Igshaan Adams 'Weerhoud' at ARoS Art Museum

Curator Maria Kappel Blegvad talks about the newly installed exhibition with the amazing artist Igshaan Adams.

In January, ARoS proudly builds on our commitment to exhibiting new global voices with the first major exhibition in the Nordic region of the South African artist Igshaan Adams.

You can look forward to experiencing Adams’ meticulously crafted works including examples of his intricate tapestries, expansive floor and wall-based installation and suspended sculptural works adorned with beads, shells, ribbons, ropes, stones, silk, silver chains and more. The exhibition will present works from 2014 to the present, including one of Adams’ largest dust cloud installations titled Weerhoud, an Afrikaans word translating to withheld.

The exhibition at ARoS is curated by Maria Blegvad Kappel. Front photo credit: Igshaan Adams – Weerhoud , ARoS 2025. Installation views : Jens Henrik Daugaard © ARoS 2025

Video: Mads Smidstrup // ARoS

Thanks to
Stibo Fonden

Per og Lise Aarsleffs Fond

Knud Højgaards Fond