Come, let's play human

Komm, wir spielen Mensch

The Kunsthaus Zürich is presenting a retrospective of Venezuelan-American artist Marisol (1930–2016), whose playful yet formally sophisticated sculptures blend abstraction, figuration, and everyday objects. The exhibition traces her career from early shows at Leo Castelli's gallery through her participation in the 1961 and 1963 Museum of Modern Art group exhibitions, her 1968 'European year' representing Venezuela at the Venice Biennale and featuring on the 4th documenta, to her subsequent decades-long disappearance from the European art scene.

THE CENTRO BOTIN REVISITS MARISOL BEYOND THE SCULPTURAL

The Centro Botín in Santander presents "When Things Are Just Beginning," the first major retrospective dedicated to Marisol's drawings and works on paper. Curated by Laura Vallés Vílchez, the exhibition reassesses the Venezuelan-born artist's practice beyond her well-known sculptures, exploring her cyclical withdrawals from the art world and her use of drawing as a space for intimacy. It features works like "Indian" (1969) and "Woman with Child and Two Lambs" (1995), tracing her responses to the New York art scene of the 1950s-70s and the political conflicts of the Vietnam War era.