Monster Chatwynd invites visitors to step through the open mouths of monstrous heads in her new exhibition at SCHIRN Kunsthalle Frankfurt am Main, which runs 3 March – 29 May. In her often absurd works, her sculpture refers to popular culture, art history and the Christian pictorial tradition of the ‘Hellmouth’. Tickets available here.
The Lehmbruck Museum presents the most extensive exhibition of work by British sculptor Antony Gormley in Germany to date. “Calling on the Body” places Gormley’s work in dialogue with Wilhelm Lehmbruck, with both artists using the body as a site of transformation that seeks to evoke a state of being and quiet contemplation. More details here.
“The idea behind this exhibition is to juxtapose the lyrical content of Edmund de Waal’s work and the timeless character of extraordinary Asian achievements from the 6th and 16th centuries. De Waal is a contemporary artist, but his soul I see in Rembrandt, in the beauty of Italian Renaissance painters, and in history philosophy”. Edmund de Waal and Unseen Pieces from the Feuerle Collection, Berlin. More info here.
The artist Rebecca Louise Law, who works exclusively with flowers, emphasises the importance of close, mindful contact with nature for the human experience in our fast-paced world at the Flower Power Festival Munich 2023. The installation Calyx will be a participatory work of art that connects people and nature respectfully and communally.
Three Berlin institutions present the multifaceted work of Mona Hatoum for the first time in a large-scale survey exhibition. The three-part exhibition will start in September and can now be seen at KINDL – Center for Contemporary Art.
Recipient of the Kurt Schwitters Preis 2022, Dame Phyllida Barlow’s exhibition ‘Breach’ shows at Sprengel-Museum Hanover, with her characteristic expansive installations made from simple materials such as timber, concrete, paint, cardboard, plaster and fabric which challenge architecture and viewers with their physical presence. Her artistic practice often playfully explores material properties and the limits of sculptural form. More info here.
Richard Hamilton’s ‘I’m dreaming of a black Christmas’ exhibition to celebrate the artist’s 100th birthday shows at Edition Block, Berlin.
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