February 6 – May 5, 2025
Gatineau, Quebec

xusi lax̱a at̕łi (2019) – a collaboration with Kwakwaka’wakw artist Carey Newman – is now on view at the Canadian Museum of History as part of The Witness Blanket exhibition. The Witness Blanket contains hundreds of items reclaimed from residential schools, churches, government buildings and traditional and cultural structures from across Canada. It stands as a national monument to recognize the atrocities of the Indian residential school era. It honours the children and the Survivors. It symbolizes ongoing reconciliation.

xusi lax̱a at̕łi (meaning “rest in the forest” in Kwakwala) is intended as a place to rest and reflect on the truths shared.

January 22 – April 5, 2025
Toronto Metropolitan University, Salah J. Bachir New Media Wall

Kelly Richardson’s Origin Stories is a metaphysical exploration that transcends traditional photography, transforming extinct species into crystalline, diamond-like forms. Set in the vastness of cosmic space, Richardson’s digital debris field emits an eerie symphony, symbolizing Earth’s unique place in the universe and humanity’s isolation. The work provokes a powerful question: given humanity’s monumental efforts to find life beyond Earth, how differently would we value species threatened by extinction today if they were discovered on another planet? Richardson challenges us to reflect on our connection to life, the impact of climate change, and the extinction crisis we are both witnessing and contributing to. In collaboration with the Awi’nakola Foundation, the artist emphasizes the urgency of reconsidering our relationship with the planet and prioritizing its preservation.

The Erudition

On view now
Montréal, Canada

The Fondation Giverny pour l’art contemporain is pleased to present its activities with a first exhibition of works from the Giverny Capital Collection. With a selection of works and installation pieces by Eduardo Basualdo, Edward Burtynsky, Sophie Jodoin, Folkert de Jong, Adad Hannah, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Magali Reus, Kelly Richardson, Marc Séguin, Bill Viola, Hajra Waheed, this exhibition highlights the principles of temporality, memory, and the construction of the image.

From 16 to 23 November, 2024
Cali, Colombia

Echoes of Life is conceived as a trans-continental dialogue between stories of extractivism and deep connection with nature, going towards bio-anamnesis and celebrating our collective memory. Curated by Ana Aguirre and Diane Drubay. Artists include: Alexandra Crouwers, Ana Aquirre, Be A Stereotype, Dev Harlan, Heliodoro Santos, Juan Ramirez, Kelly Richardson, Rodell Warner, Violet Bond

Opening September 20, 2024
Buffalo, New York

Founded in 1974, Hallwalls began as a vibrant hub for contemporary art in Buffalo. Since 1975, it has hosted over 6,500 events, featuring more than 9,000 artists across visual arts, music, film, and more.

This exhibition will showcase Hallwalls’ impact on the art world over five decades, highlighting its role in launching significant movements like The Pictures Generation and its ongoing influence in contemporary culture.

Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything

Feb 9, 2021 – Dec 2, 2024
online (MAC), curated by John Zeppetelli and Victor Shiffman

A veritable audiovisual immersion, this exhibition establishes a dialogue between the œuvre of Leonard Cohen and a selection of artworks from the MAC’s collection.

August 21 – October 20, 2024
Amposta, Spain

Centre d’Art Lo Pati presents a new season of exhibitions on the art center’s building façade featuring the work of Diane Drubay, Claudia Larcher, Kelly Richardson, Theresa Schubert, Yuge Zhou, and Marina Zurkow. From different perspectives, the works offer narratives about life in the Anthropocene, particularly in environments and systems that we ignore but that play a determining role in life on Earth. From the ocean floor to the mines from which we extract the materials that facilitate our digital life, from glaciers to atmospheric phenomena, from forest fires to crowded cities, these works invite us to reflect on our planet, the world in which we want to live and what we will leave to the next generations.

June 14 – August 11, 2024
Chatham, Ontario

Weaving myth and metaphor with scientific research and digital technologies, Kelly Richardson: Odyssey invites visitors on a journey through time and space in order to reflect on the present—through three large-scale video works. Origin Stories (2023) visualises the current extinction crisis through a seemingly endless field of diamond-like crystals, each of which represents a species lost to resource extraction and climate change. The HALO trilogy (2021) looks to a fiery moon for signs of the conditions we now face after decades of insufficient action. Finally, Pillars of Dawn (2019) brings viewers back to Earth—now hundreds of years in the future, as crystals blanket the planet in a beautiful but chilling representation of cumulative loss of complex life. Together, these three works ask visitors to consider what we truly value, raising an urgent call for humanity to responsibly reconnect with our living planet while time remains.