TERRA

Curated by Jenn Ellis and Emie Diamond, produced by Milena Berman

Chechu Álava, Raffael Bader, Johanna Bath, Matthias Bitzer, Anna Blom, Lewis Brander, Jodie Carey, Zarah Cassim, Mia Chaplin, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Meta Drčar, Marie-Laure Guerrier, Kwamé Azure Gomez, Mariana Hahn, Rebecca Halliwell Sutton, Beatrice Hasell-McCosh, Haroun Hayward, Nicky Hodge, Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck, Yuki Kimura, Julia Kowalska, Mar Kristoff, Gina Kuschke, Antoine Langenieux-Villard, Tiffany Loy, Ka Massow, Nick Mauss, Lara Merrett, Gus Monday, Niamh O’Malley, Aimée Parrott, Clement Petibon, Polina Piech, Kevin Pinsembert, Sebastian Lloyd Rees, Emmanuelle Rosso, Nino Sarabutra, Wolfgang Tillmans, Wyn-Lyn Tan, Max Weschler, David Whitehead, Nani Wijaya, Danh Vo, Syagini Ratna Wulan, Begüm Yamanlar, Greta Bellamacina and Rafal Zajko.

18th October – 17th November, 2024. Burgundy, France. Locations: Château de Chevigny-en-Valière, Résidence de Moyne-Blandin, and La Maison de Pommard.

TERRA, installation view, l’Ancien Théâtre, Beaune, Burgundy, France, 2023. Photography by James Retief

This autumn, TERRA – a monumental international group exhibition – returns to Burgundy for its second iteration, bridging the worlds of art and wine in a site-specific showcase across France’s most prestigious wine region. Curated by Jenn Ellis of Apsara Studio and Art Historian Emie Diamond, and produced by Milena Berman of Hautes Côtes, TERRA will take place in the heart of Burgundy’s UNESCO World Heritage vineyards, featuring multidisciplinary works by 40+ leading and emerging artists, from Wolfgang Tillmans to Niamh O’Malley and Mia Chaplin. Set across historic locations typically inaccessible to visitors — including privately owned châteaux and hôtel particuliers —TERRA explores terroir, unpacking the relationships between art, place, and history.

The exhibition is curated in response to each space and its architecture, divided into thematic parts, each reflecting a different aspect of terroir. Visitors are invited on a sensory journey that celebrates the intersection of art, wine, and heritage, with works spanning painting, sculpture, ceramics, and installation displayed across private spaces in and around the mediaeval town of Beaune. Building on the success of the 2023 inaugural edition, this year TERRA introduces two major new exhibition venues: Château de Chevigny en Valière, a Napoleonic-era estate with an ornate Italian-style theatre, and neo-classical 1780s Résidence de Moyne-Blandin, owned by 67 Pall Mall, which is yet to open to the public. TERRA offers a rare cultural experience and fosters a unique collaboration between international art and wine enthusiasts while engaging the local winemaking community to create a distinctive cultural proposition. The vernissage weekend will take place from 18-20 October, directly following the VIP opening of Art Basel Paris. The exhibition will remain open by appointment until 17 November, culminating with the 164th charity wine auction at Hospices de Beaune, hosted this year by Sotheby’s. Following the end of the exhibition in Burgundy, TERRA will tour to AORA, a virtual space combining art, architecture and music enabling audiences globally to discover the works.

Open Call Finalists: Meta Drčar (France/Slovenia), Mia Chaplin (South Africa), Kwamé Azure Gomez (US), Mariana Hahn (Germany), Rebecca Halliwell Sutton (UK), Mar Kristoff (Indonesia), Antoine Langenieux-Villard (France), Ka Massow (Senegal), Wyn-Lyn Tan (Singapore) and Begüm Yamanlar (Turkey).

Selected by a jury comprising: Benni Allan (Founder, EBBA Architects), Irene Aristizabal (Director, FRAC Poitou-Charentes), Milena Berman (TERRA producer), Phillip Collins (Founder, Good Black Art), Emie Diamond (TERRA Curator), Jenn Ellis (TERRA Curator), Francesca Gavin (Artistic Director, Vienna Contemporary), Melanie Pocock (Artistic Director, Ikon Gallery), Charlotte Rey (Designer, Campbell Rey).

All Participating Artists: Chechu Álava (Spain), Raffael Bader (Germany), Johanna Bath (Germany), Matthias Bitzer (Germany), Anna Blom (Sweden/UK), Lewis Brander (UK), Jodie Carey (UK), Zarah Cassim (South Africa), Mia Chaplin (South Africa), Abraham Cruzvillegas (Mexico), Meta Drčar (France/Slovenia), Paul de Flers (France), Marie-Laure Guerrier (France), Kwamé Azure Gomez (US), Mariana Hahn (Germany), Rebecca Halliwell Sutton (UK), Beatrice Hasell-McCosh (UK), Haroun Hayward (UK), Nicky Hodge (UK), Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck (UK/France), Yuki Kimura (Japan), Julia Kowalska (Poland), Mar Kristoff (Indonesia), Gina Kuschke (South Africa), Antoine Langenieux-Villard (France), Tiffany Loy (Singapore), Ka Massow (Senegal), Nick Mauss (UK), Lara Merrett (Australia), Gus Monday (South Africa), Niamh O’Malley (Ireland), Aimée Parrott (UK), Clement Petibon (France), Polina Piech (London/Russia), Kevin Pinsembert (France), Sebastian Lloyd Rees (Norway), Emmanuelle Rosso (France), Nino Sarabutra (Thailand), Wolfgang Tillmans (Germany), Wyn-Lyn Tan (Singapore), Max Weschler (Germany), David Whitehead (UK), Nani Wijaya (Indonesia), Danh Vo (Vietnam), Syagini Ratna Wulan (Indonesia), Begüm Yamanlar (Turkey) and Rafal Zajko (Poland).

Participating Galleries & Organisations: Chantal Crousel (Paris), Almine Rech (London, Brussels), Edel Assanti (London), Saatchi Yates (London), Hales (London/New York), Vardaxoglou (London), Cob Gallery (London), Coulisse (Stockholm), Enari Gallery (Amsterdam), Niso Project (London), Peruke Projects (London), Soho Revue (London), Sullivan+Strumpf (Australia/Singapore), Metis Gallery, Galerie Divergences (Beaune) and Selasar Sunaryo (Indonesia).

About the Founders

Jenn Ellis – Curator of TERRA and Founder of Apsara Studio

Jenn 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

Emie 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

Milena 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.

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.

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