Exhibitions & Shows
The best of the year's art exhibitions and shows, compiled by Wallpaper*
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New York art exhibitions to see in SeptemberRead our pick of the best New York art exhibitions to see in September, from Zoya Cherkassky's American Cooking at Fort Gansevoort to Bea Scaccia's tactile paintings at Gagosian
By Tianna Williams Last updated
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London art exhibitions to see in SeptemberRead our pick of the best London art exhibitions to see this month, from Krzysztof Grzybacz at Pace London to Lawrence Abu Hamdan's Barbican takeover
By Tianna Williams Last updated
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The V&A will celebrate Freddie Mercury in a free, fashion-filled exhibitionThe V&A is marking the 80th anniversary of Freddie Mercury’s birth with an exhibition, ‘Splendid Things’, opening in October
By Hannah Silver Published
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In Lagos, photographer Stephen Tayo captures the modern order of the 1920s Aladura movementIn the exhibition 'What Comes to Mind When You See the Garment?' at Lagos concept store, Alára, Nigerian photographer Stephen Tayo follows the migratory story of the Aladara movement
By Ugonnaora Owoh Published
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Gloriously inappropriate cartoon Modern Toss marks 21 yearsMick Bunnage and Jon Link celebrate 21 years of Modern Toss with a London exhibition of sweary cartoons, workplace rage and magnificently bad behaviour
By Craig McLean Published
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Fall in love with the strange beauty of artist Gwen John150 years after her birth, Welsh artist Gwen John has her first major retrospective at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
By Emily Steer Published
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In the fictional Department of Euterpe, artists and DJs mark 100 years of the libraryThe Department of Euterpe at the Warburg Institute is a fictional archive that celebrates a century of Aby Warburg's first purpose-built library in Hamburg. We meet its creators
By Sam Moore Published
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Step inside Andreas Angelidakis’ strobe-lit escape room in Venice‘Dear Visitor, we regret to inform you that Greece has escaped.’ At the Venice Biennale 2026, Andreas Angelidakis gives the Greek Pavilion a surprising twist
By Stephanie Gavan Published
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Step inside Tomás Saraceno's playful world at Haus der Kunst in MunichAt Haus der Kunst, the artist weaves immersive connections between the crucial elements of our ecosystem
By Hannah Silver Published
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Japanese lanterns and fast-food branding inspire a nostalgic exhibitionRooted in millennial nostalgia, ‘Empire’ by Benjamin Slinger shines a light on global fast-food branding over the decades and questions ideas of value in design
By Tianna Williams Published
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New York was central to Keith Haring’s work. Now, it is a connection celebrated at 60 White‘Keith Haring: A World in Motion’ examines how the artist’s work served as a dialogue between New York and the rest of the world
By Hannah Silver Published
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This New York artist uses real human blood to interrogate sexuality, belonging and baseball fandomIn 'Bases Loaded,' now on view at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, Jordan Eagles blends his love of the Mets with the politics of blood donation
By Osman Can Yerebakan Published
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In Aarhus, the history of punk is told through the bodyFrom fishnets and fetishwear to performance and protest, ‘Unruly – The Body in Punk’ at ARoS in Aarhus traces how the body became one of the movement’s most potent sites of rebellion
By Sophie Axon Published
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Tate Modern’s first exhibition dedicated to Ana Mendieta celebrates her sensual engagement with the natural worldMore than 120 of the Cuban-born American artist’s works explore her untraditional approach to depicting the body in nature
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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In Venice, 150 artists gather in two palazzos to consider movement and migrationA few canals from the Arsenale and Giardini and its freight of geopolitics, the eighth edition of ‘Personal Structures’ gathers more than 150 artists across two palazzos and a garden under the theme of ‘Confluences’
By Nargess Banks Published
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At the Fondation Beyeler, step into Pierre Huyghe’s deliciously creepy dystopiaThe artist brings an immersive eeriness to Switzerland's Fondation Beyeler
By Hannah Silver Published
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As Peckham hot spot Bold Tendencies marks 20 years, step inside its cool curation for the summerFounder Hannah Barry tells Wallpaper* why Bold Tendencies – a non-profit arts organisation atop a multistorey car park in south-east London – is all about exercising your joy
By Zoe Whitfield Published
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In Manchester, Ai Weiwei unveils his largest works yet‘Ai Weiwei: Button Up!’ at Aviva Studios unites new, large-scale works in the home of the Industrial Revolution
By Hannah Silver Published
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After taking a break, British artist Dale Lewis is rediscovering meaning in paintingDale Lewis presents his most personal work yet in his fourth solo show at London gallery, Edel Assanti
By Hannah Silver Published
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In immersive exhibitions in Iceland, Björk works across painting, video and musicThe National Gallery of Iceland celebrates the multifaceted nature of Björk's creativity with two exhibitions
By Craig McLean Published
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At Tate Modern, Nora Chipaumire invites us to experience art through the bodyFor the 2026 Infinities Commission, the artist transforms the East Tank into imagined Zimbabwean landscapes shaped by touch, sound, sculpture, moving images, and live performance
By Jamilah Rose-Roberts Published
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Take a rare chance to see the works of artist Sylvia Sleigh in LondonThe feminist painter’s works nod to classical traditions but were idiosyncratically her own – discover them at Malarkey
By Hannah Silver Published
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At JW Anderson, a hidden chapter of queer publishing history comes into viewThe brand’s London Soho boutique hosts an exhibition of illustrations from Bob Mizer’s Physique Pictorial, the groundbreaking magazine that normalised the male body as a subject of desire
By Hannah Silver Published
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Tate Modern restores Frida Kahlo to her rightful place in art historyIn a major new exhibition, ‘Frida: The Making of an Icon’, Kahlo’s work is presented alongside that of her peers and later artists influenced by her legacy
By Hannah Silver Published
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Inside the exhibition tracing dancehall and reggaetón's radical legacy'Dancing the Revolution: From Dancehall to Reggaetón' at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago unites 40 artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Phil Collins and Reggie Burrows Hodges, to consider the history of Black Atlantic performance
By Gameli Hamelo Published
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Jimi Hendrix's memorabilia goes on show in LondonAt Jimi Hendrix's former home, Handel Hendrix House, a vast selection of the musician's treasured possessions are going on show
By Craig McLean Published
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Enter the unsettling world of Lutz Bacher, a radical voice of American conceptual art‘Burning the Days’, a new exhibition at Wiels in Brussels, unites four decades of the artist’s work and eschews easy answers about her practice
By Sam Moore Published


