Monira Al Qadiri’s Divine Memory (2019) on view at Schinkel Pavillon’s show “Sun Rise | Sun Set.” Image courtesy of artist.
Don’t miss these nine fascinating exhibitions that are currently on view at art institutions around Europe.
As spring nears, some European countries are seeing a small, if temporary, reprieve after months of strenuous lockdown. Museums in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and parts of Italy and Scandinavia, are again welcoming visitors to the shows that they’ve been planning, in many cases, for years.
Rifts in society and a still-raging pandemic have been difficult to process, but art—be it historical figures like the Belgian conceptual artist Jef Geys (whose work will be on view in Norway) or the long-overlooked Brazilian artist Leonilson (showing in Berlin), who both broke boundaries in distinct ways—can teach us how to think beyond the challenges of the past year. Newer artists, like Lydia Ourahmane, and intergenerational group exhibitions offer fresh perspectives on society, culture, and nature. And there is little that could substitute the visceral experience of standing within a triumphant installation like Phyllida Barlow’s at Haus der Kunst in Munich.
Da falsa moral and Do bom coração both (1993), on view as a part of Leonilson “Drawn 1975–1993” at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020. Courtesy Projeto Leonilson. Photo: Frank Sperling.Here are nine exciting exhibitions in Europe that are—as of publication—actually open and worth a visit, so long as it is safe to do so.[…]
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