Frieze VIPs are invited to a private curator-led tour of the 2024 Roof Garden Commission: Petrit Halilaj, with the exhibition's curator, Iria Candela and Estrellita B. Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art, Modern and Contemporary, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Kosovar artist Petrit Halilaj (born 1986, Kostërc, former Yugoslavia) has been commissioned to create a site-specific installation for the Museum’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. For the artist's first major project in the United States, Halilaj will transform The Met Roof with a sprawling sculptural installation.
Halilaj's work is deeply connected to the recent history of his native country Kosovo and the consequences of cultural and political tensions in the region. After a formative period in Italy, where he studied art at the Accademia di Brera in Milan, he moved to Berlin in 2008, where he still lives and works. His projects encompass a variety of media, including sculpture, drawing, poetry, and performance.
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