Oscar Murillo, Collective Osmosis and Social Mapping
Published on 08/24/2026 at 10:53 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Oscar Murillo is extending a major 2026 exhibition cycle across Potsdam and Mexico City. DAS MINSK confirms that Collective Osmosis runs through August 9, 2026, with work also presented at Museum Barberini.
Collective Osmosis in Potsdam
The Potsdam project is built around painting, installation and participation. DAS MINSK says Murillo turned the exhibition into a shared process, with a nationwide Social Mapping component and a collective painting on the terrace.
The institutional setup matters. The show also marks the first collaboration between DAS MINSK and Museum Barberini, and the museum states that Murillo's work enters the Barberini side as an intervention within the collection presentation.
Mexico City adds another axis
At kurimanzutto, Murillo's El pozo de agua broadens the same vocabulary of layered surfaces, gestures and collective memory. The gallery describes the exhibition as spanning 15 years of work, which places the current show within a longer studio logic rather than a single series.
That range is visible in the material itself. The presentation brings together canvases, words, traces and stitched surfaces, a method that has become central to Murillo's practice over the last decade.
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The work core
Murillo works across painting, collaborative projects, video, sound and installation. Tate notes that his practice often centers labor, migration, exchange and collective participation, while the repeated use of stitched and recycled canvas keeps the work materially direct.
Where Murillo stands now
Oscar Murillo is currently on view at DAS MINSK and Museum Barberini in Potsdam, with Collective Osmosis running through August 9, 2026.
Oscar Murillo at a glance
- Artist: Oscar Murillo
- Medium / Genre: Painting, collaborative projects, installation, video, sound
- Born: 1986, La Paila, Colombia
- Place(s) of practice: London and several other locations
- Active since: 2007
- Key work groups: Frequencies, Surge, Scarred Spirits, Disrupted Frequencies
- Current/last exhibition: Collective Osmosis, DAS MINSK and Museum Barberini, Potsdam, March 14, 2026-August 9, 2026
- Major collections: Tate, Kunstmuseum den Haag, Fondation Louis Vuitton, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Awards: Turner Prize, 2019; honorary doctorate from the University of Westminster, 2023
- Next date: currently no announced date in the 30-day window
Frequently asked questions about Oscar Murillo
Where is Oscar Murillo currently on view?
Murillo is on view in Potsdam at DAS MINSK and Museum Barberini through August 9, 2026, with Collective Osmosis.
What is the focus of Oscar Murillo's 2026 Potsdam exhibition?
The show centers on painting, participation and a dialogue with Claude Monet. DAS MINSK also says the project includes a nationwide Social Mapping initiative.
Which collections hold Oscar Murillo's work?
Tate, Kunstmuseum den Haag, Fondation Louis Vuitton and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art are among the public collections named by the gallery and Tate.
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