Karen Kilimnik and the Zurich exhibition arc
Published on 08/22/2026 at 10:58 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Karen Kilimnik is back in Zurich with a solo exhibition that opened this summer at Galerie Eva Presenhuber. The gallery's press release places the show at Waldmannstrasse from June 12 to July 24, 2026, and frames it around interiors, flowers and staged images.Presenhuber exhibition page
The Zurich show in detail
The exhibition was the artist's ninth solo presentation with the gallery, according to the same release. It also included a vernissage and walkthrough with Dr. Raphael Gygax on June 13, 2026.
Presenhuber's PDF release says the installation brought together new canvases, collages and a sculptural bouquet work titled flower Bouquet Mt Olympus. It also lists fresh 2026 works such as shipwrecked on Flower Island and the Flower Rulers.
Why the show matters
For Kilimnik, Zurich is not a side stop. The gallery text describes a practice that moves across painting, collage, photography, video and mise-en-scene sculpture, with references to court painting, romantic landscapes and pop culture.
That range explains why her work still reads as both decorative and analytical. The titles and images trade in glamour, but they also expose how images borrow authority from history, fashion and theatre.
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How Kilimnik builds images
Kilimnik's work usually starts from an image memory rather than a single medium. The release describes an archive that moves from 17th- and 18th-century court painting to television, movies and fashion.
That method fits the Zurich installation closely. The works turn interiors and bouquets into staged forms, then shift them into something closer to fiction than record.
Where the artist stands now
Karen Kilimnik currently has no announced date in the 30-day window.
Karen Kilimnik at a glance
- Artist: Karen Kilimnik
- Medium / Genre: Painting, collage, photography, video, installation
- Born: 1955, Chicago, United States
- Place(s) of practice: Philadelphia
- Active since: late 1970s
- Key work groups: Interiors, Flowers, Historized tableaux, Mise-en-scene sculptures
- Current/last exhibition: Karen Kilimnik, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, June 12-July 24, 2026
- Major collections: Museum of Modern Art, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
- Awards:
- Next date: currently no announced date in the 30-day window
Frequently asked questions about Karen Kilimnik
Where was Karen Kilimnik last shown in 2026?
Her most recent documented solo exhibition in the provided sources was at Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, from June 12 to July 24, 2026.
What did the Zurich exhibition focus on?
It centered on interiors, flowers and staged pictorial spaces, with new works including flower Bouquet Mt Olympus and shipwrecked on Flower Island.
Which major museums hold Karen Kilimnik works?
The gallery release names MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum, the Whitney and the Guggenheim in New York.
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