Olafur Eliasson: Presence
On now at GOMA
At a glance
- 31
- weeks
- 7
- rooms
- Venue
- Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
- Status
- Closed 12 Jul 2026
- Scale
- Entire GOMA ground floor
- Scale
- Developed with Studio Olafur Eliasson
- Scale
- Includes a restaging of Riverbed 2014
- Developed with
- Studio Olafur Eliasson
The exhibition
Olafur Eliasson: Presence ran at the Gallery of Modern Art from 6 December 2025 to 12 July 2026. It occupied the entire GOMA ground floor and was developed with Studio Olafur Eliasson. It included a restaging of Riverbed 2014.
Spatial strategy
- Stop 1: IcelandLost compass 2013 (suspended) · morning small cloud series; Melting ice on Gunnars land · The Hekla twilight series
- Stop 2: StudioFor your circular city 2024 (model room) · The glacier melt series 1999/2019
- Stop 3: BeautyBeauty 1993
- Stop 4: RiverbedRiverbed 2014
- Stop 5: PerceptionYour truths 2025 · Your negotiable vulnerability seen from two perspectives 2025 · Presence 2025 (corner)
- Stop 6: Pluriverse assemblyPluriverse assembly 2021
- Stop 7: Long GalleryThe cubic structural evolution project 2004
Photographs of Olafur Eliasson: Presence
Olafur Eliasson, Riverbed 2014, installed at GOMA, 2025–26. 
Olafur Eliasson, Riverbed 2014, installed at GOMA, 2025–26.
Riverbed 2014 © Olafur Eliasson. Exhibition design: Megan Franks, Lead Designer, QAGOMA.