León Ferrari Centenary Celebrations Launch in Berlin with KOW Galerie Exhibition

The centenary celebrations for Argentine artist León Ferrari have commenced with the exhibition TOASTED ANGELS, SOUNDS OF STEEL at KOW Galerie in Berlin, opening on November 23. Ferrari, who died in 2013 at age 93 in Buenos Aires, began his career in 1955 and is recognized for critiquing Western civilization as a history of institutionalized violence. Despite winning the Golden Lion at the 2007 Venice Biennale, he remains relatively unknown in Germany. The Berlin exhibition presents a significant overview of his work, including sculptures, lithographs, drawings, and a sound sculpture, with pieces like La Civilización Occidental y Cristiana (1965) offering critical reflections on the Vietnam War and the nexus of politics and religion. The show runs until February 3. Concurrently, in São Paulo, where Ferrari lived in exile during the 1970s and 1980s, the Pinacoteca de São Paulo is hosting Nós não sabíamos, an exhibition of 94 works from its collection, open until February 16.