Exhibitions

‘Our pattern, our document’: this Indigenous Australian community is using design to assert its rights

An exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney is showing how Yolŋu people in the Northern Territory have employed sacred imagery in the fight to retain ownership of their land

Bayeux Tapestry to return to UK for first time in almost 1,000 years

The tapestry will be displayed at the British Museum from September 2026, as part of a bilateral season of culture between the UK and France

A blockbuster Gerhard Richter retrospective, co-organised by Nicholas Serota, is coming to Paris

The German blue-chip artist will show more than 250 works at Fondation Louis Vuitton from October

‘An act of solidarity’: exhibitions raising funds and awareness for Palestinians open in London

One show presents works by over 200 artists, while another focuses on protests across the UK

As an Emily Kam Kngwarray survey opens at Tate Modern this week, contemporary Indigenous artists are finally taking centre stage in the UK

Other landmark shows of First Nation artists this summer include Duane Linklater at Camden Art Centre and Santiago Yahuarcani at the Whitworth

Somerset House to mark 25 years as a public space with weekend of free events

London centre for innovation and contemporary art will feature work by Tai Shani, Nick Ryan and Gaika during “Step Inside 25 Weekend”, alongside a pop-up basketball installation, drawing workshops and an immersive disco experience

Gustave Caillebotte blockbuster that sparked controversy in France opens in Chicago—with one key difference

The show launched in Paris to claims that it was a tainted exercise in queering the French artist

The magic of Troy Hill—a series of unique whole house art installations in Pittsburgh

Inspired by a visit to Naoshima art island in Japan, a US collector has commissioned a compelling group of site-specific installations

Why Helen Chadwick’s earthy, provocative art remains as vital as ever

Exhibitions around the country are showing, nearly 20 years after her untimely death, just how groundbreaking the British artist was

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Exhibition in Abu Dhabi marks collaboration between Korean and Emirati institutions

An exhibition of Korean art this summer at Manarat Al Saadiyat will be followed by a show of Emirati art in Seoul this winter

Arthur Jafa and Mark Leckey, Cecilia Alemani on SITE Santa Fe, Trisha Brown and Robert Rauschenberg—podcast

We speak to Jafa and Leckey about their forthcoming London exhibition, ask Alemani about the US-based biennial—whose title this year was inspired by a film by Godfrey Reggio—and zone in on a landmark dance collaboration

Three works by artist and sexual abuser Eric Gill withdrawn from UK exhibition after consultation with survivors group

The Ditchling Museum in Sussex took on board the objections of the Methodist Survivors Advisory Group

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Taste test: artist-made desserts will be shown (and eaten) in New York gallery’s one-night exhibition

The Lower East Side gallery Olympia has invited 33 artists to participate in “CAKE”, an ephemeral show and fundraising feast

Historic condom exhibit at Rijksmuseum sparks protest

Christian campaigners have launched a petition against the display of a 19th-century prophylactic depicting a semi-naked nun

US billionaire Howard Buffett and Ukrainian Railways team up to create ‘art train’ exploring war-time resilience

The train—which is due to travel across Ukraine—features photographs Buffett took during his 19 trips to the country between 2022 and 2025

Are you not entertained? Three ancient helmets headline UK exhibition exploring the ‘real’ gladiators

The show at Leeds’s Royal Armouries Museum also features everyday objects such as surgical equipment and souvenirs from visits to see battles at amphitheatres

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'I'm a container for my own spirit': Nickola Pottinger on her show of sculptures at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

The artist's first solo museum exhibition explores her personal and ancestral history through folkloric Jamaican imagery and the material stuff of family memory

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Knockin’ on Halcyon’s door: Bob Dylan's latest artworks on show in London gallery

"Point Blank" exhibition features 97 paintings created between 2021 and 2022

The legacy of the Baghdad Modern Art Group is explored in first major US show

The exhibition at the Hessel Museum of Art includes works by artists such as Dia al-Azzawi, Jewad Selim and Mohammed Ghani Hikmat

Edward Burtynsky’s photographs convey the force of mankind’s reordering of the environment

A retrospective at the International Center of Photography in New York chronicles more than 40 years of the artist’s work

Julian Charrière: ‘The deep sea is a phantasmagorical space’

The French Swiss artist—whose practice focuses on the Arctic, the oceans and the history of the Earth—finds connections with the kinetic art of Jean Tinguely in his latest solo exhibition

Renewed Bern Kunsthalle works to reframe Switzerland's history

Director of the 107-year-old institution aims for a new perspective with a reopening exhibition showcasing the work of three Black artists

Ser Serpas: ‘I’m hoping I can add a bit of what I think is a healthy dose of unease’

In addition to scouring Basel’s streets for debris for her signature assemblages of found objects, the American artist is exhibiting a series of new paintings in her show at the Kunsthalle

Beyond Surrealism: Basel show explores the many sides of Meret Oppenheim

The small exhibition at Hauser & Wirth nonetheless demonstrates the breadth of the artist's work

Vitra Design Museum celebrates the enduring influence of egalitarian religious sect, the Shakers

A multi-institution exhibition explores the Shaker community’s impact on contemporary art and design

Basel location provides a twist on Steve McQueen’s most abstract work to date

After it premiered at Dia Beacon in New York last year, ‘Bass’ takes on a completely different form at the Schaulager—but its essence remains the same

A whale of a tale: new exhibition chronicles the US’s first oil addiction

The Mystic Seaport Museum's new show uses blubber hooks, whale foetuses, scrimshaw and a giant mural to recount how the whale oil industry fueled capitalism's expansion

With a new exhibition, Fondation Beyeler celebrates the 60-year career of Vija Celmins

The retrospective features the Latvian-born artist’s meticulous depictions of the natural world alongside her lesser-known interior scenes and sculptures

Anna Maria Maiolino: ‘My body speaks to me and I’ve been listening to it since I was really young’

She won the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at Venice last year, but the Italian-born, Brazil-based artist is not slowing down. Her retrospective at the Musée Picasso in Paris contains new works, including a labour-intensive commission in clay