International Programme
Current, upcoming and recent institutional exhibitions, commissions and artist projects
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October 5 2022
Now open at the Centre Pompidou – Alice Neel: Un regard engagé
The Centre Pompidou's major retrospective (5 October 2022–16 January 2023) highlights the political and social commitment of the painter. Centre Pompidou, Paris -
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October 4 2022
Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now, coming soon to M+, Hong Kong
M+ announces its first special exhibition (12 November 2022–14 May 2023), opening on the museum’s first anniversary. Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now comprises more than 200 works to be presented across various locations at M+, including three brand-new works. M+, Hong Kong -
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October 3 2022
Stephen Willats: Social Resource Project for Tennis Clubs, opening soon at Bonington Gallery, Nottingham
A solo exhibition (10 October–10 December 2022) featuring artwork and archive materials from the early 1970s, accompanied by a new film and photographic series. A special opening event takes place on Saturday 8 October 2022. Bonington Gallery, Nottingham -
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September 22 2022
Now open at Yale Center for British Art: The Hilton Als Series: Njideka Akunyili Crosby
This focused exhibition (22 September 2022–22 January 2023) of works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby is the third and final show in a series curated by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author Hilton Als. The exhibition will travel to the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, where it will go on view in February 2023. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut -
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September 20 2022
Paula Rego: There and Back Again, opening soon at Kestner Gesellschaft
This major exhibition (30 October 2022–29 January 2023) is centred around the artist’s 1990 masterpiece Crivelli’s Garden. Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover -
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September 17 2022
Isaac Julien: Kaiserring der Stadt Goslar 2022, opening soon at Mönchehaus-Museum für moderne Kunst
The exhibition (8 October 2022–29 January 2023) features two important cinematic works: Looking for Langston, 1989, and Lessons of the Hour, 2019. Mönchehaus-Museum für moderne Kunst, Germany -
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September 16 2022
Conrad Shawcross: Cascading Principles: Expansions within Geometry, Philosophy, and Interference at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
This exhibition (28 September 2022–30 September 2023) brings together more than 35 sculptures realised by the artist over the last 17 years. These pieces, placed across three floors, will co-exist with the Institute’s unique architecture and the intellectual concerns of its occupants as explorers at the boundaries of knowledge. Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford -
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September 9 2022
On view at The Polygon, North Vancouver – Stan Douglas: 2011 ≠ 1848
The exhibition (9 September–6 November 2022) presents a series of works which premiered at the 2022 Venice Biennale, inspired by historical events of social and political turbulence. Douglas connects points of social rupture, rendering in minute detail and with technical ingenuity historic moments of protest, riot, and occupation from 2011 that echoed upheavals that swept Europe in 1848. The Polygon, North Vancouver -
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September 6 2022
Enwrought Light by Conrad Shawcross is unveiled in Bedford Park
Shawcross's 4.5 metre Fracture sculpture, titled Enwrought Light in homage to the poet WB Yeats, was unveiled on 6 September in the grounds of St Michael and All Angels Church, Bedford Park, London. Bedford Park, Chiswick, London -
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August 24 2022
Chantal Joffe: Family Lexicon at Koo House, South Korea
The exhibition (24 August– 4 December 2022) features a selection of works that depict the artist alongside significant figures in her life. Koo House, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea -
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August 10 2022
Alex Hartley features in Watou 2022: Sense of Place
On view until 4 September 2022, Hartley's Watou Grow Room is an abandoned ‘grow house’ in a former café in Watou. The installation shows the waste and technical paraphernalia of an abandoned cannabis plantation. Although the exact crop is not specified, ‘someone’ here has gone to great lengths to increase production and hide what is going on. Watou, Belgium -
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August 9 2022
Doug Aitken: Flags and Debris at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
The exhibition (9 August–31 December 2022) weaves together sights and feelings that the Covid-19 pandemic produced as it left its mark on urban activity, on the body, and on the human spirit. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem -
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July 23 2022
Yayoi Kusama: The Obliteration Room at Tate Modern
On view until 29 August 2022, The Obliteration Room is an interactive artwork for all ages. Visitors will be given a sheet of colourful ‘dot’ stickers to help bring the space to life. Tate Modern -
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July 15 2022
Milton Avery: American Colourist at the Royal Academy of Arts
The first comprehensive exhibition of Avery’s work in Europe (from 15 July 2022), bringing together a selection of around 70 paintings from the 1930s–1960s that are among his most celebrated. These works typically feature scenes of daily life, including portraits of loved ones and serene landscapes from his visits to Maine and Cape Cod. Royal Academy of Arts, London -
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July 5 2022
Yayoi Kusama: DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE at PHI Foundation, Montréal
In celebration of its 15th anniversary, the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art presents Yayoi Kusama: DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE, the artist’s first solo exhibition in Québec (on view 6 July 2022-15 January 2023). PHI Foundation, Montréal -
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July 5 2022
Sarah Sze features in Mondo Reale, the 23rd Triennale Milano
The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain has been invited by Triennale Milano to be part of the 23rd International Exhibition. Mondo Reale (15 July–11 December 2022), curated by Hervé Chandès, Artistic Managing Director, is a reaction on the idea of mystery and unknown through the work of 17 international artists. Milan, Italy -
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July 1 2022
Idris Khan at Château La Coste
Unveiled in the Richard Rogers Drawing Gallery, Idris Khan's exhibition (1 July–September 2022) brings together 24 new watercolours and three large paintings. Château La Coste, Provence -
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June 21 2022
Works by Wangechi Mutu and Chris Ofili feature in the Hayward Gallery exhibition In the Black Fantastic
An exhibition (29 June–18 September 2022) of 11 contemporary artists from the African diaspora, who draw on science fiction, myth and Afrofuturism to question our knowledge of the world. Hayward Gallery, London -
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June 20 2022
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2022
This year's theme, chosen by exhibition coordinator Alison Wilding, is ‘Climate’, with rooms selected by Grayson Perry and Conrad Shawcross. Featuring works by Perry, Shawcross, Isaac Julien, and Tal R. Royal Academy of Arts, London -
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June 20 2022
Celia Paul features in Pictus Porrectus: Reconsidering the Full-Length Portrait, curated by Dodie Kazanjian and Alison Gingeras
Pictus Porrectus: Reconsidering the Full-Length Portrait, curated by Dodie Kazanjian and Alison Gingeras, takes place at Isaac Bell House, Newport, Rhode Island, 1 July–2 October 2022. Isaac Bell House, Newport, Rhode Island -
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June 16 2022
Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences at Salisbury Cathedral
Inspired by Hogarth’s morality tale, A Rake’s Progress, Perry’s tapestries (on display in Salisbury from 29 June 2022) follow the socially-mobile life of fictional character Tim Rakewell from infancy to untimely death. Salisbury Cathedral -
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June 16 2022
Maria Nepomuceno features in Forest: Wake this Ground at Arnolfini, Bristol
This major group exhibition (9 July–2 October 2022) includes artists, writers, filmmakers and composers from across the globe, with works that recycle, reuse and repurpose resources, and explore stories, myths, and folktales passed down between people over centuries. Arnolfini, Bristol -
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June 14 2022
Isaac Julien: Once Again... (Statues Never Die) at the Barnes Foundation
In celebration of the Barnes centennial, the museum has commissioned Once Again . . . (Statues Never Die), an immersive five-screen installation by artist and filmmaker Sir Isaac Julien, on view from 19 June 2022. The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia -
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June 14 2022
Howardena Pindell: A New Language at Kettle’s Yard
Howardena Pindell: A New Language, the artist’s first solo institutional exhibition in the UK (on view at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge from 2 July 2022), brings together work from Pindell’s six-decade-long career, including paintings, works on paper, and video. The exhibition tracks the development of Pindell’s artistic language, and examines her work as exemplary in articulating empowerment. Kettle's Yard, Cambridge -
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June 14 2022
Njideka Akunyili Crosby at Blanton Museum of Art
This intimate exhibition (from 23 July 2022) presents four new works by Akunyili Crosby. Still You Bloom in this Land of No Gardens, the largest work in the show, depicts the artist holding her young child on the outdoor terrace of her home, enveloped by lush plants and vines. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas -
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Commission
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June 13 2022
Conrad Shawcross: Beacons in Ramsgate
Commissioned by local children in Ramsgate, the interactive sculptures (on view until 30 September 2022) are made from galvanised steel, painted to reference the nautical flags used in maritime signaling. Ramsgate, Kent -
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May 31 2022
Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Little Sparta public opening 2022
Set in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, Little Sparta is Ian Hamilton Finlay’s unique garden and life's work. This year's annual public opening takes place between 2 June–25 September 2022 Stonypath, Dunsyre -
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May 28 2022
Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston at Inhotim, Brazil
Julien’s seminal 1989 work is on view (from 28 May 2022) at Inhotim in Brumadinho, Brazil. Blending poetry and images, Julien draws on a lyrical exploration of the private world of Langston Hughes and the fellow Black artists and writers who shaped the Harlem Renaissance. Brumadinho, Brazil -
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May 25 2022
Chantal Joffe: A Sunday Afternoon in Whitechapel goes on view at Whitechapel station on the newly launched central section of the Elizabeth line
The artwork reflects the local east London community enjoying a typical Sunday afternoon. The works were initially made as small-scale paper collages that were subsequently rendered in laser-cut aluminium. Whitechapel station -
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May 24 2022
Just announced: Do Ho Suh at MCA Australia to open in October 2022
Spanning three decades, from the 1990s to now, the exhibition (opens 28 October 2022) presents emblematic works across a wide range of media that include large-scale installations, sculptures, drawings, printmaking, and video works. MCA Australia, Sydney -
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May 17 2022
Wangechi Mutu at Storm King Art Center
As part of its 2022 special exhibitions, Storm King — a 500-acre outdoor museum located in New York's Hudson Valley — presents both outdoor and indoor sculptures by the artist, on view 21 May–7 November 2022. New Windsor, NY -
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May 15 2022
Women Painting Women opens at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Featuring work by María Berrío, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Chantal Joffe, Alice Neel, and Paula Rego, Women Painting Women is on view at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas until 25 September 2022. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth -
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May 4 2022
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami features in Reframed: The Woman in the Window at Dulwich Picture Gallery
The exhibition (4 May–4 September 2022) is the first exhibition to explore the enigmatic motif of the ‘woman in the window’. Dulwich Picture Gallery -
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April 30 2022
Now open at Kistefos Museum – an exhibition by Do Ho Suh
The exhibition (30 April–21 August 2022) comprises a lifesize installation of the artist's colourful hub series together with film and large-scale wall-works. Jevnaker, Norway -
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April 29 2022
Secundino Hernández at the Miettinen Collection, Berlin
'It's good to be back' is the title of a new solo exhibition (until 31 July 2022) by Secundino Hernández, presenting more than 60 works from the Miettinen Collection and the artist's own archive. Miettinen Collection, Berlin -
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April 26 2022
Paula Rego at Museo Picasso Málaga
Travelling from Tate Britain and Kunstmuseum Den Haag, the largest retrospective of the artist's work to date is on view in Málaga, 26 April–21 August 2022. Museo Picasso Málaga -
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April 18 2022
On view at La Biennale di Venezia 2022
Stan Douglas represents Canada, and Paula Rego and Kudzanai-Violet Hwami are featured in The Milk of Dreams, curated by Cecilia Alemani, at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy -
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April 10 2022
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami at Kunsthaus Pasquart
The exhibition (10 April–12 June 2022) will be accompanied by a publication featuring texts by Osei Bonsu and curator Stefanie Gschwend. Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland -
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April 10 2022
Afro-Atlantic Histories, featuring Njideka Akunyili Crosby, now open at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The exhibition (10 April—17 July 2022) takes an in-depth look at the historical experiences and cultural formations of Black and African people since the 17th century. More than 130 works of art, including paintings, sculpture, photographs, and time-based media by artists from Africa, Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean, bring these narratives to life. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC -
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April 1 2022
Now open – One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection
The exhibition (1 April–27 November 2022) provides an opportunity to come closer to Yayoi Kusama through five of her artworks in the museum's collection, including two Infinity Mirror Rooms. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC -
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April 1 2022
Francesca Woodman is featured in girls, girls, girls, curated by Simone Rocha at Lismore Castle Arts
A major group exhibition (2 April–30 October 2022) curated by the celebrated Irish fashion designer, Simone Rocha, and featuring artists including Louise Bourgeois, Dorothy Cross, Genieve Figgis, Roni Horn, Cindy Sherman, Alina Szapocznikow, and Francesca Woodman. Lismore Castle, County Waterford -
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March 31 2022
Now open at Fondazione Prada – Elmgreen & Dragset: Useless Bodies?
A major exhibition (31 March–22 August 2022) exploring the present condition of the body in the post-industrial age in which it seems that our physical presence is losing its centrality or is even completely superfluous. Fondazione Prada, Milan -
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March 29 2022
Doron Langberg features in A Place for Me: Figurative Painting Now at ICA Boston
The exhibition (31 March–5 September 2022) celebrates a new generation of artists at the vanguard of contemporary painting. ICA Boston -
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March 26 2022
Adriana Varejão: Sutures, Fissures, Ruins at Pinacoteca de São Paulo
This retrospective (26 March–1 August 2022) is one of the most comprehensive exhibitions ever held of Varejão’s work, bringing together for the first time a significant group of more than 60 works produced from 1985 to 2022. Pinacoteca de São Paulo -
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March 19 2022
Tal R features in Human Conditions of Clay on view at John Hansard Gallery
Curated by Deborah Smith, the exhibition (19 March–17 May 2022) highlights different ways contemporary artists use clay to understand what it means to be human. The artists use clay to explore diverse themes including history, current affairs, human behaviour, folklore and tradition. John Hansard Gallery, Southampton -
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March 14 2022
Extended to June 2023 – Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms at Tate Modern
The focused exhibition (18 May 2021–11 June 2023) is a rare chance to experience two of the artist’s immersive mirror room installations juxtaposed with photos and footage of early performance works and studio happenings. Tate Modern, London -
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March 13 2022
Works by Ali Banisadr and Paula Rego feature in Daphne without Apollo: Metamorphoses from Richter to Lassnig at The Opelvillen Foundation
The exhibition (13 March–31 July 2022) showcases works from the Klöcker Collection that depict the transformations of creatures or objects into something else. The Opelvillen Foundation, Rüsselsheim, Germany -
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March 11 2022
Alice Neel: People Come First at the de Young Museum, San Francisco
This ambitious survey (which takes place in San Francisco 12 March–10 July 2022) was previously on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 2021, and the Guggenheim Bilbao (17 September 2021–6 February 2022). de Young Museum, San Francisco, California -
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March 4 2022
Works by Isaac Julien go on view at Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide
On view 4 March–27 May 2022, the Australian premiere of A Marvellous Entanglement, 2019, which pays tribute to the signficant Brazilian modernist architect Lina Bo Bardi, and Ten Thousand Waves, 2010, a poetically evocative weaving together of stories drawn from China's ancient past and the present. Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide -
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March 3 2022
Milton Avery at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
The Wadsworth is the only venue in New England for this major touring retrospective (on view 5 March–5 June 2022) and is a significant homecoming for Avery who grew up outside Hartford, took his first art classes there, and essentially learned to become an artist by exploring Connecticut. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT -
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March 3 2022
On view at the Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo – A POEM IN MY HEART
In this exhibition (3 March–28 August 2022), the museum introduces Kusama's diverse works reminiscent of Surrealism, which portray images overflowing from her inner world and struggles in her mind as they really are. Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo -
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February 23 2022
Works by Francesca Woodman feature in A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920–2020 at the Whitechapel Gallery
Whitechapel Gallery presents a 100-year survey (on view 24 February–5 June 2022) of the studio through the work of artists and image-makers from around the world. Whitechapel Gallery -
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February 18 2022
Stan Douglas: Revealing Narratives at PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art
The exhibition (19 February–22 May 2022) will present the Canadian premiere of Douglas’s most recent photo series Penn Station's Half Century (2021) and Disco Angola (2012), a series of photos that will be presented in Québec for the first time. PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montréal -
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February 5 2022
Work by Stephen Willats features in The Art of Teaching and Learning. A School for Creators
The group exhibition at Centre Pompidou Metz (5 February–29 August 2022) explores the non-schools, anti-universities, talking circles, educational walks and video universities that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s. Centre Pompidou Metz -
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February 2 2022
Paula Rego is invited to participate in the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
The 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled The Milk of Dreams, curated by Cecilia Alemani, will open to the public from 23 April– 27 November 2022. Venice, Italy -
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February 2 2022
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami is invited to participate in the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
The 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled The Milk of Dreams, curated by Cecilia Alemani, will open to the public from 23 April– 27 November 2022. Venice, Italy -
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February 1 2022
Paula Rego: Subversive Stories at Arnolfini, Bristol
Featuring over 80 prints from across Rego’s extensive career, the exhibition (5 February–29 May 2022) explores her interweaving wit and dark humour, delving into the art of storytelling through Rego’s reinterpretations of well-known narratives and classic tales, repositioning the role of women at their centre. Arnolfini, Bristol -
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January 15 2022
Tal R: The Wrong Side
This solo exhibition (15 January–1 May 2022) at Artipelag comprises 34 sculptures in plaster and bronze, and 100 drawings in charcoal and ink produced since 2018. Artipelag, Stockholm -
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November 30 2021
Works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Isaac Julien and Chris Ofili are featured in Life Between Islands at Tate Britain
This landmark group exhibition (1 December 2021–3 April 2022) explores the work of artists from the Caribbean who made their home in Britain, alongside other artists whose work has been influenced and inspired by Caribbean themes and heritage. Tate Britain -
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November 27 2021
Paula Rego at Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Travelling from Tate Britain, the largest retrospective of the artist's work to date is on view 27 November 2021–20 March 2022. Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands
