International Programme
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Exhibition Posted February 17 2025
Secundino Hernández at Sala Alcalá 31, Madrid
On view 19 February–20 April 2025, the artist's first institutional exhibition in his hometown draws from his 30-year career. Sala Alcalá 31, Madrid -
Exhibition Posted February 13 2025
Announcing An Te Liu and Jemima Murphy: Tracing, presented by Victoria Miro Projects and Anat Ebgi
The exhibition (19 February–29 March) features sculptures by Taiwanese-born, Canadian artist An Te Liu and paintings by London-based artist Jemima Murphy. Rooted in a lineage of modernist sculpture and abstract painting, Liu and Murphy explore themes of belonging, nostalgia, and memory. Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles -
Exhibition Posted February 4 2025
Just announced – Isaac Julien: I Dream a World at the de Young
On view 12 April–13 July 2025, the first comprehensive survey of Julien’s work in a museum setting in the US features ten major video installations made between 1999 and 2022, alongside select early single-channel films including his iconic Looking for Langston (1989). The de Young, San Francisco -
Exhibition Posted February 3 2025
When We See Us – A Century of Black Figuration in Painting, featuring Kudzanai-Violet Hwami and Chris Ofili, at Bozar, Brussels
On view 7 February–10 August 2025, this exhibition of Black figurative painting from the 1920s to the present day features approximately 150 works by some 120 artists. Centre for Fine Arts, Bozar, Brussels -
Exhibition Posted February 1 2025
Paula Rego: Visions of English Literature travels to Lightbox Gallery, Woking
This Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition (on view at Lightbox Gallery, 1 February–8 June 2025) showcases the artist’s printmaking practice, taking a deep look into the literary influences that have inspired Rego’s work. Lightbox Gallery, Woking -
Exhibition Posted January 25 2025
Conrad Shawcross features in Cosmic Titans: Art, Science and the Quantum Universe, on view at Lakeside Arts’ Djanogly Gallery
The exhibition (25 January–27 April 2025) features two large kinetic sculptures by Shawcross that investigate the early universe, black holes, false vacuum decay, and gravitational waves created by the merger of black holes in the distant universe, alongside new commissions by eight other artists. University of Nottingham -
Exhibition Posted January 13 2025
Tickets now live for Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur, opening in March at The Wallace Collection
The largest contemporary exhibition ever held at the museum, Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur (28 March–26 October 2025) will include ceramics, tapestries and works on paper amongst others, displayed alongside some of the Wallace Collection’s masterpieces which helped inspire and shape Perry’s vision for this landmark exhibition. The Wallace Collection, London -
Exhibition Posted January 6 2025
Opening at Tate Modern in May – The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Walk the House
On view 1 May–26 October 2025, this major survey exhibition explores the breadth and depth of Suh’s inventive and unique practice over the last three decades, including new and site-specific works on display for the first time. Tate Modern, London -
Exhibition Posted December 17 2024
Doug Aitken: Lightscape at Marciano Art Foundation
On view 17 December 2024–15 March 2025 Lightscape is a multimedia artwork created by artist Doug Aitken in collaboration with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the Los Angeles Philharmonic – a shapeshifting act of contemporary storytelling that unfolds in various stages. Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles -
Exhibition Posted December 15 2024
Yayoi Kusama at the National Gallery of Victoria
Comprising more than 180 works, the presentation (15 Dec 2024–21 Apr 2025) is the largest ever presentation of the artist’s work in Australia and one of the most comprehensive retrospectives of the artist ever presented globally. Featuring painting, sculpture, collage, fashion, video and installation, the exhibition reveals the astonishing breadth of Kusama’s multidisciplinary practice. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne -
Exhibition Posted November 26 2024
Opening in March – Ali Banisadr: The Alchemist, the artist’s first major US museum survey, at Katonah Museum of Art
On view 16 March–29 June 2025, the exhibition encompasses nearly twenty years of the artist’s singular practice, from 2006 to the present, across the mediums of painting, drawing, and printmaking. Sculpture, a new direction for the artist, will be presented for the first time. Katonah, New York -
Exhibition Posted November 25 2024
Opening in June – a major survey of Stan Douglas at CCS Bard’s Hessel Museum of Art
The presentation (21 June–30 November 2025) will feature the North American premiere of an immersive and multi-channel video installation by the artist, and a selection of nearly 40 works from the 1990s to the present. Hessel Museum of Art, New York -
Exhibition Posted November 19 2024
María Berrío features in Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes at The Hepworth Wakefield
On view 23 November 2024–21 April 2025, the exhibition takes the viewer on a journey through the fantastical terrains of Surrealism over 100 years, looking at how Surreal ideas can turn landscape into a metaphor for the unconscious, fuse the bodily with the botanical, and provide means to express political anxieties, gender constraints and freedoms. The Hepworth Wakefield -
Exhibition Posted November 5 2024
The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure, featuring Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Wangechi Mutu and Chris Ofili, travels to Philadelphia Museum of Art
Curated by Ekow Eshun and organised by the National Portrait Gallery, London, the exhibition (on view in Philadelphia 9 November 2024–9 February 2025) showcases the work of contemporary artists from the African diaspora and highlights the use of figures to illuminate the richness and complexity of Black life. Philadelphia Museum of Art -
Exhibition Posted October 30 2024
Paula Rego features in Women & Freud: Patients, Pioneers, Artists at the Freud Museum
Highlighting the women who helped Freud invent psychoanalysis and their legacy in its practice — as well as in the arts and literature to the present day — the exhibition (30 October–5 May 2025) draws on manuscripts, images, objects, visuals, and film footage to bring to life the many women who featured in Freud's history, and those affected by his considerable body of thinking, rethinking, and practice. Freud Museum, London -
Exhibition Posted October 29 2024
MICAS opens to the public, featuring works across the site by Conrad Shawcross
Works on view include The Dappled Light of the Sun, located outside the entrance to the museum, and three Beacons on the historical battlements. Within the complex rooms of the museum are a collection of lightworks that complete the presentation. Malta International Contemporary Art Space, Floriana -
Exhibition Posted October 22 2024
Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood, featuring Chantal Joffe, Wangechi Mutu, Celia Paul and Paula Rego, travels to Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
On view 24 October 2024–19 January 2025, Hayward Gallery Touring’s major group exhibition explores lived experience of motherhood through over 100 artworks. -
Exhibition Posted October 19 2024
Now on view: Alex Hartley’s new commission for the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
The work is on view as part of Dartmoor: A Radical Landscape, a major group exhibition (19 October 2024–23 February 2025) exploring the region's evocative landscape through photography, film, and Land Art. Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter -
Exhibition Posted October 15 2024
Elmgreen & Dragset: L’Addition at Musée d’Orsay
Considering 19th century representations of masculinity in the museum's collection, the duo's major architectural intervention (15 October 2024–2 February 2025) in the iconic sculpture nave of the museum features a series of new figurative sculptures. Musée d’Orsay, Paris -
Exhibition Posted October 7 2024
Maria Nepomuceno, Christian Holstad, and Secundino Hernández feature in Fabric of Life
On view 10 October–18 November 2024, Fabric of Life, curated by Catherine Loewe, is an exhibition that explores the personal, social, and cultural histories of textiles. Paul Smith Space, London -
Exhibition Posted September 28 2024
Paula Rego: Power Games at Kunstmuseum Basel
This comprehensive exhibition (28 September 2024–2 February 2025), the first major presentation of Rego’s work in Switzerland, features paintings and other works drawn from five decades of the artist’s career. Basel, Switzerland -
Exhibition Posted September 27 2024
On view at The Holburne Museum, Bath – Uncanny Visions: Paula Rego and Francisco de Goya
On view 27 September 2024–5 January 2025, this major exhibition explores the notion of the uncanny in the work of Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828) and Paula Rego (1935–2022). The Holburne Museum, Bath -
Exhibition Posted September 27 2024
On view at MCA Australia – Isaac Julien: Once Again… (Statues Never Die)
On view 27 September 2024–16 February 2025, Isaac Julien’s mesmerising and immersive five-screen black-and-white installation film explores the relationship and correspondence between art collector Albert C. Barnes (1872–1951) and prominent philosopher, educator and cultural leader Alain Locke (1885–1954). Museum of Contemporary Art Australia -
Exhibition Posted September 20 2024
The Wallace Collection announces a major exhibition by Grayson Perry as part of its 2025 programme
On view 28 March–26 October 2025, to mark his 65th birthday, Perry will create and curate a new exhibition at the Wallace Collection, a museum that has inspired him throughout his life. The Wallace Collection, London -
Exhibition Posted September 18 2024
Flora Yukhnovich: Into the Woods at Ordrupgaard, Denmark
The works in this exhibition (18 September 2024–19 January 2025) are themed around the fête galante – a genre of painting depicting the wealthy at amorous play in parkland settings that came to prominence with Rococo artists such as Jean-Antoine Watteau and was later revived and reinterpreted by Impressionists including Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Berthe Morisot. Ordrupgaard, Charlottenlund, Denmark -
Exhibition Posted September 17 2024
Grayson Perry: A Temple for Everyone, opening at Charleston in Lewes
Featuring textiles, ceramics and woodcuts, the exhibition (25 September 2024–2 March 2025) tells stories of home, asking questions about how those stories shape who we are. Charleston in Lewes -
Exhibition Posted September 11 2024
Doug Aitken: Naked City at Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul
This monographic exhibition (14 September 2024-17 August 2025) invites visitors to the world of Aitken’s mastery in utilising various mediums to create immersive artworks that mirror the rhythm of the environment around them. Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul -
Exhibition Posted September 6 2024
Do Ho Suh: In Process at Moody Center for the Arts
The first presentation of its kind by Do Ho Suh (on view 6 September–21 December 2024) forgoes the formalities of a traditional exhibition in favor of presenting a studio-like space for research and collaboration. Houston, Texas -
Exhibition Posted September 3 2024
Elmgreen & Dragset: Spaces at Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul
Featuring over 60 works within five immersive installations — a full-scale family house, a public pool, a restaurant with an adjacent kitchen, and an artist's studio—this exhibition (3 September 2024–23 February 2025) marks the duo's most extensive presentation in Asia to date. Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul -
Exhibition Posted August 7 2024
Yayoi Kusama’s largest permanent public sculpture is unveiled in London
Yayoi Kusama's first permanent public artwork in the UK and her largest public sculpture in the world has been unveiled. Infinite Accumulation is a new, site-specific work at London's Liverpool Street station in which Kusama develops one of the most recognisable motifs of her visual language: the polka dot. Here, the dot is expanded into linked forms that interact with and define the public spaces outside the station. Liverpool Street station, London -
Exhibition Posted July 30 2024
Extended until June 2025 – Conrad Shawcross: Cascading Principles: Expansions within Geometry, Philosophy, and Interference at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
This exhibition 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 -
Exhibition Posted July 24 2024
Do Ho Suh: Speculations at Art Sonje Center, Seoul
On view 17 August–3 November 2024, the exhibition provides an overview of the Speculations series, which the artist has been working on since 2005. Seoul, South Korea -
Exhibition Posted July 9 2024
Yayoi Kusama: Pumpkin, now on view in London
Serpentine and The Royal Parks have just unveiled Yayoi Kusama's tallest bronze pumpkin sculpture to date, installed in Kensington Gardens from 9 July–3 November 2024. Kensington Gardens, London -
Exhibition Posted July 4 2024
Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
On view 10 July–8 December 2024, this exhibition brings Perry’s six large-scale tapestries to a building where William Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress, the inspiration behind Perry’s tapestries, was displayed more than 200 years ago. Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, London -
Exhibition Posted June 29 2024
The Time is Always Now, featuring Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Wangechi Mutu and Chris Ofili, travels to The Box, Plymouth
Curated by Ekow Eshun and organised by the National Portrait Gallery, London, the exhibition (on view in Plymouth 29 June–29 September 2024) showcases the work of contemporary artists from the African diaspora and highlights the use of figures to illuminate the richness and complexity of Black life. The Box, Plymouth -
Exhibition Posted June 28 2024
Chris Ofili: The Caged Bird’s Song – on view in Edinburgh
Chris Ofili's major tapestry with Dovecot Studios returns to Scotland this summer. The Caged Bird's Song, commissioned by The Clothworkers' Company, is shown in the context of the tapestry studio where the work was created. Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh -
Exhibition Posted June 28 2024
The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, featuring Stan Douglas, travels to Cincinnati Art Museum
In the wake of hip hop’s 50th anniversary, the Cincinnati Art Museum hosts this groundbreaking exhibition exploring the genre’s extraordinary influence on contemporary society over the past two decades. On view 28 June–29 September 2024. Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio -
Exhibition Posted June 22 2024
Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood, featuring Chantal Joffe, Wangechi Mutu, Celia Paul and Paula Rego, travels to Midlands Art Centre
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Exhibition Posted June 18 2024
Anna Bjerger and Chantal Joffe: The Time Before at Gammel Strand, Copenhagen
On view 21 June–8 September 2024, the exhibition explores painterly kinship and shared themes of friendship, loss and time passing in the artist’s work. Gammel Strand, Copenhagen -
Exhibition Posted June 4 2024
Flora Yukhnovich and François Boucher: The Language of the Rococo at The Wallace Collection
Flora Yukhnovich has given the Rococo new life in new paintings now on view at The Wallace Collection, London. Responding to two masterpieces by 18th-century French painter François Boucher, Yukhnovich's paintings hang in their place, immersed in the 18th century and conversing with the surrounding historical works. The Wallace Collection, London -
Exhibition Posted June 1 2024
Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Little Sparta public opening 2024
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 1 June–29 September 2024. Stonypath, Dunsyre -
Exhibition Posted May 30 2024
Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Accumulation unveiling in London this July
For this site-specific work at Liverpool Street Station, London, Kusama develops one of the most recognisable motifs of her visual language: the polka dot. Here, the dot is expanded into linked forms that interact with and define the public spaces outside the station. Liverpool Street Station, London -
Exhibition Posted May 28 2024
Stan Douglas: ISDN at Serralves
On view 29 May 2024–12 Jan 2025. Centred on the film ISDN (initially conceived for the 59th Venice Biennale), the exhibition presents a vibrant dialogue between different cultures and social movements, portrayed via a fictional musical performance between rappers from London and Cairo, whose verses address key issues such as race, class, love, identity, and justice. Serralves, Porto -
Exhibition Posted May 25 2024
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami and Chris Ofili feature in When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting
On view from 25 May–27 October 2024, this exhibition at Kunstmuseum Basel brings together works by 120 artists. Basel, Switzerland -
Exhibition Posted May 16 2024
Sarah Sze: Metronome at ARoS – Aarhus Art Museum
On view 18 May–20 October 2024, Sarah Sze's site-specific installation raises questions regarding our digital and image-saturated existence. Aarhus, Denmark -
Exhibition Posted May 16 2024
On view at MoMA – Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour
On view 19 May–28 September 2024 (member previews 17, 18 May), Isaac Julien’s immersive portrait of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who obtained freedom from chattel slavery in 1838 and became one of the most important orators, writers, and statespersons of the nineteenth century. MoMA, New York -
Exhibition Posted May 16 2024
Works by Conrad Shawcross now on view at Glyndebourne
As part of its 90-year anniversary celebrations, Glyndebourne has partnered with Shawcross to produce an ambitious presentation of works with a distinct relationship to music and sound across its site. The works are on view to opera ticket holders and by appointment from 16 May–8 September 2024. Glyndebourne, East Sussex -
Exhibition Posted May 10 2024
The Vinyl Factory at 180 Studios presents REVERB, featuring Stan Douglas
A major multimedia exhibition (23 May–28 September 2024) exploring the intersection of art and sound and bringing together over 100 artists and musicians working across mediums including visual arts, music, film and live performance. 180 The Strand, London -
Exhibition Posted May 3 2024
Chantal Joffe and Do Ho Suh create work for Drawing Room’s Drawing Biennial 2024
The exhibition and auction showcases around 300 drawings by artists who have generously donated works in support of Drawing Room’s mission. Drawing Room/Tannery Arts, London -
Exhibition Posted May 2 2024
On view at Kunsten, Denmark – Crazy Awake, a solo exhibition by John Kørner
On view 3 May–18 August 2024, the exhibition features existing work and new paintings, sculptures and installations. Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark -
Exhibition Posted April 27 2024
Yayoi Kusama: Portraying the Figurative at the Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo
The exhibition (27 April–1 September 2024) focuses on the diverse trajectories of Kusama’s figurative works, spanning from the 1940s to the present day. The Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo -
Exhibition Posted April 26 2024
Works by Wangechi Mutu and Chris Ofili are featured in The Infinite Woman at Fondation Carmignac
Curated by Alona Pardo, this group exhibition on the island of Porquerolles (until 2 November 2024), in the South of France, reflects on how women have been represented over the centuries, with the aim of disrupting conventional ideas of womanhood. Villa Carmignac, Porquerolles -
Exhibition Posted April 23 2024
Do Ho Suh: Public Figures goes on long-term display at the National Museum of Asian Art
From 27 April 2024, a special edition of the artist’s Public Figures will be on view at Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC. Washington, DC -
Exhibition Posted April 17 2024
Paula Rego Manifesto at the Casa das Histórias Paula Rego
This exhibition (18 April–6 October 2024) explores themes from Portugal's history including the country's dictatorship and colonialism, as well as the post-revolutionary period and women's rights, as context for Rego's work over the course of her career. Cascais, Portugal -
Exhibition Posted April 15 2024
Conrad Shawcross features in Carbon II at Il Palazzo Experimental during the Venice Biennale
Organised by Platform Earth, the exhibition (on view from 15 April 2024) introduces viewers to a new era of carbon-conscious artwork. Venice, Italy -
Exhibition Posted April 15 2024
Every Island is a Mountain, featuring Do Ho Suh, at Palazzo Malta, Venice
A thirtieth anniversary exhibition (19 April - 8 September 2024) celebrating the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, unites 36 artists who have participated in the Venice Biennale over the years, showcasing the evolution of Korean art. Palazzo Malta, Venice -
Exhibition Posted April 5 2024
Idris Khan: Repeat After Me at the Milwaukee Art Museum
The exhibition (5 April–11 August 2024) chronicles the development of the artist’s practice across more than two decades, from early monochromatic photographic works that capture the flow of time in still images, to a new series of abstract watercolor compositions that encapsulate the essence of iconic paintings of the 16th–18th centuries through their use of colour. Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin -
Exhibition Posted March 27 2024
Yayoi Kusama: 1945 – Today at Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto
On view 27 March–29 September 2024, and featuring around 160 works, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations and archival materials, the exhibition explores Kusama's career from her earliest drawings to her most recent immersive artworks. Porto, Portugal -
Exhibition Posted March 27 2024
Spotlight: María Berrío at The FLAG Art Foundation
On view until 4 May 2024, Spotlight features María Berrío’s Act II, Scene 2: All Gods are Carnivorous, 2023. A text by author Sarah Blakley-Cartwright accompanies the presentation. The FLAG Art Foundation, New York -
Exhibition Posted March 26 2024
Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves at Espace Louis Vuitton Osaka
On view 27 March–22 September 2024, Isaac Julien's monumental 2010 video installation stages a polyphony of actors, places and periods in a tribute to Chinese culture. Osaka, Japan