26/09/2026
We are delighted that MIGUEL ROTHSCHILD is taking part in the 18th Lyon Biennale (19.09.-13.12.2026) with a large, spectacular new installation.
RIO DE LA PLATA, 2026
Río de la Plata, the estuary between Argentina and Uruguay, means „River of Silver“, recalling a colonial legend of hidden riches that drove Spanish conquest and gave Argentina its name. Centuries later, people were thrown into these waters from aircraft during the military dictatorship’s death flights. Today, the estuary is burdened by urban and industrial conta-mination. Miguel Rothschild treats the river as a poli-tical and material archive. More than a thousand ny-Ion threads pierce a photograph of the river’s brown surface, printed on reflective fabric. They draw the image up into waves before descending beneath it, each ending in a lead weight. The river’s colour co-mes largely from suspended sediment. The silvery surface brings beauty into uneasy proximity with filth and violence - a coexistence Rothschild presents not as exceptional, but as a condition of the world.
Miguel Rothschild Biennale de Lyon — Art Kuckei + Kuckei Gallery
