3D object for Yugen

Factum Arte has worked with award-winning filmmaker, writer and artist Martha Fiennes for her new display of Yugen at Volte Art Projects (November 11 - December 12, 2022). Factum's 3D team collaborated with producer Peter Muggleston to generate a printable 3D file of one of the elements featured in the artwork: a spaceship, inspired by the mythological Indian vimanas.
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New production for Jan Hendrix

Four new tapestries, part of the series Burton and made in collaboration with Factum Arte, are currently part of the solo exhibition 'Atlas' organised at Casa de Cultura Citibanamex – Museo Casa Montejo in Mérida (December 6, 2022 - May 28, 2023). The Yagul series is also part of the display 'Seamus Heaney & Jan Hendrix en Yagul' at the Centro de las Artes de San Agustín (CaSa) in Oaxaca, until April 16, 2023.

New collaboration: Dia al-Azzawi

Factum Arte has been working with Iraqi artist Dia al-Azzawi to transform the drawing Mosul: Panorama of Destruction into a 10m tapestry for the exhibition 'Painting Poetry' at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford (December 15, 2022 - June 11, 2023). The qualities of al-Azzawi's penmanship were one of the features that Factum was able to rematerialise using woven threads of different tones and character. More on the project

Adoration of the Kings facsimile on display at Torre Abbey

The facsimile of the Adoration of the Kings by Jan Gossaert, from the National Gallery's collection, was made by Factum Arte for the exhibition 'Sensing the Unseen'. It is currently on display at Torre Abbey, Torbay (December 3, 2022 - February 19, 2023).

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New work for Rachid Koraïchi on display

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the independence of Algeria, Rachid Koraïchi created and donated Le Vigilant, a large-scale bronze sculpture, to the department of Seine-Saint-Denis. The work was made by Factum Arte and Kaparos Fine Art Foundry, and was installed on November 1 at the Georges-Valbon Park in La Courneuve, France.
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New collaboration: Tschabalala Self

As part of Avant Arte's public art programme, artist Tschabalala Self collaborated with Factum Arte on the creation of her first public work, installed at Coal Drops Yard, London, on October 5, 2022. Two other works are part of the artist's solo exhibition 'Home Body' (October 6 - December 17, 2022) at Pilar Corrias Gallery, London.
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New work for Shezad Dawood installed at St. Pancras station

Shezad Dawood worked with Factum Arte to create his largest sculpture to date: HMS Alice Liddell. The 5m-wide sculpture is an elaborate, Gothic revival-inspired spaceship that plays around the station's 19th-century design. It was unveiled on September 29, 2022 at St Pancras station in London.

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Portal on show at Modern Art Oxford

Marina Abramović worked with Factum Arte on new site-specific performance-based works for her solo exhibition 'Gates and Portals' (24 September 2022 - 5 March 2023) at Modern Art Oxford. The idea of physical and spiritual transition was translated into a 297cm-tall portal adorned with 190 selenite crystals jutting from its inner sides.
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Weaving music into fabric: Tablas de la Luna

The Museo Reina Sofía collaborated with Factum Arte to create the weavings included in Leonor Serrano Rivas´ solo exhibition 'Natural Magic' (21 September 2022 - 27 February 2023). The audio from a music video on show was converted into a loom punched card and weaved as a tapestry, translating music into textile format. More on the process

New collaboration: Bouke de Vries

Bouke de Vries worked with Factum Arte for the first time to create Fragments of Memory, recently unveiled at the Japanese Garden of the Bloomsbury College in London. The 3m-tall bronze sculpture was commissioned by UCL Public Art to commemorate the Chōshū Five, UCL's first Japanese students.

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