Art Without Walls
ARTICLE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN FAENA JOURNAL ISSUE #58 • WINTER 2024
Each year, the hotel’s vibrant spaces transform into galleries where world-class artists unveil works that push boundaries and challenge conventions. Faena Art ’s exhibitions extend beyond traditional spaces, with large-scale outdoor installations and sitespecific works that captivate both art patrons and visitors. In past years, Faena Art has collaborated with Derrick Adams, Random International, Kelly Breez , Tavares Strachan, Andres Reisinger, and Refik Anadol These exhibitions blur the lines between reality and imagination, engaging the public in unexpected ways. This year is no exception.
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Multi-disciplinary Tlingit/ Unangax artist Nicholas Galanin unveils a monumental, site-specific work on the sands of Faena Beach
The work Seletega (run, see if people are coming/corre a ver si viene gente) speaks to the irreversible choice to move forward without the option of retreating, of charting a new course and never going back and the act of giving oneself to a cause or belief. Asking us to question our position in the world and to consider our responsibility in creating the future and to reflect on what we must let go of to move towards collective liberation. Galanin’s sculptures and multimedia installations engage deeply with social issues, particularly those impacting indigenous communities. His work can also be found in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, among others.