7 Art Exhibitions Worth Planning A Trip Around This Fall

Sophia Penske, founder of Penske Projects and an art advisor at Gagosian Art Advisory, highlights seven European art exhibitions worth traveling for this fall. Key shows include "Picasso and Klee in the Heinz Berggruen Collection" at Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza Museo Nacional (October 28, 2025 to February 1, 2026), "Warhol, Pollock and other American spaces" also in Madrid (October 21, 2025 to January 25, 2026), and "Exposition Générale" at Paris's Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain (opening October 25). The article also recommends the Rosewood Villa Magna hotel and cultural stops in Madrid, and mentions Yayoi Kusama in Basel and Leonora Carrington in Milan as other seasonal draws.

Goldfish on cars and ceramic flowers: artists take over the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong

Three artists have installed site-specific works at The Peninsula Hong Kong hotel as part of its annual Art in Resonance program, coinciding with Hong Kong Art Week. Angel Hui's 'Swimming in Light' features embroidered goldfish imagery on plastic bags and the hotel's glass frontage, Albert Yonathan Setyawan's 'Metamorphic Modulation' fills a circular structure with 700 ceramic elements, and William Lim's 'Walking on a Bright Future' is a textile and spatial intervention in the hotel's café.

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Eiesha Bharti Pasricha, co-creative director of the Estelle Manor hotel and members' club in Oxfordshire, discusses her role in shaping the aesthetic and sensory experience of the property. The article profiles her background, from a childhood split between New Delhi and Scotland to her work in fashion and hospitality, and details how she developed the fictional muse 'Estelle' to guide the design of both Maison Estelle in London and the 108-room country estate, including art selection, fragrance, and a new capsule collection called Lady E.

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CULTURED magazine hosted an intimate dinner at Le Meurice's Salon Pompadour in Paris, cohosted by Editor-in-Chief Sarah Harrelson, arts leader Jen Roberts, and collector Jamie Goguen. The event brought together art and design-world figures including gallerists, designers, Sotheby's CEO Charles F. Stewart, and Independent Art Fair founder Elizabeth Dee, with a feast by Alain Ducasse and pastry chef Cedric Grolet. Guests received a copy of the inaugural CULTURED at Home issue and a bottle of Roos & Roos fragrance.

Mangkuluhur ARTOTEL Suites Unveils "Weaving The Unseen" Art Exhibition: A Solo Debut by Ratih Alsaira

Mangkuluhur ARTOTEL Suites in Jakarta has opened a solo exhibition titled "Weaving The Unseen" by local artist Ratih Alsaira. The show, featuring ten primary works, explores the resilient strength and multifaceted nature of women, using tailoring and domestic crafts as central metaphors. It runs from February 13 to May 30, 2026, at the hotel's ARTSPACE gallery.

New exhibition opens at the Silo Hotel

The Silo Hotel in Cape Town has launched "The Salon," a new year-long exhibition located in its subterranean gallery space, The Vault. Curated in collaboration with Brundyn Arts & Culture, the show utilizes a traditional floor-to-ceiling salon hang to present works by emerging contemporary artists alongside South African masters such as William Kentridge, Zanele Muholi, and Dumile Feni. Access to the exhibition is restricted to private, guided walkthroughs led by the hotel’s dedicated art concierge, Michael Jacobs.

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Cultured magazine hosted a dinner at Coco's private club in Manhattan to celebrate JNĉQuoi's forthcoming destination in Comporta, Portugal. The 164-hectare campus, designed by Vincent Van Duysen, will combine a beach club, residential community, and hotel, located an hour outside Lisbon. Founders Paula Amorim and Miguel Guedes de Sousa welcomed a crowd of collectors, gallerists, and art advisors, including Chad Leat, Ida Liu, Alexandra Stanton, Jason and Michelle Rubell, Seth Stolbun, Ellie Rines, Rob Teeters, and Sarah Ivory, with a performance by Portuguese soprano Leonor Vasconcelos.

The arrival of the Orient Express hotel in Venice reopens the historic Palazzo Donà Giovannelli (filling it with contemporary art)

L’arrivo dell’hotel Orient Express a Venezia riapre lo storico Palazzo Donà Giovannelli (riempiendolo di arte contemporanea)

Palazzo Donà Giovannelli, a 15th-century Venetian palace, has reopened as the flagship Orient Express hotel after an eight-year restoration led by architect and interior designer Aline Asmar d’Amman. Located in the Cannaregio district, the 5-star luxury hotel features 47 rooms, suites, and residences, blending historical frescoes and neogothic details with contemporary sculptures, Murano glass chandeliers, and custom furnishings. The property, owned by Arsenale Group since 2019, includes a transformed courtyard lobby, a secret garden, and a rotating selection of contemporary artworks displayed in a passage called Calle Meraviglia.