For the first time, all ten surviving portraits by the Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck (documented as active from 1422 to 1441) will be brought together in a single exhibition. Entitled “Van Eyck: The Portraits”, the exhibition at the National Gallery in London will run from 21 November 2026 to 11 April 2027, presenting nine […]
read moreAs nuclear powers modernize their arsenals and nuclear deterrence experiences a political resurgence, an international initiative of artists is turning to the power of images. Since September 10, 2026, MoMA PS1 in New York has been presenting artistic responses to nuclear weapons in the exhibition “Homeroom: Artists Against the Bomb”. The exhibition regards art as […]
read moreA work of art that visitors are allowed to touch is unusual enough. But one that only fulfils its true purpose through the person touching it turned conventional notions of sculpture on their head in the 1970s. Franz West (1947–2012) made the viewer’s body an integral part of his art, dispensing with the traditionally reverential […]
read moreDavid Zwirner Gallery will present an exhibition of Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959), opening on November 5, 2026, featuring new paintings and drawings, recent sculptures, and early works selected by the artist himself. Spanning the gallery’s two New York locations at 537 West 20th Street and 533 West 19th Street, the exhibition marks Nara’s […]
read moreWhere does the East begin? And who actually decided where the centre of Europe lies? Geographical coordinates are rarely as innocent as they appear on maps. They reveal power dynamics and historical interpretations. For a long time, the European continent has tended to view its history primarily from a Western perspective. Berlin, once itself divided […]
read moreThe Preußische Seehandlung Foundation has launched a new studio fellowship program for young artists. At the historic Burgwallschanze in Berlin-Spandau, the foundation will provide four studio spaces for graduates of the Berlin University of the Arts. On September 19, 2026, the new program was presented to the public for the first time at an opening […]
read moreThrough a multi-perspective showcase of artistic voices, the 2027 exhibition programme combines local cultural history with international perspectives on socialism and contemporary issues. “The diversity and, at the same time, the scholarly depth characterise the content of MINSK,” says Anna Schneider, director of the Kunsthaus in Potsdam, looking ahead to the coming year. “Furthermore, DAS […]
read moreFrom 10 October 2026, the Kunsthalle Tübingen will be hosting the exhibition PRESENT PERFECT. In it, the gallery will juxtapose works by the artist Lars Eidinger with various pieces from the collection in a dialogic arrangement. For over thirty years, the actor and photographer Lars Eidinger has been capturing reality, first with his camera and […]
read moreOn 10 October 2026, the Schinkel Pavilion will host an exhibition entitled ‘La Haluca – A Pioneer Girl’ by the artist Ana Hoffner ex Prvulovic*. La Haluca (“The Pioneer Woman”) refers to a historical text by the Bosnian-Jewish writer Luna Laura Papo Bohoreta (1891–1942), which artist Ana Hoffner ex-Prvulovic* takes up in her performance. The Halucaemerges […]
read moreTo mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of photography, the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises will honour the continuous work of ten Berlin galleries in the field of artistic photography and their planned exhibition projects with the EMOP Gallery Concept Award 2026/27 during the upcoming EMOP Berlin – European Month of […]
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