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Night Soil - Nocturnal Gardening
Night Soil - Nocturnal Gardening, 2016
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Full HD single channel video film

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Thank you for hurting me, I really needed that (2 November 2005)
Thank you for hurting me, I really needed that (2 November 2005), 2005
€6,000
Digital c-print, framed (black) museum glass
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Progress vs Regress
Progress vs Regress, 2016
€20,000–€30,000
Full HD one-channels colour video with sound
AKINCI · Artsy
When the body says Yes (film)
When the body says Yes (film), 2022
€30,000–€40,000
HD video / installation Venice Biennale with scenography
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Night Soil - Economy of Love
Night Soil - Economy of Love, 2015
Price on request
HD one-channel colour video with sound / viewing installation
AKINCI · Artsy
Whoreship Wounds
Whoreship Wounds, 2019
€8,000
Photo Ultra chrome, canson Lustre, museum glass
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Tree Love
Tree Love, 2019
€8,000
Ultra chrome, canson Lustre, museum glass
AKINCI · Artsy
Cuddle Coven
Cuddle Coven, 2019
€8,000
C-print, framed, museum glass
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Total Museum's 'Somebody Has to Collect It' examines collecting as a responsibility
The Total Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul has opened "Somebody Has to Collect It," an exhibition featuring works from the collection of French art…
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Kunsthalle Mainz Facing the End?
The Kunsthalle Mainz is facing potential closure by the end of the year following the withdrawal of funding by the Mainzer Stadtwerke. The crisis is c…
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European art weeks join forces for new ‘spider network’
European art weeks across cities including Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Lisbon, and Antwerp are joining forces to form a new collaborative network calle…
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Bonnefantenmuseum

melanie bonajo: Thank you for hurting me, I really needed that

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Avenue Ceramique 250, 6221 KX Maastricht, Netherlands

Sep 26, 2025 — Mar 8, 2026

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melanie bonajo | Thinking through Touch

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Lijnbaansgracht 317, 1017 WZ Amsterdam, Netherlands

May 21, 2025 — Jul 12, 2025

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Leopold Museum

THE CONUNDRUM OF IMAGINATION

John Akomfrah, Jean-Pierre Bekolo, Filipa César, Ines Doujak, John Barker, Marco Montiel-Soto, Viron Erol Vert, Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Ahmet Öğüt, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Melanie Bonajo

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2017

THE CONUNDRUM OF IMAGINATION On the paradigm of exploration and discovery 19th May to 18th June 2017

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Night Soil – Economy of Love

Melanie Bonajo

Lijnbaansgracht 317, 1017 WZ Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sep 12, 2015 — Oct 17, 2015

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#320 Company Gallery

Melanie Bonajo Nocturnal Gardening

New York, United States

May 15, 2015 — Jun 21, 2015

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EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2017
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Total Museum's 'Somebody Has to Collect It' examines collecting as a responsibility
May 5, 2026
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Kunsthalle Mainz vor dem Aus?
Apr 15, 2026
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Sep 26, 2025
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May 21, 2025
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May 21, 2025
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EXPO CHICAGO 2017
Sep 13, 2017
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THE CONUNDRUM OF IMAGINATION
Jan 1, 2017
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Night Soil – Economy of Love
Sep 12, 2015
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Nocturnal Gardening
May 15, 2015
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May 15, 2015
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Jan 1, 1978
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