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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 5, 2026 visibility 17 link 10 artists, 3 galleries

dib bangkok opens critical turning point thai art scene

Dib Bangkok, Thailand's first international-standard contemporary art museum, opened on December 20 with a festive and dramatic inauguration in Bangkok. Founded by the late industrialist and art collector Petch Osathanugrah and completed by his son Purat "Chang" Osathanugrah, the museum debuted with the exhibition "(In)Visible Presence," curated by Ariana Chaivaranon and Dr. Miwako Tezuka, featuring 81 works by 40 artists from the museum's collection. The opening included a visceral performance by Marco Fusinato, where Chang struck a wall with a baseball bat to complete the artwork, symbolizing a "big bang" for Thailand's cultural landscape.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 21, 2025 visibility 12 link 7 artists, 2 galleries

sarah meyohas desert x nft

Artist Sarah Meyohas has unveiled her first public art installation, "Truth Arrives in Slanted Beams" (2025), for the 2025 edition of Desert X in California's Coachella Valley. The monumental curved structure uses no electricity; instead, precisely milled mirrored discs reflect sunlight onto a white wall to form legible patterns and messages through the optical phenomenon of caustics. The work was created in collaboration with the Swiss company Rayform, which specializes in calculating caustic light patterns, pushing their technology to its largest scale yet.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 21, 2026 visibility 3 link 7 artists

India's Kiran Nadar Museum to take over Christie's London headquarters this summer

The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) in New Delhi will take over Christie’s London headquarters this summer for a month-long non-selling exhibition titled "The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the KNMA Collection" (16 July-21 August). The show will feature 180 works by 60 Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi artists from the 1950s to the present, drawn from billionaire collector Kiran Nadar’s vast collection of South Asian Modern art. The exhibition anticipates the delayed relocation of KNMA to a new 100,000 sq. m building near Delhi airport, designed by David Adjaye and now about 60% complete, with former Louvre Abu Dhabi director Manuel Rabaté appointed to run the museum.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 28, 2026 visibility 16 link 2 artists

shahzia sikanders animated film selected for m facade commission in hong kong

Hong Kong's M+ museum has selected Pakistani American artist Shahzia Sikander's hand-painted animated film *3 to 12 Nautical Miles* (2026) for its latest M+ Facade commission, a massive LED media screen. Co-commissioned by M+ and Art Basel, the work will screen from March 23 through June 21. The animation explores entangled histories of empire and commerce, linking Imperial Britain, the Indian subcontinent, and Qing China, and chronicles the Mughal Empire's decline, the East India Company's rise, and the First Opium War.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 6, 2025 visibility 13 link 4 artists, 3 galleries

salman toor paintings luhring augustine

Salman Toor's largest exhibition to date, "Wish Maker," opened May 2 across Luhring Augustine's Chelsea and Tribeca galleries in New York. The Chelsea space features new paintings, while the Tribeca show is the artist's first dedicated presentation of works on paper. The two-venue presentation is Toor's first major New York showing since his solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2020, which launched him to art stardom. The article includes an interview conducted by CULTURED contributor Adam Eli, where Toor discusses his creative process, his attachment to finished paintings, and how his need to come out as queer through painting drove the development of his distinctive style.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 9, 2025 visibility 15 link 8 artists, 5 galleries

esther ii conductor alternative art fair reports

During New York Art Week, two smaller art fairs—Esther II and Conductor—offer alternatives to the major events like Frieze and TEFAF. Esther II, now in its second edition, takes place at the Estonian House in Murray Hill, featuring 25 galleries from 17 cities with site-specific installations and performances. Conductor debuts at Powerhouse Arts in Gowanus, focusing on artists from the Global South and its diasporas, with a unique model that allows artists to fabricate work on-site using the venue's production facilities.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 13, 2026 visibility 16 link 10 artists, 1 gallery

The Frist Art Museum opens new exhibitions this summer

The Frist Art Museum in Nashville is opening three new exhibitions this summer. 'International Surrealism from Tate: Fifty Years of Dreams' (May 22–Aug. 30) features surrealist works from the Tate collection, including pieces by Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, and Joan Miró, marking 100 years since the first surrealist exhibition in Paris. 'Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven' (May 22–Aug. 30) is a mid-career retrospective of the Pakistani American artist's immersive light installations and beaded drawings. 'An Indigenous Present' (June 26–Sept. 27) showcases works by fifteen Indigenous artists, curated by artist Jeffrey Gibson and curator Jenelle Porter.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 8, 2026 visibility 24 link 3 artists, 2 galleries

Serpentine to stage major solo exhibition by Amar Kanwar

Serpentine has announced a major solo exhibition by Amar Kanwar, opening at Serpentine North on 23 September 2026 and running until 31 January 2027. The show will feature landmark works from Kanwar's career, including the feature-length film *Such a Morning* (2017), the seven-screen installation *The Peacock's Graveyard* (2023), and the world premiere of a new multi-screen work, *The Charcoal Man* (2026), commissioned by Serpentine. Kanwar, based in New Delhi, is known for poetic, politically charged moving-image works that explore decolonisation, the Partition of India and Pakistan, displacement, violence, justice, ecology, and memory.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 3, 2025 visibility 24 link 31 artists, 13 galleries

The 10 Best Booths at Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2025

Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2025 opened for VIP day on December 2nd under the Miami sun, featuring 160 galleries from 29 countries—a slight decrease from 2024's 176 exhibitors. The fair introduced a new Artist Spotlight sector for solo booths and a curated Nest sector led by Jonny Tanna, grouping 36 emerging galleries like Cierra Britton Gallery and Sorondo in an open-format layout. Highlights include Carvalho's booth with works by Élise Peroi, Rosalind Tallmadge, Yulia Iosilzon, and Rachel Mica Weiss, and SGR Galería's solo presentation of Colombian artist Lorena Torres. The fair's director, Clara Andrade Pereira, emphasized championing emerging talent and strengthening community.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 18, 2025 visibility 20 link 11 artists, 6 galleries

Art Basel Hong Kong announces new section dedicated to work made in past five years

Art Basel Hong Kong (ABHK) has announced a new section called Echoes, debuting at its 2026 edition (March 25–29), which will showcase works made within the last five years. The inaugural Echoes presentation will feature 10 booths by 13 galleries, including Flowers Gallery (Hong Kong/London) and a joint booth by Capsule Shanghai and Klemm’s (Berlin). The fair also revealed its full list of curators—all Asia-based for the first time—including Mami Kataoka (director of Mori Art Museum) heading the Encounters section, and Hong Kong video artist Ellen Pau curating the film programme. Additionally, the fifth annual M+ façade commission will be by Pakistani-American artist Shahzia Sikander, presenting a hand-painted animation titled "3 to 12 Nautical Miles." ABHK 2026 is expected to host 240 galleries from 41 countries and territories.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 9, 2025 visibility 18 link 6 artists, 2 galleries

Salman Toor to See First Solo Show in Europe Next Year

The Courtauld Gallery in London has announced its 2026 programme, headlined by Pakistani-born, New York-based painter Salman Toor's first solo exhibition in Europe. Titled "Someone Like You," the show will feature around 20 of Toor's emblematic canvases, including "The Bar on East 13th" (2019), which directly references Édouard Manet's "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère" (1882) from the Courtauld's collection. The exhibition will also include a selection of Toor's works on paper, such as "Fag Puddle in Vitrine" (2021), recently acquired by the museum. Toor's profile has risen sharply over the past five years as his intimate paintings of queer, South Asian men have resonated with institutions and the art market.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 22, 2025 visibility 14 link 9 artists, 1 gallery

conductor art fair brooklyn 2026

Conductor: Art Fair of the Global Majority will hold its first full edition at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn from April 30 to May 3, 2026, following a soft-launch invitational in 2025. Directed by Adriana Farietta, the fair will feature over 50 galleries and artists from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, and Indigenous nations. Returning exhibitors include Carmo Johnson Projects (Brazil), while new participants include Yehudi Hollander-Pappi with Ana Raylander and Monique Meloche Gallery (Chicago) presenting Ebony G. Patterson. The 2026 edition will also include an installation by La Vaughn Belle, The House That Freedoms Built, originally commissioned for the Cooper Hewitt’s 2024 Triennial, along with symposia, talks, and fabrication activations.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 27, 2025 visibility 20 link 20 artists

Wonderstruck: an art exhibition that will make even weary adults feel like kids again

Queensland's Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) in Meanjin/Brisbane has opened 'Wonderstruck', a major free exhibition featuring over 100 works from its collection. The show includes large-scale installations by artists such as Patricia Piccinini, Ron Mueck, Michael Parekōwhai, Yayoi Kusama, and Tobias Putrih, with interactive elements encouraging visitors to touch the art. Highlights include Kusama's 'The Obliteration Room', a participatory installation where visitors cover a white space with colorful stickers, and works created by local high school students in a workshop with artist Gemma Smith.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 23, 2026 visibility 28 link 13 artists, 1 gallery

What Can the New Dib Bangkok Do for Thai Art?

Dib Bangkok, a new contemporary art museum housed in a former steel warehouse, opened in December with its inaugural exhibition, (In)visible Presence. The show features 80 works by 40 artists from the collection of late founder Petch Osathanugrah, including pieces by James Turrell, Alicja Kwade, and Pinaree Santipak. Curated by director Miwako Tezuka, the exhibition emphasizes immersive, sensory experiences over passive observation, with works like Marco Fusinato's sound installation and Hugh Hayden's threshold piece. However, the museum's pan-global focus and sleek, tranquil setting initially distance visitors from the local Thai art scene.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 28, 2025 visibility 18 link 5 artists, 1 gallery

SAM Opens Its First Solo Exhibition By a Pakistani-American Artist

Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAM) has opened "Anila Quayyum Agha: Geometry of Light," the institution's first solo exhibition by a Pakistani-American artist. The show, running from August 26, 2025 through April 19, 2026, features Agha's intricate laser-cut steel light sculptures, beadwork, and embroidered pieces that explore cultural identity, gender, and spirituality. Curated by José Carlos Diaz, SAM's Susan Brotman deputy director for art, the exhibition marks Agha's first presentation in the Pacific Northwest and includes works such as the 2021 piece "Liminal Space."

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museum exhibitions schedule May 1, 2025 visibility 10 link 1 artist

aral culture summit uzbeikstan

The inaugural Aral Culture Summit (ACS) took place in Nukus, Uzbekistan, organized by the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF). The summit brought together around 500 attendees to explore how arts, cultural heritage, and design can support environmental regeneration in the Aral Sea region, which has suffered catastrophic ecological collapse due to Soviet-era river diversions for cotton farming. Speakers included Ivana Živković of the UNDP, Elena Kan of KIVA Center for Agroinnovations, Kazakh biodesigner Dana Molzhigit, and Belgian landscape architect Bas Smets, who discussed afforestation, climate resilience, traditional knowledge, and microclimate design.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 27, 2026 visibility 21 link 9 artists

Towering homage to Bamiyan Buddhas rises over Manhattan’s High Line

A new public sculpture by Vietnamese American artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen has been installed on the High Line Plinth at Hudson Yards in Manhattan. Titled "The Light That Shines Through the Universe" (2026), the 27-foot-tall sandstone monument pays homage to the Buddhas of Bamiyan, the 6th-century colossi destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. The work features carved sandstone forms with two monumental steel hands cast from melted-down artillery shells sourced from Afghanistan, making gestures of fearlessness and compassion. It will remain on view through autumn 2027 and is accompanied by monthly lectures and meditation sessions.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 21, 2025 visibility 10 link 5 artists

conductor art fair brooklyn powerhouse global majority artists

A new art fair called Conductor, backed by Powerhouse Arts, will debut in 2026 with a mission to center artists and galleries from the Global Majority—communities from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, and Indigenous Nations. A curated invitational preview runs May 7–11, 2025, at Powerhouse Arts' Gowanus space, featuring artists including Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, Khaled Jarrar, Modupeola Fadugba, and the Brazilian collective MAHKU. The fair aims to reduce barriers by focusing on young galleries and individual artists, and by fabricating work onsite to avoid shipping and customs costs.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 8, 2026 visibility 29 link 39 artists, 1 gallery

Groundbreaker Private Tour of the Spirit House Contemporary Art Exhibition at UW's Henry Gallery [SOLD OUT]

On January 8, 2026, Asia Society Seattle will host a private tour of the exhibition "Spirit House" at the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington, led by Associate Curator Swagato Chakravorty. The event is invite-only for the society's Advisory Council, Corporate Members, Groundbreaker and Innovator members, and donors. The exhibition, organized by the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, features 34 contemporary artists of Asian descent exploring themes of life, death, spirituality, and diaspora through works that engage with spirit houses and ancestral connections.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 10, 2026 visibility 20 link 7 artists

10 Chicago art exhibitions we’re most excited about in spring 2026

Chicago’s major cultural institutions have unveiled a diverse lineup of exhibitions for the spring 2026 season, ranging from historical retrospectives to pop-culture crossovers. Highlights include the U.S. debut of the Pokémon Fossil Museum at the Field Museum, a rare display of Henri Matisse’s cut-paper maquettes at the Art Institute of Chicago, and an immersive recreation of Anne Frank’s Secret Annex at the Griffin Museum of Science & Industry. Other notable shows explore the intersection of contemporary art and Caribbean music genres at the MCA Chicago and a site-specific residency by Brendan Fernandes at the Driehaus Museum.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 20, 2025 visibility 21 link 9 artists

What’s new this season at Stanford art museums

Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center and the Anderson Collection are opening a diverse slate of exhibitions for fall and winter. Highlights include "Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior," the first major solo show of the museum's Asian American Art Initiative, featuring 44 works spanning the Pakistani-American artist's 30-year career, including mosaics, paintings, sculptures, and a digital animation. The Anderson Collection presents Alteronce Gumby's first West Coast museum exhibition, showcasing nine mixed-media works that use paint, glass, and semi-precious stones to create cosmic perspectives. Other shows include "Edmonia Lewis: Indelible Impressions" and "Cunning Folk: Witchcraft, Magic and Occult Knowledge."

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 30, 2025 visibility 23 link 14 artists

Performa brings digital doubles, kids reciting animal noises and more to New York

Performa, New York's performance art biennial, returns for its 20th anniversary edition with a main slate of eight commissions, seven by women artists and one by a male-female duo. Projects include Ayoung Kim's live motion capture choreography exploring body doubles and digital avatars at Canyon, Diane Severin Nguyen's remix of Vietnam War-era protest songs with an 11-person supergroup at Bric, and Tau Lewis's staging of the Sumerian epic 'The Descent of Inanna' using textile sculptures and experimental opera at Harlem Parish. The biennial also features a Lithuanian Pavilion with Augustas Serapinas's mobile wooden shack and Lina Lapelytė's piece 'The Speech,' in which 270 children perform animal vocalizations at Federal Hall.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 30, 2025 visibility 15 link 6 artists

Home of murdered Pakistani artist Ismail Gulgee becomes a museum

The home and studio of murdered Pakistani Modernist artist Ismail Gulgee has been transformed into a museum by his son, installation artist Amin Gulgee. Opened in February 2025 in central Karachi, the museum preserves the late artist's work, including his Expressionist calligraphic paintings and later abstract canvases, which had been locked away since Gulgee, his wife, and a maid were killed in 2007 by their driver and an accomplice. The building, designed by architect Nayyar Ali Dada, now houses a carefully curated collection that traces Gulgee's evolution from formal calligraphy to vibrant abstraction.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 20, 2025 visibility 16 link 9 artists

Amid geopolitical tensions, Pakistani and Indian art worlds unite in London exhibitions

Amid ongoing geopolitical tensions between India and Pakistan, multiple art exhibitions in London are fostering cross-border cultural exchange. The Barbican is showing Pakistani artist Huma Bhabha alongside Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, curated by Shanay Jhaveri. At SOAS, a South Asian group show organized by Pakistani artist Salima Hashmi and Indian curator Manmeet K. Walia features over 25 artists, including a collaborative textile work by Maheen Kazim and Purvai Rai. Two Indian galleries in central London have also exhibited Pakistani artists, though gallerists requested anonymity due to safety concerns in India.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 2, 2026 visibility 13 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Aiza Ahmed: ‘I’m finding ways to explore humanity’

Interdisciplinary artist Aiza Ahmed is presenting a solo exhibition of new paintings and woodcut sculptures with New York gallery Sargent's Daughters at the inaugural Art Basel Qatar. The 28-year-old, who splits her time between residencies in Doha and New York, uses the theatrical Wagah-Attari border ceremony between India and Pakistan as a central subject to explore identity, nationalism, and power dynamics.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 20, 2026 visibility 5 link 5 artists

As Democracy Falters, a New York Museum Champions Activism

The Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) in East Harlem will open the Puffin Foundation Center for Social Activism this fall, replacing its existing Puffin Foundation Gallery. The expanded center, funded by an $8 million donation from the Puffin Foundation, will feature a new version of the permanent exhibition "Activist New York," along with temporary shows, public programs, and an annual fellowship. The inaugural temporary exhibition, "Halumii Ktapihna: Lenape Legacies and Future," marks the 400th anniversary of Manhattan's purchase from Indigenous peoples.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 21, 2026 visibility 3 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

Anila Quayyum Agha exhibitions in Nashville and Huntsville

The Frist Art Museum in Nashville will present "Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven," a survey exhibition spanning two decades of the Pakistani American artist's work, from May 22 to August 30, 2026. Organized by The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, the show features 26 works including installations, drawings, and sculptures that explore themes of identity, immigration, and environmental devastation, drawing on influences from Indo-Islamic architecture, Urdu poetry, and traditional crafts. The exhibition, which is the final stop on a four-venue tour, includes Agha's iconic lightbox installations such as "Intersections" (which won the 2014 ArtPrize) and "All the Flowers Are for Me (Red)."

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museum exhibitions schedule May 8, 2026 visibility 16 link 5 artists, 1 gallery

Realms of the Dharma

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has opened "Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art Across Asia," an exhibition on view through July 12, 2026, that brings together approximately 180 Buddhist artworks from its permanent collection for the first time in a single space. Curated by Stephen Little and Tushara Bindu Gude, the show features paintings, sculptures, ritual objects, and sacred texts spanning Asia, including a notable gray schist bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara from Gandhara (c. 200 CE). The exhibition highlights the transformative work of curator Pratapaditya Pal, who from 1970 built LACMA's Indian, Himalayan, and Islamic collections into one of the nation's premier repositories.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 2, 2026 visibility 15 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

Photomontage of Israel bombing Gaza will go on show at Art Basel Qatar

Pakistani artist Rashid Rana's photomontage 'Black Square (2025)' will be presented at the inaugural Art Basel Qatar fair. The work, composed of hundreds of stills from a Gaza CCTV camera, depicts a night of Israeli bombardment and is priced at $30,000, with all proceeds directed to Gaza relief funds. It is being shown by Mumbai gallery Chemould Prescott Road.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 1, 2025 visibility 18 link 22 artists, 9 galleries

11 new art shows in India we’re excited about this August

Vogue India highlights 11 new art shows opening across India in August 2025, including the 8th edition of Delhi Contemporary Art Week, which brings together six women-led galleries. Notable exhibitions include 'The Personal is Mythical' at Latitude 28 featuring Gond artist Bhajju Shyam, 'Roots of the Earth' at Jhaveri Contemporary exploring marginalized histories, and a solo show of Madhvi Parekh at DAG celebrating her folk modernist works. Other shows include 'Objects May Appear Softer…' at Black Cube Gallery, focusing on Indian female artists.

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