Images
Highlights from previous editions of AIR, featuring the performances, exhibitions, and dialogues at its center.
Camille Henrot
Deantoni Parks. Photo: Elyse Mertz
Photo: Benjamin Rasmussen
Kali Malone, Organ Concert, 2026, Aspen Chapel. Photo: Elyse Mertz
Miranda July Bluhm-Kaul Keynote. Photo: Elyse Mertz
Lyle Ashton Harris. Photo: Charlie Rubin
Lucy Raven and Deantoni Parks, Murderers Bar, 2026, T-Lazy-7 Ranch. Photo Maria Baranova
Gabrielle Richardson and Kimberly Drew. Photo: Charlie Rubin
Adrián Villar Rojas' Honoree Talk With Claude Adjil and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Photo: Elyse Mertz
Matthew Barney Bluhm-Kaul Keynote. Photo: Elyse Mertz
Julie Dash and Hamza Walker. Photo: Benjamin Rasmussen
Matthew Barney, ZONE DEFENSE: Old Snowmass Parallax, 2026. Cast aluminum, bronze, and stainless steel, rolled stainless steel, stainless steel chain, paint. Photo: Lance Gerber. © Matthew Barney. Courtesy the artist and Aspen Art Museum.
Morgan Bassichis. Photo: Elyse Mertz
Matthew Barney, TACTICAL parallax, 2025. Photo: Maria Baranova
Thelma Golden and Glenn Ligon. Photo: Benjamin Rasmussen
Werner Herzog arriving for his Bluhm-Kaul Keynote at Aspen Institute’s Paepcke Auditorium. Photo: Elyse Mertz
Caroline Polachek performing at the Aspen Art Museum. Photo: Maria Baranova
On Blue by Rafiq Bhatia and Apichatpong Weerasethakul with the Aspen Music Festival and School at Aspen Chapel. Photo: Benjamin Rasmussen
Photo: Benjamin Rasmussen
Simon Castets, Aria Dean, and and Courtney J. Martin. Photo: Benjamin Rasmussen
Installation view, Mimi Park: Melody from Stomach, 2025, Aspen Center for Physics. Photo: Paul Saulveson
Aspen Art Museum Nancy and Bob Magoon Artistic Director and CEO Nicola Lees speaking at the AIR Retreat dinner at Robert Rosenkranz's Art Barn. Photo: Benjamin Rasmussen
Jota Mombaça, The Muted Saints, 2025, Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) at Hallam Lake. Photo: Elyse Mertz
Adrián Villar Rojas, Álvaro Enrigue, and Evan Calder Williams during their dialogue Historical Fictions, Future Myths . Photo: Benjamin Rasmussen
Anthea Hamilton and her daughter Stella admiring Hamilton's Cauliflower Sundial installation on Aspen Art Museum's Hecht Commons. Photo: Benjamin Rasmussen
P. Staff and Jamieson Webster speaking during After On Blue at Aspen Chapel. Photo: Benjamin Rasmussen
Frida Escobedo and José Esparza Chong Cuy. Photo: Benjamin Rasmussen
Sara Imari Walker and Sophia Al-Maria during their dialogue, Life As No One Knows It. Photo: Elyse Mertz
Lotta Volkova and Dimitri at Sophia Al-Maria's performance We Slip and Sway Away. Photo: Matthew Weinberger
Jota Mombaça, The Muted Saints, 2025, Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) at Hallam Lake. Photo: Elyse Mertz
Paul Chan dialoguing with his AI self Paul'. Photo: Elyse Mertz
Jamian Juliano-Villani at Sophia Al-Maria's performance We Slip and Sway Away. Photo: Matthew Weinberger
Matthew Barney, TACTICAL parallax, 2025. Photo: Maria Baranova
Linda Goode Bryant and Sarah Workneh. Photo: Matthew Weinberger
Jota Mombaça, The Muted Saints, 2025, Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) at Hallam Lake. Photo: Elyse Mertz
Francis Kéré and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Photo: Elyse Mertz
Matthew Barney, TACTICAL parallax, 2025. Photo: Maria Baranova