Image: Secession Building, Vienna
The opening period lists Lucie Stahl, Sammy Baloji and Yui Yaegashi together from 12 March to 30 May 2027. It is followed by a listing for Lili Dujourie, Merlin James and Jake Elwes, scheduled from 11 June to 29 August 2027.
Two exhibitions are scheduled to begin on 10 September 2027. Mary Helena Clark’s period runs through 17 November, while the period listing Sidsel Meineche Hansen and Frederik Marroquín runs through 21 November. The final listing brings together El Anatsui, Jenna Sutela and Anders Sunna from 3 December 2027 to 27 February 2028.
The announcement frames the programme as a continuation of the institution’s commitment to creating space for artistic experimentation and for critical engagement with pressing sociopolitical questions of the present day.
Among the works identified in the programme materials is Sammy Baloji’s ‘Essay on colonial classicism and ‘others’’, dated 2026 and identified as part of a group of screenprints and UV prints. The materials identify Jake Elwes’s ‘Zizi in Motion: A Deepfake Drag Utopia (Movement by Wet Mess)’ as a 2023 work. They also identify Merlin James’s ‘House Model’ as a 2005–06 acrylic-on-canvas work.
The materials separately list Gustav Klimt’s ‘Beethoven Frieze’ for permanent presentation.
