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Julie Mehretu, Your hands are like two shovels, digging in me (sphinx), 2021-2022, Ink and acrylic on canvas, 96 x 120 in/243,8 x 304,8 cm, Collection: Tate Modern, London, Courtesy of the artist, White Cube, London and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, P
Julie Mehretu, Black City, 2007, Ink and acrylic on canvas, 120 x 192 inches/304,8 x 487,7 cm, Pinault Collection, Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery and carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Photo: Tim Thayer © Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu, TRANSpaintings(recurrence), 2023, Ink and acrylic on monofilament polyester mesh in an aluminum sculpture. "Upright Brackets," by Nairy Baghramian. Dimensions variable, 96 x 120 in/24,8 x 304,8 cm, Pinault Collection, Courtesy of the artist
Julie Mehretu, Among the Multitude XIII, 2021-2022, Ink and acrylic on canvas, 48 x 60 inches/121,9 x 152,4 cm, Collection: Julie Mehretu, Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, Photo: Tom Powel Imaging © Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu, Oneironaut2, 2022-2023, Ink and Acrylic on Canvas, 96 x 72 in./243,8 x 182,9 cm, Private Collection, Photo: Tom Powel Imaging © Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu, Loop (B. Lozano, Bolsonaro eve), 2019-2020, Ink and acrylic on canvas, 96 x 120 inches/243,8 x 304,8 cm, Pinault Collection, Photo: Tom Powel Imaging © Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu, Panoptes, 2022, Ink and acrylic on canvas, 108 x 120 in/274,3 x 304,8 cm, Collection: Albertina Museum Vienna and Albertina Modern, Austria, Courtesy of the artist, White Cube, London, Photo: Tom Powel Imaging © Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu, Timeline Analysis of Character Behavior, 1997, Ink on mylar, 5 x 5.75 inches/12,7 x 14,6 cm, Private Collection, Photo: Erma Estwick © Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu, Desire was our breastplate, 2022-2023, Ink and acrylic on canvas, 96 x 120 in./243,8 x 304,8 cm, Photo: Tom Powel Imaging © Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu, Untitled (2005 drawings), 2005, Ink, Graphite, gouache and watercolor on paper, 26 x 40 inches/66 x 101,6 cm, Private Collection, Photo: Erma Estwick © Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu, KAIROS / Hauntological Variations, Exhibition view, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2025, Photo: Achim Kukulies
Julie Mehretu, KAIROS / Hauntological Variations, Exhibition view, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2025, Photo: Achim Kukulies
Julie Mehretu, KAIROS / Hauntological Variations, Exhibition view, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2025, Photo: Achim Kukulies
Julie Mehretu, KAIROS / Hauntological Variations, Exhibition view, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2025, Photo: Achim Kukulies
Julie Mehretu, KAIROS / Hauntological Variations, Exhibition view, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2025, Photo: Achim Kukulies
Julie Mehretu, KAIROS / Hauntological Variations, Exhibition view, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2025, Photo: Achim Kukulies
Julie Mehretu, KAIROS / Hauntological Variations, Exhibition view, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2025, Photo: Achim Kukulies
Julie Mehretu, KAIROS / Hauntological Variations, Exhibition view, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2025, Photo: Achim Kukulies
Julie Mehretu, KAIROS / Hauntological Variations, Exhibition view, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2025, Photo: Achim Kukulies
Julie Mehretu, KAIROS / Hauntological Variations, Exhibition view, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2025, Photo: Achim Kukulies
Julie Mehretu, KAIROS / Hauntological Variations, Exhibition view, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2025, Photo: Achim Kukulies
Solo Exhibition

Julie Mehretu - KAIROS / Hauntological Variations K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

This first mid-career survey in Germany presents nearly 100 works expressing the full range of Julie Mehretu’s practice, from her early, urban-inspired line drawings of the 1990s to her most recent, spectacular abstract paintings. Also included is time-based media inspired by Mehretu’s work, such as a music album, documentary, and video work. The exhibition also details Mehretu's creative process. She often begins with media images of political events and historical sites which are translated into abstract compositions layered with notations, overpaintings, and maskings. With a selection of Mehretu's source material and works on paper, some of which have never been shown before, the K21 exhibition contextualizes the conceptual thinking behind the artist’s work.

Organized by Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, in collaboration with Pinault Collection, following the exhibition, Julie Mehretu: Ensemble, presented at the Palazzo Grassi (Venice) in 2024.
10 May - 12 October 2025

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