With songs, poems and novels that give voice to the desires both of spirit and flesh, Cohen has inspired countless other musicians, writers and artists. In this touring exhibition, contemporary artists including Tacita Dean, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller and Candice Breitz present works that pay homage to the ‘high priest of pathos’, in media ranging from film to installation and sound art. Find out more from the Jewish Museum’s website.
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The Poetry Machine (2017), Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. Photo: Guy L’Heureux; courtesy the artists, Luhring Augustine, New York, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco and Koyanagi Gallery, Tokyo

Legendary Reality (video still; 2017), Jon Rafman. Courtesy the artist, Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles, and Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montréal

The Offerings (2017), Kara Blake. Photo: Guy L’Heureux

Ear on a Worm (2017), Tacita Dean. Photo: Guy L’Heureux
‘Like landscape, his objects seem to breathe’: Gordon Baldwin (1932–2025)