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Museum Küppersmühle in Duisburg is presenting what it describes as the most comprehensive solo exhibition yet devoted to the Spanish sculptor Jaume Plensa. Titled 'Invisible', the show runs from 26 June to 1 November 2026 and brings together more than 50 sculptures, paper works and wall drawings created especially for the museum.
The museum’s announcement frames the exhibition as a rare institutional survey: it says that for the first time in a decade, a German museum is dedicating such an extensive exhibition to Plensa. The presentation includes works across eight additional rooms, allowing visitors to encounter a wide range of the artist’s materials and forms.
Plensa is internationally known for public sculptures installed on several continents, and the museum cites major projects in Germany as part of that context, including 'Laurelle am Bahnhof' in Bonn-Bad Godesberg, 'Body of Knowledge' in Frankfurt am Main and 'Gläserne Seele' in Potsdam. The exhibition page also points to 'Secret Garden', presented in summer 2025 on Salzburg’s Residenzplatz for the Salzburg Festival.
Among the highlights in Duisburg are 'Flora', a large sculpture placed in the museum’s entrance area, and 'Invisible Anna', installed in the silo room. The museum describes 'Invisible Anna' as a large transparent head made of stainless-steel rods, with a presence that dominates the space. The August newsletter adds that the work has become an iconic mark of the MKM and notes that it was acquired by the Sammlung Ströher, meaning it will remain at the museum permanently.
The exhibition also includes large sculptures indoors and on the terrace, according to the museum’s original notice. Its description stresses the formal and material breadth of Plensa’s practice, which it says ranges from marble and alabaster to plastic, bronze and iron casting, as well as steel in different scales. That material range is one of the ways the museum positions the show as a broad look at the artist’s sculptural language rather than a single thematic presentation.
A publication in large-format edition is being issued for the exhibition, featuring installation views, an interview between Walter Smerling and the artist, and an essay by Clemens Setz. The exhibition page quotes Setz concluding his text with the observation, in German, that standing before Plensa’s works leaves viewers alone with themselves, but not in an intimidated or unfulfilled way.
The museum says 'Invisible' is running until 1 November 2026 at the MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst in Duisburg. The August newsletter also reports strong visitor response and recommends booking tickets in advance because of high attendance.
