Michael Armitage

from 29 March 2026
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

Open Monday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Late opening on Fridays until 9 p.m.
Closed on Tuesdays and on May 1st
Free late opening on the first Saturday of every month, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

During the March late openings, at sunset, the Rotonde slips into the night. Let yourself be surprised by the darkness and its play of light.

 

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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