Exhibitions

During the 58th Venice Biennale, Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen heralded the birth of the Human Rights Pavilion, an evolving artwork that will take shape over the course of three years, as it travels the world, visiting almost every continent on earth. In 2022, Vanmechelen will present his completed OPUS at the next Venice Biennale, as an appeal to the world, and possibly as the start of a recurring international human rights pavilion.

The Human Rights House Tulum sits on the beach of Tulum. Artist Koen Vanmechelen has been invited to transform the house into a permanent reminder of the importance of Human Rights.

Fondazione Berengo is proud to present UNBREAKABLE: WOMEN IN GLASS, an exhibition that reflects the wealth of contemporary female artists creating works of art in glass. Curated by Najda Romain & Koen Vanmechelen. Featuring visionaries from Europe, the United States, Latin America, Iran, and South Korea in an ambitious line-up, UNBREAKABLE: WOMEN IN GLASS explores the endless creative possibilities of glass and the infinite variety of work produced by female artists who continue to be sidelined in the art world.

In 2020, despite the epidemic, this edition of the Mediations Biennale Polska will be the largest of all previous editions and will take place in 7 Polish cities: Jelenia Góra, Katowice, Łódź, Mosina, Poznań, Szczecin and Warsaw. The center of the biennale's events will be Warsaw, and mediations are also held in other cities around the world - Hannover, Opava, Jerusalem, Syros and Taipei.

The 16th century print series Nova Reperta (New Discoveries) and contemporary developments are central to this exhibition. It is no coincidence that the sciences were high on Plantin's list of books.