Elmgreen & Dragset’s monumental sculpture Eight, 2026, has been acquired by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. A site-specific commission for the museum’s sculpture garden, the work extends the artists’ decades-long preoccupation with the pool motif. It will be a major new addition to the garden, recently revitalised by artist-architect Hiroshi Sugimoto and due to reopen on 31 October 2026.

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Elmgreen & Dragset’s work is presented in Stillleben mit Gemüse, a solo exhibition at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. Two immersive installations by the artists, alongside sculptures and interventions, will radiate throughout the entire building and into the neighbouring Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, creating a series of almost-surreal constellations which place visitors at the centre of an immersive visual experience. By redirecting visitors’ gazes, Elmgreen & Dragset draw attention to moments that are easily overlooked, creating poetic scenes imbued with equal measures of scepticism and humour.

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Elmgreen & Dragset’s work is included in the group exhibition Interactions at the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn. The exhibition invites visitors to engage in interactive play in its outdoor space. Each work presents its own narrative or vision, demonstrating how openness can foster both individual and collective experience while promoting togetherness, tolerance, and sensitivity.

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Elmgreen & Dragset have unveiled their latest installation in Khao Yai Art Forest. A homage to the late German artist Martin Kippenberger, K-BAR, 2024, takes the form of a pavilion with a bar inside that opens once a month. The bar’s centerpiece is a painting by Martin Kippenberger, Untitled, 1996, which can always be seen through the window glass. Elmgreen & Dragset have developed a special cocktail menu in collaboration with local bartenders. 

For this episode of The Art Newspaper’s A brush with... podcast series, Elmgreen & Dragset join host Ben Luke to discuss their influences and the cultural experiences that have shaped their lives and work.

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Elmgreen & Dragset’s installation Protruding Gallery, Powerless Structures, Fig. 223, 2024, is included in a new presentation of works from the Hamburger Bahnhof’s collection, to commemorate the reopening of the museum’s Rieckhallen. Featuring ten large-scale installations, sculptures and photo series from the last 25 years, the presentation includes new acquisitions which are presented to the public for the first time.

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