Image: Museum Ovartaci, New Aarhus
Museum Ovartaci in Aarhus is currently showing 'The Line that Holds the World', described by the museum as the first international solo exhibition by Chilean Art Brut artist Òscar Morales Martinez. The exhibition opened on July 2, 2026 and is scheduled to remain on view until October 18, 2026, giving visitors a months-long opportunity to encounter Morales Martinez’s work in Denmark.
The museum’s July newsletter places the exhibition at the center of its summer programming, alongside guided tours of the permanent collection and other educational and public activities. In that context, 'The Line that Holds the World' is presented not as a temporary standalone display but as part of the museum’s wider effort to connect audiences with art, reflection and learning. Museum Ovartaci also notes its own focus on outsider art and its collection of works by Ovartaci, making the encounter with Morales Martinez especially relevant to the institution’s curatorial profile.
According to the museum, the exhibition presents a “fascinating artistic universe” built from dense patterns, repetitions, symbols and narratives. The newsletter says that each work reveals new details as the viewer looks longer, and it invites visitors to explore Morales Martinez’s “special visual world.” The museum also frames the exhibition as a chance to experience an artist whose work, it says, has so far been little known outside Chile.
Museum Ovartaci further highlights the dialogue between Morales Martinez’s work and its own holdings. The exhibition is said to create a conversation with the museum’s collection of outsider art and with works by Ovartaci himself. That framing places the show within the museum’s broader interest in art that sits outside mainstream categories while still opening onto questions of identity, perception and creative self-definition.
The newsletter adds an interactive element to the exhibition experience. Visitors are invited to sit in the middle of the exhibition and offer their own interpretation of how the world looks from their perspective. That invitation underscores the museum’s presentation of the show as an immersive space rather than a purely observational display, though the source material does not provide further details about the installation design or the number of works included.
The exhibition is also being used as the basis for school programmes for different age groups. Museum Ovartaci says its educational offers connect art, imagination and reflection with curriculum goals, and that students can work with themes such as patterns, fantasy, innovation, identity, community and visions of the future. The museum also notes that in late summer and autumn 2026, school groups will be able to experience Morales Martinez’s colourful universe in 'The Line that Holds the World' alongside Noah Umur Kanber’s first museum solo exhibition.
Alongside the exhibition, Museum Ovartaci has announced an evening event titled 'Mindfulness & Mandalas' for September 10, 2026. The session will include an introduction to 'The Line that Holds the World', a light sandwich, and a mindfulness and mandala workshop. It is open to everyone, has a maximum capacity of 50 participants, costs DKK 195 per person, and requires binding registration. The exhibition itself remains on view at Museum Ovartaci in Aarhus until October 18, 2026.
