Exhibitions

SummaryRenowned artist Marina Abramović just opened Transforming Energy at Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice, marking the museum's first major solo dedicated to a living womanRunning concurrent to the Venice Biennale, the exhibition puts the artist's most pioneering works in direct dialogue with Renaissance masterworksNew pieces and performances, alongside her “Transitory Objects” stone and crystal series is also on viewMarina Abramović is a figure of firsts for Venice. The artist fell in love with the city as a teenager on a trip to the Biennale, where she would later become the first woman to take home a Golden Lion in 1997 for her blood and bones performance, “Balkan Baroque.”As she enters her 80th year, she touches down again, this time for the history-making Transforming Energy at Gal...

SummaryFotografiska Berlin will unveil a career-spanning showcase on Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn from May 9 through September 20Spanning his five-decade-long career, the exhibition features nearly 150 images of culture’s biggest namesA major retrospective celebrating Anton Corbijn, one of music’s favorite photographers, is heading to Fotografiska Berlin. Off the heels of its Stockholm presentation, Corbijn, Anton takes shape as a journey into the artist’s impressive 50-year career through nearly 150 images of the biggest names in culture.From snaps of Björk to David Bowie, Ai Weiwei to Gerhard Richter, Brian Eno to Massive Attack, Rick Owens to Virgil Abloh, Corbijn’s approach to the lens is defined by pure grit and honesty. Alongside his photographic oeuvre, this spirit carries into ...

Summary Lu Yang debuts the latest DOKU chapter at Espace Louis Vuitton Venezia during the 2026 Venice Biennale The installation mixes AI visuals, Buddhist themes and gaming-inspired worlds through film, sculpture and immersive environmentsChinese artist Lu Yang is bringing the latest chapter of the DOKU universe to Espace Louis Vuitton Venezia during the 61st edition of La Biennale di Venezia. Titled DOKU The Illusion, the exhibition expands the artist’s ongoing digital avatar series centered around DOKU, a virtual character modeled after Lu Yang’s own face. The installation transforms the Venice space into a cybernetic sanctuary featuring sculptures, mirrored surfaces and a monumental LED screen showing the new film, which blends live-action footage with AI-generated imagery shot across J...

SummaryPerrotin New York presents Collective Hallucinations through May 30, 2026, featuring Nick Doyle’s large-scale denim collagesThe exhibition critiques Americana and the "American Dream" through symbols like aviators and AI-powered data miningPerrotin New York is currently presenting Collective Hallucinations, a solo exhibition of new works by Brooklyn-based artist Nick Doyle. The showcase presents a provocative mix of denim collages and an immersive AI installation, interrogating the myths of Americana and the fraught relationship between land, technology and consumer culture.Born in Southern California, Doyle is widely recognized for his sculptural wall works created from collaged denim, a medium he uses to interrogate the overlapping legacies of Americana, capitalism, and toxic masc...

SummaryPhillips Hong Kong currently hosts Alexander James’ Dissecting the Square. Colours and BlackFeatures works include "Blue Pulse" and "Summit of Souls" which explore fragmentation, repetition and memory through the squareThe exhibition remains on view at the Phillips Asia HQ until May 31, 2026At Phillips’ Asia Headquarters in Hong Kong, British multimedia artist Alexander James is currently hosting his Dissecting the Square. Colours and Black exhibition. On view until May 31, 2026, the show highlights James’s ongoing exploration of the square as both a compositional device and a symbolic boundary. Notable works such as "Blue Pulse" (2025), "In a Place of Portrait" (2026) and "Summit of Souls" (2026) exemplify his expressive approach, where geometric rigor collides with psychological d...

SummaryJapanese Superflat artist Mr. opens We’ll Meet Again, his first major museum solo in Japan, at the Fukuoka Asian Art MuseumOn view through June 21, the exhibition features over 80 new and beloved artworks, spanning painting, installation, video and sculptureMr. keeps it forever young with We’ll Meet Again at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum. Running through June 21, 2026, the exhibition delves into the Kaikai Kiki-backed artist’s chaotic and cute visual language with nods to nostalgia, video games, manga and the rebellious spirit yanki subculture.His first domestic solo in over a decade, the show gathers over 80 paintings, sculptures, installations and video works, immersing audiences into his distinct brand of “Japanese Pop.”Must-sees include an immersive installation taking shape as b...

Summary On view at the SWCAC museum in Shenzen, Sruli Recht's "LAIR" took 15 years to make. Recht uses a wild range of materials, including lava casting, lightning-formed glass and even bee-skin fur across the series of art objects.Now on view at the SWCAC museum in Shenzhen, Sruli Recht’s "LAIR" is an immersive exhibition 15 years in the making. The show ushers in a world where handmade objects were grown through the same raw processes that shape the Earth such as geological shifts and chemical reactions.The exhibition features 68 sculptures across 11 different installations. Recht uses a wild range of materials, including lava casting, lightning-formed glass and even bee-skin fur. Staged as "ceremonial artifacts," these pieces lure the audience through a mythic-like journey that blurs ar...

SummaryThe Metropolitan Museum of Art has officially announced the details for its spring 2026 Costume Institute exhibition, titled Costume ArtThe annual Met Gala will take place on Monday, May 4, 2026, tasking attendees with a highly anticipated "Fashion is Art" dress codeThe exhibition will inaugurate the newly designed, 12,000-square-foot Condé M. Nast Galleries, featuring nearly 400 objects that juxtapose historical garments with fine art to examine thematic bodily representations throughout timeThe Metropolitan Museum of Art is officially setting the stage for fashion's biggest night. The institution has announced the highly anticipated details for The Costume Institute’s spring 2026 exhibition, Costume Art, alongside the accompanying Met Gala fundraiser. Tasking attendees with a "Fas...

SummaryAmerican artists Arthur Jafa and Richard Prince will share the stage in Helter Skelter, an upcoming exhibition at Fondazione Prada’s Venetian venue, timed with the Venice BiennaleThe show brings the two artists together for the first time and will present over 50 works across photography, video, sculpture, installation and paintingA collaborative zine reflecting the artists’s creative exchange will also be on viewWhen we talk about appropriation art, Arthur Jafa and Richard Prince are some of the first figures to come to mind. Known for their visual riffs, both artists get at the edges of American popular culture, embracing all of its myths and perversions.With the Biennale around the corner, Fondazione Prada will present a duet showcase of work by Jafa and Prince at its Venetian pa...

WePresent, the art platform from WeTransfer, has announced its upcoming Spring Show at the Copeland Gallery in Peckham, London, titled On Belonging.Taking place from May 8-10, the three-day event is open to all and spotlights the platform’s range of creative practices with curation exploring themes of identity and community.Turning the gallery into a multi-disciplinary public space, the all-encompassing programme brings together global artists from its WePresent Selects series as well as collectives and creatives from its wider network. Visitors of the show can expect to experience exhibitions, film screenings, talks, DJs and a pop-up shop across its duration.Exhibit highlights include artists like Chad McLean, Hashim Nasir and Hajar Benjida displaying new and acclaimed works, a purpose-bu...

SummaryVietnamese-French photographer Nhu Xuan Hua recently opened Of Walking on Fire, her first UK solo at Autograph in LondonOn view through September 19, the exhibition explores the fragility of communication and the slipperiness of diasporic memoryHighlights include works from Tropism: Consequences of a Displaced Memory, digitally altered images from her family's personal archivesNhu Xuan Hua’s photos are grounded in the gaps. The French-Vietnamese artist uses her practice to explore rifts in her family’s history and cultural roots. For her, art isn’t just a narrative vehicle, but a lingua franca. It’s a means to communicate when a common language isn’t on the table.Autograph in London is currently hosting Of Walking on Fire, Hua’s debut UK solo. Unfolding across both galleries of the ...

SummaryChinese artist Ai Weiwei and Italian fabric house Rubelli teamed up to open a show of silk artworks during Milan Design WeekAbout Silk weaves Weiwei’s most iconic motifs — including the middle finger, surveillance cameras and chains — into lustrous silk wrappings, bringing material warmth to Weiwei’s sociopolitical commentaryThe exhibition is open through May 15Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist known for giving oppressive power structures the bird, turns to silk for his new immersive exhibition, threading socio-political commentary into lustrous design.In About Silk, his ongoing Milan Design Week installation at Rubelli’s Milanese showroom, the medium is the message. The show wraps entire rooms in luxuriant sheets of gold, orange and red, emblazoned with some of Weiwei’s most iconic mot...