Congratulations to Andrea Büttner, winner of the Cologne Cathedral International Art Competition. In 2023, Büttner was one of fifteen artists invited to participate in the competition, which sought a new artwork for the cathedral––a UNESCO World Heritage Site––that would focus attention on the present and future of Christian-Jewish history. In her practice, Büttner asks foundational questions about how art functions in culture, through the use of imagery evocative of religious themes, and art historical representations of lowliness, vulnerability, and shame. By opening up artistic discourse in these ways, she challenges prevalent value judgments and their underlying belief systems. Büttner’s proposal envisions a mural on the end wall of the Chapel of St. Mary in Cologne Cathedral. The mural is painted directly above Stefan Lochner’s Altarpiece of the Patron Saints of Cologne (1442) and presents a life-size depiction of the stone base of the Torah ark from Cologne’s former medieval synagogue. Lochner’s altarpiece, which was moved to Cologne Cathedral in 1810, originally stood on the Torah ark’s base, replacing the ark after it was damaged in a 1349 pogrom and the synagogue was turned into a council chapel. Her proposed artwork links the Jewish quarter’s history to the cathedral, telling a story of foundation and superimposition.

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Kunstmuseum Basel presents The Heart of Relations, a major solo exhibition by Andrea Büttner. Since the early 2000s, Büttner “images” on such subjects as labour, poverty, shame, forms of coexistence, and belief systems that have had a far-reaching impact on society. The exhibition shows a confluence of narrative lines, from the benevolence of monastic communal life to coercive labour in biodynamic agriculture under National Socialism. The Heart of Relations runs until 1 October 2023. (Image: Andrea Büttner, Erntende, 2021, woodcut on paper, 118 x 119 cm, unique. Exhibition view, Blindsight — Manon de Boer in dialogue with Latifa Laâbissi and Laszlo Umbreit, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle [BE], 2022. Photo: Rik Vannevel.)

Andrea Büttner is taking part in the exhibition YOYI! Care, Repair, Heal on view from September 16 till January 15 at Gropius Bau in Berlin. This group exhibition whose title comes from a ceremonial song, dance and coming together central to Tiwi culture gathers the works of 26 artists and collectives. Through video works, installations, paintings and performances, the invited artists address issues such as the politics of health, the resilience of Indigenous knowledge systems, forms of kinship, fair land use and its distribution, decoloniality and the rights of the non-human, all entangled with various concepts of care, repair and healing.

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Jan Mot's booth at Art Basel (CH) with works by Francis Alÿs, stanley brouwn, Andrea Büttner, Manon de Boer, Rineke Dijkstra, Mario Garcia Torres, David Lamelas, Edouard Merino, Lawrence Weiner, Ian Wilson (photo: Studio Shapiro).

Opening on February 13th, Blindsight (2022) for which Manon de Boer and Latifa Laâbissi collaborated furthermore with Laszlo Umbreit will be on view at the Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens until May 22nd. In addition to the extensive sound installation, the show will include works by artists such as stanley brouwn, Andrea Büttner, Lygia Clark, Marlene Dumas, Valeska Gert, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Agnes Martin, Louise Lawler, Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Joëlle Tuerlinckx who all shaped Manon de Boer’s practice. The starting point of this sound installation is de Boer and Laâbissi's continuous dialogue about the numerous voices that inhabit their thinking and bodies. During a long process of exchange and ‘cannibalizing’, the performance Ghost Party (1) (2021) was created that further lead to the production of the film Ghost Party (2) (2022) as well as sound installation Blindsight (2022). While Ghost Party (1) & (2) are currently presented in their duo show at the Frac Bretagne in Rennes (FR) (until 15/05), the film will have its Belgian premiere at the Cinematek in Brussels on March 1st.

Jan Mot's booth at Art Basel (CH) with works by Francis Alÿs, Pierre Bismuth, stanley brouwn, Andrea Büttner, Mario Garcia Torres, Joachim Koester, David Lamelas, readymades belong to everyone®, Vonna-Michell and Ian Wilson (photo: Studio Shapiro).

Jan Mot participates in BXL x EMERGENT, presenting work by Francis Alÿs, Andrea Büttner, Manon de Boer and Mario Garcia Torres.
BXL x EMERGENT, which opens this weekend (08-09/05, 2-6 pm), is a collaboration between 10 Brussels galleries, presenting work at Emergent in Veurne. The project creates an opportunity for a live encounter between art, public and gallerists who will be personally and safely welcoming visitors during the opening weekend. The exhibition will be open on Saturdays and Sundays until 06/06, 2-6 pm).
Participating galleries: Ballon Rouge Collective, 
Dépendance
, Dvir
, Harlan Levey Projects
, Jan Mot
, La Maison De Rendez-Vous, 
Meessen De Clercq, 
Stems Gallery
, Super Dakota, 
Waldburger Wouters.

Caption: Andrea Büttner, Phone Etching, 2015, etching, framed, 212 x 113 cm (paper), 218 x 118,5 x 5 cm (frame), unique.

On December 2nd at 8pm Andrea Büttner and Mason Leaver-Yap (KW Berlin) will have an online conversation on Büttner's newly published book Shame (Koening Books, 2020).

From shaming and shamefulness to shame-avoidance and shamelessness, the experience of shame influences our social behaviours, decision-making abilities, and desires. Shame determines what we show and what we hide. And yet, as an emotion that begs for its own concealment, what is the structure and appearance of shame? How does shame interact with the realm of the visible, and where does it surface in visual culture? 

Registration required via reservation@kw-berlin.de.