Dream Rooms:
Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now
Dream Rooms:
Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now
18 Jan 2026
Environments are artworks in which viewers play an active role, stimulated by objects, light, moving image, and sound as they move through and around the work. They have been a major feature in international art since the mid-twentieth century, laying the groundwork for the immersive experiences that dazzle museum audiences today. However, the important history of this art form is only partially understood, as so many of these groundbreaking works were destroyed after display, and the focus to date has been almost exclusively on male artists.
Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now presents the works of trailblazing women artists whose environments made a lasting impact on the history of visual art, illuminating artworks of the present and offering glimpses into the future. It spans several generations of artists from Asia, Europe, and North and South America, presenting full-scale reproductions of each work. These reconstructions are as close to the originals as possible, developed through research and collaboration with experts and the artists themselves.
The exhibition was conceived and produced by Haus der Kunst München in 2023 with the title Inside Other Spaces. Environments by Women Artists 1956–1976. For the M+ presentation, the original group of artworks will be augmented by a selection of environments by Asian women artists.
Judy Chicago. Feather Room,1966. Replica Haus der Kunst München, 2023. Installation view of Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now, 2025 © Chicago Woodman LLC, Judy Chicago. Photo: Lok Cheng © M+, Hong Kong
Chiharu Shiota. Infinite Memory, 2025. Installation view of Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now, 2025 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2025, and Chiharu Shiota. Photo: Dan Leung © M+, Hong Kong
Marta Minujín. ¡Revuélquese y viva!, 1964. Replica Haus der Kunst München, 2023. Installation view of Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now, 2025 © Marta Minujín. Photo: Lok Cheng © M+, Hong Kong
Yamazaki Tsuruko. Red (shape of mosquito net), 1956. Reconstruction National Museum of Art, Osaka, 1985. Installation view of Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now, 2025 © Estate of Tsuruko Yamazaki. Photo: Lok Cheng © M+, Hong Kong
Aleksandra Kasuba. Spectral Passage, 1975. Reconstruction Haus der Kunst München, 2023. Adapted reconstruction for the spaces of M+, 2025. Installation view of Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now, 2025. © Estate of Aleksandra Kasuba. Photo: Dan Leung © M+, Hong Kong
Pinaree Sanpitak. The House Is Crumbling, 2017/2025. Installation view of Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now, 2025 © Pinaree Sanpitak. Photo: Lok Cheng © M+, Hong Kong
Tania Mouraud. We used to know, 1970. Installation view of Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now, 2025 © Tania Mouraud / ADAGP, Paris - SACK, Seoul, 2025. Photo: Dan Leung © M+, Hong Kong
Laura Grisi. Vento di Sud-Est (Wind Speed 40 Knots), 1968. Installation view of Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now, 2025 © Laura Grisi Estate. Photo: Dan Leung © M+, Hong Kong
Kimsooja. To Breathe, 2025. Installation view of Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now, 2025 © Kimsooja. Photo: Lok Cheng © M+, Hong Kong
Further Reading
Related Events
M+ at Night: Dreamscapes
Special Guided Tour for ‘Dream Rooms’: The Female Gaze
Kimsooja: Thread Routes—Chapters I–VI
Dream Rooms: Women Artists on Film
‘Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now’: Opening Day Talks
Family Drop-in: Toddler Morning
Family Drop-in: Move and Flow in Dreamscapes
Family Drop-in: Dream Rhapsody
Family Drop-in: Dreaming in Imagination Playground
Family Drop-in: Dreams and Stories
Ultimate Stretching
Wellbeing Saturday: Gentle Flow in Dream Rooms
Related Exhibition
The presentation of Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now at M+, the first edition of this travelling exhibition in Asia, is curated by Andrea Lissoni, Artistic Director, Haus der Kunst München, and Marina Pugliese, Director, Museum of Cultures, Intercultural Projects and Public Art, City of Milan, in collaboration with Russell Storer, Senior Curator and Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs, M+.
Image at top: Nanda Vigo. Ambiente cronotopico vivibile, 1967. Reconstruction Haus der Kunst München, 2023. Installation view of Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now, 2025. © The heirs of Nanda Vigo. Photo: Lok Cheng © M+, Hong Kong