
Art on Display
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
8 November 2019 – 2 March 2020
On the 50th anniversary of the Gulbenkian Museum, curators Penelope Curtis and Dirk van den Heuvel take the opportunity to look back upon the art of exhibition display and design. Opened in 1969, the museum was quickly recognized as a model for other institutions due to the timeless nature of the architecture. Case studies from across the world include exhibition design ideas by Franco Albini and Franca Helg, Carlo Scarpa, Lina Bo Bardi, Aldo van Eyck and Alison and Peter Smithson, where art is presented under diverse conditions – composed in groups, on beds of rubble or concrete plinths. It reveals how during the post-war period, architects were among the first to respond to the challenges of mass entertainment. Pictured, Art on Display exhibition view. Photography: Pedro Pina

Jean Nouvel: In my head, in my eye… belonging…
Power Station of Art, Shanghai
7 November 2019 – 1 March 2020
For the first solo exhibition in China on Pritzker Prize-winning French architect Jean Nouvel, the galleries at the Power Station of Art will be transformed into an immersive theatre of light and shadow designed to transport visitors into the mind of Nouvel. A film produced by Nouvel himself explores six works of art based on six buildings, intended to showcase how each work uniquely explores nature, light and emotion. A tower-like monument at the heart of the exhibition expresses Nouvel’s pursuit of infinity and eternity through his art. Pictured, Jean Nouvel’s Arab World Institute in Paris, 1987.
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Materials & Applications, Los Angeles
19 October 2019 – 5 January 2020
This exhibition presents an architectural kit made up of a catalog of parts that facilitates working out designed by stock -a-studio, a multidisciplinary design studio led by Laida Aguirre, an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Constructed of poles, panels, tension straps and tarps, used widely for event tents and trade show booths, this gym explores the ‘accelerated loop between culture and commodity’ through its low budget and non-permanent form designed to be re-aestheticized and reassembled for future uses. The gym can be used for weight-lifting, trainer-led workouts, as a hydration station or meet up point.

Love in a Mist: The Politics of Fertility
Harvard GSD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
28 October – 20 December 2019
The relationship of fertility and architecture may not be immediately obvious, but it’s exactly this that the latest exhibition at Harvard GSD is exploring. Curated by architect-researcher Malkit Shoshan, the thought provoking installations investigate spaces where women are and are not in control of their bodies, touching upon often controversial subjects, such as abortion. The displays are divided into four ‘greenhouses’, each of which houses a different theme, posing questions and looking at present and future practices and case studies. Photography: Justin Knight

The Architect’s Studio: Tatiana Bilbao Estudio
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
18 October 2019 – 16 February 2020
For the third exhibition in the ‘The Architect’s Studio’ series, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art examines the work of Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao. The exhibition looks to both the architect’s more design-heavy projects – such as the Mazatlán Aquarium in Sinaloa, Mexico – and her works in the realm of social housing. The series’ theme covers sustainability and socially conscious design, and has previously featured case studies by Alejandro Aravena and Wang Shu. Photography: Poul Buchard / Brøndum & Co

What is radical today? 40 positions on architecture
Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
6 September – 7 November 2019
The 60s and 70s are widely recognised as two of the most politically tumultuous decades. The radical art, design and architecture movements born out of them directly responded to their key events, including the Vietnam War and construction of the Berlin Wall. London’s Royal Academy of Arts invited 40 practitioners spanning over fifty years of practice to consider what can be deemed radical in the 21st century, and to share their thoughts with a single A3 image and a 100-word response. From Gaetano Pesce to Francis Kéré, the featured designers span the breadth of modern architecture’s timeline. Image: Maio, by Guillermo Lopez