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Elise Morton

Ibrahim Mahama wraps Kunsthalle Bern in jute ahead of June reopening

Ahead of its reopening, the Kunsthalle Bern will be wrapped by Ibrahim Mahama, as the Ghanaian artist transforms the Swiss institution with one of his signature large-scale interventions. 

The work pays homage to a pivotal moment in art history. In 1968, Christo and Jeanne-Claude made headlines by wrapping the Kunsthalle Bern in reinforced polyethene, marking their first ever building intervention.

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