Art news to be on your radar this week: 9 - 15 March 2026

This week is brimming with news of exhibitions, events, and projects worth keeping on your radar. Notable announcements range from Tate Modern’s anniversary celebration of Gustav Metzger’s Remember Nature, to further details revealed for the Barbican’s immersive cinematic experience In Other Worlds by Liam Young, and Camden Art Centre’s major survey of Donald Locke. Internationally, collateral events have been announced for the Venice Biennale, while London’s V&A presents Rising Voices, celebrating contemporary art from the Asia Pacific. Below is what you need to know this week…

Remember Nature to bring contemporary artists together at Tate Modern

The Tate Modern will host a gathering of contemporary artists to mark the 10th anniversary of Gustav Metzger’s Remember Nature project. This free programme features DJ sets, performances, readings, poetry, videos, and posters from artists and musicians including A Man Called Adam, Anya Gallaccio, Cornelia Parker, Uta Kögelsberger, and others. Members of the RSPB Youth Council, MA Arts & Ecology at Goldsmiths, and curator-critics Maja & Reuben Fowkes will also take part. The afternoon begins with a DJ set incorporating the sounds of birds, followed by artist presentations and responses to Metzger’s call-to-action. Remember Nature 2025 was a nationwide day of art activity across England, curated by Jo Joelson and Andrea Gregson, with support from Arts Council England, Hauser & Wirth, Teiger Foundation, University for the Creative Arts Farnham, and the Gustav Metzger Foundation.

Date & Time: 28 March 2026, 3.30–5.30 pm. Location: Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG. tate.org.uk

© London Fieldworks

Barbican reveals more about its 2026 immersive exhibition In Other Worlds with Liam Young

Last week, the Barbican Centre revealed more details of their summer programme, presenting In Other Worlds, an immersive exhibition by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker and speculative futurist Liam Young, running from 21 May to 6 September 2026. The exhibition takes over three locations within the Barbican, Silk Street Entrance, The Curve, and Car Park 5, transforming the spaces into cinematic future worlds where design, fiction, climate science, and storytelling converge. The programme features films, large-scale projections, spoken stories, graphic narratives, costumes, music, and speculative artefacts created in collaboration with leading voices from film, television, literature, and science, including Lisa Joy, Jane Wu, Kim Stanley Robinson, Chen Qiufan, and Holly Jean Buck. The spoken stories are performed by notable actors and scientists such as Dame Dr Maggie Aderin, Richard Ayoade, Alma Pöysti, Adam Young, Denise Gough, and Natasha Wanganeen. Complemented by original music from Forest Swords, Lyra Pramuk, Alex Somers, Space Afrika, and the Iwiri First Nations Choir, the exhibition explores imagined futures rooted in real-world technologies and environmental possibilities, raising questions about the stories we leave behind and the futures we can imagine together.

Date: 21 May – 6 September 2026. Location: Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS.barbican.org.uk

Image credit: Film still from After the End (2024) by Liam Young. Image courtesy of the artist

Camden Art Centre announces Donald Locke exhibition

Camden Art Centre announces it will open a major survey of Guyanese-British artist Donald Locke (1930–2010) this summer, showcasing five decades of his work from the late 1960s through to his final pieces in Atlanta. The exhibition traces Locke’s development across Guyana, the UK, and the United States, highlighting his contributions as a post-war artist of the Windrush Generation, whose work has often been under-recognised in the UK. It features early biomorphic ceramics, mixed-media sculpture and paintings from the Plantation Series, large-scale works combining found materials, and late pieces influenced by the assemblage traditions of the American South. Across all media, Locke consistently explored themes of history, identity, and subjugation, while experimenting with form, materials, and stylistic approaches. This London iteration includes new works on paper and ceramics, alongside loans from York Art Gallery and the Donald Locke Estate, making it the first time the full breadth of his practice is displayed in the capital.

Date: 12 June – 20 September 2026. Location: Camden Art Centre, Arkwright Road, London, NW3 6DG. Price: Free. camdenartcentre.org

Timehri #40, 2009. Donald Locke. Mixed media, ceramic, twigs. Image courtesy of The Anthony Shaw Collection/York Museums Trust. Photo: Tom Meyer

Parasol unit presents TURANDOT: To the Daughters of the East at La Biennale di Venezia

The Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art will relaunch its international programme at the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia with TURANDOT: To the Daughters of the East at ACP–Palazzo Franchetti. Curated by Dr Ziba Ardalan, the exhibition brings together works by eleven prominent female artists from Central Asia and the wider East, including Lida Abdul, Hera Büyüktașcıyan, Afruz Amighi, Huma Bhabha, Mona Hatoum, and others. Featuring a mix of painting, sculpture, video, installations, textile, sound, and spoken works, the exhibition explores themes of existence, myth, history, and cross-cultural heritage, while paying homage to the Turandot figure as a symbol of intelligence, strength, and confidence. Accompanied by a major publication and a programme of talks and performances, this exhibition marks Parasol unit’s first international project following the closure of its London gallery and underlines its commitment to presenting contemporary art globally without a permanent space.

Date: 9 May – 31 October 2026. Location: ACP–Palazzo Franchetti, Campo Santo Stefano, 30124 Venice, Italy. parasolunit.org

Lee Ufan, Relatum (formerly Iron Field), 1969/2019. Installation view, Dia Beacon, New York. © Lee Ufan/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Photo: Bill Jacobson Studio, New York

Lee Ufan Exhibition Announced at SMAC Venice

The Dia Art Foundation has announced a major solo presentation of work by Lee Ufan at SMAC Venice as an official Collateral Event of the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Curated by Jessica Morgan, the exhibition will bring together paintings, large-scale installations, and a new site-specific commission developed in collaboration with the artist. Presented across eight galleries at the Procuratie in Piazza San Marco, the display highlights more than seven decades of Lee Ufan’s practice and his exploration of space, time, gesture, and balance. The project coincides with the artist’s 90th birthday and will run alongside a parallel presentation of his work at Dia Beacon.

Date: 9 May – 30 August 2026. Location: SMAC Venice (San Marco Art Centre), Procuratie, Piazza San Marco, 105, 30124 Venice, Italy. smacvenice.org

Image courtesy of V&A Museum

V&A to present Rising Voices exhibition celebrating contemporary art from the Asia Pacific

The Victoria and Albert Museum will present Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific, a major exhibition bringing together more than 70 works by over 40 artists from 25 countries across the Asia Pacific region. Developed in partnership with the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, the exhibition draws on more than 30 years of the Asia Pacific Triennial and highlights diverse contemporary practices including sculpture, photography, painting, ceramics, weaving and body adornment. Organised into three sections exploring history, ancestral knowledge and spirituality, the exhibition will showcase works that reflect the region’s rich cultural traditions and evolving artistic voices.

Date: 30 May – 13 September 2026. Location: Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL.

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