Museum Exhibition

Julie Mehretu at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Posted: 28 April 2025

Julie Mehretu ,*Your hands are like two shovels digging in me sphinx*, 2024

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10 May – 12 October 2025

Düsseldorf, Germany

An exhibition of works by Julie Mehretu opens at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen this May. Titled ‘KAIROS / HAUNTOLOGICAL VARIATIONS’, the exhibition is the artist’s first mid-career survey in Germany, presenting almost 100 works in the museum’s K21 Ständehaus space.

The exhibition will bring together works that span the breadth of Mehretu’s career, from early urban-inspired line drawings of the 1990s, to more recent large-scale abstract paintings. A selection of source material and works on paper, some of which have never been shown before, will also be on view.

‘KAIROS / HAUNTOLOGICAL VARIATIONS’ is organised in collaboration with the Pinault Collection, following ‘Julie Mehretu. Ensemble’ at Palazzo Grassi, Venice, in 2024.

Opening Event: Artist Talk
Friday 9 May, 8–9pm

On the opening evening of the exhibition, Julie Mehretu will be joined in conversation by Berlin-based critic, editor and educator, Kimberley Bradley.

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