Permanent Installation
Anselm Kiefer
Panthéon
Anselm Kiefer has produced a new series of works for the Panthéon in Paris, including a permanent installation comprising six vitrines, as well as two monumental paintings that are currently on loan. Together with a composition by the French contemporary composer Pascal Dusapin, it forms an ensemble of new works commissioned by President Emmanuel Macron. This marks the first time since 1924 that such a commission has been produced for the Panthéon; the works’ unveiling coincided with Armistice Day, November 11, 2020.
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Anselm Kiefer, Qu’est-ce que nous sommes. . . , 2020, installation view, Panthéon, Paris © Anselm Kiefer. Photo: Georges Poncet
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Anselm Kiefer
Vienna State Opera Safety Curtain
November 8, 2023–June 2024
Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna
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Anselm Kiefer has been selected to design the twenty-sixth Eiserner Vorhang (Safety Curtain), an annual project by Vienna’s museum in progress, a nonprofit art initiative that transforms the fire protection wall between the stage and the auditorium of the Vienna State Opera into a temporary exhibition space for contemporary art. Kiefer’s work is on view for the audience before and after performances and during intermissions.
Anselm Kiefer’s safety curtain, Solaris (2023), for the 2023–24 season of the Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna. Artwork © Anselm Kiefer. Photo: Andreas Scheiblecker, courtesy museum in progress
Exhibition
Anselm Kiefer in
Les Fleurs du Mal
October 18–November 13, 2023
Maison Guerlain, Paris
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Les Fleurs du Mal, inspired by Charles Baudelaire’s poetry collection of the same name, is the sixteenth annual show at Maison Guerlain. The exhibition, whose title translates to The Flowers of Evil, addresses the kaleidoscopic world of flowers in paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, and photographs by twenty-six contemporary artists. Work by Anselm Kiefer is included.
Anselm Kiefer, Extases féminines—Margherite Porete (Feminine Ecstasies––Margherite Porete), 2012 © Anselm Kiefer
In Conversation
Anselm Kiefer
Barry Bergdoll
Tuesday, May 30, 2023, 5–7pm
Columbia Global Center, Paris
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Anselm Kiefer will be in conversation with architectural historian and Columbia professor Barry Bergdoll exploring the role of architecture and space in the artist’s work. The exchange will address, among other works, Kiefer’s permanent installations in the Panthéon in Paris, a building about which Bergdoll has written extensively, including in the exhibition catalogue Le Panthéon: Symbole des révolutions (1989).
Anselm Kiefer’s permanent installation in the Panthéon, Paris. Artwork © Anselm Kiefer. Photo: Georges Poncet
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