents an assortment of contemporary examples of this class of artwork, going far beyond the standard depiction of an artist’s likeness that classic art history has accustomed us to. Among the works spanning a range of disciplines (paintings, sculpture, photography, sound installation, and more) we find pieces that are highly personal as well as ones that contribute to a broader analysis of the artist’s place in society.

Our presentation of contemporary self-portraits hearkens back to an idea realised a century ago by Count Ignacy Karol Korwin-Milewski to assemble a collection of self-portraits by 19th-century Polish artists. The two corresponding undertakings illustrate the continuity of the tradition of artistic culture as well as the significance of private patronage. 

Artists: Paweł Althamer, Mirosław Bałka, Agnieszka Brzeżańska, Rafał Bujnowski, Barbara Falender, Izabella Gustowska, Zuzanna Janin, Łukasz Korolkiewicz, Katarzyna Krakowiak-Bałka, Zbigniew Libera, Rafał Milach, Jarosław Modzelewski, Agnieszka Polska, Katarzyna Przezwańska, Karol Radziszewski, Joanna Rajkowska, Wilhelm Sasnal, Jadwiga Sawicka, Aleksandra Waliszewska and Artur Żmijewski.

https://www.mnw.art.pl/en/temporary-exhibitions/self-portraits,66.html 

Art & Nature: Inside Out

through October 12, 2025

Villa Arconati Milan

The exhibition features works by 40 artists, ranging from well-known names to emerging talents. They will transform the 17th-century villa and its surrounding landscape, exploring themes of nature, architecture, and artistic expression.
The exhibition spreads across Villa Arconati’s grand halls, stables, lemon house, and park. Artworks are positioned throughout the space to blend the historical setting with contemporary creativity, making for an enriching visitor experience.

Artists: Not Vital, Miroslaw Balka, Stephan Balkenhol, Mattia Bosco, Barbara Chase Ribaud, Caroline Christie-Coxon, Gianluca Di Pasquale, Barbara De Ponti, Lugia Dias, Jürgen Drescher, Simon Dybbroe Møller, Bruna Esposito, Chung Eun-Mo, Nicola Ghirardelli, Cristóbal Gracia, Gabriele Heidecker, Diango Hernández, Melli Ink, Zoe Koke, Kimsooja, Jannis Kounellis, Joseph La Piana, Lisa Lurati, Angela Lyn, Jacques Martinez, Conor Mccreedy, Giuseppe Penone, Solange Pessoa, Alessandro Piangiamore, Carlo Ramous, Glen Rubsamen, Suzanne Santoro, Francesco Simeti, Nedko Solakov, Melanie Sterba, Una Szeemann, Federico Tosi, and Luca Vitone.

Curated by Diana Segantini

https://www.instagram.com/arco_insideout/ 

Lavoro per Natura Vivente, non solo Capitali

through May 5, 2025

Fondazione Morra Greco, Napoli

The project is the culmination of two residencies the artist completed at Fondazione Morra Greco throughout 2024: for the occasion, Fend has had the chance to create never-before-seen works while interacting vigorously with the lively cultural context of both the city of Naples and the Campania region.

Peter Fend’s research begins in the late 1970s, focusing mainly on planetary survival. Embarking on different work trajectories, he found major correspondences with Leon Battista Alberti’s four books of architecture for a better improvement of the technology of a city (or any inhabited area),the quality of its air, water, circulatory space and defense.

The notion underlying his comprehensive work stems from the idea that the world is a living construction site, where the tools of contemporary art can prove fruitful in the development of natural resources. Fend seeks to adopt concrete solutions that can respond to the environmental problems that plague the Planet, well beyond the art system.

https://www.fondazionemorragreco.com/en/lavoro-per-natura-vivente-non-solo-capitali/

Énormément bizarre - La collection Jean Chatelus, donation de la fondatioin Antoine de Galbert

26.03.-30.06.2025

Centre Pompidou, Paris 

Nearly 400 works—sculptures, installations, paintings, photographs, drawings, and votive objects—explore themes of the body, death, and the fleeting nature of life.

This collection, presented almost in its entirety, reflects the evolution of Jean Chatelus' vision: initially influenced by Surrealism and repurposed objects, then by body art, ethnographic artifacts, and popular traditions. It also features some of contemporary art’s enfants terribles, including Cindy Sherman, Mike Kelley, Christian Boltanski, Yayoi Kusama, Michel Journiac, Daniel Spoerri, Robert Filliou, Nam June Paik, Joana Vasconcelos, Andres Serrano, and Wim Delvoye.

https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/program/calendar/event/g675Pbf 

Corpus Cosmos
15.3. - 24.8.2025
Uppsala Art Museum, Uppsala

Artists: Ingela Ihrman, Pakui Hardware/Neringa Černiauskaitė and Ugnius Gelguda, Pia Sandström, Camila Sposati and Xadalu Tupã Jekupé.

Opening: 15.03. 

The exhibition Corpus Cosmos seeks to engage in a dialogue about bodily experiences in the borderland between faith and knowledge. The Latin corpus refers to the body in medicine and the Greek kosmos to the idea of an organised universe. The exhibition features sculptures, tactile installations, paintings and sensual sound works. The artist's subjective view of the world mixes dreamlike and hallucinatory scenes with analyses and incisions.

www.konstmuseum.uppsala.se

The Neurobiology of Love

14.03-1.06.2025
Krupa Art Foundation, Wroclaw, Poland

Artists: Szilvia Bolla (HU), Joey Holder (UK), Denisa Lehocká (SK), Ursula Mayer (AT-UK), Luboš Plný (CZ), Iza Tarasewicz (PL),

curated by Boris Ondreička (SK)

Main motivation of The Neurobiology of Love rises out of observation of intertwinement of artistic and scientific ways of imagining and its further imaging, materialization of “subject”. Sometimes it is surprising (even for scientists themselves) how precisely artists portray certain phenomena even from other points of departure and methodology, allowing intuitive and/or automatic, subconscious forces to guide their creative endeavours. The Neurobiology of Love meditates around personal viewing, tacit knowing and chances of embodiment of “undisplayable” / “unspeakable”.

Following Semir Zeki’s pioneering study of neuroaesthetics, The Neurobiology of Love understands production (in-out) and consumption (out-in) of “undisplayable” in the wider net of triggers and consequent processes (of postproduction and distribution). It traces myriads of frequencies of neurosis of creative urge (and self-expression-drive) rising in a vertigo of turbulent times we live in. Neurosis of internet of everything incorporates itself in artistic cosmos of curves, synapses and hatchings, mycelia of drawing, pirouettes of performative act.

The Neurobiology of Love focuses on individual psychological which is influenced by (out-in) and influences (in-out) collective political. It does not matter if consciously, conceptually, strategically, or unconsciously, “spiritually”, poetically, metaphorically, spontaneously it does anyhow.

https://krupaartfoundation.pl/en/neurobiologia-milosci/ 

Zwischen Stufen, Phasen, Stopps (TUN FÜR TUN)

Eröffnung: 7.3., 18:00
Ausstellung: 7.3. - 27.4.2025
Kunstverein Eisenstadt

Künstler*innnen: Franz Amann, Andreas Fogarasi, Michael Gumhold, Anna Hofbauer, Isa Schmidlehner

Bei der Ausstellung Zwischen Stufen, Phasen, Stopps (TUN FÜR TUN) handelt essich um die letzte Präsentation des Kunstvereins Eisenstadt in seinenangestammten und seit 2018 bespielten Räumlichkeiten. Diese Ausstellungthematisiert diese besondere Situation, indem sie Arbeiten versammelt, dieMomente der baulichen Veränderung, des Weiterziehens, aber auch die Qualitäteneiner festgelegten Unterkunft zur Präsentation zeitgenössischer Kunst – ihrerMerkmale, Bedingungen, Rollen und Interessen – ein vorläufig letztes Maladressiert. Es geht hier jedoch nicht um einen Abschluss, sondern um eineUnterbrechung, wie sich auch das ästhetische Zentrum der Ausstellung ausKontrasten und Ambivalenzen zusammensetzt. Die Sequenzen der Entkoppelungräumlicher und zeitlicher Logik lassen den Raum und die Arbeiten darin füreinen Moment außerhalb des Urteils und auf sich selbst gestellt erscheinen.

Gratis Shuttle zur Eröffnung
Wien→Eisenstadt→Wien                        
Abfahrt Wien: 17h, Karlsplatz                                                                      
Rückfahrt Eisenstadt: 20:30h
RSVP office@kunstvereineisenstadt.at

https://www.kunstvereineisenstadt.at/projekt/ausstellungseroffnung-opening-zwischen-stufen-phasen-stopps-tun-fuer-tun

Take a look at Svea Grasbergers critique on Thomas Lochers latest exhibition at our gallery some notes... (barely written out). 

"Subjekt • Prädikat • Objekt. Diese grundlegenden Elemente genügen, um die einfachsten Sätze der deutschen Sprache zu formen. Doch sie bilden nicht nur die Basis alltäglicher Kommunikation, sondern auch das Fundament des Rechtssystems. Wie dieses in die Prozesse innerhalb einer Gesellschaft eingreift und welche Rolle die Sprache bei dessen Entstehung und Wirkung spielt, ist das zentrale Thema bei der in der Galerie Lombardi—Kargl präsentierten Ausstellung some notes… (barely written out) von Thomas Locher."
Continue reading here. 

Lenora de Barros
To See Aloud

28.2. - 11.5.2025
Badischer Kunstverein

Opening: Thursday, 27.2.2025, 7 pm

The first presentation in 2025 continues the series of exhibitions focusing on female artists from the field of Concrete Poetry. Following projects on Lily Greenham (2024) and Ilse Garnier (2023), we are showing the work of the artist and poet Lenora de Barros (*1953 in São Paulo) for the first time in Germany. She is a representative of Brazilian Concrete Poetry, whose beginnings can be traced to the Gruppe Noigandres in São Paulo in 1952. In Brazil, this movement, which is largely independent of the European context, is known as Arte Concreta. Lenora de Barros is an artist who comes from the generation following the Noigandres and is strongly influenced by them. Her works are characterized by an intimate interplay between the body, language and the self, and in particular by (post) feminist concerns. Other elements of her work include Conceptual Art, Pop Art and Fluxus.

Curated by Alex Balgiu and Anja Casser

www.badischer-kunstverein.de

Between Spheres
Art and Science – Works from the Collection of the Central Bank of Hungary (MNB)

25.1. – 11.5.2025
Várkert Bazár – Ybl6 Art Space, Budapest

Artists: Bak Imre, Balázs Nikolett, Bullás József, Csáji Attila, Fajó János, Andreas Fogarasi, Frey Krisztián, Gáspár György, Hantai Simon, Horváth Lóczi Judit, Jovanovics Tamás, Konok Tamás, Kóródi Zsuzsanna, Lantos Ferenc, Major Kamill, Melkovics Tamás, Mengyán András, Nemes Márton, Pintér Dia, Reigl Judit, Szentpétery Ádám, Anthony Vasquez

The interconnection between art and science can be described as a desire to understand the world, which is the motivation behind the exhibition Between Spheres. The interdisciplinary approach does not focus on all disciplines, but rather on the specific disciplines that are typical of the contemporary collection brought to life by the Magyar Nemzeti Bank. Thus, the main nodes are technical engineering, language, computer science, physics, natural sciences, nature and heritage conservation. The exhibition picks up in time where our world-famous Hungarians - László Moholy-Nagy, György Kepes or Marcell Breuer - have made a name for the close relationship between art and science, and focuses on achievements since the 1960s. The exhibition deliberately gives equal space to different generations, including the internationally successful post-modern generation of Hungarian origin, Hungarian neo-avant-garde artists and the current middle generation, as well as young talents.

https://varkertbazar.hu/kiallitasok/szferak-kozott-muveszet-es-tudomany

Touch Nature
24.1. - 18.5.25
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz

Artists: Uli Aigner, Iris Andra­schek, Peter Bartoš, Matei Beje­na­ru, Juli­us von Bis­marck, Van­ja Bučan, Flor­iama Can­dea, Lau­ra Codruța Cer­nea, Adria­na Chiru­ta, Sev­da Chkou­to­va, Lari­sa Crun­țea­nu, Mark Dion, Vero­ni­ka Dirn­ho­fer, Ines Dou­jak, Anna Dumitriu/​Alex May, Lati­fah Ech­akhch, Chris­ti­an Eisen­ber­ger, Tita­nil­la Eisen­hart, Micha­el End­li­cher, İnci Evi­ner, Tho­mas Feu­er­stein, Andrea Fran­co­li­no, Doro­thee Frank/​Ben Fodor, Bir­git Gra­schopf, Nico­la Hackl-Has­lin­ger, Maxi­mi­li­an Hai­da­cher, Jit­ka Hanzlo­vá, Peter Hau­en­schild, Beá­ta Hech­tová, Edgar Honet­schlä­ger, Anaïs Horn, Alfred Hrusch­ka, Bar­ba­ra Anna Husar/​Elmar Bertsch, Göz­de İlk­in, Nona Ines­cu, Fatoş İrw­en, Tobi­as Izsó, Maren Jeleff/​Klaus Pich­ler, Sabi­ne Jeli­nek, Anna Jer­mo­lae­wa, Anne Duk Hee Jor­dan, Johan­na Kan­dl, Eginhartz Kan­ter, Anton Keh­rer, Kit­ty Kino, Auro­ra Kirá­ly, Alex­an­dra Kon­tri­ner, Nina Koželj, David Kran­zel­bin­der, Ele­na Kris­to­for, Hans Kupel­wie­ser, Anto­nio Kut­leša, Chris­tia­ne Löhr, Lin­da Luse, Haru­ko Mae­da, Péter Mátyá­si, Clau­dia März­en­dor­fer, Katha­ri­na Meis­ter, Fer­di­nand Melichar, Kari­na Mend­recz­ky, Syl­vie de Meur­vil­le, Ana Maria Micu, Clai­re Mor­gan, Alo­is Mos­ba­cher, Yvonne Oswald, Moni­ka Pich­ler, Mar­got Pilz, PRINZ­pod, Luisa Rabbia, Julia Reich­mayr, Oli­ver Ress­ler, Hubert Roi­th­ner, Gre­gor Sai­ler, Eli­sa­beth von Sam­sonow, Davor San­vin­cen­ti, Judith Saupper, Hans Scha­bus, Schei­be & Günt­zel, Ramo­na Schne­ken­bur­ger, Gabrie­le Schö­ne, Mar­tin Schrampf, Clau­dia Schu­mann, Marie­lis Sey­ler, Mili­ca Simo­no­vić, Rebec­ca Smith, Paul Spen­dier, Oana Stanciu, Tho­mas Stimm, Mir­cea Suciu, Maria Sza­kats, Adri­enn Újhá­zi, Hana Usui, Dan Vezen­tan, Judith Wag­ner, Man­fred Wakol­bin­ger, Vio­let­ta Wakol­bin­ger, Bet­sy Weis, Nives Widau­er, Eva Yur­ko­vá, Lau­rent Ziegler/​Georg Blaschke

Opening 31.1.2025

The multimedia exhibition ​”Touch Nature” showcases international artists and their takes on the devastating political, economic, ecological and humanitarian consequences of the Anthropocene. It becomes quite clear in the process that, in addition to documenting grievances and formulating strategies of resistance, these artists also provide blueprints for utopias. 

The economic exploitation of huge tracts of land, rising levels of soil sealing and the global effects of consumerism are addressed alongside the capitalist manipulation of waste. A series of cooperative ventures, some of which are interdisciplinary in character, results in art projects that deal with the global food situation, the spread of epidemics and the consequences of colonialism, aiming at a change of perspective. The exhibition develops encouraging visions of a new relationship between humanity and nature and of an approach to our environment marked by mindfulness and respect.

The exhibition is based on a series of exhibitions of the same name that were shown in twelve of Austria’s Forums of Culture in Europe and the United States between 2021 and 2024. This allowed Austrian artists to enter into a creative dialogue with artists of the host countries. The show at the Lentos presents a summary of this series of exhibitions and supplements it with international works of art. Its roughly 100 artists present a multinational overview of the current engagement with the climate crisis and the destruction of our environment. It is in the spirit of Alexander von Humboldt, a pioneer of ecological thinking, who famously wrote to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1810: ​“Nature must be felt.”

Curator and exhibition concept: Sabine Fellner

www.lentos.at

A Cornered Solo Show #5 
Nedko Solakov

17.10.2024 - 29.6.2025
Ludwig Museum Budapest

The Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art is thrilled to present Nedko Solakov’s humorous, site-specific installation, located in the museum’s lobby, next to the cloakroom. In this work, Solakov explores the idea of an artist who seeks to view the world from a radically different perspective—literally by turning himself upside down to shift his viewpoint. 

A Cornered Solo Show #5 is being presented in celebration of the museum’s 35th anniversary and the 30th anniversary of Solakov’s solo exhibition, The Collector of Art. The exhibition also marks the Ludwig Foundation's recent acquisition of 12 drawings by Solakov, entitled Correctness (2021). As part of this event, the artist will generously donate A Cornered Solo Show #5 to the museum, along with three additional drawings titled Bad Moves (2023).

About the series

The project, titled A Cornered Solo Show, began in 2021 when Solakov proposed the directors and curators of leading museums to offer him an “insignificant” corner of their institution—outside of the typical exhibition spaces, yet still accessible to the public. To date, four installations have been staged in major European museums, each uniquely tailored to the specific qualities of the chosen corner: #1 MUDAM – The Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg (2021) #2 MAXXI – National Museum of 21st Century Art, Rome (2022) #3 Upper Belvedere, Vienna (2023–2024) #4 National Gallery, The Palace, Sofia (2024)

www.ludwigmuseum.hu

Counter/Surveillance: Control Privacy Agency
13.10.2024 - 19.10.2025
Wende Museum, Culver City, USA

Artists: Asya Dodina, Berlin collective, Graham Fink, Gerhard Lang, Paolo Cirio, Robert Rehfeldt, Xu Bing, Verena Kyselka, Nedko Solakov, Damara Ingles, Ken Gonzales-Day, Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt, Yang Jian, Decebal Scriba, Liat Segal, Sadie Barnette, Yazan Khalili, Franisco Masó, Slava Polishchuk 

In recent decades, technological advances have supercharged surveillance. Online, personal data are automatically collected and analyzed on a mass scale. Algorithms watch, listen, track, and identify people, complementing and sometimes replacing human eyes and ears. Powerful combinations of surveillance software and hardware, such as surveillance cameras outfitted with real-time facial recognition, are conquering public spaces. These technologies are often misleadingly presented as though they were pure innovation and have no history.

https://wendemuseum.org/exhibition/countersurveillance/ 

On the value of Time: New Presentation of the Collection of Contemporary art

August 10, 2023 - August 31, 2025 
Museum Ludwig Köln

Artists: Tho­mas Bayr­le, Alighiero Boet­ti, Frank Bowl­ing, Miri­am Cahn, Mark Dion, Maria Eich­horn, Harun Faroc­ki, Guan Xiao, Wade Guy­ton, Lubai­na Himid, Ull Hohn, Re­bec­ca Horn, Anne Imhof, Boaz Kaiz­man, Car­o­lyn Lazard, Jochen Lem­pert, Pau­line Mʼbarek, Ker­ry James Mar­shall, Park McArthur, Os­car Muril­lo, Fü­sun Onur, Asim­i­na Paradis­sa, Robert Rauschen­berg, Cameron Row­land, Ju­lia Sch­er, An­dreas Schulze, An­dreas Siek­mann, Di­a­mond Stingi­ly, Danh Vo, Lois Wein­berg­er, Haegue Yang

The Mu­se­um Lud­wig col­lec­tion in­cludes the most im­por­tant artists of the twen­ti­eth cen­tu­ry and con­tem­po­rary art. The works of mod­er­nism and art from 1945 to 1970 are ar­ranged chrono­log­i­cal­ly from the up­per­most to the mid­dle floor. The con­tem­po­rary art in the stair­well and on the base­ment lev­el forms the back­bone and foun­da­tion of the mu­se­um, look­ing in­to the past and the fu­ture. At the same time, the col­lec­tion pre­sents the di­verse me­dia and con­cep­tu­al man­i­fes­ta­tions of con­tem­po­rary art, which do not fol­low a firm­ly estab­lished canon and can­not be cat­e­go­rized in­to styles.

Ev­ery two years the Mu­se­um Lud­wig pre­sents a new se­lec­tion of con­tem­po­rary art from its col­lec­tion. This edi­tion, run­n­ing from Au­gust 10, 2023 till Au­gust 31, 2025, will fo­cus on dif­fer­ent con­cepts of time and ways in which artists han­dle the top­ic in their work. Many artists draw at­ten­tion to the fact that art is ex­pe­ri­enced in the pre­sent, while al­so ques­tion­ing me­m­o­ry, re­mem­brance, and his­to­ri­og­ra­phy. The pre­sen­ta­tion is framed by “val­ue of time” as a con­cep­t—a so­cial­ly de­ter­mined val­ue on which ab­s­tract, quan­ti­fi­able time is based.

The start­ing point is Wal­ter Ben­jamin’s haunt­ing im­age from 1940 of the “an­gel of his­to­ry,” with which he de­scribed the re­la­tion­ship be­tween past, pre­sent, and fu­ture. This estab­lished the con­cept of a crit­i­cal his­to­ri­og­ra­phy that orig­i­nates from eco­nom­ic pa­ram­e­ters. Vari­ous facets of this con­cept are re­flect­ed by the ex­hibit­ed works, in which tem­po­ral­i­ty takes ef­fect, the past is re­flect­ed in its re­la­tion­ship to the pre­sent, and fu­ture events are an­ti­ci­pat­ed.

Cu­ra­tor: Bar­bara En­gel­bach

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