Lin May Saeed's Posthumous Exhibition at Kunsthalle Bern

Kunsthalle Bern presents a solo exhibition of the late German Iraqi artist Lin May Saeed (1973–2023), running until May 10, 2026. Saeed's drawings and sculptures critically examine human-animal hierarchies, rejecting symbolic or decorative roles for animals in favor of depicting them as active protagonists. Her work challenges Western thought traditions that center humans and instrumentalize animals, drawing on historical thinkers who explored how animals shaped human societies before modern states. Saeed envisions a shared world defined by solidarity rather than domination, proposing coexistence based on care instead of control. Her practice contributes to contemporary debates on speciesism, presenting animals as equal beings without sentimentality or violence.