At the Long Museum in Shanghai, Jean-Michel Othoniel presents a body of work that unites two iconic elements of his visual language: monumental glass beads and blown glass bricks. Created between 2012 and today, these works reflect an “emotional geometry” that moves through spirituality, history, and the human body. The beads - far too large to be worn - evoke dance, prayer, and memory, the bricks, each slightly different, resemble luminous pixels from an architectural dream. Light, reflection, and transparency transform the museum’s Brutalist architecture into a dreamlike landscape. Each piece, handcrafted by Italian and Indian artisans, radiates a precious sensuality and a near-jewel-like allure, where luxury becomes a poetic language. From the red necklaces created for the 1997 Pride in memory of Félix González-Torres to permanent installations in Qatar and Versailles, Othoniel builds a dialogue between the intimate and the monumental. His works do not seek answers but shared desires, becoming thresholds between the visible and invisible, between reality and enchantment.
Through mirrors, light, and clay, Ako Goto builds a suspended world where the gaze becomes presence and the reflection a mute voice of what is absent yet still speaks to us.
A journey through the work of Álvaro Siza, Master of contemporary architecture, where drawing meets light, space becomes narrative, and each project grows from dialogue with its surroundings.
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