From September 2025 to January 2026, the Sprengel Museum Hannover is presenting the exhibition "Love you for infinity" - a major exhibition highlight that shows works by Niki de Saint Phalle together with works by Yayoi Kusama and Takashi Murakami for the first time. The occasion for this special show is the donation of over 400 works that Niki de Saint Phalle made to the Sprengel Museum in 2000. The exhibition ranges from Niki de Saint Phalle's "shooting pictures" and the famous "Nanas" to Kusama's immersive "Infinity Room" installations and Murakami's pop wallpaper. It combines painting, sculpture, installation and film.
Similarities as well as differences between the artistic styles are revealed in the synopsis. On over 2,000 square meters, surprising connections emerge between the large-format works: from exuberant joie de vivre to existential threats, from feminism and female self-assertion to male dominance.
"Love you for infinity" is the first exhibition to bring together works by Niki de Saint Phalle with works by Japanese artists Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) and Takashi Murakami (b. 1962). All three artists share an enthusiasm for colorful, expressive worlds of color and forms. Their visual language transcends the boundaries of art, pop culture and commerce and deals with central themes such as art and consumption, life and death as well as sexuality and trauma - each work in its own way.
This major exhibition has been made possible by the support of enercity as part of the 200th anniversary of the energy company with its roots in Hanover.
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