Exhibitions & Shows
The best of the year's art exhibitions and shows, compiled by Wallpaper*
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Meet Orfeo Tagiuri, the artist using cartoons to explore humour and melancholy
London-based multidisciplinary artist Orfeo Tagiuri channels meditation, sadness and ‘bad puns’ in work currently on display at his 'Doing Nothing' exhibition at Mutty in Brescia, Italy
By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published
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Step inside Mark Rothko's major retrospective in Florence
'Rothko in Florence', curated by Christopher Rothko and Elena Geuna, encompasses the main exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi and spaces that were historically significant to Rothko
By Hili Perlson Published
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Meet Delaine Le Bas, the former Turner Prize nominee with a major retrospective in Manchester
The artist has imbued Manchester's Whitworth gallery with a feminist and spiritual magic. Discover more about her here
By Hannah Silver Published
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At Serpentine, David Hockney asks us to pause and observe the passing of time
In ‘A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts about Painting’, David Hockney presents new work alongside his epic iPad paintings
By Hannah Silver Published
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In Luxembourg, Igshaan Adams translates his past into beautiful, large-scale works
At Mudam Luxembourg, Igshaan Adams’ exhibition Between Then and Now brings together dance-made prints, sculptural ‘dust clouds’ and monumental woven works, transforming memories of apartheid-era Cape Town into shimmering, large-scale installations
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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From retrofuturist fembots to masculine soul-searchers, life weighs heavily in this London art exhibition
From mental health to masculinity and belonging, ‘The Weight of Being’ at Two Temple Place traces the emotional textures of everyday life, balancing heaviness and joy
By Teshome Douglas-Campbell Published
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In London, Sarabande artists consider the meaning of inheritance for International Women’s Day 2026
For the exhibition 'All That's Been Given', nine artists will be showing work at the Sarabande Foundation in London, 4-10 March 2026
By Hannah Silver Published
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Umi Ishihara takes a deep-dive into Tokyo's strip clubs
Umi Ishihara's moving image installation at Gasworks, exploring Tokyo's strip club scene, is inspired by her own parents who worked across nightclubs and free raves in Japan
By Emily Steer Published
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In Los Angeles, artists consider the enduring legacy of the Black Diaspora
'Here Now and Then' with works by artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julie Mehretu and Kehinde Wiley, explores what it means to exist in the present moment
By Gameli Hamelo Published
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‘Tracey Emin: A Second Life’ is tough, honest and life-affirming
With 100 works drawn from her 40-year career on show at London’s Tate Modern, the artist offers an unflinching and moving look at the gritty, bloody but also beautiful reality of living
By Hannah Silver Published
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New York art exhibitions to see in March
Read our pick of the best New York art exhibitions to see in March, from David Altmejd’s serpent-like sculptures at White Cube, to Dike Blair’s warm and hazy oil paintings at Karma
By Tianna Williams Last updated
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At the Royal Academy of Arts, Rose Wylie is bold, raw and joyful
‘Rose Wylie: The Picture Comes First’ is the artist's largest retrospective yet
By Hannah Silver Published
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In the 1980s, US television got radical. What sparked it?
An exhibition at Goldsmiths CCA 'It’s 8:30. Do you know where your brains are?' considers DIY television from the 1980s to the 2010s by the collective Paper Tiger Television
By Hannah Silver Published
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Gideon Appah has joined art’s big league. How is he feeling as his New York debut at Pace gathers momentum?
After being signed by Pace in 2022, the artist has gone on to translate thoughts on leisure and freedom into exquisitely detailed oil paintings
By Gameli Hamelo Published
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Everything you need to know about Frieze Los Angeles 2026
Los Angeles is gearing up for another jam-packed week of art and cultural events taking place over the last weekend in February.
By Dan Howarth Published
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Experience Ken Gun Min’s explosively colourful work at his LA exhibition, opening this weekend
The Korean artist’s third solo exhibition at Nazarian/Curcio runs from 21 February to 28 March 2026, unveiling shockingly vibrant and richly ornamented works
By Anna Solomon Published
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Lorena Lohr's tiny, surreal paintings are like looking through a motel room peephole
Lorena Lohr’s 'Motel Nudes' series, currently on show in London at Soho Revue, gives an erotic nod to a Victorian love token
By Belle Hutton Published
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Artists at 1-54 Marrakech 2026 set a prescient mood for the year ahead
Highlights and four talents to know from Morocco’s edition of the annual fair, which spotlights contemporary art and artists from Africa and its diaspora
By Gameli Hamelo Published
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Artist Lauren Drescher’s mythical mermaid prints balance rhythm and reverie
The New Zealand and France-based artist exhibits blue-washed prints of otherworldly aquatic tales in New York
By Osman Can Yerebakan Published
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Sussy Cazalet’s sun-drenched tapestries blur the boundaries between art, design and architecture
At Tristan Hoare Gallery in London, artist Sussy Cazalet's handwoven tapestries are inspired by mid-century design
By Hannah Silver Published
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Sound and Vision: inside Jason Bruges' joyful, immersive David Bowie tribute at Here East
How the artist and lighting designer filled a vast warehouse with balloons, strobes and one of the Thin White Duke’s greatest songs
By Jordan Bassett Published
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Marie Antoinette finds her voice in London exhibition ‘Best Femmes Forever’
Artists Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley’s satirical video installation reconsiders three women who lost their lives in the French Revolution
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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Beanie Babies and Blockbuster nights: this nostalgic London exhibition revisits Y2K aesthetics
‘Internet Cafe’, running until 7 March 2026, brings millennial culture into the gallery, paying tribute to the era of flip phones, velour tracksuits and analog rituals
By Anna Solomon Published
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Enter the dark, unsettling world of Pierre Huyghe in Berlin
Artist Pierre Huyghe creates a haunting new world in his latest work, ‘Liminals’, commissioned by the LAS Art Foundation
By Hili Perlson Published
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Who are the emerging artists to know in the UK now?
New Contemporaries’ annual exhibition in London and Middlesbrough spotlights 26 emerging and early-career artists working in the UK
By Hannah Silver Published
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Beryl Cook celebrated the maligned of British society: now her paintings have their moment in Plymouth
‘Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy’ at The Box Plymouth shines a light on the often underestimated artist
By Hannah Silver Published
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The appeal of the ‘internet boyfriend’: Richard Hawkins in Vienna
‘Potentialities’ at Kunsthalle Wien sees the American artist dissect the appeal of today’s movie hunk in his first institutional show in more than a decade
By Zoe Whitfield Published

