All posts tagged: Anne Imhof

‘Anne Imhof: House of Swans’ at Tai Kwun

Published by Artomity Magazine

Anne Imhof /Anne Imhof: House of Swans /Sep 25, 2026 – Jan 3, 2027 / JC Contemporary /Tai Kwun /10 Hollywood Road /Central, Hong Kong /Tue – Sun, 11am – 7pm / taikwun.hk Tai Kwun Contemporary presents Anne Imhof: House of Swans (25 Sep 2026 to 3 Jan 2027), on view across three floors of the JC Contemporary and F Hall galleries. Curated by Ying Kwok and Tiffany Leung, House of Swans marks the Asian solo exhibition debut of the 2017 Venice Biennale Golden Lion recipient Anne Imhof. Presenting a substantial body of new work conceived specifically for Tai Kwun, the exhibition juxtaposes her multidisciplinary artworks with sculptural elements and a soundscape of original music. Within this striking scenography, visitors explore an environment filled with suspense yet poised for action. The exhibition foregrounds the artist’s deepening connection to classical ballet, revisiting and expanding upon her previous performance work, DOOM: House of Hope (2025). With a newly produced soundtrack incorporating classical and electronic music, House of Swans takes audiences through imposing and intimate architectural spaces to create a powerful choreography. During the exhibition’s run, performances by dancers from …

Performing Society: The Violence of Gender

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By Christie Lee / Half-used paint. Paint-streaked trainers. Crinkly plastic drop cloth. Three panels in shades of pink and orangey-red. A scene of unfinished business. But there is also a palpable sense of energy to it. On the wall opposite, an oil painting depicts a row of female nudes ascending the stairs, their bodies half-translucent, their flesh cutting into each other, giving a sense that whoever was there a moment ago had hurried off, leaving behind a trace of their presence. The two pieces could have been by the same artist, but they’re not. While the trainers and panels – meant to evoke “the carnal colour of the flesh”, according to the exhibition catalogue – are part of Pamela Rosenkranz’s Sexual Power (Three Viagra Paintings), the nudes belong to Jana Euler’s Nude Climbing Up the Stairs (2014). It is a liberating but also curious opening for Performing Society: The Violence of Gender, a show that – as one discovers in the proceeding exhibits – puts the systemic violence done to our bodies on glaring display. The exhibition is …