Naming Natures | Museum of Natural History, Neuchâtel (CH)

In 1838, Swiss naturalist Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818—1889), commissioned by the Natural History Museum of Neuchâtel, sailed to Peru on a merchant ship filled with fabrics, champagne, and watches. During his journey, which lasted almost five years, he hunted and prepared over a thousand specimens, which he sent to Neuchâtel. This story is not unique: many European museums have collections acquired in a colonial context.

The Naming Natures project, supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, takes a critical look at natural history collections from colonial settings, combining scientific, historical, and museographic approaches. Is it still possible to exhibit these collections? And if so, how can they be presented differently without exoticizing or glorifying the figure of the “great men of science”? What responsibility do museums have towards the communities concerned?

With works by Chonon Bensho, Denise Bertsch, Fabiano Kueva, Ximena Garrido-Lecca, Raúl Silva, Santiago Yahuarcani and many others.

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27 Apr ’26 – 30 May ’26

Ground Zero | SNBA, Lisbon, Portugal

Ground Zero takes the ground as its starting point—a place where memories are inscribed, narratives are brought to life, and new beginnings are envisioned. The works invite a sensitive and critical examination of historical legacies, social and ecological issues, and the possibilities for transformation, suggesting a space for reflection, regeneration, and collective creation.

Group exhibition curated by Black Atlas, with works by Catarina Leitão, Cristina Ataíde, Jermay Michael Gabriel, Marcelo Moscheta, Mónica de Miranda, Nii Obodai, Nithya Iyer, Susana Anángua, Marta Machado e Sofia Yala

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10 Apr ’26

Forest Futures | Kinetik, Cinelab Lecce, Italy

Screening of Forest Futures (2025), as part of the KINETIK programme at CineLab Giuseppe Bertolucci.

10 April 2026, 18:00pm

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23 Apr ’26

Speak We Must We Must Speak | Klima Biennal, Belvedere 21, Wien

Screening of Sound from Beneath, invited by Anne Faucheret, as part of Immediate Matters: Speak We Must, We Must Speak at Belvedere 21 for the Klima Biennale.

Screening along side works by Michaela Grill, Forensic Architecture and Daniel Zimmermann.

23 April 2026, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm.

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9 May ’26 – 22 Nov ’26

61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia | Venice, Italy

Uriel Orlow is invited to the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia by Koyo Kouoh.

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23 Jan ’26

Soil Assembly #3 | Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India

Screening of We Have Already Lived Through Our Future – We Just Don’t Remember It, within the film programme of Soil Assembly #3, held at Pavilion Batsion Bungalow for the 6th Kochi-Muziris Biennale.

Screening along side works by Daniel Hengst and Arathi M.R.

23 January 2026, 1:30pm

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8 Nov ’25 – 30 Dec ’25

With love to Palestine | Mala, Lisbon

Exhibition with works in support of Palestine by artists in Portugal.

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24 Nov ’25 – 30 Nov ’25

Rencontres Internationales | Jeu de Paume, Paris

Screening of the film Forest Futures as part of the festival Rencontres Internationales – New cinema and contemporary art, at Jeu de Paume, Paris.

27 November, 2pm.

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16 Nov ’25

Majlis Talks: Reseeding Stories | Alserkal Art Week, Dubai

Al Serkal’s yearly Majlis Talks for Dubai Art Week is curated by artist and writer Uriel Orlow and curator Andrea Thal, offering a shared space for listening, remembering, mourning, and re-seeding through performance, text, and sound-based works from the wider region.

6 Dec ’25 – 31 Mar ’26

Materials and Makers: Goa Past and Present | Sunaparanta, Goa

Uriel Orlow is presenting a new commission in the group show Materials and Makers: Goa Past and Present, at Sunaparanta, in Goa. The exhibition is curated by Leandre D’Souza with Kelli Wood.

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1 Oct ’25 – 22 Nov ’25

We Have Already Lived Through Our Future—We Just Don’t Remember It | Dialogue Gallery, Lisboa

Uriel Orlow is presenting We Have Already Lived Through Our Future—We Just Don’t Remember It, a solo show at Dialogue Gallery, in Lisbon.