Marlene Dumas

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Marlene Dumas
Upcoming exhibition at David Zwirner
April 2018
537 West 20th Street, New York

Marlene Dumas: Myths & Mortals
April 28–June 30, 2018

David Zwirner is pleased to present Myths & Mortals, an exhibition of new work by Marlene Dumas which will be on view at the gallery's 537 West 20th Street location. This exhibition, the artist's second with the gallery and her first solo presentation in New York since 2010, will feature a selection of new paintings that range from monumental nude figures to intimately scaled portraits. Alongside these works, Dumas will debut an expansive series of works on paper originally created for a recent Dutch translation by Hafid Bouazza of William Shakespeare’s narrative poem Venus and Adonis (1593). In these drawings—tender and erotic with hints of violence—the artist renders the story of Venus, the goddess of love, and her tragic passion for the handsome youth Adonis in her singularly expressive ink wash.

Marlene Dumas wins the Hans Theo Richter Prize
2017
Dresden

Marlene Dumas has been awarded the 2017 Hans Theo Richter Prize for art by the Saxon Academy of Arts (Sächsische Akademie der Künste) in Dresden. Dumas is the 11th recipient of the annual prize, which was founded by the widow of the artist Hans Theo Richter.

Dumas was presented with the prize, which was reported in Dresden Magazin, on November 23, 2017.

Two concurrent exhibitions and an altarpiece by the artist were on view in Dresden through January 14, 2018. Further details about the exhibitions and a related talk can be found here.

Concurrent Presentations of Marlene Dumas’s Work in Dresden
2017
St. Anne’s Church on Freiberger Platz; the Albertinum, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister; and The Kupferstich-Kabinett
Marlene Dumas
Death of the Author, 2003

March 2017 saw the unveiling of a mural by Marlene Dumas in St. Anne's Church on Freiberger Platz in Dresden. Dumas's painting replaces the original altarpiece painted by Osmar Schindler in 1910, which was badly damaged during World War II. News of the commission was published in The Observer. Following the unveiling of the altarpiece, Marlene Dumas. Skulls (October 17, 2017–January 14, 2018, Albertinum, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister) presented this 36-part work created from 2011–2015.