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In pictures: the best of Art Basel’s city-wide Parcours exhibition

Art Basel's city-wide Parcours exhibition, curated for the third time by Stefanie Hessler, returns with the theme of "conviviality." Spread across shop windows, churches, hotels, abandoned buildings, and Basel's tram network, the exhibition features works by artists including Kader Attia, Cinthia Marcelle, Sarah Crowner, Ishi Glinsky, Amol K Patil, and Haegue Yang. Hessler selected seven works that explore community, ecology, labor, technology, and public life, asking who defines how we live together and share space.

'I wanted to catch the desperation': Dries Verhoeven on turning the Dutch pavilion into a bunker for the Venice Biennale

Artist Dries Verhoeven has transformed the Dutch pavilion at the Venice Biennale into a bunker-like space by covering its iconic glass-and-steel structure with metal shutters. Inside, visitors experience a gradually darkening environment and a raw vocal performance by 13 rotating performers, intended to evoke desperation and confusion about contemporary global crises. The work critiques the modernist ideals of openness and optimism embodied by the pavilion, designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1953.

From the World Cup and the Olympics to two new museums: upcoming cultural attractions in Los Angeles

Los Angeles is preparing for a major influx of cultural and sporting events, including hosting matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup at SoFi Stadium and the 2028 Summer Olympics. The city is also enhancing its cultural infrastructure with new Metro stations featuring site-specific art commissions and the imminent openings of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and the David Geffen Galleries at LACMA.

Natural History Museum tops UK attraction list with record visitors

London's Natural History Museum attracted a record 7.1 million visitors in 2025, making it the UK's most popular attraction. Its success is attributed to free entry, renovated gardens, and the popular 'Fixing Our Broken Planet' climate gallery, which drew over 2 million visitors alone.