EXHIBITIONS
A selection of current and upcoming exhibitions.
For past exhibitions, visit our archive page.
In this Human Rights House, situated on an ancient headland between the lagoon and the sea, one can feel the origin of life that once rose here out of the water. The house rests in an area of transition from salt to sweet water, a temple of transformation, and evolving thinking. The result of this process was the birth of the concept of communities, and of civilization. As such, Tulum represents purity and a chance for diversi...
Sparkling, slightly ironic, a master narrator. Publius Ovidius Naso, commonly known as Ovid, will always remain one of the most important writers from classical antiquity. Not only was he the most prolific of all Latin poets, he also kept innovating. Instead of simply adopting the elegiac model, the poetic meter that his predecessors had created, he varied his style. He is often considered the last of the great Latin poets un...
The Worth of life, solo exhibition, Teatro dell’architettura, Mendrisio-USI (CH)4 OCT - 2 FEB, 2020,
From Friday 4 October 2019 to Sunday 2 February 2020 at the Teatro dell’architettura Mendrisio-USI opens the exhibition “KOEN VANMECHELEN - THE WORTH OF LIFE - 1982/2019” promoted by the Fondazione Teatro dell’architettura. An extensive review over more than sixty-five works by the artist Koen Vanmechelen: sculptures, paintings, neon, lambda prints and installations set up outside and in the three floors of theTeatro dell’arc...
Returning for the 58th Biennale di Venezia, the sixth edition of GLASSTRESS brings together a new line-up of leading contemporary artists from Europe, the United States, Latin America, India, and China in an ambitious exhibition exploring the endless creative possibilities of glass.
GLASSTRESS is a project by Adriano Berengo dedicated to supporting his mission of marrying contemporary art and glass. Since its debut in 2009 as...
The Human Rights Pavilion is an evolving artwork by renowned Belgium artist Koen Vanmechelen, initiated in the context of the 58th Biennial of Venice, 'May you live in Interesting Times', in collaboration with Global Campus of Human Rights, Fondazione Berengo and the MOUTH Foundation.
With the Human Rights Pavilion, Vanmechelen explores the complexities of human nature, the possibility of a universal concept of human rights and...
In this exhibition, international contemporary artists will offer takes on some of the most famous and beloved works of European art. The starting point is the emergence of Europe’s most famous art museums in the 19th century, for example, in London, Paris, Berlin, Munich and Dresden. How have the museums and their choices contributed to works of art from previous centuries, such as the Mona Lisa at the Louvre, Sistine Madonna...
In April 2018 a unique poultry facility opens in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. Incubated Worlds is an artwork and research center at once, a combined effort of internationally acclaimed Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen and two ILRI livestock geneticists; Tadelle Dessie and Olivier Hanotte. More than a scientific facility, Incubated Worlds is about harnessing diversity to promote new types of unity and harmony. It reveals art...