Sound art in Sainte-Chapelle: "Gloria" by Robert Wilson

For their series “Carte Blanche à…,” the Centre des monuments nationaux, the French federal agency that manages almost 100 national monuments across the country, commissioned Robert Wilson to create an artwork in celebration of Sainte-Chapelle. The iconic cathedral in the heart of Paris inspired an immersive 360° sound installation with music by Richard “Dickie” Landry. The work consists of fifteen speakers, positioned at various locations within the church. Wilson’s "secular mass," in which a child, a woman and a man respond to each other with short excerpts from "De Rerum Natura" by the Latin philosopher Lucretius, will occupy and structure the space in a new way, with the voices and Dickie Landry’s beautiful music resonating in the space of the upper chapel. Gloria echoes the stained glass windows of Sainte Chapelle: the birth of the world, the course of the sun, the soul, the body, the void, and the relationship of humans to the universe, to nature.

Gloria runs Saturdays and Sundays from October 8 through December 31, 2022. Since the number of people inside the church is limited, visitors must pre-book a time slot (9:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 12:30 PM, 1:30 PM, 2:30 PM, or 4 PM) for an approximately 30-minute session.

For more information and tickets, please click here.

Hamburg: Thursday "H" drawings, Friday "H" on stage

While rehearsing his new theater production, H—100 Seconds to Midnight, at the Thalia Theater Hamburg, Robert Wilson created a series of charcoal drawings connected to this work, opening new associations while capturing furtive moments from the theater work and its scenography.

Sotheby’s Hamburg will display the original drawings from Sept. 8 through 23, curated by Harald Falckenberg. This exhibition opens tomorrow, September 8, with a vernissage from 5 to 7 PM, at which Robert Wilson will be present. The works can be purchased directly from the artist (contact: office@robertwilson.com).

Meanwhile, final rehearsals and public previews for “H” at the Thalia Theater are in full swing. The grand opening of this new show, with music by Philip Glass and others, and texts inspired by Stephen Hawking and Etel Adnan’s unique poetry, will open on September 9.

All photographs © Lucie Jansch

Dogon exhibition: Signing today & Exhibition extended through 9/17

The exhibition Black & White - Tribal Art Meets Drawings at Berlin’s Dogon Galerie has been extended through September 17. Several sold works have been replaced with new ones, so do come back even if you have already seen the show.

Today, August 19, at 5 PM, Robert Wilson will be on site to sign his works and mingle, meet & greet. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Click here for event information.

Click here for the online exhibition catalogue.

DORIAN previews start tomorrow - Exhibition of drawings and furniture in Düsseldorf

Robert Wilson’s third production at the D’haus (Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus Theater), Dorian, with a text by Darryl Pinckney, based on motives from Oscar Wilde’s life and work, starts previewing tomorrow, June 6, 2022. The opening will be on June 9, and the show will remain in D’haus repertory.

The following day, Gallery Beck & Eggeling in Düsseldorf will open an exhibition of selected furniture and new drawings by Robert Wilson (most of them related to Dorian), entitled: “Dorian and The Days Before: Death, Destruction and Detroit III.“ The exhibition will be up until July 23.