The article highlights ten exhibitions to see in May 2025, including the Venice Architecture Biennale curated by Carlo Ratti, which explores intelligence in natural, artificial, and collective forms, alongside a parallel show by AMO/OMA at Fondazione Prada. It also covers Gallery Weekend Berlin, featuring Sky Hopinka's new film and photographs at Tanya Leighton, an exhibition by exiled Russian journalists Meduza at Kunstraum Kreuzberg, and a study group on Palestinian agrarian initiatives at Spore Initiative.
This roundup matters because it captures a moment of global art-world convergence, where major biennials and local gallery weekends offer contrasting lenses on pressing issues—from smart cities and data visualization to Indigenous storytelling, authoritarianism, and settler-colonial violence. The selections reflect how contemporary exhibitions increasingly serve as platforms for political and ecological discourse, shaping public conversation through visual art.