Maria Hassabi
The Story of Public Art

The Breeder is pleased to announce that Maria Hassabi will be featured in The Story of Public Art, MAPS’ largest international exhibition to date, opening on March 22nd, 2025. The exhibition traces groundbreaking artistic experiments in public spaces from the 1960s to the present, bringing together over 120 artists from more than 40 countries in an organic and dynamic format that will evolve throughout its four-year duration.

The Story of Public Art explores what artists do in public spaces, drawing connections to the lives we live and addressing, through the artist’s perspective, significant societal themes across time and geography. It offers an experience of art’s international reach and significance, created in dialogue with its contemporary context. The exhibition highlights time-based works that have become landmarks for future generations, as well as pieces that have shifted our perception of identity, power structures, biopolitics, desire, labor, social relations, nature, and reality. 

The exhibition is divided into two parts:  

Dancing in the Streets (On Power) – The first part of the exhibition showcases artists’ performances, actions, manifestations, and media interventions in cities worldwide. From Warsaw and Rio de Janeiro to Tamale and Times Square – and across media from the 1980’s Spectacolor billboards to today’s AI world-building. 

Explosions (On Expansion) – The second part of the exhibition explores artistic experiments in landscapes and the tension between nature and the human-made. From the 1960’s Arte Povera and Earth Art to contemporary artistic investigations of art forms that merge with organic life forms and artificial nature.

The Story of Public Art will transform the museum building and branch out into public spaces. MAPS’ atrium will, as part of The Story of Public Art’s opening, be transformed into a live performance installation by the Cypriot artist Maria Hassabi. The installation will explore the museum space through movements, reflections, and encounters, offering new perspectives on art as independent public spaces.

Participating artists include:  3Nós3 (Hudinilson Jr., Mario Ramiro, og Rafael França), Alex Mlynarcik & Stano Filko, Alfredo Jaar, Allan Kaprow, Anna Halprin, Aki Sasamoto, Anicka Yi, Barbara Kruger, Basquiat, Big Tail Elephant (Liang Juhui, Lin Yi Lin, Chen Shaoxiong Xu Tan), Bjørn Nørgaard & Lene Adler Petersen, Oscar Rabin, Youri Jarkikh, Alexander Gleser, Concept 21 (Jian Jun Xi, Sheng Qi, Zheng Yu Ke), Peggy Diggs, Curtis Cuffie, Danh Vo, Daniel Buren, Daniel Felstead with Jenn Leung, DIS, Erik van Lieshout, Ewa Partum, Franco Mazzucchelli, General Idea, Gordon Matta-Clark, Graciela Carnevale, Guerrilla Girls, Günter Brus, Göksu Kunak, Heather & Ivan Morison, Heidi Bucher, Hélio Oiticica, Hi-Red Center (Genpei Akasegawa, Natsuyuki Nakanishi and Jiro Takamatsu), Ibrahim Mahama, Jenny Holzer, Jeremy Deller, Kader Attia, Kang Kuk-jin, Chong Ch’an-sung & Jung Kangja, Kara Walker, Lawrence Lek, Maria Hassabi, Marta Minujín, Michael Rakowitz, Mierele Laderman Ukeles, Nadya Tolokonnikova, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Pope.L, Public Movement, Pussy Riot, Rachel Whiteread, Richard Serra, Rosemary Mayer, Sanja Ivekovic, Suzanne Lacy, The Neo-Dada Organizers (Masunobu Yoshimura, Kinpei Masuzawa, Ushio Shinohara e.o.), Theaster Gates, Thomas Hirschhorn, Trisha Brown, Ushio Shinohara, Vito Acconci, Wolf Vostell, Yoko Ono, og Yvonne Rainer.

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