Zaha Hadid's calligraphic paintings and unbuilt 1980s projects in The Tower at LUMA Arles, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, 1 May 2026 – Spring 2027

Zaha Hadid Paintings at LUMA Arles 2026

On 1 May 2026, “Zaha Hadid: I Think There Should Be No End to Experimentation” opens at LUMA Arles in the Parc des Ateliers, Arles, France, running until Spring 2027. The zaha hadid paintings luma arles survey, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist with Arthur Fouray and Lucas Jacques-Witz and produced with the Zaha Hadid Foundation, occupies The Tower, Archives Gallery and Cherry Tree Gallery inside Frank Gehry’s 56-metre stainless-steel pile and reframes every acrylic, ink wash and competition perspective Hadid produced between her 1977 AA thesis and the 2012 Heydar Aliyev Center as the operative drawings of her architecture, not its decoration. ...

May 14, 2026 · 11 min · 2168 words · FORMA Editorial

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