Serena Cattaneo Adorno

Founding director at Gagosian, Paris and Le Bourget, Serena Cattaneo Adorno has worked with the Christo Estate, Fondation Giacometti, and the Picasso family on several exhibitions, as well as with contemporary artists including Davide Balula, Anselm Kiefer, Jean Nouvel, Sterling Ruby, Richard Serra, Tatiana Trouvé, and James Turrell.

Brutalisten, Stockholm, 2022. Photo: Attilio Maranzano

Brutalisten: An Interview with Carsten Höller

This spring, Carsten Höller launched Brutalisten, a new restaurant concept in Stockholm and the latest embodiment of his long-term culinary and artistic project called the Brutalist Kitchen. The twenty-eight-seat restaurant features a menu overseen by chef Stefan Eriksson that adheres to three classifications: “semi-brutalist” dishes (using oil or minimal ingredients), “brutalist” dishes (using salt and water), and “orthodox-brutalist” dishes (no additional ingredients). For the Quarterly, Höller speaks with Gagosian directors Serena Cattaneo Adorno and Mark Francis about this terminology, the importance of experimentation, and the fortuitous side effects of brutalist cuisine.

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Serena Cattaneo Adorno

Brutalisten: An Interview with Carsten Höller

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