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Mona Hatoum's Three-Part Installation at Fondazione Prada

exhibition · 2026-04-19

From 29 January to 9 November 2026, Fondazione Prada in Milan will showcase "Over, under and in between," a unique project by artist Mona Hatoum. This solo exhibition features three installations that engage with the concepts of the web, the map, and the grid, revitalizing the three rooms of the Cisterna building. Upon entry, visitors will encounter an expansive web of fragile hand-blown glass spheres suspended from above, symbolizing entrapment and connectivity. The central area displays over thirty thousand translucent red glass spheres arranged in a world map based on the Gall-Peters projection, deliberately disregarding political boundaries to comment on historical power structures. The final room houses "all of a quiver," a kinetic piece of nine stacked cubes that gently sways between collapse and reformation, reaching a height of 8.6 meters. Accompanying the exhibition is a publication featuring writings by Theo Deutinger, Lina Ghotmeh, and Jamieson Webster.

Key facts

  • Fondazione Prada presents Over, under and in between by Mona Hatoum from 29 January to 9 November 2026.
  • The exhibition is site-specific for the Cisterna building in Milan.
  • Three installations explore the web, map, and grid motifs.
  • The web installation uses hand-blown glass spheres suspended overhead.
  • The map installation uses over thirty thousand red glass balls in Gall-Peters projection.
  • all of a quiver is a kinetic installation of nine levels of cubes oscillating between collapse and re-erection.
  • The publication features texts by Theo Deutinger, Lina Ghotmeh, and Jamieson Webster.
  • The works address themes of instability, danger, fragility, and interconnectedness.

Entities

Artists

  • Mona Hatoum
  • Sigmund Freud
  • James Gall
  • Arno Peters
  • Theo Deutinger
  • Lina Ghotmeh
  • Jamieson Webster
  • Alberto Giacometti

Institutions

  • Fondazione Prada
  • Kunsthal KAdE
  • Barbican
  • KAdE
  • Aesthetica Magazine

Locations

  • Milan
  • Italy
  • Amersfoort
  • Netherlands
  • London
  • United Kingdom
  • Beirut
  • Lebanon

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