Exhibitions
Paul McCarthy: ‘The world is now an extreme absurdity. The work is a reaction to that’
The veteran provocateur talks about his return to the enduring motif of Santa Claus, and his ongoing collaboration with the German actress Lilith Stangenberg, as an exhibition of his taboo-busting work opens in Paris
US exhibition unearths the Etruscans and their enduring cultural influence
Nearly 200 objects will be on view at San Francisco's Legion of Honor in a show exploring the influential civilisation
Cosmic, concrete, earthy: Nancy Holt’s Land Art on show in UK
The Goodwood Art Foundation hosts Britain's first major exhibition by the US artist
Venice Biennale’s jury resigns
The five-person jury resigned amid an escalating dispute over the participation of Israel and Russia at this year’s Biennale
The curator awakens: Lucas Museum of Narrative Art reveals inaugural exhibition lineup
George Lucas is curating 18 thematic exhibitions that will fill 100,000 sq. ft of the $1bn museum he and his wife Mellody Hobson are building in Los Angeles
New space dedicated to Oleg Prokofiev—whose abstract art was censored by Soviet Russia—opens in London
The paintings will be unveiled in "Bending Time", the inaugural exhibition at Prokofiev Studio in Hackney
East Africa meets Western Europe as Michael Armitage takes on Venice's Palazzo Grassi
The sweeping exhibition "The Promise of Change" demonstrates the painter’s fascination with art history and mythology, and his movement between dreams and documentary
Who is Gladys Hynes? Show reinstates forgotten artist who once represented Britain at the Venice Biennale
Exhibition at Charleston in Lewes, England, explores the work of the now 'non-existent' artist who was linked to avant-garde circles including the Bloomsbury Group
Venice Biennale 2026: all the national pavilions, artists and curators so far
The latest announcements of the key players representing their countries at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
Two Brazilian curators selected to organise 2027 Bienal de São Paulo
Amanda Carneiro and Raphael Fonseca will organise the biennial’s 37th edition
The forgotten Chinese conceptualists: Melbourne show brings together works by New Measurement Group
The exhibition at Buxton Contemporary will reassess the output and importance of the 1980s scene
From monumental glass sculptures to a lagoon in the sky: what to see beyond the Venice Biennale pavilions
Ambitious art projects abound across the streets—and islands—of Venice
From intimate still lives to shadowed saints: the many sides of Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán go on show at London’s National Gallery
The exhibition at the National Gallery will also include newly discovered works
The village where Van Gogh spent his final days celebrates its most distinguished visitor
Two exhibitions open in Auvers-sur-Oise, the last stop on the artist’s journey
Vancouver Biennale names senior curator for 2027-29 edition
This marks a return to Vancouver for the Brazilian curator Marcello Dantas, who organised a Vik Muniz project in the city as part of the biennale’s 2013-15 edition
Nominees for the Turner Prize 2026 announced by Tate
This year’s selection includes a “strong emphasis on sculptural practice”, says the Tate Britain director Alex Farquharson
Slags, bings and pipelines: Edinburgh landscape offers fitting backdrop for exhibition on fossil fuel extraction
While Jupiter Artland show brings together five artists whose work explores energy histories, the sculpture park and gallery has transitioned to nearly 100% renewable energy
British Art Show—exhibiting UK's 'most exciting' art in past five years—announces line up for tenth edition
Organised by curator Ekow Eshun, "A Chorus of Strangers" includes artists such as Alex Margo Arden, Alvaro Barrington, Lubna Chowdhary and Jesse Darling
US-Israel war on Iran disrupts art transport routes as prices surge
Rising oil prices affecting air freight and blocks to shipping routes are forcing Asian logistics firms to rethink plans and absorb losses
The Big Review: Rothko in Florence ★★★★★
A revelatory show, which has been years in the making, stretches across three venues in the birthplace of the Renaissance
Toronto Biennial takes waterways as inspiration for its fourth edition
Opening in September, the exhibition will feature works by 30 artists including Kent Monkman, Rebecca Belmore and Coco Fusco
Defiant women and daring paintings: Emin, Webster and Wylie create a buzz in the UK's exhibition calendar
Solo shows of strong women artists provide inspiration in gloomy times
France's Château La Coste hosts four decades of work by designer Marc Newson
The hotel and art centre in Provence is showing the famous ‘Lockheed Lounge’ chair and ‘Electra’, a monumental 6m-high sculpture unveiled for the first time
Berlin exhibition focuses in on women photographers of the Bauhaus
“New Woman, New Vision” explores lesser-known works from the Bauhaus archive
New Bienal de Yucatán to spotlight Mexican region’s growing art scene
The biennial will launch in November, anchored by Mérida’s rich community of artists, galleries and alternative spaces
Antwerp exhibition celebrates its homegrown fashion designers, the influential Antwerp Six
The Belgian city’s MoMu fashion museum celebrates the 40th anniversary of the designers’ international breakthrough
Readymades, replicas, reiterations: MoMA show explores Marcel Duchamp the inventor
The first major US exhibition of the conceptual artist in more than five decades presents his multi-sensory work and habit of making and remaking as “very, very today”
Philadelphia art museums celebrate America's 250th anniversary with blockbuster two-venue show
Sweeping exhibition will include more than 1,000 works by US artists, including paintings, photographs, sculptures and pieces of decorative art
George Costakis, collector and saviour of Soviet avant-garde art, celebrated with Athens exhibition
The anniversary show features works by Malevich, Popova and more, which Costakis rescued from potential oblivion
‘The subject demanded a more restrained approach’: Carlos Rolón on revisiting the 1966 uprising in Chicago's Humboldt Park
The Chicagoan artist’s solo exhibition at 65Grand documents the Puerto Rican community, where he lives, through intricate, monochrome drawings, found material sculpture and more





























