Since its opening in 2018, “Civilization: The Way We Live Now” has been presented at nine major museums worldwide, attracting over 250,000 visitors. Its most recent presentation—an updated edition at Kunsthalle München—introduced new works addressing the COVID pandemic and artificial intelligence and drew over 110,000 visitors on its own. In 2026, the exhibition will be on view at the Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich. 📍 National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea — October 18 2018 – February 17 2019 📍 Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China — March 9 – May 19 2019 @ucca798 📍 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia — September 13 2019 – February 2 2020 @national_gallery_of_victoria_ 📍 Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland, New Zealand — June 13 – October 18 2020 @aucklandartgallery 📍 Mucem, Marseille, France — May 19 – August 15 2021 @mucem_officiel 📍 Musei San Domenico, Forlì, Italy — September 17 2022 – January 8 2023 @mostracivilization 📍 Saatchi Gallery, London, UK — June 2 – September 17 2023 @saatchi_gallery 📍 Jut Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan — March 16 – June 30 2024 @jutartmuseum 📍 Kunsthalle München, Munich, Germany — April 11 – August 25 2025 @Kunsthalle München 📸 Candida Höfer, Augustiner Chorherrenstift Sankt Florian III 2014 © Candida Höfer, Köln, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 @candidahoefer_official 📸 Sheng-Wen Lo, Diergaarde Blijdorp Rotterdam, The Netherlands, from the series White Bear, 2016 © Sheng-Wen Lo @sheng_wen_lo 📸 Pablo López Luz, Vista Aerea de la Ciudad de Mexico, XIII, from the series Terrazo, 2006 © Pablo López Luz @pablolopezluz Co-produced by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul (MMCA) and the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography (FEP) @mmcakorea #civilizationexhibition #fepexhibitions #globalexhibition #contemporaryphotography #visualculture #artandsociety #photographyexhibition #kunsthallemünchen #museumfürgestaltungzürich (fb)

“Civilization” is co-curated by William Ewing and Holly Roussell. Together, they unite broad international experience and curatorial perspectives, bringing to life an exhibition that reveals how photography reflects and shapes the story of civilization itself. William A. Ewing is a curator, author, and former museum director who has specialized in photography since 1972. His exhibitions have appeared at leading museums worldwide, including MoMA New York; Centre Pompidou Paris; Serpentine and Hayward Galleries London; Kunsthaus Zürich; and many more. His books, The Body, The Face: The New Portraiture; Landmark: The Fields of Photography; Civilization: The Way We Live Now; and Flora Photographica, have been translated into thirteen languages. He is an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and a recipient of the RPS Outstanding Service to Photography Award. Holly Roussell is a curator, museologist, and art historian specializing in photography and contemporary art from Asia based between Paris and Beijing. She previously served as coordinator of the Musée de l’Elysée’s worldwide travelling exhibitions program, as well as the Prix Elysée photography prize. She has been a curator at UCCA China since 2021 and also served as an artistic advisor leading to the opening of Fotografiska Shanghai. In 2022, she was the guest curator for the Curiosa section for emerging artists at Paris Photo. Roussell has organized more than 20 group and solo exhibitions around the world (Folkwang Museum; MUCEM; OCT-Loft Shenzhen; Shanghai Centre of Photography; MMCA: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, among other institutions). She regularly contributes as an author to exhibition catalogues and magazines on photography, Chinese art, museology and curating. 📸 Visitors at the Kunsthalle, exhibition view of “Civilization”, 2025 © Kunsthalle München / Stefan Heigl Co-produced by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul (MMCA) and the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography (FEP) @stefanheigl @rongsiyu @williamalexanderewing #civilizationexhibition #contemporaryphotography #curatorialpractice #globalexhibition #kunsthallemünchen (fb)