Ten Contemporary Exhibitions Spanning Film, Painting, and Conceptual Art Across Global Venues
From September 21 to November 13, James Richards showcases a video and sound installation at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, reinterpreting his 2015 film 'Radio at Night.' This exhibition will later move to Hanover's Kestnergesellschaft. Meanwhile, Ben Rivers presents his inaugural solo exhibition in the US, titled 'Urth,' at Chicago's Renaissance Society from September 10 to November 6, highlighting films centered on makeshift utopias. Clemens von Wedemeyer’s first solo exhibition in Germany will take place at Hamburg's Hamburger Kunsthalle from September 30 to January 8, revisiting pieces from Documenta 13. Additionally, the Taipei Biennial, under the curation of Corinne Diserens, is scheduled from September 10 to February 5, alongside exhibitions featuring Damián Ortega in Edinburgh, Marwa Arsanios in Los Angeles, and Lothar Baumgarten in Turin.
Key facts
- James Richards's ICA show premiered at Bergen Kunsthall and will head to Kestnergesellschaft in Hanover.
- Ben Rivers filmed his new work at the University of Arizona's Biosphere 2, a sealed dome experiment from 1991.
- Clemens von Wedemeyer's 'Muster (Rushes)' explored a Benedictine monastery near Kassel with a history as a prison, concentration camp, reformatory, and psychiatric institution.
- The Taipei Biennial includes Vietnamese-American artist Tiffany Chung's migration-themed multimedia works.
- Damián Ortega's 'Cosmic Thing' is an exploded Volkswagen Beetle suspended by wires.
- Marwa Arsanios's film 'OLGA's NOTES' examines Gamal Abdel Nasser's 1960s reforms in Egypt, including a ballet school in Cairo.
- Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys have worked together for over 25 years, using amateur actors in their videos.
- Luc Tuymans's exhibition '25 Years of Collaboration' marks his long relationship with Zeno X Gallery.
- Lothar Baumgarten dates the Anthropocene to 1492, the year Columbus arrived in the New World.
- Isabel Nolan's exhibition references Thomas Hardy's 1900 poem 'The Darkling Thrush.'
Entities
Artists
- James Richards
- Ben Rivers
- Mark von Schlegell
- Clemens von Wedemeyer
- Tiffany Chung
- Chih-Hung Liu
- Hong-Kai Wang
- Tacita Dean
- Manon de Boer
- John Akomfrah
- Peter Friedl
- Reinhard Mucha
- Damián Ortega
- Marwa Arsanios
- Jos de Gruyter
- Harald Thys
- Luc Tuymans
- Lothar Baumgarten
- Walter Nikkels
- Isabel Nolan
- George Eliot
- Hippocrates
- John Donne
- Shakespeare
- Thomas Hardy
- Joseph Conrad
- Picasso
- Yvonne Rainer
- Gamal Abdel Nasser
Institutions
- Institute of Contemporary Arts
- Bergen Kunsthall
- Kestnergesellschaft
- Renaissance Society
- Hamburger Kunsthalle
- Documenta
- Barbican
- Taipei Biennial
- Fruitmarket
- Hammer Museum
- Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie
- Zeno X Gallery
- Galleria Franco Noero
- CAG – Contemporary Art Gallery
- Irish Museum of Modern Art
- University of Arizona
- Biosphere 2
- ArtReview
- The New Yorker
- Artforum
- Frieze
- Hyperallergic
- Le Monde
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Cardiff
- Wales
- Bergen
- Norway
- Hanover
- Germany
- Chicago
- United States
- Hamburg
- Kassel
- Taipei
- Taiwan
- Edinburgh
- Scotland
- Los Angeles
- Washington, DC
- Beirut
- Lebanon
- Cairo
- Egypt
- Berlin
- Antwerp
- Belgium
- Turin
- Italy
- Vancouver
- Canada
- Dublin
- Ireland
- Philippines
- South America
- New York
- Zurich
- Switzerland