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Gallery Weekend Berlin 2026 marks a crucial moment for the city’s cultural scene. Here are the must-seesThere is as much to see at Gallery Weekend Berlin (1-3 May 2026) as ever – go equipped with our guide to the highlights
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Frictionless: How the pursuit of optimisation reshaped art, aesthetics and usFrom minimalist architecture to Instagram aesthetics, our visual culture has long worshipped at the altar of optimisation. But as frictionlessness colonises everyday life, artists, designers and theorists are asking what gets lost
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Artists’ skewing of the financial crisis takes a satirical turn at London’s ICAA new group exhibition, ‘Genuine Fake Premium Economy’, considers the implications of the 2008 financial crisis
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Los Angeles art exhibitions: the best shows to see in May 2026Read our pick of the best Los Angeles art exhibitions to see this month, from exploring Punk culture at The Skirball Cultural Center to Yoko Ono celebrated at The Broad
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New York art exhibitions to see in MayRead our pick of the best New York art exhibitions to see in May from erotic portraiture at The Museum of Sex to Gerhard Richter’s dreamlike landscape paintings
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London art exhibitions to see in MayRead our pick of the best London art exhibitions to see this month, from Photo London's new location to Nengi Omuku at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery
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Enter the uncanny world of Mamma Andersson at David Zwirner in ParisSwedish artist Karin Mamma Andersson creates unsettling worlds in a body of work, 'Œuvres sur papier’, at David Zwirner
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London music photographers Eddie Otchere and Normski were early documenters of UK hip hop. Here’s the story behind the imagesThey captured a rare, raucous chronicle of hip-hop’s golden age and the UK underground at its inception. Now, for the first time together, and as they both have work on show at the V&A East, they share their stories
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Nick Goss brings London's legendary Eel Pie Island Hotel back to life in a series of dreamy paintingsIn an exhibition at London gallery Josh Lilley, Nick Goss turns his gaze to the famous former hotel
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In Warsaw, ‘The Woman Question’ keeps us guessing‘The Woman Question, 1550-2025’ at Warsaw Museum of Modern Art asks more than it answers
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As Zanele Muholi wins photography's biggest award, we delve into the artist's practiceEarlier in the year, Zanele Muholi was named the 2026 laureate of the prestigious Hasselblad Award, the world’s largest photography prize. Discover the groundbreaking work here
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Phoebe Boswell’s ‘Art on the Underground’ dives into why the majority of Black British adults don’t swimAt London’s Notting Hill Gate and Bethnal Green Underground stations, Phoebe Boswell explores a complex relationship with water
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A centuries-old barn in Germany provided the eerie backdrop of ‘Mother Mary’, A24’s new psychodrama starring Anne HathawaySet designer Francesca Di Mottola explains how the rustic structure became another character in the film, now in theatres
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For its inaugural exhibition, the V&A East traces 125 years of Black British music‘The Music is Black’ at V&A East Museum, opening on 18 April, is an intimate exploration into Black British music culture
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Patti Smith, Brian Eno and FKA Twigs will represent the Vatican at the 2026 Venice BiennaleThe Holy See pavilion will celebrate nearly a millennium of sonic possibilities through specially commissioned compositions, artworks and installations. Here’s who’s participating
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In Venice, Su Xiaobai will fill a historic palazzo with works crafted in natural lacquerDuring the Venice Biennale, Su Xiaobai’s 'Alchemical Universe' at Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel will make for a special show
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This enchanting children’s book explores girlhood with a host of gorgeously illustrated nighttime creaturesIn 'Oralee: A Field Guide to a Young Human Who Learns to Glow in the Dark', artist Clare Crespo translates a fascination with owls into a meditation on growing up
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Step into the contemporary puzzle of Martin Margiela's first large-scale exhibition in Japan'Martin Margiela at Kudan House', running in Tokyo until 29 April, is an eclectic and curious world
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Anna Park's new show at Lehmann Maupin in London offers a voyeuristic mix of the abstract and the figurativeThe South Korea-born artist confronts a lack of nuance in playful works which rethink vintage pin-up motifs
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New book, 'Soviet Scientific Institutes', captures the afterlife of a society dedicated to discoveryPhotographer Eric Lusito’s new monograph captures the strange experimental facilities and laboratories scattered across the countries left behind by the USSR
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Why do we like watching women die, asks Marina Abramović in CopenhagenIn 'Seven Deaths' at Copenhagen’s Cisternerne, Marina Abramović considers Maria Callas, and the tragic female characters she embodied
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Her great-uncle was Jackson Pollock. Now her fledgling gallery, Argo Fine Arts, is the talk of ParisArt world royalty Samantha McCoy's artistic legacy shapes her thoughtful gallery ethos, as shown in her Art Paris 2026 presentation with works by Christiane Löhr, Cy Twombly and more
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Step inside Belle & Sebastian's visual universe, as the band turns 30This week, Belle & Sebastian will play the Royal Albert Hall to mark 30 years of the first two albums. Frontman Stuart Murdoch reflects on the bookish visuals that helped define a genre
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A new exhibition celebrates photographer Hans Hansen’s unique approach to image-making‘Photo: Hans Hansen’ at Hamburg’s Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe showcases the work of a master of commercial photography
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A photography book from Prince’s former creative director shows the icon through an intimate new lensIn the new two-volume book 'Prince: Collected Photographs,' published by ACC Art Books, Steve Parke throws open the doors to Prince's inner world
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Discover the experimental work of overlooked Croatian artist Edita SchubertAt Muzeum Susch, Edita Schubert's avant-garde work and process go under the spotlight; find canvases slashed by knives and geometric pieces that play with the abstracted body
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Out of office: What the Wallpaper* editors are looking forward to in AprilOur editors highlight what’s new, noteworthy and not-to-be-missed in design, culture and beyond this month
