Exhibition Essays

Enjoy commissions and publishes a series of essays each year that provide critical, expository or creative responses to our exhibition programme, with the aim of encouraging new voices in contemporary art discourse.

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Exhibition Essays

These are Addressed to You

June 2026

Bas Jan Ader, I'm too sad to tell you, 1970–71. 16mm film transferred to digital video, silent, 3:22 mins. Courtesy of La Colección Jumex, México. Photo by Samson Dell. © The Estate of Bas Jan Ader / Mary Sue Ader Andersen, 2026 / The Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York and Resale Royalties Aotearoa, New Zealand. Courtesy of the Museo Jumex and Meliksetian | Briggs.

Bas Jan Ader, I'm too sad to tell you, 1970–71. 16mm film transferred to digital video, silent, 3:22 mins. Courtesy of La Colección Jumex, México. Photo by Samson Dell.

© The Estate of Bas Jan Ader / Mary Sue Ader Andersen, 2026 / The Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York and Resale Royalties Aotearoa, New Zealand. Courtesy of the Museo Jumex and Meliksetian | Briggs.