Adel Abdessemed at The Grand Théâtre de Genève

The Olivier Messiaen’s Opera”Saint François d’Assise” will be stage designed by Adel Abdessemed at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. June 26, 2020 – July 5, 2021.

Jonathan Monk at Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe

Jonathan Monk is participating in the Group Show: A Means To An End at Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe alongside Franz Ackermann, Miriam Cahn, Anna Lea Hucht, Jamie Isenstein Meuser, John Miller, Daniel Roth, Silke Schatz, David Thorpe, Waldemar Zimbelmann, Jan Zöller from June 12 – July 24, 2020

Shilpa Gupta at Northern Alps Art Festival, Omachi City

Shilpa Gupta is part of the Northern Alps Art Festival 2020 in Omachi City,  Nagano Prefecture, Japan. May 31 – July 19, 2020.

Thomas Hirschhorn at Mudam Luxembourg

Thomas Hirschhorn’s installation ‘World Airport’ is on show at the group exhibition ‘Me, Family’ at Mudam Luxembourg. Inspired by the landmark exhibition ‘The Family of Man’ (1955), conceived by Edward Steichen, ‘Me, Family’ bears witness to the great questions of our age. The exhibition presents the work of contemporary artists who work across various media and disciplines, exploring the ways in which humanity seeks to express its diverse and coexistent histories as well as the issues of that society finds itself confronted with today. ‘Me, Family’ takes as its starting point a reality that is at once beautiful, dramatic and exhilarating, offering a journey through contemporary art, social networks, fashion, information technologies, advertising, sound, music and performance art. May 30 – September 06, 2020.

Lawrence Weiner at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart

The group exhibition ‘WÄNDE | WALLS’ at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart shows art works by Lawrence Weiner. The exhibition engages with the artistic discourse concerning spatial borders from the late 1960s to the present day. The international loans reach out far beyond the obvious media of murals and wall drawings and also embrace performative, sculptural and installative approaches. While murals are realised in the interior of the Kunstmuseum, a cooperation exhibition with the StadtPalais – Museum für Stuttgart is devoted to graffiti art in the urban area of Stuttgart. May 16 – October 11, 2020.

Douglas Gordon at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg

Douglas Gordon’s work ’30 seconds text’ is part of the group exhibition ‘Power! Light!’ at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg, Germany. In the early years of modernism, artificial light was positively connotated and regarded as a symbol of modern life. In the course of the twentieth century, however, dark stains increasingly appeared on the pure white vest of light: Today, despite all technical developments and undeniable advantages, light is also associated with luminous pollution and energy wastage. The exhibition ‘Power! Light!‘ at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg presents artistic positions—based on selected light art works from its own collection—which consciously focus on political, ecological, or social statements and critically comment on the (thoughtless) use of light—and thus also in a figurative sense on the use of resources in general. May 16 – September 13, 2020.

Lawrence Weiner at Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon

Lawrence Weiner is having a solo exhibition at Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art in Lisbon. May 12 – July 4, 2020.

Nedko Solakov at Tate Modern, London

Nedko Solakov’s performance work  ‘A Life (Black & White)’ is on show at the Tate Modern on occasion of the Museum’s 20th anniversary that is celebrated on May 11, 2020. In the performance, two workers continuously paint the gallery walls. One uses black paint and the other uses white. The painters follow each other around the space, painting over each other’s work. This is constantly repeated for the length of time the work is on display. The materials used in the performance are also laid out in the space. These include tins of paint, rollers, rags and signs for the painters’ breaks. In A Life (Black & White), Solakov is exploring issues about work, labour, time and repetition. The piece also comments on the process of making a painting, but here the paint is applied directly onto the gallery wall instead of a canvas. As well as performance, Solakov makes work in media such as drawing, painting, video and installation. He explains ‘I am telling stories in space’. He frequently plays with the expectations of his audience, using humour to convey political concerns, often about his native Bulgaria. His work also playfully questions the conventions used in galleries and other art institutions. ‘Tate Modern Turns 20″ – May 11, 2020.