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Beuys 2021 Joseph Beuys Centenary Programme

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Celebrating the Centenary of Joseph Beuys

Marking the centenary of Joseph Beuys' birth, 2021 saw over 30 museum exhibitions taking place internationally in Europe, America and Asia honouring his legacy. The centenary programme celebrates Joseph Beuys' life and work through curatorial approaches that consider his extensive oeuvre anew. We invite you to explore the centenary programme and learn more about the artist and his legacy through our overview of past and current exhibitions, as well as interviews with artists and curators for whom his work has been a source of inspiration. 

Jubiläum 2021

 

 

Featured exhibition this month

 

Joseph Beuys: Fine-limbed 

20 April—2 October 2022 | Palazzo Cini, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venedig

The Palazzo Cini Gallery – a remarkable house and museum containing masterpieces from the personal collection of the great patron of the arts Vittorio Cini – reopens to the public with Joseph Beuys: Fine-limbed a monographic exhibition dedicated to the leading 20th-century artist, whose birth centenary was celebrated in 2021. Curated by Luca Massimo Barbero, director of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini Institute of Art History, and staged in collaboration with Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, the exhibition will present key early works from the late 1940s and 1950s, alongside a selection of important sculptures and works on paper by this master of conceptual art.

 

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Images: 1. IMAGO / Leemage. Portrait of Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) Photography, Paris, 1985. © Bildrecht, Wien 2021. Photo: Laurence Sudre 2. Installation view of Joseph Beuys: Fine-limbed at The Palazzo Cini Gallery, Venice, 20 April—2 October 2022. © Joseph Beuys Estate / VG-Bildkunst, Bonn 2022. Photo: Francesca Occhi. Courtesy Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice. 3. Joseph Beuys portrait. © Gerd Ludwig.
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