ZHF sponsors exhibition on Zaha Hadid’s legacy at the Contemporary Arts Centre, Cincinnati, USA

Zaha Hadid, various works. Installation view, A Permanent Nostalgia for Departure: A Rehearsal on Legacy with Zaha Hadid . Photo: Wes Battoclette, 2023. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Arts
Installation view, A Permanent Nostalgia for Departure: A Rehearsal on Legacy with Zaha Hadid . Photo: Wes Battoclette, 2023. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Rand Abdul Jabbar, Tektōn (after Zaha, after Malevich) , 2023, Pigment prints on Moab Entrada, clay and sand. Installation view, A Permanent Nostalgia for Departure: A Rehearsal on Legacy with Zaha Hadid . Photo: Wes Battoclette, 2023. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Zaha Hadid Architects, Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art , Cincinnati, USA, 1997-2003 © Zaha Hadid Foundation
Zaha Hadid Architects, Victoria City Aerial , Painting , Berlin, Germany, 1988, Acrylic on cartridge © Zaha Hadid Foundation
Zaha Hadid Architects, Grand Buildings, Trafalgar Square , London, United Kingdom, 1985 © Zaha Hadid Foundation
Zaha Hadid, various works. Installation view, A Permanent Nostalgia for Departure: A Rehearsal on Legacy with Zaha Hadid . Photo: Wes Battoclette, 2023. Image courtesy of the Contemporary ArtsInstallation view, A Permanent Nostalgia for Departure: A Rehearsal on Legacy with Zaha Hadid . Photo: Wes Battoclette, 2023. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.Rand Abdul Jabbar, Tektōn (after Zaha, after Malevich) , 2023, Pigment prints on Moab Entrada, clay and sand. Installation view, A Permanent Nostalgia for Departure: A Rehearsal on Legacy with Zaha Hadid . Photo: Wes Battoclette, 2023. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.Zaha Hadid Architects, Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art , Cincinnati, USA, 1997-2003 © Zaha Hadid FoundationZaha Hadid Architects, Victoria City Aerial , Painting , Berlin, Germany, 1988, Acrylic on cartridge © Zaha Hadid FoundationZaha Hadid Architects, Grand Buildings, Trafalgar Square , London, United Kingdom, 1985 © Zaha Hadid Foundation

The Zaha Hadid Foundation sponsored a major exhibition on Zaha Hadid’s architectural legacy at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), Cincinnati, USA, which opened on 22 September 2023 and closed on 28 January 2024.

A Permanent Nostalgia for Departure: A Rehearsal on Legacy with Zaha Hadid coincided with the 20th anniversary of its Zaha-designed building, the Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art (1997-2003). In kind support to CAC, we loaned five of Zaha’s paintings and donated a grant to its accompanying artists’ commissions programme.

Our loan included five of Zaha's earliest and most regarded paintings, such as Grand Buildings, Trafalgar Square (1985) and Victoria City Aerial (1998), to support Guest Curator Maite Borjabad’s spotlight on the artistic development of Zaha’s career and its contemporary lineage. In addition, our grant to the artists’ commissions programme supported Iraqi artist Rand Abdul Jabbar (b. Baghdad, 1990) in her development of Tektōn (after Zaha, after Malevich), an installation series inspired by Zaha’s painting Malevich’s Tektonik (1976-77).

Carolyn Hefner, Chief of Development, said: ‘The Zaha Hadid Foundation has been invaluable in their support of this exhibition in a variety of ways. We appreciate their dedication to furthering the exploration of Zaha Hadid’s legacy and their partnership in bringing the vision of these emerging artists to life’.

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