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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 4, 2026

Lisson at Art Basel 2026

Lisson Gallery returns to Art Basel 2026 with a presentation of new and historic works from its international programme, featuring painting, sculpture, textiles, and photography. Highlights include Ryan Gander's animatronic mouse installation 'I’ve felt everything I’m going to feel – The Unspeakable World' and Wael Shawky's site-specific extension of 'I Am Hymns of the New Temples' at Art Unlimited, alongside a booth with works by Olga de Amaral, Dana Awartani, Anish Kapoor, Carmen Herrera, and others. The presentation coincides with major exhibitions for Lisson artists at the 61st Venice Biennale and its collateral programme, including Dana Awartani's National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia project and Anish Kapoor's solo shows across Europe and the US.

museum exhibitions schedule May 29, 2026

'Tony Bechara: An Artist of Many Worlds' at The Parrish Art Museum, NY, USA

The Parrish Art Museum in New York will host 'Tony Bechara: An Artist of Many Worlds' from June 27 to November 1, 2026, the first comprehensive survey of the Puerto Rican artist. The exhibition features over fifty works spanning Bechara’s sixty-plus-year career, including archival drawings, photographs, and a monograph with contributions from Domitille d’Orgeval and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Bechara (1942–2025) was known for his dedication to color theory and abstraction, drawing on his bicultural upbringing and global experiences.

museum exhibitions schedule May 1, 2026

Studio Visit: Ding Yi on his major Venice exhibition ‘Cosmotechnics’

Artist Ding Yi, known for his decades-long dedication to the cross motif in abstraction, is preparing for his major Venice exhibition 'Cosmotechnics' at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia. The show, running from 9 May to 22 November 2026, features key archival works alongside a new series of twelve black-and-white basswood relief paintings and two stone steles carved with his signature cross pattern. Ding Yi reflects on his artistic journey, which began in 1988 at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, and his shift from strict geometric grids to more intuitive, cosmic-inspired compositions.

museum exhibitions schedule Apr 30, 2026

'Hiroshi Sugimoto: Form Is Emptiness' at Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

Singapore Art Museum will present 'Hiroshi Sugimoto: Form Is Emptiness' from 29 May to 4 October 2026, marking the artist’s first major exhibition in Southeast Asia. The show brings together 63 works from 11 series and 14 fossils from Sugimoto’s personal collection, spanning five decades of his practice. The title references the Heart Sutra, reflecting Sugimoto’s long-standing exploration of the tension between appearance and reality.

museum exhibitions schedule Feb 10, 2026

Lisson Gallery Artists in Venice | Exhibitions

Lisson Gallery is promoting the participation of its roster of artists in the 61st Venice Biennale and other concurrent exhibitions in Venice. The gallery's announcement highlights major presentations by artists like Anish Kapoor, Otobong Nkanga, and Ding Yi at various venues throughout the city.

museum exhibitions schedule Jan 28, 2026

Anish Kapoor at Palazzo Manfrin for 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Italy

During the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Anish Kapoor presents a major new exhibition at Palazzo Manfrin, a 16th-century Venetian landmark in Cannaregio that houses the artist's foundation. The show, titled 'Anish Kapoor: Palazzo Manfrin,' features around 100 architectural models from the past 50 years, alongside large-scale installations and stainless-steel works, including a monumental black-pigment version of 'At the Edge of the World' (1998), a towering mirror work, 'Descent into Limbo' (1992), and Vantablack sculptures. The exhibition explores Kapoor's concept of the 'non-object' and the transformative quality of sculpture.

museum exhibitions schedule Nov 25, 2025

Liu Xiaodong major retrospective 'The River Divides, The World Connects' at Taikang Art Museum, Beijing

Taikang Art Museum in Beijing is hosting 'The River Divides, The World Connects', a major retrospective of Chinese painter Liu Xiaodong from 25 November 2025 to 31 March 2026. The exhibition features over 70 works spanning the late 1970s to 2025, organized around two thematic threads—'East of the River / West of the River' and 'What to Paint / How to Paint'—tracing the artist's four-decade career and his evolving realist approach to everyday life.

museum exhibitions schedule Sep 1, 2025

'Both Sides of the Line: Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith' at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, USA

The University of Michigan Museum of Art presents 'Both Sides of the Line: Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith' from 30 August 2025 to 4 January 2026. The exhibition features over 45 works—including paintings, works on paper, and three-dimensional objects—that explore the creative dialogue between the two geometric abstraction pioneers, who were neighbors and friends. It is the first time their work has been shown together at this scale, highlighting Herrera's crisp lines and bold colors alongside Smith's sweeping curves and expansive forms.

museum exhibitions schedule Jul 17, 2025

Art & Language ‘The Mirror Effect’ at Château de Montsoreau – Museum of Contemporary Art, Loire Valley, France

The Château de Montsoreau – Museum of Contemporary Art in the Loire Valley, France, is presenting ‘The Mirror Effect’, a new exhibition running from 17 July to 3 November 2025. Curated by Lara Pan, the show celebrates 60 years of the pioneering conceptual art collective Art & Language and brings together over 50 international artists to reflect on the group’s legacy. The museum holds the world’s largest collection of Art & Language works, assembled by collector Philippe Méaille.

museum exhibitions schedule Jul 17, 2025

'Tony Cragg: Skulptura' at the Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Croatia

The Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik in Croatia will host 'Tony Cragg: Skulptura' from 22 July to 5 October 2025, marking the first-ever presentation of British sculptor Tony Cragg's work to a Croatian audience. Curated by Jelena Tamindžija Donnart and supported by German curator Detmar Westhoff, the exhibition features around 30 sculptures, drawings, and preparatory sketches spanning Cragg's decades-long career, including iconic early works from 1985 and highlights from his 'Early Forms' series. The show occupies the Banac Palace's first two floors, terraces, and garden, offering an indoor-outdoor experience.

museum exhibitions schedule Jun 27, 2025

Joyce Pensato at the ICA Miami, FL, USA

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami) will present a major survey of Joyce Pensato (1941–2019) from December 2, 2025, to March 15, 2026. The exhibition brings together approximately 65 works spanning five decades, including rarely seen pieces from the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, and traces the evolution of her recurring motifs—from early Batman drawings (1976) to enamel paintings and imagery drawn from cartoon and live-action figures like Felix the Cat and South Park.

museum exhibitions schedule Jun 11, 2025

‘Sean Scully: Sublime and Sunyata’ at Art Museum of Sichuan Conservatory of Music, Sichuan, China

The Art Museum of Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Sichuan, China, presents 'Sean Scully: Sublime and Sunyata' from 12 June to 12 October 2025. Curated by Dr. Jiang Jun, the exhibition features 40 works including large-format paintings, sculptures, and photographs, exploring the convergence of the Western concept of the Sublime and the Eastern notion of Śūnyatā (emptiness).

museum exhibitions schedule Jun 2, 2025

'Hugh Hayden: American Vernacular' at the Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States

The Frye Art Museum in Seattle will present 'Hugh Hayden: American Vernacular' from June 28 to September 28, 2025, marking the artist's first solo museum exhibition on the West Coast. The show features Hayden's meticulously crafted wooden sculptures and multimedia installations that transform everyday objects—such as designer shoes carved from tree bark and basketball hoops woven from grain stalks—into darkly humorous commentaries on identity, desire, and belonging.

museum exhibitions schedule May 23, 2025

'Ryan Gander: You Complete Me' at The Pola Museum of Art, Japan

The Pola Museum of Art in Japan will host 'Ryan Gander: You Complete Me' from 31 May to 30 November 2025, showcasing the latest works of British artist Ryan Gander. The exhibition features pieces such as 'You Complete Me, or I see things you can’t see (A Frogs Tale)' (2025), an animatronic installation with audio and artificial plants, alongside other works exploring themes of absence, invisibility, death, and potential through intellectual playfulness and humor.

museum exhibitions schedule Apr 30, 2025

Richard Long Commission Opening 10 May at The National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

The National Gallery in London will unveil a new site-specific commission by British artist Sir Richard Long on 10 May 2025. Titled "Mud Sun," the five-meter-wide mud work is hand-applied using tidal mud from the River Avon and installed at the top of the grand staircase in the newly transformed Sainsbury Wing. The work has been donated by Dr. Didi Mei Yi Wong to mark the Gallery’s 200th anniversary and will enter its Contextual Collection. It is Long’s second commission for the Gallery, following "River Avon Mud Crescent" (2023).

museum exhibitions schedule Apr 22, 2025

'Sean Scully: The Albee Barn, Montauk’ at The Parrish Art Museum, New York, USA

The Parrish Art Museum in New York will present 'Sean Scully: The Albee Barn, Montauk' from May 11 to September 21, 2025. The exhibition surveys Scully's work from 1981 to 2024, focusing on a pivotal month he spent in Montauk in 1982 with a fellowship at The Edward F. Albee Foundation. It features 15 of the original 1982 Montauk paintings, reunited for the first time since their creation on found wood scraps in the Albee Barn, marking a turning point where Scully broke from Minimalism and embraced nature, color, and visible brushstrokes.

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