Michael Armitage

until 10 January 2027
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Michael Armitage

At Palazzo Grassi, Pinault Collection brings together an exceptional group of works by Kenyan-born painter Michael Armitage (born in 1984), created over the past ten years.

Opening hours

Monday to Sunday, 11 a.m to 7 p.m
There are no late-night openings on Fridays.
Closed on Tuesdays and on May 1st
Free late-night opening on Saturday, September 5

The Bourse de Commerce is in motion from August 26 to October 5 as it prepares for the exhibition “Remember Me.”

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Until October 5, the museum is in motion and admission fees have been adjusted:
Special rate Bourse in motion: 9€
Ages 18-26 and other reductions: 7€
Free entry without booking for Super Cercle members
Free entry with the Membership Pinault Collection Card

From October 7, the regular admission rates will apply again:
Full Price: 15€
Ages 18-26 and other reductions: 10€ 

All rates and free admission

Here, references to East Africa blend with mythology and Western art history in dense, flamboyant compositions, often monumental in scale. Some works address sensitive subjects from Kenya's recent history. The exhibition, which includes large-format paintings and drawings, is structured around themes that run through Armitage's practice, such as the expression of politics in individual and collective narratives, mythology and sexuality, and migration issues. At the Palazzo Grassi, Michael Armitage presents a comprehensive overview of his practice, interweaving personal memory, collective history and symbolic imagination to give free rein to visions and landscapes that are both inhabited and hallucinatory. 

Curated by Jean-Marie Gallais, curator, Pinault Collection, in collaboration with Hans-Ulrich Obrist, art director, Serpentine Galleries, for the catalogue, and Caroline Bourgeois, advisor, Pinault Collection, and Michelle Mlati, art historian