Koen Vanmechelen presents We Thought We Were Alone, his first solo sculptural exhibition in Venice, now open to the public at Palazzo Rota Ivancich, coinciding with the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Curated by James Putnam, the exhibition unfolds across three floors, bringing together more than 40 new works that explore relationships between living organisms and the inorganic environment, where transformation and coexistence emerge beyond fixed

From 9 to 20 November 2026, Koen Vanmechelen presents two monumental sculptures at COP31, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Antalya, Türkiye. We Thought We Were Alone and Cosmopolitan Fossil come directly from his solo exhibition at Palazzo Rota Ivancich in Venice. We Thought We Were Alone, Palazzo Rota Ivancich, Venice (IT) © Koen Vanmechelen, photo by Kris Vervaeke, 2026 Under the title Still Possible, COPArt brings together 190 Turkish and international artis

For more than three thousand years, Medusa has been imagined in many different ways: as a monster, a victim, a protector, a symbol of power and, more recently, a figure of resistance and change. Her story has never remained fixed. Each generation has returned to her, reshaping her image to reflect its own fears, beliefs and ideas about power. What happens when we look at Medusa again, not simply as a monster to fear, but as a woman whose story deserves to be reclaimed?

Koen Vanmechelen presents Cosmopolitan Chicken Project: Mechelse Cara Blanca (CCP31) at Galería Plaza del Gato. Following its predecessor LIMINA: CCP30 at the Chillida Leku Museum in the Basque Country, the journey of the Cosmopolitan Chicken Project continues deeper into Spain.