Ongoing Exhibitions

I Can't Tell If This Longing Is My Own
Riehen, Switzerland
Through August 11, 2024
The Renzo Piano–designed museum Fondation Beyeler (and surrounding park) is transformed into an experimental site of contemporary art for its summer show. Featuring contributions from Federico Campagna, Ian Cheng, Frida Escobedo, and many more, the show is conceived as a “living organism” that will evolve (along with its title) throughout its presentation. See foundationbeyeler.ch

Sculptures by artists Philippe Parreno and Fujiko Nakaya on the Beyeler Foundation grounds. Photo © Jannik Hon

Jung Youngsun: For All That Breathes On Earth
Seoul
Through September 22, 2024
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul retraces the life and work of Korea’s pioneering landscape architect Jung Youngsun (born 1941) in an exhibition exploring 50 years of practice. On view are more than 500 drawings (pastel, pencil, and watercolor), blueprints, design schemes, models, photographs, and videos from Youngsun’s archive, documenting 60 projects. Over the course of her career, Youngsun designed landscapes for such major projects as the Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul Botanic Park, and the Rolling Hills Hotel in Hwaseong. The exhibition accompanies new gardens by Youngsun commissioned by the museum that recreate the beauty of the nearby mountain Inwangsan. See mmca.go.kr

Linda Bo Bardi: The Poetry of Concrete
Berlin
Through September 22, 2024
An exhibition at the Tchoban Foundation’s Museum of Architectural Drawing showcases 40 drawings by the renowned Italian-born Brazilian architect. The selected works, courtesy of the Instituto Bardi, formed the conceptual groundwork for six of Bo Bardi’s realized projects for cultural institutions: the Casa de Vidro (1951), the Solar do Unhão (1961), the São Paulo Museum of Art (1968), Teatro Oficina (1984), SESC Pompéia (1986), and Casa do Benin (1987).Complementing the archival drawings are photographs by the artist Veronika Kellndorfer, a scholar of Bo Bardi’s architectural legacy and its societal narrative. See tchoban-foundation.de

SO – IL \ WCMA: Building a New Museum
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Through December 22, 2024
In June 2022, Williams College Museum of Art (WMCA) commissioned Brooklyn-based SO – IL to design its first freestanding, purpose-built home. As construction commences, the WMCA presents an exhibition showcasing plans and renderings of the new interdisciplinary complex, offering a view into the “fluid and iterative process” of designing a campus art museum for the future. See artmuseum.williams.edu

Capital Brutalism
Washington, D.C.
Through February 2025
In the mid-20th century, urban-renewal efforts ushered in a Brutalist phenomenon that transformed the nation’s capital. The National Building Museum explores the history, current state, and future of seven polarizing buildings (and the Washington Metro system) from this era. In addition to archival material, the exhibition includes reimaginings of selected buildings by architecture firms including Studio Gang, Brooks + Scarpa, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Gensler, and 2023 Design Vanguard BLDUS. See nbm.org

Events

Alvar Aalto Symposium: The Weight of Architecture
Jyväskylä, Finland
August 22-23, 2024
The 16th edition of the Alvar Aalto Foundation’s annual symposium explores the role of architecture and design amid ecological crises and political upheaval. Held on-site at the Aalto2 museum and livestreamed, the event’s speakers include Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects and Juho Grönholm, Antti Nousjoki, and Samuli Woolston of ALA Architects. Talks and exhibitions will be supplemented by boat and bus excursions into the city. See alvaraalto.fi.