3 October 2026 - 21 February 2027
For its autumn 2026 cycle, the MBAL is delighted to present the exhibition For One Solid Time, Wet: The Swimming Pool in the Imagination. The exhibition explores the swimming pool as a significant motif within the history of contemporary art. It unites international artists who have explored the complexity of the pool, using it as a symbol of both prosperity and catastrophe, joy and solitude: a metaphor for our search for order and serenity in the face of an increasingly uncertain future.
The exhibition is co-curated by Federica Chiocchetti, former MBAL director, writer and curator based in Paris, and Lou Stoppard, writer and curator based in London.
The featured artists include Judith Albert, Nazgol Ansarinia, Rossella Biscotti, Andrew Cranston, Blaise Drummond, Ellie Epp, Elmgreen & Dragset, Kate Gottgens, Alexander Hahn, David Hockney, Marie-Caroline Hominal, Alain Jacquet, Hilary Lloyd, Jean-Luc Manz, Daina Mattis, Alexandra Maurer, Ian Mwesiga, Antonio Oba, Michael Raedecker, Anastasia Samoylova, Denis Savary, Leanne Shapton, Mary Stephenson, Larry Sultan, Elisabeth Tonnard, Levi van Veluw, Eva Vermandel, Bill Viola, Caroline Walker and Pipilotti Rist.