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Florentina Holzinger: SEAWORLD VENICE Project at the Gropius Bau
Museum Exhibitions
Gropuis Bau, Berlin, Germany
19 March—25 May 2027

Florentina Holzinger: SEAWORLD VENICE

Project at the Gropius Bau
First realised for the Biennale di Venezia 2026 Gropius Bau will show an adapted version of this project.
Zadie Xa: in situ Solo exhibition at Guggenheim Bilbao
Museum Exhibitions
Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
19 November 2026—25 April 2027

Zadie Xa: in situ

Solo exhibition at Guggenheim Bilbao
Zadie Xa will present her work as part of the Guggenheim Bilbao’s in situ series, a programme of site-specific works...
Oliver Beer: Resonance Project – The Cave Solo exhibition at Kiasma
Museum Exhibitions
Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
6 November 2026—28 March 2027

Oliver Beer: Resonance Project – The Cave

Solo exhibition at Kiasma
Premiered at the 2024 Lyon Biennale, the immersive video opera Resonance Project: The Cave makes its Nordic debut in Kiasma.
Mandy El-Sayegh in Angels and Mara Bangkok Art Biennale 2026
Museum Exhibitions
Bangkok, Thailand
29 October 2026—28 February 2027

Mandy El-Sayegh in Angels and Mara

Bangkok Art Biennale 2026
Mandy El-Sayegh is one of the commissioned artists to feature in the Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB 2026).
Raqib Shaw: Night Sonnets Solo exhibition at Compton Verney
Museum Exhibitions
Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK
19 September 2026—21 February 2027

Raqib Shaw: Night Sonnets

Solo exhibition at Compton Verney
The exhibition will include many works which have not been exhibited in the UK before, including The Retrospective 2002-2022 (2015-22).
Herbert Boeckl – Hans Josephsohn: Figural Archetypes Group exhibition at the Leopold Museum
Museum Exhibitions
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
24 July 2026—10 January 2027

Herbert Boeckl – Hans Josephsohn: Figural Archetypes

Group exhibition at the Leopold Museum
The combined presentation will raise questions of existentiality in the sense of a universal engagement with human existence.
BASELITZ MANIFESTE Solo exhibition at the Rupertinum Salzburg
Museum Exhibitions
Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria
3 July—4 October 2026

BASELITZ MANIFESTE

Solo exhibition at the Rupertinum Salzburg
Honoring the artist's 88th birthday the Museum der Moderne dedicates Baselitz two exhibitions focusing on drawings and paintings.
Alvaro Barrington | Sonsbeek Biennial 2026 13th edition of Europe’s oldest public art exhibition returns to Arnhem
Museum Exhibitions
Park Sonsbeek, Arnhem, The Netherlands
2 July—11 October 2026

Alvaro Barrington | Sonsbeek Biennial 2026

13th edition of Europe’s oldest public art exhibition returns to Arnhem
Alvaro Barrington will be invited to develop a new commission for public space, in dialogue with Arnhem and its landscapes.
The Ascent of Rauschenberg: Reinventing the Art of Flight Solo exhibition at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Museum Exhibitions
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC, USA
1 July 2026

The Ascent of Rauschenberg: Reinventing the Art of Flight

Solo exhibition at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
This exhibition is headlining Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum reopening and explores the theme of flight in Rauschenberg's career .
Ali Banisadr: Temple of the Mind Solo exhibition at Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Museum Exhibitions
Buffalo AKG Art Museum, NY, USA
26 June—8 November 2026

Ali Banisadr: Temple of the Mind

Solo exhibition at Buffalo AKG Art Museum
The exhibition will take place in the museum’s Hemicycle Gallery, as well as throughout the Wilmers Galleries—the first time an...
Ali Banisadr in Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions Group exhibition at The Morgan Library & Museum
Museum Exhibitions
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY, USA
26 June—4 October 2026

Ali Banisadr in Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions

Group exhibition at The Morgan Library & Museum
Conceived in two parts, this double-gallery exhibition explores the origins of Tarot in Renaissance Italy and its ongoing relevance as...
Robert Mapplethorpe: Le forme della bellezza Solo exhibition at the Museo dell’Ara Pacis
Museum Exhibitions
Museo dell’Ara Pacis, Rome, Italy
29 May—4 October 2026

Robert Mapplethorpe: Le forme della bellezza

Solo exhibition at the Museo dell’Ara Pacis
On display is a selection of approximately 200 photographs, which explore the concept of beauty as absolute perfection and formal...
Antony Gormley: Geestgrond Solo exhibition at KMSKA, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
Museum Exhibitions
KMSKA, Antwerp, Netherlands
23 May—20 September 2026

Antony Gormley: Geestgrond

Solo exhibition at KMSKA, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
Geestgrond brings together over 100 works by Antony Gormley spanning more than four decades.
Zadie Xa with Benito Mayor Vallejo Solo exhibition at the Esker Foundation
Museum Exhibitions
Esker Foundation, Calgary, Canada
23 May—23 August 2026

Zadie Xa with Benito Mayor Vallejo

Solo exhibition at the Esker Foundation
This is the first major solo exhibition in Alberta of the Vancouver-born, London-based artist, made in collaboration with artist and...
Georg Baselitz: Zeit für neue Helden Solo exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg
Museum Exhibitions
Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg, Holle, Germany
16 May 2026 – Ongoing

Georg Baselitz: Zeit für neue Helden

Solo exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg
Conceived as a revolving presentation of prints, t his exhibition includes approximately 70 woodcuts and etchings created between 1964 and...
Konferenz: Baselitz, Immendorff, Lüpertz, Penck Group exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg
Museum Exhibitions
Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg, Holle, Germany
16 May 2026 – Ongoing

Konferenz: Baselitz, Immendorff, Lüpertz, Penck

Group exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg
Comprised of over 50 significant works, the exhibition brings together four celebrated post-war German artists.
Vexation of Spirit. The Duerckheim Collection x Serralves Group exhibition at the Serralves Museum including works by Georg Baselitz and...
Museum Exhibitions
Museu de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
15 May—1 November 2026

Vexation of Spirit. The Duerckheim Collection x Serralves

Group exhibition at the Serralves Museum including works by Georg Baselitz and Anselm Kiefer
Considered to be one of the most significant private collections in Europe, this exhibition reflects an artistic vision marked by...
Lee Kang So: A Field of Becoming Solo exhibition at the KCCNY
Museum Exhibitions
Korean Cultural Center New York, New York, NY, USA
13 May—20 June 2026

Lee Kang So: A Field of Becoming

Solo exhibition at the KCCNY
The exhibition brings together works from the 1970s to the present, tracing the continuity and transformation of Lee’s practice.
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov: Venetian Diary A project with the participation of the inhabitants of Venice
Museum Exhibitions
Venetian Pavilion, Giardini della Biennale, Venice
Ca’ Tron, Santa Croce/San Stae, Venice
9 May—22 November 2026

Ilya & Emilia Kabakov: Venetian Diary

A project with the participation of the inhabitants of Venice
The project traces its origins back to 1993, when the artists conceived for Ghent an installation based on collective story-telling.
Eva Helene Pade in Don’t have hope, be hope! Group exhibition at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Museum Exhibitions
Isola di San Giacomo, Venice
Opening 7 May 2026

Eva Helene Pade in Don’t have hope, be hope!

Group exhibition at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Eva Helene Pade features in Don’t have hope, be hope!, a group exhibition from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection.

News & Events

Florentina Holzinger’s 9-Hour Spectacle Pushes the Limits of Body Art
28 May 2026

Florentina Holzinger’s 9-Hour Spectacle Pushes the Limits of Body Art

‘The choreographer-provocateur followed a hit show at the Venice Biennale with one in Vienna’ writes Valeriya Safronova
The one who painted with socks Hannes Hintermeier reviews the Robert Rauschenberg exhibition in Krems
Featured in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
27 May 2026

The one who painted with socks

Hannes Hintermeier reviews the Robert Rauschenberg exhibition in Krems
In the quiet town of Krems, the works of the greats of 20th-century American art are on view
It has to hurt Performance-Star Florentina Holzinger
Featured in Süddeutsche Zeitung
26 May 2026

It has to hurt

Performance-Star Florentina Holzinger
Christine Dössel reviews the artist’s latest performance as a radical exploration of pain, ritual and body art.
The Holy Spirit in an ecstasy of pain Florentina Holzinger’s ‘Pfingstspiel’
Featured in monopol
25 May 2026

The Holy Spirit in an ecstasy of pain

Florentina Holzinger’s ‘Pfingstspiel’
With her ‘Pfingstspiel’, Florentina Holzinger transforms Schloss Prinzendorf into an ecstatic ritual of blood, pain and religious imagery.
Layers of Sensory Experience Built and Erased 3-Artist Abstract Exhibition That Inward Eye
Featured in Yonhap News
25 May 2026

Layers of Sensory Experience Built and Erased

3-Artist Abstract Exhibition That Inward Eye
Review of That Inward Eye at Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul.
Anselm Kiefer transforms Thaddaeus Ropac gallery in Pantin into a cathedral of living matter Exhibition review
Featured in Numéro Art
25 May 2026

Anselm Kiefer transforms Thaddaeus Ropac gallery in Pantin into a cathedral of living matter

Exhibition review
Thibaut Wychowanok writes, 'The German artist blends mythology, contemporary ruins and shifting landscapes into monumental works'.
Whitsun with Florentina Holzinger Witches’ Dances and a Monster Truck
Featured in Der Standard
24 May 2026

Whitsun with Florentina Holzinger

Witches’ Dances and a Monster Truck
The performance troupe pulled out all the stops in Prinzendorf. 
Thrilling action and radical nudity: Florentina Holzinger reinterpreted the Orgien Mysterien Theater at Nitsch’s castle
Featured in Salzburger Nachrichten
24 May 2026

Thrilling action and radical nudity:

Florentina Holzinger reinterpreted the Orgien Mysterien Theater at Nitsch’s castle
Her Pfingstspiel brings the actionist’s castle in Prinzendorf to life.
‘Her crotchless trousers are etched in my brain for ever’ Valie Export remembered by the artists she influenced
Featured in The Guardian
22 May 2026

‘Her crotchless trousers are etched in my brain for ever’

Valie Export remembered by the artists she influenced
Peaches, Florentina Holzinger, Joan Jonas and more pay tribute to the fearless feminist performance artist.
Alex Katz The Boundless Beauty Captured in the Moment
Featured in Esquire Korea
22 May 2026

Alex Katz

The Boundless Beauty Captured in the Moment
Review of Alex Katz: Studies at Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul.
Valie Export, Who Made Art With Her Naked Body, Dies at 85
Featured in The New York Times
21 May 2026

Valie Export, Who Made Art With Her Naked Body, Dies at 85

Will Heinrich writes, 'in provocative performance pieces and films, she forced viewers to confront misogyny in the media and society at large.'
Adrian Ghenie: Roman Campagna Exhibition review
Featured in Télérama
12 May 2026

Adrian Ghenie: Roman Campagna

Exhibition review
'His rise owes much to his almost pirate-like way of bringing into his canvases, through collision and fragmentation, elements and images that are, at first glance, strongly contradictory.'
Red Lady Performance by Mandy El-Sayegh and Alice Walter
Events
Friday 5 June, 5pm

Red Lady

Performance by Mandy El-Sayegh and Alice Walter
Red Lady is a new performance conceived by Mandy El-Sayegh for her exhibition, Jewel Tones, taking place during London Gallery Weekend. 
Oliver Beer and Rufus Wainwright: In Conversation Moderated by Lotte Johnson
Events
Friday 5 June 2026, 12pm

Oliver Beer and Rufus Wainwright: In Conversation

Moderated by Lotte Johnson
Join us for an in-conversation between artist Oliver Beer and singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright to mark the opening of Beer's solo exhibition The Sky in the Cave during London Gallery Weekend.
How can nudity be so provocative? Interview with Florentina Holzinger
Featured in The Guardian
19 May 2026

How can nudity be so provocative?

Interview with Florentina Holzinger
The artist speaks with Hettie Judah on rocking Venice with naked jetskiers, human bells and urine divers.
From men on dog leads to public breast-fondling, Valie Export’s art demanded a total feminist revolution
Featured in The Guardian
15 May 2026

From men on dog leads to public breast-fondling, Valie Export’s art demanded a total feminist revolution

Hettie Judah remembers the artist, 'a brilliantly subversive pioneer whose work exposed the predicament of women living in a world that was not made for us.'
Valie Export, Avant-Garde Icon and Feminist Trailblazer, Dies at 85
Featured in Artnet
15 May 2026

Valie Export, Avant-Garde Icon and Feminist Trailblazer, Dies at 85

'Export had clearly left an indelible impact on contemporary art by the turn of the 21st century. But she never stopped pushing herself.' 
VALIE EXPORT, Feminist Provocateur of the Avant-Garde, Dies Aged 85
Featured in Frieze
15 May 2026

VALIE EXPORT, Feminist Provocateur of the Avant-Garde, Dies Aged 85

'The Austrian artist who turned her body into a radical feminist instrument spent four decades daring audiences to look away.'
VALIE EXPORT Queen of Cool
Featured in Die Zeit
15 May 2026

VALIE EXPORT

Queen of Cool
The artist VALIE EXPORT was famous and infamous for her sensational actions. An Obituary. 
Bringing the Bodies: Florentina Holzinger Corrupts the Female Nude
Featured in Artforum
13 May 2026

Bringing the Bodies: Florentina Holzinger Corrupts the Female Nude

'Holzinger is unabashedly committed to an iconographic project. This is what makes her work distinctive within the widening field of performance art at the cusps of dance, theater, and the visual arts.'
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