Contemporary artist Anne Imhof (*1978, Giessen) is based in Berlin and New York. Her work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at renowned museums and galleries across the globe, most recently at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. In 2017 she represented Germany at the Venice Biennale, and was awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Participation.
For the Artist Talk Anne Imhof speaks about her work with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director of the Serpentine Gallery, London.
The conversation is conducted in German with English subtitles.
Bio:
Anne Imhof (*1978, Giessen) lives and works in Berlin and New York. Her paintings, sculptures, and performances have been shown internationally since 2012. Imhof's work has been subject of monographic echibitions at Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2021), Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen (2021), Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Turin (2021), the Art Institute of Chicago (2019), Tate Modern, London (2019), the German Pavilion at the 57th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia (2017), Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2016), Kunsthalle Basel (2016), MoMA PS1, New York (2015), Carré d'Art - Muséee d'Art Contemporain de Nimes (2014), and Portikus, Frankfurt am Main (2013). Her work has also been featured in numerous group exhibitions, including at Tai Kwun, Hong Kong (2019), La Biennale de Montréal (2016), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2015), the Centre Pompidou, Paris (2015), and the Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main (2014 and 2019). Imhof represented Germany at the 2017 Venice Biennale, where she was awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Participation. She also received the Absolut Art Award (2017) and the Preis der Nationalgalerie (2015). Imhof was a guest professor and artist-in-residence at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich (2015). In 2017, Galerie Buchholz released her debut single, Brand New Gods. Her debut album, Faust, was released by PAN in 2019 and her second, Sex, including music by Eliza Douglas and Billy Bultheel, was released in September 2021.
Photo: Nadine Fraczkowski
Artist Talks is a program organized by the Fondation Beyeler and UBS in which internationally renowned contemporary artists speak about their work. The talks have an open, dynamic format and range from traditional lectures to moderated conversations between artists and prominent figures from the art world. The Artist Talks are held at the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen / Basel and at other art institutions in Europe, America and Asia. They are filmed and available on: www.fondationbeyeler.ch/artisttalks.