Curator: Arnar Freyr Guðmundsson A solo exhibition of work by Jeremy Deller opens in Gerðarsafn in May 2026.
Jeremy Deller is one of Britain’s most recognized artists and a recipient of The Turner Prize 2004. He has exhibited in multiple solo- and group exhibitions worldwide and was Britains representative at the Venice Biennale in 2013.
Deller’s work is often made in collaboration with individuals and social groups outside of the artworld, pulling the artwork outside of its traditional context.
The exhibition at Gerðarsafn will focus on works from the years 2021–2026. Both printworks created in collaboration with graphic designer Fraser Muggeridge as well as video works.
Already in its title, “Carrying” points to how places carry certain (hi)stories. This exhibition project with its accompanying events activates various spaces inside and outside Museum Brandhorst. International artists, including Cana Bilir-Meier, Kate Newby, Tiffany Sia, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, and Leyla Yenirce, occupy historically charged sites—such as Cy Twombly’s “Lepanto” room or the “Türkentor” (Turks’ Gate). Architectural interventions, performances, and paintings, as well as sound and filmic works, engage with the museum and explore the entanglement of military and cultural power.
eremy Deller, The constant Buzz of a Drone, 2006, extra BENTIVOGLIO | Palazzo Querini a Ca’ Balà, Venezia, Courtesy Jeremy Deller & Art | Concept, Paris. Photo : eremy Deller, The constant Buzz of a Drone, 2006, extra BENTIVOGLIO | Palazzo Querini a Ca’ Balà, Venezia, Courtesy Jeremy Deller & Art | Concept, Paris. Photo : Carlo Faveroeremy Deller, The constant Buzz of a Drone, 2006, extra BENTIVOGLIO | Palazzo Querini a Ca’ Balà, Venezia, Courtesy Jeremy Deller & Art | Concept, Paris. Photo : Carlo Faveroeremy Deller, The constant Buzz of a Drone, 2006, extra BENTIVOGLIO | Palazzo Querini a Ca’ Balà, Venezia, Courtesy Jeremy Deller & Art | Concept, Paris. Photo : Carlo Faveroeremy Deller, The constant Buzz of a Drone, 2006, extra BENTIVOGLIO | Palazzo Querini a Ca’ Balà, Venezia, Courtesy Jeremy Deller & Art | Concept, Paris. Photo : Carlo Faveroeremy Deller, The constant Buzz of a Drone, 2006, extra BENTIVOGLIO | Palazzo Querini a Ca’ Balà, Venezia, Courtesy Jeremy Deller & Art | Concept, Paris. Photo : Carlo Favero
On the altana of Palazzo Querini a Ca’ Balà, a typical Venetian rooftop terrace, Palazzo Bentivoglio inaugurates with Jeremy Deller the first episode of extra BENTIVOGLIO — the spin-off bringing outside the historic Bolognese building the activities born within it.
The Constant Buzz of a Drone is a site-specific intervention visible from the Ponte de Ca’ Balà, the Giudecca, and the church of the Redentore.
For years, Deller has worked with the language of advertising: slogans, archives, found texts, actions in public space. The banner — a historic tool of trade unions and political movements — becomes in his hands an explicit declaration.
A gesture of solidarity towards the victims of all contemporary conflicts, evoking that sound — the buzz of the drone — which for many is the last they will ever hear.
