Presented at Palazzo Grassi from 17 March 2024 to 6 January 2025, “Ensemble” is the largest exhibition of Julie Mehretu’s work to date in Europe. Curated by Caroline Bourgeois, Chief Curator of the Pinault Collection, with Julie Mehretu, the exhibition brings together a selection of more than fifty works, between painting and printmaking, that the artist produced over the timespan of 25 years, including several of the artist’s recent paintings from 2021-2024. Presented over two floors of Palazzo Grassi, the exhibition unites 17 works from the Pinault Collection, as well as loans from international museums and private collections.
Mehretu’s work will be presented alongside the artists and writers Nairy Baghramian, Huma Bhabha, Robin Coste Lewis, Tacita Dean, David Hammons, Paul Pfeiffer and Jessica Rankin, bringing the field of painting into dialogue with poetry, sculpture, film, voice, and music. Mehretu’s practice has always engaged in various forms of collaboration and sustained conversation with fellow artists.
Installation Views
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Julie Mehretu, Maahes (Mihos) torch, 2018-2019, Pinault Collection
Exhibition view at “Julie Mehretu. Ensemble”, 2024, Palazzo Grassi, Venezia
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(From left to right) Julie Mehretu, Invisble Sun (algorithm 6, third letter form), 2014, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark. Acquired with funding from The Augustinus Foundation and Museumsfonden af 7. december 1966; David Hammons, I Dig the Way This Dude Looks, 1971, Pinault Collection; Untitled, 1976, Private Collection.
Exhibition view at “Julie Mehretu. Ensemble”, 2024, Palazzo Grassi, Venezia
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(Left to right) Julie Mehretu, Vanescere, 2007, Pinault Collection; Fragment, 2009, Private Collection.
Exhibition view at “Julie Mehretu. Ensemble”, 2024, Palazzo Grassi, Venezia
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(Foreground – Left to right) Nairy Baghramian, S’accrochant (crépuscule), 2022; Se levant (mauve), 2022; S’accrochant (ventre de biche), 2022, (Background- Left to right) Julie Mehretu, They departed for their own country another day, 2023; Nairy Baghramian, S’asseyant, 2022; Julie Mehretu, Ghosthymn (after the Raft), 2019-2021.
Exhibition view at “Julie Mehretu. Ensemble”, 2024, Palazzo Grassi, Venezia
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(Foreground – Left to right) Nairy Baghramian, S’accrochant (crépuscule), 2022; Se levant (mauve), 2022, (Background- Left to right) Julie Mehretu, Orient (after D. Cherry, post Irma and summer), 2017-2020; They departed for their own country another day, 2023
Exhibition view at “Julie Mehretu. Ensemble”, 2024, Palazzo Grassi, Venezia
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Julie Mehretu, Invisible Line (collective), 2010-2011, Pinault Collection.
Exhibition view at “Julie Mehretu. Ensemble”, 2024, Palazzo Grassi, Venezia
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(Foreground) Huma Bhabha, New Human, 2023, (Background) Julie Mehretu, Invisible Line (collective), 2010-2011, Pinault Collection.
Exhibition view at “Julie Mehretu. Ensemble”, 2024, Palazzo Grassi, Venezia
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(Foreground) Huma Bhabha, The Kind One, 2023, (Background)
Julie Mehretu, Atlas, 2016-2021, The Broad Art Foundation.
Exhibition view at “Julie Mehretu. Ensemble”, 2024, Palazzo Grassi, Venezia
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(Left to right) Julie Mehretu, Being Higher I, 2013, Tiqui Atencio for Artapar Art Trust; Paul Pfeiffer, Incarnator (Manila), 2021, Justin Bieber Torso (Manila), 2021; Incarnator (Manila), 2021, Justin Bieber Right Arm (Manila),
Exhibition view at “Julie Mehretu. Ensemble”, 2024, Palazzo Grassi, Venezia
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(Left to right) Julie Mehretu, Being Higher I, 2013, Tiqui Atencio for Artapar Art Trust; Paul Pfeiffer, Incarnator (Manila), 2021, Justin Bieber Torso (Manila), 2021; Incarnator (Manila), 2021, Justin Bieber Right Arm (Manila),
Exhibition view at “Julie Mehretu. Ensemble”, 2024, Palazzo Grassi, Venezia
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Julie Mehretu, Epigraph, Damascus, 2016
Exhibition view at Julie Mehretu. Ensemble, 2024, Palazzo Grassi, Venezia
Photo: Marco Cappelletti © Palazzo Grassi, Pinault Collection