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Inside AlUla Arts Festival 2026, an open air museum shaped by the desert
Set across valleys, canyons and palm-filled oases, the festival brings together land art, performance and new institutions as the destination builds cultural momentum
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Mickalene Thomas and Tom Wesselmann consider the female nude in Palm Springs
'The Female Form: Tom Wesselmann & Mickalene Thomas from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation' places the artists' work in cultural context at Palm Springs Art Museum
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'I have always been interested in debasement as purification': Sam Lipp dissects the body in London
Sam Lipp rethinks traditional portraiture in 'Base', a new show at Soft Opening gallery, London
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What do creatives pin to their walls? Artists from Tracey Emin to Michael Stipe reveal all
An exhibition at Incubator gallery, London, asks 45 creatives what is tacked to their studio walls – here are some of their pin-ups
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Wallpaper* Design Awards: meet Klára Hosnedlová, art’s Best Dreamscaper
The immersive worlds that the Czech artist creates make her a worthy Wallpaper* Design Award 2026 winner; she speaks to us ahead of her first show at White Cube, London
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David Lynch’s photographs and sculptures are darkly alluring in Berlin
The late film director’s artistic practice is the focus of a new exhibition at Pace Gallery, Berlin (29 January – 22 March 2026)
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Winston Branch searches for colour and light in large-scale artworks in London
Winston Branch returns to his roots in 'Out of the Calabash' at Goodman Gallery, London ,
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MoMA celebrates African portraiture in a far-reaching exhibition
In 'Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination' at MoMA, New York, studies African creativity in photography in front of and behind the camera
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Don't miss these art exhibitions to see in January
Start the year with an inspiring dose of culture - here are the best things to see in January
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‘I want to bring anxiety to the surface': Shannon Cartier Lucy on her unsettling works
In an exhibition at Soft Opening, London, Shannon Cartier Lucy revisits childhood memories
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Robert Therrien's largest-ever museum show in Los Angeles is enduringly appealing
'This is a Story' at The Broad unites 120 of Robert Therrien's sculptures, paintings and works on paper
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Valie Export in Milan: 'Nowadays we see the body in all its diversity'
Feminist conceptual artists Valie Export and Ketty La Rocca are in dialogue at Thaddaeus Ropac Milan. Here, Export tells us what the body means to her now
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Sculptor Woody Othello paints a Miami museum red for a show that ‘almost hugs you’
The Miami-born, California-based artist opens his first museum exhibition in his hometown as an experiential journey through life and lifeless objects
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The most comprehensive showing of Nan Goldin’s photographs and films is intense and emotional
Nan Goldin's moving-image work makes a heavy impact in ‘This Will Not End Well’ at Milan’s Pirelli HangarBicocca
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How ethical is Google Street View, asks Jon Rafman in Copenhagen
In 'Report a Concern - the Nine Eyes Archives' at Louisiana Museum of Art, Copenhagen, Jon Rafman considers technology's existential implications
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Eight questions for Bianca Censori, as she unveils her debut performance
Bianca Censori has presented her first exhibition and performance, BIO POP, in Seoul, South Korea
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Why are Wayne Thiebaud’s paintings at the Courtauld so tempting?
The American artist’s thickly painted slices of cake at the Courtauld are some of our favourite artworks seen this year. What makes them so special?
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‘Seriously,’ says Sprüth Magers, art can be funny too
At Sprüth Magers, London, group show ‘Seriously’ delves into humour in art, from the satirical to the slapstick
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Each mundane object tells a story at Pace’s tribute to the everyday
In a group exhibition, ‘Monument to the Unimportant’, artists give the seemingly insignificant – from discarded clothes to weeds in cracks – a longer look
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A Lagos exhibition celebrates Fela Kuti's defining sound
An exhibition, Afrobeat Rebellion, currently showing at the Ecobank PanAfrican Centre in Lagos, explores the life of Afrobeat father Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
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New York art exhibitions to see in December
Read our pick of the best New York art exhibitions to see in December, from Vincenzo De Cotiis’ sculptural works at Carpenters Workshop Gallery, to Ron Norsworthy’s ‘American Dream’ collage at Edwynn Houk Gallery
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What to see at Art Basel Miami Beach 2025 – nine brilliant booths
The buzzy Miami art fair (5-7 December) will bring together more than 280 leading international galleries and a packed week of pop-ups and parties – start with these must-see booths
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Modern masters: the ultimate guide to Yayoi Kusama
Throughout her career, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has created an entirely new genre of hallucinatory, immersive and playful art.
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Wes Anderson at the Design Museum celebrates an obsessive attention to detail
‘Wes Anderson: The Archives’ pays tribute to the American film director’s career – expect props and puppets aplenty in this comprehensive London retrospective
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Meet Eva Helene Pade, the emerging artist redefining figurative painting
Pade’s dreamlike figures in a crowd are currently on show at Thaddaeus Ropac London; she tells us about her need ‘to capture movements especially’
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Inez & Vinoodh unveil romantic new photography series in Paris
A series of portraits of couple Charles Matadin and Natalie Brumley, created using an iPhone in Marfa, Texas, goes on show in Paris
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A forgotten history of Italian artists affected by the HIV-AIDS crisis goes on show in Tuscany
‘Vivono: Art and Feelings, HIV-AIDS in Italy. 1982-1996’, at Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato delves into the conversation around the crisis
