Jesús Soto
A leading figure in kinetic and optical art, the late Venezuelan artist, who spent much of his career in France, gets a much-deserved close-up at the São Paulo Museum of Art, which focuses on pieces that blurred the boundary between spectator and artwork.
From 27 November to 4 April 2027
Matisse 1941-1954
The artist’s later years, when some of his most vibrant and celebrated pieces were created, are carefully examined through over 300 artworks, including highlights such as Jérusalem Céleste (pictured) and Nus Bleus at Paris’s Grand Palais.
Until 26 July
Rothko in Florence
This comprehensive exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi and two further venues in Florence presents the full breadth of the legendary abstract painter’s oeuvre, featuring some of the larger pieces never previously shown in Italy – a place the artist knew well and from which he took great inspiration.
Until 23 August
Frida: The Making of an Icon
Alongside over 30 preeminent works by one of the most important artists of the 20th century, this hotly anticipated exhibition at London’s Tate Modern also comprises 200 pieces by contemporaries and artists she would go on to inspire.
From 25 June to 3 January 2027
Marcel Duchamp
This major show at MoMA in NYC brings together some 300 works by the visionary French-American artist, reexamining the profound impact his practice has had on the art world since his groundbreaking readymade Fountain was first presented in New York more than a century ago.
Until 22 August
Angels & Mara
The fifth edition of the Bangkok Art Biennale – fast becoming one of Southeast Asia’s most important art events – is focused on polarities, with participating artists such as conceptual duo Sun Yuan & Peng Yu (pictured), Yasumasa Morimura and other leading contemporaries.
From 29 October to 28 February 2027
Marina Abramović: Transforming Energy
Coinciding with the 61st Venice Biennale, this first-of-its-kind exhibition at the prestigious Gallerie dell’Accademia invites visitors to interact with the art, as well as offering projections of earlier performances alongside new pieces.
From 6 May to 19 October
Mariko Mori
The first solo exhibition of this scale for the influential Japanese multimedia artist in nearly 25 years, this homecoming retrospective at Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum will present 80 works from three decades of Mori’s genre-defying practice.
From 31 October to 28 March 2027
Metamorphoses
With Ovid’s epic poem Metamorphoses as its leitmotif, this ambitious exhibition at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum (until 25 May) and Rome’s Galleria Borghese (22 June – 20 September) brings together more than 80 pieces by great classic and modern masters, including Caravaggio, Bernini, Rodin and many more.
