Exhibitions

Simone Leigh’s largest exhibition yet to explore ‘art made under fascism’

The Chicago-born artist has been speaking ahead of a major show at London’s Royal Academy of Arts

Museums and ethics, Fra Angelico in Florence, Cornelia Parker’s PsychoBarn—podcast

Unpacking the issues facing cultural institutions today, plus chats about a Renaissance blockbuster and a ”cut-up” architectural installation in Basel

Marina Abramović to have historic solo exhibition at Venice’s Galleria dell’Accademia in 2026

She will be the first living woman artist to have a major show at the institution since it opened in 1817

Participants withdraw from Chicago Architecture Biennial over sponsor’s investment in weapons manufacturer

In a letter to the biennial’s organisers, more than 20 participants wrote that Crown Family Philanthropies’ “sponsorship is incompatible with the values of our work”

‘There’s no fudging. She deserves to win’: critics react as Turner Prize 2025 opens

Nominees for the £25,000 award were selected on the basis of what the judges felt to be the strongest and best exhibitions of the past year

New York museum celebrates boundary-pushing artist behind Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain

Long Island’s Heckscher Museum of Art dedicates a long-overdue exhibition to Emma Stebbins

Fra Angelico masterworks reunited for two-venue Florence exhibition

The exhibition brings together more than 140 works, including key altarpieces reconstructed with the help of some detective work

As World Press Photo turns 70, is it time for photojournalism to move forward from a history of harm?

The sought after award is celebrating its anniversary with an introspective exhibition—but questions remain about its value in today’s world

Letter calls on Judy Chicago and Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolakonnikova to cancel Tel Aviv exhibition

More than 50 artists and cultural figures, many of them based in Israel, have signed the letter

Near Naples, an ancient town is turned contemporary art hub for roving exhibition Panorama

The fifth edition of Panorama, held this month in Pozzuoli, was organised by a consortium of Italy's leading commercial galleries and featured artists from Simone Fattal to William Kentridge

Hidden picture beneath Vermeer’s ‘Girl with the Red Hat’ may be the artist’s only existing male portrait, research reveals

The underpainting, a quite conventional portrait of a man, was previously believed to be by a different artist

From Dior's golden coat to landscape jewellery at Christie's: where the worlds of art and luxury collide this autumn

A thrilling Dior debut in Paris for new creative director Jonathan Anderson, an earthy, wood-themed jewellery collection at Christie’s London by Natasha Wightman, a must-see doll’s house at the Rijksmuseum and shoe king Manolo Blahnik sponsors a V&A exhibition about Marie Antoinette

Kerry James Marshall offers a fresh lesson in art history at his London retrospective

The US artist’s paintings that nod knowingly to the past will be joined by new works in a vast survey at the Royal Academy of Arts

Rarely seen Walter Sickert painting to go on sale in London

The British artist’s oil, depicting a bored couple, is being offered by the gallery Piano Nobile as part of a selling exhibition

The sixth Aichi Triennale seeks to encompass destruction and renewal

The exhibition’s artistic director Hoor Al Qasimi says this edition does not shy away from traumatic events, but also finds strength in tales of survival

Pop-up Giphy Gallery makes the case for GIFs as fine art

A partnership between Giphy and the Museum of Modern GIFs has birthed a new way to look at the short-form animated image files we all use to punctuate text exchanges

Delhi exhibition highlights India's controversial slum redevelopments

‘I Rescued Speed Altogether’ focuses on the objects and landscapes left behind after a demolition—stationery, old toys, half-destroyed houses and smoke

Largest-ever Tracey Emin exhibition will be a ‘true celebration of living’, artist says

“A Second Life”, which will include the famous sculpture “My Bed”, will open at Tate Modern in February 2026

Dealers get creative pairing artists at Duet—just don’t call it an art fair

The new project, featuring 11 galleries and a group show, frames itself as an alternative to more conventional Armory Week fairs

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Reverend Joyce McDonald: ‘Art was like therapy for me’

On the occasion of her new Bronx Museum survey, McDonald reflects on how her ceramic practice and her faith helped her survive

Venice installation celebrates migrants with 100 large-scale portraits

The public works, inspired by the French street artist JR, have been installed on the facade of the 16th-century Procuratie Vecchie

In a new exhibition, Turkey displays the success of its heavyweight heritage drive

Hundreds of ancient objects have been repatriated and ground-breaking new discoveries have emerged from the country’s heritage ambitions in recent years

Beatriz González travelling show kicks off in São Paulo

The artist’s works directly confront Colombia’s history of violence

Must-see exhibitions in New York this autumn

Exhibitions honouring a Native American Modernist, a new generation of photographers and others are on the itinerary

Serpentine Galleries announces its first-ever Hockney exhibition

The show follows a number of other high-profile, crowd pleasing presentations by the UK artist

Curators tease next year’s Seoul queer art show during Frieze week

Performances are taking place across the city, ahead of the exhibition to be organised by the Sunpride Foundation at Art Sonje Center

A former director at Lower Manhattan galleries goes it alone Uptown

After stints at Pace, Lehmann Maupin and elsewhere, Christiana Ine-Kimba Boyle is prioritising her nomadic gallery Gladwell Projects, which will open a pop-up in Harlem this autumn

The Big Review | 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art at the Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne ★★★★★

Brimming with exceptional art, the ambitious show goes much further than previous surveys in its geographical, cultural and historical breadth