Sean Kelly is delighted to share newly announced details about Collective Behavior, Shahzia Sikander’s major survey to…

Sean Kelly is delighted to share newly announced details about Collective Behavior, Shahzia Sikander’s major survey to premiere at the Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel in Venice during the Biennale Arte 2024. A Collateral Event of the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior is the most comprehensive presentation of the artist’s work to date, bringing together more than 30 works made over three and a half decades, including new site-specific drawings and glasswork created for this exhibition. Co-organized by the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Cleveland Museum of Art, Collective Behavior will be on view in Venice from April 20 to October 20, 2024.

Collective Behavior traces Sikander’s ever-evolving explorations of gender, race, and colonial histories through her distinctive lexicon of forms. The exhibition brings together an exemplary selection of artwork from across Sikander’s career, illustrating her distinctive iconography and continuous reinvention through the adoption of new mediums.

Following the presentation of Collective Behavior in Venice, complementary iterations of the exhibition will travel to the two organizing institutions in Ohio: the Cincinnati Art Museum will share a comprehensive presentation of Sikander’s work (February 14 – May 4, 2025), and the Cleveland Museum of Art will present a focused account of the artist’s practice that frames her work in relation to historic South Asian artworks from the museum’s collection (February 14 – June 8, 2025). Together, these three presentations offer multiple vantages for engaging with Sikander’s remarkable career. The exhibition will be accompanied by an illustrated catalogue featuring scholarly and poetic responses to Sikander’s work.

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