Garden of Earthly Delights

Gropius Bau, Berlin

NOW CLOSED

The Squirrel's Revenge (2017), Uriel Orlow. © Uriel Orlow & VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019

Inspired by – and titled after – Hieronymus Bosch’s famous triptych, this exhibition groups artists whose work has made use of the garden as a metaphor if some kind, whether for paradise or ecological crisis. A version of the central panel of the Garden of Earthly Delights, created after Bosch, is joined by installations and videos by contemporary artists from Yayoi Kusama to Pipilotti Rist. Find out more from Gropius Bau’s website.

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Garden of Earthly Delights (central panel) (1535-1550), after Hieronymus Bosch.

Garden of Earthly Delights (central panel) (1535-1550), after Hieronymus Bosch. Photo: Gropius Bau

With All My Love for the Tulips, I Pray Forever (2013–2014), Yayoi Kusama.

With All My Love for the Tulips, I Pray Forever (2013–2014), Yayoi Kusama. Photo: ©

Antoine's Organ (2016), Rashid Johnson.

Antoine’s Organ (2016), Rashid Johnson. Photo: © Rashid Johnson, courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Homo sapiens sapiens (2005), Pipilotti Rist.

Homo sapiens sapiens (video still; 2005), Pipilotti Rist. Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth and Luhring Augustine