Ivan Argote

We’re proud to announce DIGNIDAD, a new large-scale mobile public artwork with Iván Argote and Carla Acevedo-Yates launching June 13–14 in Humboldt Park, Chicago. Developed through two years of collaboration with Iván and Carla, and engagement with the Puerto Rican community of Humboldt Park, the project debuts during the Puerto Rican People’s Day Parade and includes performances, conversations, and public activations throughout the weekend. In Ivan’s words: “With DIGNIDAD, I wanted to create a work that carries a sense of resilience, resistance, and solidarity—something that can move through the city and be claimed by the people who encounter it.” Part of the Floating Monuments series, DIGNIDAD reimagines the monument not as a fixed object, but as a drifting platform for gathering, visibility, and collective memory. PROGRAM OVERVIEW June 13–14, 2026 | Humboldt Park, Chicago Public activations will accompany the launch of DIGNIDAD, including: • Debut of DIGNIDAD in the Puerto Rican People’s Day Parade • Drifting the monument through the park and the surrounding neighborhood • Artists and curator-led conversations in collaboration with local partners • Performances including participation from Chicago’s Poet Laureate, Mayda del Valle Deep gratitude to the @mellonfoundation for your support and push to reimagine monuments and our public spaces. #FloatingMuseum #DIGNIDAD #IvanArgote #CarlaAcevedoYates #ChicagoArt

This Thursday opened “Radical Tenderness”, my largest institutional show to date, at the magnificent @galerierudolfinum in Prague. This exhibition, curated by @leonardobigazzi presents a large number of installations, site specific interventions and new commissions among important previous works. Radical Tenderness re discuss the politics of representation in public spaces, with a rebel and joyful sprit, that empowers civic and symbolic actions. It also frontally criticizes the colonial legacy using affection, humor and tenderness. A special attention is dedicated to the series of children protest workshops “Activissime!!”, that I have been developing for the past 15 years in several countries across the Americas, Africa and Europe. I present for the first time a selection of archives in an ambitious and playful display. Of course we did a new children protest in Prague! This exhibition is very special and dear to me, a beautiful reunion of stories and exciting new paths in my work. I want to specially thank @juliatbailey for this sweet invitation, to Leonardo Bigazzi for his strong commitment with the show, to @michal_stochl for the care and passion, to all the great and kind team from Rudolfinum. Big thanks to my galleries @perrotin @albarran.bourdais who loaned and produced works for this show, to @galeriavermelho , to my team @_cecilegranier @mariacrevatin @_simonmartin_ and of course to my partner and love @sofila.n y a mi niño Andrea, la luz de mis ojos ✨♥️ Don’t miss the opportunity to see this show! It was made with a lot commitment, and love ✊🏽

Today, we unveil “Dinosaur,” the 4th @highlineartnyc Plinth commission in New York. This has been an incredible journey, and seeing it installed feels like a dream come true. I’m deeply honored to have worked with @ceciliaalemani and want to express my heartfelt thanks for her vision, dedication, and kindness. “Dinosaur” celebrates an iconic yet often overlooked figure of New York: the pigeon. These remarkable birds have lived alongside us for thousands of years, serving as prestigious pets, soldiers, and messengers—and yet, they are also seen as a pest. Pigeons are magnificent animals—intelligent, careful, and loyal. What if we celebrated them and integrated them with dignity into the narratives of our cities? A huge thank you to the entire High Line team, especially Jordan Benke @jordnstagram , to my gallery @perrotin for being closely involved throughout the process. I also extend my gratitude to my galleries @galeriavermelho and @albarran.bourdais , to my stdio team, studio manager @_cecilegranier , as well as to Johnson Atelier, the painting team, @justkeppie , Fundición Neleco, and Jose García Torres. I dedicate this work, by far the most ambitious I ever made to my loves @sofila.n and our baby boy Anrdea Ryo Amaru. Their love and support are the fuel of my life. ♥️ 🐦🍾

Continuing with the series of posts about specific series and lines of research, today we feature the Mamarracho series, that has become paintings, sculptures and pieces of architecture.⁠ ⁠ Mamarracho is a series of painting / sculptures that I started for my first solo exhibition with @perrotin named “Caliente”, back in 2011, and since then accompanied me in several institutional and gallery shows at @galeriavermelho and @albarran.bourdais .⁠ ⁠ “Mamarracho” in Spanish can mean doodle or something or someone messy. In this ongoing series, these almost random gestures with oversized lines spill beyond the canvas, becoming objects when they go out of the frame, blurring the boundaries between painting, sculpture, and installation.⁠ ⁠ The series echo my film Retouch (2008), a 12 second video shot at the Centre Pompidou, where I sprayed over two framed painting by Piet Mondrian (no paintings were damaged!). It also inspired many other works like “A Common Path”, presented at the @biennaledelyon in 2024.⁠ ⁠ For me, Mamarrachos works as an allegory of the way I work and I approach an issue, or a site. I like to behave freely, go in and out disregarding boundaries, but at the same time making the inside and the outside part of a whole that works together.⁠ ⁠ This series has been evolving, adapting to different architectures and places. I am currently preparing new works that pushes the series into new chapters! More news on this soon!⁠ ⁠ Abrazos,⁠ Iván⁠ ⁠ ---⁠ ⁠ Views of ⁠ ⁠ Mamarracho, 2025⁠ Mamarracho, 2025, “Breathings”, Perrotin New York, 2025. Photographer: Guillaume Ziccarelli ⁠ “Caliente”, Perrotin Paris, 2011. Photographer: Claire Dorn⁠ Un Chemin Commun (A Common Path), 2024, Lyon Biennale. Photographer: Cécile Granier⁠ "Radical Tenderness", Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, 2025⁠. Photographer: Ondřej Polák⁠ Retouch, 2008⁠

Dear friends,⁠ I am excited to share our latest studio project: the launch of a Web-Store offering limited-edition lithographs, t-shirts, posters, comic books, 23/25 — our self-published biennial magazine — and a selection of books and catalogues ranging from early to newest works.⁠ ⁠ Since the beginning of my practice, I’ve developed a large number of printed works. Printed matter has always been an important part of what I do and I’m very happy to share this part of the work publicly today with you all!⁠ ⁠ Launching now 🐦️⁠ feel free to check it out at the link in bio!⁠ ⁠ Abrazo,⁠ Iván

Nouveau parcours d’œuvres 2026, Iván Argote Né en 1983 à Bogotá, Iván Argote vit et travaille à Paris. Son travail explore les liens entre mémoire, pouvoir et espace public à travers la sculpture, la vidéo et la performance. Il a participé à plusieurs expositions internationales majeures, notamment à la Biennale de Lyon, au Palais de Tokyo, à la Galerie Rudolfinum (Prague), au MASP (São Paulo) et au MAMBO – Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá. Installée au bord du bassin du Hangar Y, l’œuvre “Who?” représente une paire de bottes monumentales en bronze, comme abandonnées par une figure disparue. Évoquant une statue ancienne sectionnée au niveau des genoux, l’œuvre suggère une présence absente et interroge l’identité de celui ou celle qui occupait autrefois cette position de pouvoir. Par ce fragment énigmatique, Iván Argote fait écho aux déboulonnages contemporains de monuments liés à des figures controversées, notamment dans le contexte des héritages coloniaux. En laissant subsister seulement les bottes, symbole d’autorité et de domination, l’artiste invite à reconsidérer les récits historiques et les figures que l’espace public choisit de célébrer — ou d’effacer. ‌ Iván Argote ”Who?”, 2023 Bronze Courtesy de l’artiste et de @perrotin #hangary #ivanargote #PerrotinParis #Perrotin #meudon

I 🐦 NY - Today our beloved Dinosaur leaves the @highlinenyc . It has been a magnificent ride! When I was finishing the sculpture, I was happy and confident it would generate interesting reactions, but I was far from imagining the avalanche of love and joy it would create. Thank you New Yorkers for your crazy love! Thanks to the High Line team, great partners in crime! To @ceciliaalemani for her joy and kindness, to all the Devotees of Saint Dinosaur 🙏🏽 , to all the crazy post and the beautiful messages I get every day from all around the globe 🌍 Dinosaur will continue its journey. It will visit other cities and countries, and hopefully… it will come back to New York very soon. More news to come! 😉 Fly baby! Fly! 🕊️

How to Move A Monument Masterclass with IVÁN ARGOTE The School of Public Affairs of Sciences Po and the Cultural Policy Policy stream are pleased to invite Iván Argote, contemporary multimedia artist, for a Masterclass in conversation with Paul Max Morin, author and Doctor in Political Science, and Spencer White, student in the Cultural Policy Policy stream. Iván Argote is a contemporary multimedia artist whose work explores the dynamics of public space and collective memory. Through sculpture, public installation, film, painting, and performance, Argote challenges dominant narratives with a blend of critique, humor, and tenderness that encourages reflection and constructive dialogue. By inviting audiences to rethink relationships between power and place, Argote’s work steers us toward new futures based on care and mutual respect. Wednesday 8 April / 7:15pm-9:15pm Erignac Amphitheatre 13, rue de l’Université 75007 Paris @polxmorin @sciencespo Inscriptions: link in bio

New Yorkers Say Goodbye to the Giant Pigeon 🐦Hundreds pulled up to The High Line yesterday for a full send-off of Ivan Argote’s work @newyorkers.live

How lucky we are to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. 🫶🫶 Yesterday, pigeon aficionados “flocked” to the High Line’s Spur for #FarewellDinosaurNYC—a celebratory send-off of @Ivan_Argote ’s larger-than-life pigeon sculpture, “Dinosaur.” Parkgoers showed up and showed out! Attendees got an up-close visit with “Dinosaur” and dressed in their best plumage alongside @miriamflorence , danced the afternoon away with @djtommysparks , tested their pigeon knowledge with @themegandaily , and stocked up on “Dinosaur” merch (stay tuned for future opportunities soon-to-relaunch High Line Shop). To our fellow New Yorkers, thank you for being the best flock we could ever ask for. Your embrace of this artwork has been a tremendous source of joy across the city, and we’re equally thrilled to welcome our fifth Plinth commission onto the park later this spring. Want to be the first to hear about future happenings on the High Line? Use the link in our bio to sign up to receive updates directly from the Friends of the High Line team!

There’s nothing like a “bird’s-eye view” of New York City! 🌆 👀 Thank you to everyone who joined us out on the park today for #FarewellDinosaurNYC! Parkgoers showed up and showed out! Attendees got an up-close visit with “Dinosaur” and dressed in their best plumage, danced the afternoon away, tested their pigeon knowledge, and stocked up on “Dinosaur” merch (stay tuned for future opportunities soon-to-relaunch High Line Shop). During #FarewellDinosaurNYC, a few lucky parkgoers even had the chance to give “Dinosaur” an up-close-and-personal goodbye! It was the cherry on top of an already specta-coo-lar celebration for our larger-than-life Plinth commission on the Spur. For Friends of the High Line, it was a playful opportunity to spend time with our fellow New Yorkers and to celebrate the ingenuity and heart of the High Line Art’s Plinth program. To be the first to know about future Friends of the High Line events and opportunities like this, use the link in our bio to sign up for our event updates.

Hundreds of New Yorkers said goodbye to the Giant Pigeon today 🐦 The High Line hosted a full send-off for Ivan Argote’s “Dinosaur.” Full video dropping on @newyorkers.live 🎤