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monumental portrait of koyo kouoh by derrick adams appears amid venice biennale

designboom | architecture & design magazine·kat barandy I designboom·28 days ago
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derrick adams arrives in venice A new public work by Derrick Adams has appeared in Venice, floating over the city’s network of canals in the heart of the Biennale . Titled Heavy is the head that wears the crown, the piece takes the form of a large-scale portrait of the late curator Koyo Kouoh, installed as a banner on the facade of the Palazzetto dello sport Giobatta Gianquinto in Castello. Facing the Rio della Tana, the image meets visitors as they move between the Arsenale and the surrounding streets. The project, curated by Francesco Bonami, runs from May 4th through September 24th, 2026. Its placement is significant. The facade reads as a flat plane stretched across a busy edge condition, and Adams uses that surface as a support for an image that holds at distance. From across the canal, the composition resolves into a frontal figure with a concentrated gaze, framed by radiating bands of color. Derrick Adams, Heavy is the head that wears the crown, 2026, installation view.…

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