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The Victoria and Albert Museum will open a new display on May 30, 2026, featuring over 100 objects from approximately 50 defunct British music venues and nightclubs.
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art has opened a major presentation of its permanent collection in the South Wing, featuring works by Francis Bacon, Roy Lichtenstein, and Ed Ruscha.
Thaddaeus Ropac presents an exhibition of works by filmmaker Harun Farocki, focusing on his theoretical development of 'operational images' and the function of film beyond entertainment.
The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago will feature a permanent site-specific installation by artist Carrie Mae Weems titled 'The Cool Blue Wind' when it opens on June 19, 2026.
The Getty Center is showcasing the work of commercial photographer Barbara DuMetz as part of its exhibition "Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985," on view through June 14, 2026.
Tate Britain will debut 'Never the Same', a solo exhibition by British-Bengali artist Mohammed Z. Rahman, running from June 5 to November 8, 2026.
Tate Britain will stage "The 90s: Art and Fashion" from October 8, 2026, to February 14, 2027, marking the first major exhibition to examine the intersection of British art, photography, and design during that decade.
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) will present 'We Proceed in the Footsteps of the Sunlight,' the first museum survey exhibition of Ghanaian-German artist Zohra Opoku, opening September 11, 2025. Curated by Beata America and Dr.
Austrian artist Valie Export, a central figure in feminist performance art and experimental film, died on May 15 in Vienna at the age of 85.
Thaddaeus Ropac presents 'Robert Mapplethorpe. Le forme della bellezza,' an exhibition featuring approximately 200 photographs exploring formal rigor and geometric vision.
The Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection will host a large-scale group exhibition titled 'Remember Me' featuring approximately 700 works by over 70 artists starting October 7, 2026.
The Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection will launch a comprehensive photography exhibition titled "Remember Me" on October 7, 2026, to mark the bicentennial of the medium's invention.
Tate Britain will open a major retrospective of James McNeill Whistler on May 21, 2026, featuring 150 works including paintings, drawings, and printmaking.
Thaddaeus Ropac gallery has released a retrospective analysis of VALIE EXPORT’s career, focusing on her contributions to feminist art and media since the 1960s.
The Stedelijk Museum and Stichting De Best Verzorgde Boeken will open an exhibition on November 8 featuring the most significant book designs of the previous year.
The documentary film 'Avedon' (2026), directed by Ron Howard, will have its world premiere as a Special Screening at the 79th Festival de Cannes.
The Musée Maillol has announced the launch of an annual educational series titled 'Hypotheses and Demonstrations' dedicated to the study of sculpture.
Gagosian will participate in the third annual Roma Gallery Weekend—Contemporanea from May 15 to 17, 2026.
G Foundation Collection Tokyo has announced a solo exhibition of Mono-ha artist Koji Enokura, running from May 16 to July 30, 2026.
The Vancouver Art Gallery and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis have jointly acquired Nan Goldin’s moving-image work, Stendhal Syndrome (2024).
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art has detailed its 2025 programming, headlined by the first comprehensive European retrospective of Venezuelan-American artist Marisol opening October 1.
Art Basel has published a series of interviews and profiles featuring international artists including Cecilia Vicuña, Lubaina Himid, and Michael Armitage.
Art Court Gallery has announced its upcoming exhibition, 'A Conversation on Water,' featuring artists Risaku Suzuki and Takeshi Hayashi. The exhibition will take place at ACG Villa Kyoto from May through June 2026, with a public opening scheduled for June 5, 2026.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and LG have named artist Trevor Paglen as the recipient of the 2026 LG Guggenheim Award.
The Singapore Art Museum will present 'Hiroshi Sugimoto: Form Is Emptiness' from May 29 to October 4, 2026, marking the artist's first major exhibition in Southeast Asia.
Getty Publications has announced the release of 'Marching West: The Los Angeles Civil Rights Movement in Photographs,' a volume featuring over 100 images documenting Black equality activism in Southern California.
V&A East has announced a solo exhibition by artist Carrie Mae Weems titled 'The Long Goodbye,' scheduled to run from April 18 to October 18, 2026.
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) has detailed its upcoming exhibition programming for late 2025, beginning with a tribute to Albie Sachs on July 24.
The Getty has announced its upcoming exhibition schedule, featuring ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead manuscripts scheduled for display in winter 2026. The institution also released a report led by Getty researchers regarding the climate impact of art exhibitions.
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art will present 'Something Missing?', a major solo exhibition of French artist Sophie Calle featuring over 300 individual works across the museum's West Wing.
Berlin-based artist Thomas Demand will present a new body of work at Sprüth Magers that integrates themes of theater and opera into his photographic practice.
The Whitney Museum of American Art will present 'Andy Warhol Family Album,' an exhibition featuring 732 Polaroid photographs dating primarily from 1972 to 1973.
Artcurial will present the exhibition 'Frida Kahlo & Leo Matiz. One Gaze, Two Souls' at its Milan location from April 15 to April 24, 2026.
Galleria Continua will present a solo exhibition by the artist JR at the Piscina Cozzi in Milan from April 21 to April 26, 2026. Curated by Sabato De Sarno and presented by Vanity Fair, the installation is part of the artist's global 'Inside Out' project.
Galleria Continua has announced a solo exhibition by the artist JR at the Rocca Maggiore di Assisi in Italy. The exhibition is scheduled to run from April 23, 2026, to October 4, 2026.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will host 'Erwin Olaf – Freedom' from October 11, 2025, to April 6, 2026, marking the first museum retrospective since the artist's death in 2023.
Lisson Gallery has announced an exhibition of works by the late Canadian artist Rodney Graham titled 'Who Does Not Love a Tree?'.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) will host 'City of Cinema: Paris 1850–1907,' an exhibition examining the development of film within 19th-century Parisian visual culture.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has announced a five-week extension of the exhibition 'Erwin Olaf – Freedom,' which will now close on April 6, 2026. The retrospective, the first since the artist's death in 2023, features iconic photography, sculptures, and previously unseen final works.
The Stedelijk Museum and the Rijksmuseum have acquired three works from Carrie Mae Weems’s 2021 series 'Painting the Town,' which documents the aftermath of Black Lives Matter protests in Portland.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has announced the acquisition of works by seven artists featured in its biennial photography exhibition, 'Circulate – Photography Beyond Frames.' The acquired works are by Aimée Zito Lema, Vytautas Kumža, Kevin Osepa, Katja Novitskova, Mandy Franca, Jaya Pelupessy, .
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has added 'Untitled (Flower Work)' (1974) by Bas Jan Ader to its permanent collection, marking the first work by the Dutch conceptual artist to be held by the institution.
The Mondriaan Fund has shortlisted Fiona Lutjenhuis, Kevin Osepa, Thierry Oussou, and Buhlebezwe Siwani for the Prix de Rome Visual Arts 2025, the Netherlands' oldest award for emerging artists.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) will host an exhibition of 'sportraits' by animator and visual effects artist Lyndon J. Barrois, Sr. timed to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart has announced 'Studio Rieckhallen,' a group exhibition featuring artists Tacita Dean, Thomas Demand, Olafur Eliasson, Henrik Håkansson, and Tomás Saraceno.
Sprüth Magers has announced the global representation of the Estate of Nancy Holt, a central figure in the Land Art and Conceptual movements. The gallery will work in partnership with the Holt/Smithson Foundation to manage the artist's legacy and archive.
Dia Chelsea will present 'David Lamelas: The Machine' from March 6, 2025, marking the first comprehensive U.S. survey of the Argentine conceptual artist's six-decade career.
Sprüth Magers has unveiled a selection of new contemporary works, including Anne Imhof’s first color painting in her 'Poppy Runner' series and George Condo’s 2025 'psychological Cubism' portrait, Abstract Human.
Fondazione Prada will host "Helter Skelter: Arthur Jafa and Richard Prince" from May 9 to November 23, 2026, in Venice. Curated by Nancy Spector, the exhibition features a dialogue between the two artists focused on image appropriation from American popular culture and media.
Palazzo Reale in Milan will present 'Robert Mapplethorpe: Le forme del desiderio' from January 29 to May 17, 2026, as part of the cultural program for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games.
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