Exhibitions
American Beauty
A Curated Private Collection
The flag of the United States of America is no simple national banner; it is the first flag in history conceived to fully embody the identity and values of a modern nation-state. This chronological and political primacy has created, over time, a near-sacred protocol of display, handling, and protection—a unique formal rigor that governs its every public aspect.
The exhibition American Beauty explores this very tension: on one side, the "sacredness" of institutional protocol; on the other, the absolute freedom of art. Through the works in the collection, the stars and stripes become a seismograph recording the defining chapters of American history: a symbol used by masters of vision sometimes to exalt pure patriotism, and at other times to denounce the contradictions of power and give voice to dissent.
Exhibition concept by Kr8te.
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Robert Frank - Marilyn Dead (Wellfleet, Mass), 1962. Gelatin silver print.
Andy Warhol - Moonwalk, 1987. Screenprint
Cliff Evans - Drones, 2012. 5' video loop.
Kai Schäfer - Reagan Youth on B&O Beogramm 4004, 2026. Fine Art Print on Aludibond. Courtesy Opus in Artem
Jens Lorenzen. Mauer-IV. Element plus 55 (Ramparts) and Element plus 56 (Winchester), 2020. Oil on canvas. Courtesy Opus in Artem
Keith Haring - American Music Festival, 1988. Serigraph.
Vik Muniz - America Now and Here: American Flag, 2009. Chromogenic print.
Steve McCurry - Wreckage from the Collapse of the World Trade, 2001. C-print
Nicole Doth - M-Box USA from the series "M-BOX for all nations - What defines home?", 2021. Functional Art - 360° Design. Courtesy Opus in Artem