Art Foundation launched at Goodwood featuring installation by Hélio Oiticica

28 January 2025

The Goodwood Art Foundation will open in May 2025, feauturing a major outdoor installation by Hélio Oiticica. As a new destination for contemporary art in the UK, the Foundation will present works by internationally acclaimed artists in the beautiful natural landscape of the Goodwood Estate in Sussex.

The 2025 opening season will be devoted to Rachel Whiteread, one of the most highly respected sculptors of her generation and the first female artist to win the Turner Prize. Alongside this, among the works by artists Veronica Ryan and Dan Pearson selected to be shown, is a major outdoor installation by Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica (1937-1980), the first work from his Magic Square series to be shown outside Brazil. A hugely significant figure within 20th century art, Oiticica coined the term ‘Tropicalia’ that came to identify an entire movement of art, music and Brazilian identity in the late 1960s. He is known for his innovative exploration of colour, and works from his Magic Square series are monumental embodiments of these investigations. The work will be constructed on site according to the artist’s instructions, and audiences will be able to enter into the heart of the installation.

Find out more via Goodwood Art Foundation.

Image: Hélio Oiticica standing inside the Penetrable PN3 in his solo exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery, 1969. Gallery. Photo by John Goldblat © Hélio Oiticica, Courtesy of the Projeto Hélio Oiticica and Lisson Gallery