Ragnar Kjartansson
The Visitors

The Visitors

The Visitors © 2012, Ragnar Kjartansson. All rights reserved.

The Visitors
The Visitors
ArtistIcelandic, born 1976
CultureIcelandic
Titles
  • The Visitors
Date2012
MediumNine-channel video, edition of 6, artist's proof 1/2
Dimensions64 minutes
Credit LineThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, restricted gift of the Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation to the Phoenix Art Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Object number2018.54.A-.I
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; [Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York]; given to MFAH, 2018
Exhibition HistoryMigros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, 2012.

Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, 2013.

Luhring Augustine, New York, 2013.

HangarBicocca, Milan, 2013.

Kling & Bang Gallerí, Reykjavík, Iceland, 2013–14.

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain, 2014.

Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2014.

"Perth International Arts Festival," John Curtin Gallery, Australia, 2015.

Vinyl Factory, London, 2015.

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, 2015.

Faena Art Center, Buenos Aires, 2015.

UB Art Gallery at the Center for the Arts, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2016.

Gund Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, 2016.

Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, 2016–17.

Cincinnati Art Museum, 2018.

Museum of Fine Arts Houston, July 20–September 22, 2019.
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screen shot
Lauren Kelley
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