Juan Castillo, Another Day, 2014–2017 © Juan Castillo /
Bildupphovsrätt 2017

21.12 2018

Further aqusitions within A Larger World

Within the project A Larger World we have acquired works during 2018 by: Adel Abdessemed, Frank Bowling, Juan Castillo, Lygia Clark, Pratchaya Phinthong, Walid Raad, Dayanita Singh and Atsuko Tanaka.

These are added to previously acquired works within the project by: Georges Adéagbo, Etel Adnan, Meriç Algün, Kader Attia, Tala Madani, Rivane Neuenschwander, Gabriel Orozco, Atsuko Tanaka, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Adrián Villar Rojas, Argentina, Haegue Yang and Akram Zaatari.

A Larger World is our project to make our activities and collection more relevant through works that create links to cultural contexts other than those that have formerly prevailed at the Museum.

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Published 21 December 2018 · Updated 21 December 2018

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