Mid-Year Review
Two international exhibitions, a major museum closing in Italy, and a new poetry manuscript mark the first half of 2026 for Jim Dine. From welcoming over 50,000 visitors in Naples to creating a site-specific wall drawing in Seoul, these past six months have been anchored by immediate, physical production and major global presentations.
Below is a look at the studio's recent milestones.
CURRENTLY ON VIEW
Choir of Poems
Kunsthaus Göttingen, Germany
March 19 – August 28, 2026
Currently on view, Choir of Poems brings Dine's deep relationship with language and form to the forefront. Accompanied by a recently released filmed interview recorded by Daniel Clarke with Diana Michener and Olympe Racana-Weiler, the presentation invites audiences into the specific memories, friends, places, family, that give form to each painting.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
My Words & Pinocchio
PIBI Gallery, Seoul
May 28 – July 04, 2026
Marking his return to PIBI Gallery since Frieze Seoul 2025, My Words & Pinocchio featured eight new Pinocchio drawings, a sculptural work, poem drawings derived from the artist's own poetry, and a dynamic wall drawing created in situ.
Elysian Fields
Palazzo Reale / Naples, Italy
October 10, 2025 – February 10, 2026
In February, the studio traveled to Naples to conclude the Elysian Fields exhibition, which welcomed over 50,000 visitors. Featuring a labyrinth of invented plaster portraits rooted in history, antiquity, and memory, the monumental project captured the lasting power of invented forms.
PUBLICATIONS & POETRY
Each Day, At Night
Published by Cuneiform Press
Forthcoming 2026
Earlier this year, Dine completed the manuscript for a new collaboration with Cuneiform Press. Entitled Each Day, At Night, the volume features 90 original poems written over the past few years and marks his third collaborative publication with poet, printer, and publisher Kyle Schlesinger. The book will be available later this year through Cuneiform Press's website.
New Online Publications Archive
We have launched a comprehensive Digital Publications Archive on our website. The database chronicles Jim’s multi-decade publishing history, including deeply personal poetry books, specialized printmaking volumes, and rare artist editions published with his long-standing publishing partner, Steidl.
As we move into the second half of the year, we remain grateful for your continued engagement with Jim Dine's work. There is much more to come, and we look forward to sharing the exhibitions, conversations, and new projects that lie ahead.
Jim Dine Studio
