Anne Imhof Debuts First Solo Exhibition in Portugal at Serralves Museum with Sprüth Magers Support
Anne Imhof presents her first solo exhibition in Portugal, titled Fun ist ein Stahlbad, at the Museu de Serralves. The show features mostly new works created for the museum, including a large-scale sculpture installed in the Pátio do Ulmeiro that dialogues with Álvaro Siza's architecture and extends into the museum interiors. Sculptures, paintings and moving-image pieces explore themes of abandonment, the fragility of modernity and environmental precarity. The exhibition is organized by the Fundação de Serralves — Museu de Arte Contemporânea with curatorial oversight by Inês Grosso and coordination by Filipa Loureiro, and receives support from Sprüth Magers and the artist's studio.
The Signal
Imhof's Venice Golden Lion win in 2017 positions her as a leading voice examining power, surveillance and emotional precarity, making this Serralves project a key European institutional marker for collectors tracking her trajectory beyond performance. The Adorno-Horkheimer-derived title signals a sustained conceptual thread around commodified pleasure and discipline that collectors and curators can map against her prior installations and upcoming projects.
- Artists: Anne Imhof
- People: Inês Grosso, Filipa Loureiro, Andrea Faraguna
- Galleries: Sprüth Magers
- Museums: Museu de Serralves
- Locations: Porto
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