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From 14 March 2026, Colombian-born artist Oscar Murillo will exhibit his work in the indoor and outdoor spaces of MINSK, transforming the Potsdam art gallery into the setting for a living experiment on exchange and community. The exhibition Collective Osmosis is a multi-layered meditation on visibility, landscape and the political implications of artistic work – across borders. The exhibition project marks the first collaboration between MINSK and the Museum Barberini: works by Oscar Murillo will be on display in both venues.
With the project Collective Osmosis, Murillo creates a dialogue between his abstract painting, the visitors and the impressionist works of Claude Monet. The starting point is Murillo’s preoccupation with the life, work and reception of the French painter. In his later years, Monet suffered from cataracts and gradually lost his eyesight until he underwent surgery, which resulted in changes in the composition and colouring of his paintings. Murillo recognises in this shift in the painter’s perception a symbol for the blind spots in our society, but …
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Image above: Oscar Murillo, (untitled) scarred spirits [(ohne Titel) vernarbte Seelen], 2025, Öl, Ölstift und Grafit auf Leinwand, 220 × 300 cm. Courtesy of the artist © Oscar Murillo. Foto: Tim Bowditch & Reinis Lismanis.
