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11 Inspiring Art Exhibitions To Catch Now
Slide Nr 1Discover fresh perspectives in these unmissable exhibitions, retrospectives, biennials and museum openings across the globe, from immersive installations in Berlin to fantastical Asian art.
Installation view of Chiharu Shiota’s Uncertain Journey (2016/2019) in the exhibition Shiota Chiharu: The Soul Trembles, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2019. Collection of the artist. Photo Sunhi Mang. Photo courtesy Mori Art Museum, Tokyo 0/11
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Slide Nr 2The London Museum
The UK capital has been hogging the art-world limelight of late, with the magnificent 70-metre-long Bayeux Tapestry on view at the British Museum until July 2027 – and thus back on British soil for the first time in nearly 1,000 years. History buffs will also want to mark their calendars for November, when the London Museum is set to debut at its new Smithfield Market location. The new digs come complete with free permanent galleries, the famed Cheapside Hoard jewel collection, and a viewing window that lets visitors peer out at passing Thameslink trains. From 28 November 2026
London Museum Houses © Secchi Smith 1/11
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Slide Nr 3Celebrating the Icons of Art
Set in a pastoral landscape just outside The Hague, Voorlinden is more than a museum – it’s a place to contemplate the seasonal changes of nature and reflect on how contemporary art relates to the wider world. Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, the museum is showcasing works by leading figures of 20th- and 21st-century art, from Damien Hirst to Roni Horn and Yayoi Kusama. Round out a visit here with a viewing of the permanent installations by Martin Creed and Anselm Kiefer drawn from the museum’s own collection. Until 7 March 2027
Voorlinden. Gallery view Celebrating the Icons of Art Passage. Ron Mueck, Boy, 1999. ARoS Collection c/o Pictoright Amsterdam, 2026. Mixed media. Photo © Antoine van Kaam 2/11
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Slide Nr 4Chiharu Shiota: The Soul Trembles
Chiharu Shiota’s iconic installations have defined contemporary Japanese art over the past decade, and her largest retrospective to date, spanning more than 30 years of work, is on tour globally; the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will be the only North American stop. Hand-built in situ by Shiota’s team, the site-specific installations embody her visual language revolving around the ideas of fragility, time and memory. Presented chronologically, the exhibition offers a quiet, ruminative journey through her artistic oeuvre. Until 14 February 2027
Chiharu Shiota, The Winter’s Tale, 2016 stage design for play at Theater Kiel/Schauspielhaus, Germany, 2019, digital print. Photo Olaf Struck. Photo courtesy Mori Art Museum, Tokyo 3/11
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Slide Nr 5Moteur Imaginaire
Le Large contemporary art centre will open its doors to the public as part of the newly developed Pointe des Arts on Île Seguin, just outside central Paris. Situated on the former site of the Renault factories, the inaugural show – led by Cecilia Alemani – reflects the site’s symbolic past, exploring the relationship between humans and machines. Half of the 5,000sq m space, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning RCR Architects, is allocated to the premier exhibit, which includes 17 newly commissioned pieces. From 10 October 2026 to 7 March 2027
Monira AL QADIRI. Orbital 2, 2022. Exhibition view of The Milk of Dreams. Biennale di Venezia © Monira Al Qadiri & König Gallery 4/11
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Slide Nr 6Brancusi: The Artist and His Studio
The vast range of works preserved as “the Atelier Brancusi” – from his Paris studio and now a part of Centre Pompidou’s collection – will be shown in New York starting this autumn. Featuring a number of pieces not seen on US soil in decades, the Romanian-born artist’s extensive body of work will join MoMA’s own Brancusi collection to form a comprehensive overview of his art. The exhibition will encompass not only his signature sculptures, but also photographs, films and archival records that together define Constantin Brancusi. From 25 October 2026 to 27 February 2027
Constantin Brancusi. Portrait of Nancy Cunard (Jeune fille sophistiquée). 1928. Centre Pompidou, Paris, Musée national d’art moderne-Centre de création industrielle, Constantin Brancusi Bequest, 1957. Digital Image © CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY. Photo: Adam Rzepka. © Succession Brancusi – All rights reserved (Adagp) 2026 5/11
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Slide Nr 7Gerhard Richter: Overpainted Photographs
A cultural pivot, the LUMA Arles – conceived by leading art patron Maja Hoffmann and housed in a landmark edifice, redesigned by Frank Gehry, in the city that inspired Van Gogh – is currently hosting Overpainted Photographs, a collective study by Gerhard Richter, famed for exploring the intersection of photography and painting. Pushing the boundaries of perspective, the series with the same moniker includes a work created using a snapshot taken at Berlin’s Neue Wache, which houses a sculpture depicting a mother and her dead son – a replica of Käthe Kollwitz’s piece – in honour of those suffering under war and tyranny. Until 10 January 2027
Courtesy of LUMA Arles © Victor&Simon - Grégoire d’Ablon 6/11
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Slide Nr 8Linna Lapelytė: We Make Years Out of Hours
Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof, one of the most significant contemporary art museums in Europe, celebrates its 30th anniversary with a series of showcases and events. Currently on view in the Historic Hall is the installation We Make Years out of Hours by Linna Lapelytė, consisting of 400,000 wooden bricks and periodic performances – an interactive piece that invites viewers to participate. As with her best-known collaborative opera, Sun & Sea, the installation entails an ever-shifting visual landscape, while questioning the fragility of coexistence and the lasting impact of any given action. It coincides with Shilpa Gupta’s What Still Holds, a series of works that challenge the structures of societal control. Until 10 January 2027
Courtesy of Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Laura Fiorio 7/11
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Slide Nr 9La Biennale di Venezia – In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh
The 61st Venice Biennale centres on the late curator Koyo Kouoh’s thematic concept of “the minor key”, resonating with the melancholic sadness of the musical concept while deliberately distancing itself from the triumphant. Kouoh’s curatorial vision continues through the team of curators she personally selected prior to her passing. Until 22 November 2026
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Slide Nr 10Myths, Monsters and Manga: The Art of Fantasy in Asia
The depth of imagination and its manifestations in Asian visual culture form the foundation of this ambitious exhibition at M+ in Hong Kong. Through a thorough examination of the historical, cultural and geographical contexts of fantasy, the show brings together rich explorations of imaginary worlds across various media in Asia, revealing the complexity and diversity of fantasy as a concept. From 17 October 2026 to 4 April 2027
Courtesy of National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea © Kim Younghwan 9/11
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Slide Nr 11Steve McQueen: 66-76-26
Having risen to global prominence in recent decades through his feature-length films, British artist Steve McQueen returns with a solo exhibition exploring the relationship between the individual and their surroundings, as well as how personal experience intersects with broader historical contexts. The show at Guggenheim Bilbao follows closely on the heels of ATLAS at De Pont Museum, the artist’s first-ever solo exhibition in the Netherlands, presenting some of his most recent works. From 9 October 2026 to 14 February 2027
Portrait of Steve MᶜQueen. Photo © James Stopforth 10/11
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Slide Nr 12Perhaps best known for her piece broadcasting the sounds of a melting glacier – along with many other thought-provoking installations exploring the notion of the universe – Scottish artist Katie Paterson will present the first solo exhibition of this scale in China at UCCA Dune. It is a fitting location for her conceptually driven practice: UCCA Dune’s cave-like form, enveloped by the ever-shifting sands of the Bohai Sea, offers an ideal backdrop for Paterson’s installations and performance pieces, including a new water-based work. From 25 October 2026 to 11 April 2027
Courtesy of UCCA Center for Contemporary Art 11/11
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