# @whitecube on Instagram

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- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71437990-whitecube-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-10-08T10:05:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** White Cube (@whitecube) — https://gondola.cc/whitecube

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Julie Mehretu’s painting ‘Aether (Venice)’ (2011) is the focus of the latest edition of Salon, White Cube’s curated programme of secondary market presentations.⁠
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Produced at a pivotal moment in Julie’s (juliemehretu) career, ‘Aether (Venice)’ is a compositional maelstrom of architectural schematics, in which aerial, cross-sectional and isometric views of Venetian churches, palaces and other landmarks are layered into a dense field of visual incident.⁠
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‘My aim is to have a picture that appears one way from a distance – almost like looking at a cosmology, city, or universe from afar – but when you approach the work, the overall image shatters into numerous other pictures, stories, and events.’ – Julie Mehretu⁠
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This monumental canvas was created for François Pinault’s Punta della Dogana, where it was first exhibited during the 2011 Venice Biennale.⁠
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🔗 Click the link in our bio to explore the Salon presentation and read the accompanying commissioned text by independent curator Christine Y. Kim.⁠
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Images: Julie Mehretu, ‘Aether (Venice)’, 2011. © Julie Mehretu. Photo © White Cube (Theo Christelis). Video © White Cube (Sam Smith).

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