curtain call, variations on a folly (2021). Installation view, Chisenhale Gallery, London, 2021. Commissioned and produced by Chisenhale Gallery, London. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Andy Keate.
Abbas Akhavan’s first major US museum survey, Variations on a Garden, opens at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
Curated by Pavel Pyś, Curator of Visual Arts and Collections Strategy, with Brandon Eng, Assistant Curator, Visual Arts, the exhibition explores the concept of the garden as a negotiation between wild and domesticated life, featuring works such as Study for a Monument (2013–ongoing) and cast for a folly (2019/2023). The exhibition bears witness to the life-forms and landscapes upon which history is interminably etched. Like the garden, it prompts us to reconsider what we value and what we discard, what we cultivate and what we neglect.
Visit the Walker Art Center website for more information.
November 10, 2026
