

Seduction, Metamorphoses, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (NL), 6 FEB – 25 MAY 2026
The prestigious Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam invites Koen Vanmechelen to participate in the group exhibition Metamorphoses . Rijksmuseum - 2014 - © John Lewis Marshall Passion and desire, lust and jealousy, cunning and deceit — few classical texts have stirred the imagination of artists as deeply as Ovid’s Metamorphoses . In the eponymous exhibition artists as Titian, Correggio, Cellini, Caravaggio, Rubens, Rodin, Brancusi, Magritte, and Bourgeois rival the imaginative power and


We Thought We Were Alone, Palazzo Rota Ivancich, Venice (IT), 9 May – 22 NOV 2026
Koen Vanmechelen presents his first solo sculptural exhibition in Venice, We Thought We Were Alone , at Palazzo Rota Ivancich during the 61st Venice Biennale. The exhibition features more than 40 new sculptures and installations created specifically for this historic palazzo. Moving beyond human-centred perspectives, the exhibition explores the dynamic relationship between living organisms and the inorganic environment. Across three floors of Palazzo Rota Ivancich, visitors e




















