Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana presents a major exhibition dedicated to Bruce Nauman (1941, Indiana, USA) at Punta della Dogana from 23 May 2021 to 9 January 2022.

“Bruce Nauman: Contrapposto Studies”, curated by Carlos Basualdo, the Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Caroline Bourgeois, curator at Pinault Collection, in close collaboration with the artist, is a homage to one of the major figures of the contemporary art international scene and focuses on three fundamental aspects of his œuvre: the artist studio as a space where creation takes place, the body through performances and the exploration of sound.

A series of conversations entitled “Nauman Archive for the Future” with curators Carlos Basualdo and Caroline Bourgeois together with artists, art historians, dancers, performers and musicians from around the world will lead up to the opening of the exhibition. They will take the show in Venice as the starting point to reflect upon Bruce Nauman’s work and its potential future influence.
Nairy Baghramian, Elisabetta Benassi, Boris Charmatz, Teodor Currentzis, Anne Imhof, Lenio Kaklea, Élisabeth Lebovici, Ralph Lemon, Paul Maheke, Philippe Parreno and Tatiana Trouvé are the guests invited to take part to the debate.
The series of conversations will be presented online on the YouTube channel and the website of Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana, as a preview of the exhibition.

From the 12th of April until the 27th of June 2021, a conversation will be broadcasted each week in an order determined randomly.