The Art of the Palliative Turn (APT). Art for the End of Our Way of Life

In 2020, the artist Olav Westphalen (born 1963) initiated the Association for the Palliative Turn, a loosely connected group of international artists. Since then, its members have focused on the artistic potentials of dealing with death, palliation, and leave-taking in a range of media and event formats that make use of humour, generosity, delight, and reflection. In the practice of life, the human body is inevitably awarded the role of a medium.

The various limitations that bodies impose on people are as much a part of this as all singular sensory perceptions and experiences.

The “Intermezzo” was a smaller, temporary exhibition within the collection presentation.