TERRA
Curated by Jenn Ellis and Emie Diamond, produced by Milena Berman
24th October – 28th November, 2024. Burgundy, France.
Left to right: Haroun Hayward, ‘Craigs Birch Winter No 11’ and ‘Craigs Birch Winter No 6’, 2022; Mariana Hahn, ‘Copper and Salt’, 2019, Sebastian Lloyd Rees, Night Sky, 2021-2023. Photography James Retief
Set against the backdrop of Burgundy’s UNESCO World Heritage vineyards, TERRA is an international group exhibition unearthing dialogues between contemporary art, heritage and winemaking.
It’s with great excitement that we announce the third edition of TERRA, a monumental site-specific exhibition co-curated by Jenn Ellis and Emie Diamond and produced by Milena Berman. Set in the heart of Burgundy’s UNESCO World Heritage vineyards, it explores the concept of terroir—sense of place. This international exhibition is presented in collaboration with leading galleries, established to emerging artists, renowned winemakers, cultural institutions, and historic sites in and around Beaune. Participating artists, galleries, and organisations, along with the full program, will be announced soon.
This year’s TERRA Open Call is officially wrapped. We received over 300 incredible submissions from around the globe, and these are the selected artists joining us for TERRA III:
Patricio Tejedo
Androulla Michael
Jingshan Ding
Kym Ellery
Jill Tate
Ilona Balaga
Filipa Tojal
Graziela Guardino
Their works will be exhibited across three stunning historic sites nestled in the UNESCO Heritage vineyards of Burgundy, each exploring the rich idea of terroir — that deep, rooted sense of place. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who applied — your talent made this an incredibly tough and inspiring decision!
About the founders of TERRA
Jenn Ellis – Curator of TERRA and Founder of Apsara Studio
Ellis FRSA is a curator and founder from Switzerland, Colombia and the UK based in London following five years in Hong Kong. Passionate about the considered meeting of art, space and context, she has created over the last decade meaningful projects and connections between artists, galleries and institutions globally. As the founder of curatorial studio APSARA, she has led projects from the UNESCO heritage vineyards in Burgundy to Frieze 9 Cork Street, and collaborated with international galleries and institutions including Silverlens, Sullivan+Strumpf, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Lehmann Maupin, Tate and South London Gallery. Ellis is equally the co-founder of acclaimed platform AORA, which combines art, architecture and music to instill a sense of calm and wellbeing. Ellis’ projects have gained critical recognition in publications such as Art Newspaper, Artforum, Frieze, CN Traveller, BBC, Evening Standard. Ellis guest lectures at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, is a Tate Young Patrons Ambassador and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Ellis hold a Law Degree from King’s College London and a History of Art Degree from the University of Cambridge.
Emie Diamond – Writer and curator of TERRA
Diamond is an art historian based in London. She has curated exhibitions featuring over seventy international artists. This Spring she curated Ici Repose for Oliver Miro’s platform Vortic, which was on view at The House of KOKO. Diamond also recently curated Fortnum and Mason’s inaugural show following the restoration of their Piccadilly flagship. She contributes to The Art Newspaper, where she served as Daily Diarist for the 2024 Venice Biennale, as well as interviewed Edward Enninful for the cover story of their new bi-annual magazine. Diamond is a contributor to Cultured Magazine and has written arts analyses for a range of publications like Hunger Magazine and The Critic. She is also an academically published art critic, as seen in the Courtauld’s annual journal Immediations and Rutger’s University’s bi-annual journal. Diamond has given curatorial tours at institutions such as Gagosian and White Cube, as well as spoken on panels at Soho House, Sotheby’s and KOKO. She has a History of Art Master’s degree from the Courtauld Institute of Art and received a prior Master’s degree from Harvard University.
Milena Berman – Producer of TERRA
Berman is German-American, raised in the US, and has been living in Burgundy since 2013. Her maternal family is from Kassel, Germany, where her interest in contemporary art took root as she attended documenta from a young age and worked for documenta13 after graduating university. Milena studied Art History as an undergraduate and received her Master’s in Art Business with Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Before co-founding Hautes Côtes with her partner, Milena worked in commercial and non-profit galleries, for a private photography collection, and for wineries in France and the US. Since 2013, she has created and hosted international travel programs for patrons, curators, and directors of the world’s top cultural institutions including the Guggenheim, LACMA, SFMoMA, the Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Seattle Art Museum and others. Being based in Beaune, Milena has been immersed in wine, and found a home in its dynamic wine community. Today she produces cultural moments in the realms of wine and art and is most interested in their intersections, bridging the two worlds, and fostering connections between people and places through meaningful experiences. TERRA was born from her desire to produce a focused cultural moment in Burgundy in collaboration with curators Jenn Ellis and Emie Diamond.
More info www.terraexhibition.com
TERRA is advised and generously supported by Monica Irani, a London-based collector and
patron with a passion for art and wine. Irani is on the Development Board of the National Gallery
and is the co-chair of their young patrons. In addition, she sits on the Frieze 91 committee.
TERRA is sponsored by Blue Pool Capital, Hundle, Sotheby’s, Private Partners, Wine & Art
Expertise, Mouchonnat, and the proprietors of the three sites who have offered their spaces in
kind.