Cardi Gallery will take part in the inaugural edition of Art Basel Qatar with the presentation of a landmark installation by Jannis Kounellis, realised in collaboration with the Kounellis Estate. The work, Senza titolo (2003), marks a rare appearance on the market for an installation previously shown exclusively in institutional contexts.
Originally conceived for the cloister of the Monastery of San Lazzaro degli Armeni in Venice, Senza titolo is a large-scale installation made up of vertically suspended weighing scales holding delicate groupings of Venetian glassware. The scale, a recurring element in Kounellis’ practice since the late 1960s, operates here as both object and metaphor, pointing to systems of trade, movement and cultural exchange across the Mediterranean. Arranged in a mobile-like formation, the work subverts the scale’s conventional function, privileging instability over precision. Rather than advancing a fixed narrative, the installation stages a field of associations in which historical reference symbolic meaning are deliberately unresolved.
The work will be shown at Art Basel Qatar in Doha, taking place 5-7 February 2026.
