Sung Tieu
Ruin
Curated by Kathleen Reinhardt
German Pavilion 2026, 61th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
May 9 – November 22, 2026
- Louisa Elderton, Sung Tieu and the Art of Difficulty, Frieze, 2026 (EN)
- A Pavilion of Ruins: Germany Reconsiders Its Past in Venice, Charlotte Burns, artnet, 2026 (EN)
- Shanyu Zhong, No Place Like Home, Ocula, 2026 (EN)
- Dan Rees, Christopher Williams-Wynn, Cover Story Sung Tieu, Cura, 2026 (EN)
- Vitali Gelwich, Sung Tieu: The Scaffold of Ruin, 032c, 2026 (EN)
- Elke Buhr, Ein Anderes Deutschland, Monopol, 2026 (DE)
- Andrew Durbin, National Pavilions Review: Who’s Afraid of Meaning?, Frieze, 2026 (EN)
- Philip Olterman, Interview with Sung Tieu, The Guardian, 2026 (EN)
- Nicola Kuhn, Interview mit Sung Tieu, Der Tagesspiegel, 2026 (DE)
- Sarah Johanna Theurer, Black Spaces. Sung Tieu, Flash Art, 2026 (EN)
- Pablo Larios, Venice Biennale 2026: Sung Tieu refaces the German Pavilion, Artforum, 2026 (EN)
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Human Dignity Shall Be Inviolable, 2026
marble tesserae, grout
Sung Tieu
Human Dignity Shall Be Inviolable, 2026
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Human Dignity Shall Be Inviolable, 2026 (detail)
Sung Tieu
Human Dignity Shall Be Inviolable, 2026 (detail)
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They Have Eyes, But They See Not, They Have Ears, But They Hear Not, 2026
aluminium foil, aluminium, wood, magnet, lacquer
dimensions variable (821 units, 4 × 4 × 1.5 cm each)
Sung Tieu
They Have Eyes, But They See Not, They Have Ears, But They Hear Not, 2026 (detail)
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The House Which Is Waste, 2026
pencil on paper, framed
25 × 18.8 × 2.5 cm | 9 7/8 × 7 3/8 × 1 in
Sung Tieu
But the Flesh is Weak, 2026
glass, stainless steel
10 × 44 cm (arms) / 56 × 11 cm (legs)
Sung Tieu
For Now We See Through a Glass, Darkly, 2026
aluminium
491.7 × 17.5 × 22 cm (16 pieces)