Maurizio Cattelan and the Moderna Museet Collection ‘The Third Hand’ (24.02.24-12.01.25): Born in Italy in 1960, Maurizio Cattelan has been living in New York for the past thirty years. The scrutiny of power and belief systems is a theme that runs through his entire body of work but he leaves the interpreting of his artworks to the viewer: A pope is struck down by a meteorite, pigeons watch us from above, a shrunk Sistine Chapel lets us see all the amazing details at eye level, a dictator becomes a pathetic figure, perhaps asking for forgiveness, a monumental fascist greeting is nullified by missing fingers, a man and a dog seem to share a common dream or death…
