Milan Design Week 2026: A Guide to What to See in the Isola District (Celebrating its 10th Anniversary)

Milano Design Week 2026: guida sulle cose da vedere al distretto di Isola (che compie 10 anni)

The Isola Design Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary during Milan Design Week 2026 with the theme "TEN: The Evolving Now." Originally founded to provide an affordable platform for independent and young designers, the festival has expanded from a local neighborhood initiative into a global organization with a permanent presence in Dubai. The 2026 edition centers on the historic Fabbrica Sassetti, a 1930s wool mill, alongside various venues across the Isola district including Fondazione Catella and Stecca3.

8 exhibitions to see in Vienna for spring 2026

8 mostre da vedere a Vienna per la primavera 2026

Vienna's 2026 spring season features a diverse array of major exhibitions across its leading institutions. Highlights include a landmark survey of Canaletto and Bernardo Bellotto at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, featuring 32 high-quality paintings including international loans from the Wallace Collection and Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie. Other significant shows include "Animalia" at the Heidi Horten Collection, which explores the blurred lines between humans and animals through 90 works of art, and a major Gustave Courbet retrospective at the Leopold Museum.

Magazzino Italian Art to feature works by pivotal figure of 1960s Arte Povera movement

Magazzino Italian Art in Cold Spring, New York, is launching a major exhibition titled “Tutto Boetti 1966–1993,” dedicated to the influential Arte Povera artist Alighiero Boetti. The show features approximately 30 works, including large-scale sculptures like the 1966 'Pavimento Luminoso' and his signature textiles, tracing his career from his 1967 debut in Turin to his final years. The museum will also host a symposium in collaboration with the Fondazione Alighiero e Boetti to discuss the artist's enduring legacy.

In the countryside on the outskirts of Milan, a series of artistic performances will take place in a wheat field

Nella campagna alla periferia di Milano ci saranno una serie di performance artistiche in un campo di grano

The Biblioteca del Grano, an experimental agricultural and cultural site on the outskirts of Milan, is hosting a series of artistic performances and workshops led by artist Edoardo Mozzanega. Scheduled to coincide with Milan Art Week and Design Week, the program includes 'Tiger’s Nap,' a collective public sleeping performance, and 'A House Full of Tigers,' a workshop based on Social Dreaming. These events are part of the broader 'Learning Landscapes' initiative, which brings together international researchers and artists to explore food and land as cultural infrastructure.

Phoebe Boswell’s ‘Art on the Underground’ dives into why the majority of Black British adults don’t swim

Artist Phoebe Boswell has unveiled a major public art commission for Art on the Underground, installed across the escalators of Bethnal Green and Notting Hill Gate stations in London. The immersive photographic series features Black subjects moving underwater, captured in a stop-motion style that responds to the physical movement of commuters. The project was inspired by the statistic that 95 per cent of Black British adults do not swim, a reality Boswell links to generational trauma and structural inequality.

Group Efforts Succeed During Milan Design Week

Milan Design Week has become a primary stage for high-profile creative collaborations, where independent designers and major brands pool resources to debut experimental works. These partnerships range from limited-edition furniture collections to immersive installations, highlighting a shift toward collective production in the design industry.

At Milan Design Week, Function and Form Take on New Meanings

Milan Design Week has transformed the Italian city into a sprawling showcase of avant-garde furniture and experimental objects. This year's highlights include whimsical, kinetic installations such as a spinning Christmas tree and sculptural tables designed to mimic the organic forms of flowers, pushing the boundaries between utilitarian furniture and fine art.

Vintage Designs Take on New Lives at Milan Design Week

Milan Design Week is showcasing a significant trend of reviving mid-century furniture classics, featuring prominent reissues such as a 1950s table by Carlo Mollino and a 1960s lamp by Carlo Nason. These historical designs are being reintroduced to contemporary audiences through the annual festival, highlighting a bridge between mid-century aesthetics and modern production.

The great Cézanne exhibition and collector Deodato Salafia on Artbox on Sky Arte

La grande mostra su Cézanne e il collezionista Deodato Salafia ad Artbox su Sky Arte

The latest episode of Artbox on Sky Arte features a deep dive into the major Paul Cézanne retrospective at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, curated by Ulf Küster. The program explores the French painter's late-career obsession with the act of seeing and his use of color patches to redefine nature on canvas. Additionally, the episode highlights the exhibition "Virtue and Grace: Female Figures in Baroque Painting" at La Galleria Bper in Modena, featuring insights from curators Sabrina Bianchi and Lucia Peruzzi.

Does the Neue Nationalgalerie Have Feelings?

Hat die Neue Nationalgalerie Gefühle?

The Kunsthalle Bremen has opened "Remix. Photographie – Fiktion und Wahrheit," an exhibition drawn from its permanent collection that explores the tension between reality and artifice in photography. The show traces a lineage from Heinrich Zille’s unvarnished turn-of-the-century street scenes to the objective industrial typologies of Bernd and Hilla Becher, eventually moving into the postmodern manipulations of the Düsseldorf School, including works by Thomas Ruff and Thomas Struth.

The Fair Dedicated to Emerging Artists Returns to Milan: Applications Open for the Sixth Edition of ReA! Art Fair

A Milano torna la fiera dedicata agli artisti emergenti. Aperte le iscrizioni per la sesta edizione di ReA! Art Fair

ReA! Art Fair has officially launched its open call for the sixth edition, scheduled to take place from October 22 to 25, 2026, at the Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan. Organized by the non-profit association ReA Arte, the fair will select 50 emerging international artists to showcase their work in a curated group exhibition format. Applications are open until May 1, 2026, welcoming a wide range of disciplines including digital art, performance, and traditional media.

Divinity in print | The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition, New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting "Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860–1930," an exhibition exploring the evolution of Hindu visual culture through the rise of chromolithography. The show traces how mass-produced prints transitioned sacred imagery from exclusive temple environments into the intimate, everyday spaces of domestic shrines.

Quietly in Milan, a collector has opened a new exhibition space: "Finally I can see my works"

In sordina a Milano un collezionista ha aperto un nuovo spazio espositivo: “Finalmente posso vedere le mie opere”

Collector Pier Luigi Guzzetti has quietly opened Gallerie Guzzetti, a new 300-square-meter private exhibition space in Milan's Cenisio/Mac Mahon district. The minimalist basement venue serves as a dedicated home for Guzzetti’s eclectic collection of over 300 works, which spans 20th-century masters, emerging artists, and a significant photography archive. Managed alongside Corinne Cortinovis, the space operates with a philosophy of discretion, favoring word-of-mouth over traditional press offices or social media presence.

British artist Stuart Robertson to unveil “Through The Artist’s Eye” at Bikaner House

British artist Stuart Robertson is set to debut a comprehensive new body of work at Bikaner House in New Delhi in April 2026. The exhibition, titled “Through The Artist’s Eye,” is the culmination of an 18-month residency at Dr Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital in Daryaganj. Spanning photography, drawing, bronze sculpture, and cyanotypes, the collection documents the daily life, medical precision, and quiet compassion within one of India’s most prominent charitable medical institutions.

Artist Tammie Dupuis offers Indigenous, feminist perspective in Linfield Art Gallery show

Artist Tammie Dupuis presents her installation "Continuality" at the Linfield Art Gallery, a show that centers on the sacred feminine and Indigenous spirituality. The exhibition features a large-scale lodge titled "Broken Made Whole," constructed from red-and-white quilted fabric to represent U.S. reservations, alongside circular paintings that utilize non-Eurocentric perspectives to explore the relationship between women and the lunar cycle.

The Situation of the National Museum of Natural History

La situation du Muséum national d’Histoire Naturelle

The New Museum in New York is undergoing a significant physical and institutional expansion, signaling a new chapter for the contemporary art landmark. This 'change of scale' involves architectural developments designed to increase exhibition space and enhance the visitor experience, reflecting the institution's growing influence in the global art scene.

The art of unlearning

Quddus Mirza’s latest exhibition, "New Works" at Canvas Gallery in Karachi, marks a significant stylistic shift as the veteran artist, critic, and educator embraces the concept of "unlearning." Drawing inspiration from the raw honesty of children's drawings, Mirza presents twelve striking paintings that shed academic discipline in favor of blunt expression and intuitive mark-making. The works frequently utilize a dominant red palette to signal urgency, revolution, and bloodshed, juxtaposing domestic imagery with symbols of global unrest.

Crimson Coast Dance Society, artist host male intimacy event at Nanaimo Art Gallery

The Crimson Coast Dance Society is hosting a keynote presentation and film screening at the Nanaimo Art Gallery featuring artist Kevin Jesuino. The event focuses on Jesuino’s "Tender City: The Slow Dance Project," a socially engaged initiative that invites queer, trans, and bisexual men to perform partnered silent slow dances in public urban spaces.

Perna, Cruz-Diez, Otero, Barboza: Venezuelan Focus at ISLAA

PERNA, CRUZ-DIEZ, OTERO, BARBOZA: ENFOQUE VENEZOLANO EN ISLAA

The Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA) in New York has launched its 2026 exhibition program with a major focus on Venezuelan modern and contemporary art. The season features a significant solo exhibition of Claudio Perna—his first in New York—alongside a showcase of Carlos Cruz-Diez and digital 'Spotlight' presentations on Diego Barboza and Alejandro Otero. The Perna retrospective, titled 'Idea como arte,' gathers over forty works including photography, photocopies, and conceptual cartography created between the 1960s and 1990s.

Secret Asian Man presents: 언니 언니(unni) at Whistle

Whistle gallery in Seoul presents "언니 언니(unni)," a group exhibition curated by the collective Secret Asian Man. The show features a diverse roster of contemporary artists including Dongho Kang, Muyeong Kim, Young Joon Kwak, Kang Seung Lee, Grim Park, Isaac Chong Wai, and Carrie Yamaoka. The exhibition is a collaborative effort involving works and support from both Whistle and the Los Angeles-based gallery Commonwealth and Council.

NI artist, Robyn Ward Announces New Global Exhibition ‘Shards of Dawn’

Northern Irish artist Robyn Ward has announced a major global exhibition titled 'Shards of Dawn,' set to premiere in 2026. The exhibition will debut at Mana Contemporary in New Jersey before traveling to Mana Contemporary Miami during Art Basel and concluding at the Modern Art Museum Shanghai in 2027. Curated by Shai Baitel, the body of work incorporates industrial fragments and discarded materials, marking the second installment of a trilogy that explores themes of memory, fracture, and resilience.

Reception for Resilience Exhibit

The Ucross Art Gallery hosted an artists’ reception for its latest exhibition, "Resilience," which showcases the work of the 2025 Ucross Fellowship for Native American Artists recipients. Curated by Marwin Begaye, the show features a diverse range of media including sculpture by Gina Herrera, mixed-media works by Wade Patton, and visual and performance art by Sarah Ortegon HighWalking, alongside photography and poetry by writer Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle. The event was highlighted by a collaborative performance involving the Jingle Dress Dance and live woodblock printing.

Art from Northwest Himalayas at Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art has unveiled "Epic of the Northwest Himalayas: Pahari Paintings from the ‘Shangri’ Ramayana," an exhibition reuniting a widely dispersed 18th-century pictorial series. The show features 40 physical paintings alongside digital animations that reconstruct the original episodic sequences of the Hindu epic. This presentation is part of a larger collaborative initiative involving the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art to study and display works from the Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection.

Wisconsin’s Chazen Museum of Art Explores New Ways to Display Its Collection

The Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is implementing a radical reinstallation of its permanent collection galleries. This new curatorial strategy centers each gallery around a single "focus object," which is then surrounded by a "constellation" of supporting artworks designed to highlight specific thematic, historical, or technical connections rather than following a traditional chronological or geographical layout.

In Pistoia, an exhibition dedicated to the great architect and designer Ettore Sottsass

A Pistoia c’è una mostra dedicata al grande architetto e designer Ettore Sottsass

The Fondazione Pistoia Musei has inaugurated a major retrospective titled "Io sono un architetto. Ettore Sottsass" at Palazzo Buontalenti in Pistoia. Curated by Enrico Morteo, the exhibition focuses on a specific thirty-year period from 1945 to 1975, exploring the visionary designer's prolific output before the formation of the Memphis Group. The show features an extensive collection of drawings, paintings, textiles, and iconic design objects, many of which are previously unseen works sourced from the CSAC at the University of Parma.

New mural celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Taubman Museums’ permanent collection

The Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, Virginia, has unveiled a new large-scale mural titled "Intersecting Terrain" by artist Mokha Laget. Commissioned to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the museum’s permanent collection, the geometric work draws inspiration from the local Blue Ridge Mountains and the architectural vision of the museum's designer, Randall Stout. The mural is situated in a public-facing space and is scheduled to remain on view for the next two years.

Bocconi University opens an art gallery in its new Rome headquarters: the first exhibition speaks of the sacred

L’Università Bocconi ha aperto una galleria d’arte nella sua nuova sede a Roma: la prima mostra parla di sacro

Bocconi University has inaugurated a new art gallery at its Rome campus, Villa Morgagni, launching the Bocconi Art Gallery (BAG) program in the capital. The debut exhibition features the work of Brazilian artist and Franciscan friar Sidival Fila, who is known for transforming discarded ecclesiastical textiles and liturgical objects into contemporary art. His practice involves stitching, cutting, and remodeling ancient fabrics to explore themes of transcendence, immanence, and human history.

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Art Speaks in a Language Left for Us to Translate

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) is concluding "Multiple Offerings," the most comprehensive retrospective of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s work in 25 years. The exhibition traces the multidisciplinary career of the Korean American artist, who explored themes of exile, diaspora, and the fluidity of language through poetry, film, and performance before her tragic death in 1982. Curated by Victoria Sung, the show features over 100 works paired with pieces by mentors and contemporary artists influenced by her legacy.

'All the Lands from Sunrise to Sunset' at Green Art Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 18 Apr–1 Jun 2026

Green Art Gallery in Dubai is hosting 'All the Lands from Sunrise to Sunset,' a group exhibition featuring Alla Abdunabi, Fatma Al Ali, Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck, and Michael Rakowitz. The show explores the persistence of imperial logics and extractive economies through diverse media, including text-based collages, reconstructed artifacts made from food packaging, and archival interventions. By examining acts of naming, erasure, and symbolic circulation, the artists treat empire not as a historical relic but as a mutating contemporary condition.

5 New Art Pieces to See in NYC This Spring

New York City's spring art season is marked by a series of high-profile exhibitions across major institutions, focusing on themes of vulnerability, technological evolution, and personal identity. Notable highlights include the New Museum's exploration of the human body in the digital age and MoMA's deep dive into the tumultuous relationship and individual resilience of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.