Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2:00 pm
Feb 6–May 3, 2018
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February 6–May 6, 2018Getty Research Institute
One of the most distinguished advocates of conceptual art and postminimalism, and a figure who became synonymous with the advent of globalism in contemporary art, Harald Szeemann (Swiss, 1933–2005) developed a new form of exhibition-making that centered on close collaborations with artists and a sweeping international vision of contemporary culture. Szeemann's exhibitions covered vast areas of research, challenging traditional narratives of art history and often embracing creative fields outside the visual arts. For each of his more than 150 installations and exhibitions, Szeemann added materials to his vast library and research archive, which he referred to as the "Museum of Obsessions." His museum comprised not only the physical place of the archive but also a mental landscape that encompassed all moments of genius and artistic intensity treated in Szeemann's exhibitions, both realized and unrealized, past and future.
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Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2:00 pm
Feb 6–May 3, 2018
Monte Verità Foundation
Featuring Harald Szeemann collection material
When Attitudes Become Form: Bern 1969/Venice 2013
Reconstruction of Szeemann's 1969 exhibition
The reconstruction of Harald Szeemann's
Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
(Feb 4–Apr 22, 2018)
Harald Szeemann: Museum of Obsessions
Kunsthalle Bern (Jun 9–Sept 2, 2018)
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (Oct 12, 2018–Jan 20, 2019)
Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli (Feb 26–May 26, 2019)
Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us
Gerechtigkeitgasse 74, Bern (Jun 9–Sept 2, 2018)
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (Oct 12, 2018–Jan 20, 2019)
Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli (Feb 26–May 26, 2019)
Swiss Institute, New York (June 27–August 18, 2019)
Harald Szeemann: Museum of Obsessions
Edited by Glenn Phillips and Philipp Kaiser
With Doris Chon and Pietro Rigolo
Harald Szeemann: Selected Writings
Harald Szeemann
Edited by Doris Chon, Glenn Phillips, and Pietro Rigolo
Translated by Jonathan Blower and Elizabeth Tucker