Experimenter

Bani Abidi is part of the group exhibition 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸, opening today at Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam. Curated by Gabi Ngcobo, Honey Kraiwee, Alicia Grobholz.

Abidi is showing her body of paintings 𝘈𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘭 at the exhibition.

“To draw, drawing from, drawing with, drawn to, being drawn in, a draw—returning to the drawing board as a space to rethink and make new plans for a desired waywardness…Departing from the extended sense of drawing, 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 foregrounds recognition, resistance, and reinvention.”

– Excerpt from the exhibition curatorial note

As part of the opening day program, Abidi will be in Round Table Talk with artists Cinthia Marcelle, Felipe Mujica, Misheck Masamvu, Nohemí Pérez, and Thierry Oussou today in the Auditorium, Kunstinstituut Melly, at 5 pm CEST.

𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 will be on view until 4 October 2026.

Images courtesy the Artist.

We are looking forward to returning to Art Basel in Basel this June with a group exhibition by Ayesha Sultana, Aziz Hazara, Bani Abidi, Bhasha Chakrabarti, Chanakya School, Christopher Kulendran Thomas, Prabhakar Pachpute, Radhika Khimji, Sohrab Hura, Soumya Sankar Bose, T. Vinoja, and Vikrant Bhise.

Experimenter at Art Basel in Basel
Hall 2.1 | Booth K9 | June 18–21
VIP Preview: June 16 & 17
Messe Basel, Messeplatz 10, 4058 Basel, Switzerland