For this inaugural exhibition at Paris Photo, two winning series are exhibited in dialogue: Valérie Belin’s Still Life, which won the Prix Pictet Disorder in 2015, and Alfredo Jaar’s The End, which won the most recent cycle, Storm, in 2025…
Read MoreFrom 10-14 November 2026, Silencio, a mixed-arts cultural space founded in 2011 and designed by David Lynch, becomes a hub for the celebration of photography…
Read MoreParis Photo, the world’s leading photography fair, returns to the Grand Palais in Paris from 12 to 15 November 2026, with 246 exhibitors from 38 countries showing under one roof. This will be a special edition, as it marks the bicentennial of the invention of photography…
Read MoreThe Royal Museum of Fine Arts (KMSKA) in Antwerp has opened a major retrospective dedicated to sculptor Ossip Zadkine (b. Vitebsk 1888 - d. Paris 1967). Zadkine is widely recognised as one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century, and a number of significant works already formed part of the KMSKA collection..
Read MoreIn 2025, Hotel Arts Barcelona was reimagined by design and architecture powerhouses Meyer Davis and GCA Architects. Constructed in 1992, the year Barcelona held the Olympic Games, the 44-storey building is a landmark of the city’s skyline. Its distinctive steel exoskeleton remains untouched, but the hotel’s interiors have been entirely upgraded.
Read MoreCelebrating its 21st edition in 2026, Darbar Festival is the leading festival of Indian classical music in the UK. The five-day celebration of Hindustani and Carnatic music is themed The Shock of the New, and will feature many artists never heard before in the UK…
Read MoreThe 21st edition of Contemporary Istanbul took place from the 23 - 27 September at a new location, Tersane, a luxurious new development on the Golden Horn waterfront. Over 70 galleries participated from 24 countries. Of all the booths, these four stood out for the strength of their artistic and curatorial programming….
Read MoreBarcelona Gallery Weekend returns for its 12th edition, with 25 galleries across the city and L'Hospitalet de Llobregat throwing open their doors simultaneously. Amid the more than 50 artists on view, five shows stand out for anyone plotting a route through the city this weeken…
Read MoreYang Lan is a journalist, curator, entrepreneur, and Chairperson of Sun Media Group. She curates Reviving Craft: Reflection of the Mind, on view at Somerset House from 16 to 27 September. The exhibition treats craft as an ongoing, living practice rather than a fixed artifact…
Read MoreWhen you meander through the glittering coastlines and rolling hills of the south of France in the summer, it’s all too easy to understand why so many great artists of the C20th chose to live, work and play there…
Read MoreThe annual photography festival held in Arles from July to October spans over 50 official exhibitions, dozens of off site shows, and a range of institutional collaborations. One of the pleasures of visiting the festival is the mix of established and emerging artists presented, from some of the biggest names in photography to artists at the start of their careers…
Read MoreIn Search of… Incredible is an exhibition by Julianknxx at LUMA Arles bringing together film, sound and sculpture…
Read MoreEvery summer, the charming city of Arles in south-west France becomes a mecca for photographers and photography-lovers. Lucien Clergue, Michel Tournier and Jean‑Maurice Rouquette founded the annual photography festival Les Rencontres de la photographie d'Arles in 1970 and it remains…
Read MoreHeading to Europe this summer? Make time for its museums, too. Beyond the beaches and city breaks, there’s plenty to discover, from blockbuster retrospectives and ambitious new commissions to acclaimed touring exhibitions…
Read MoreLocated in the picturesque mountain town of Mougins, an artist hotspot once home to Picasso and many others, FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins) was founded by collector Christian Levett in 2024 and is exclusively dedicated to women artists…
Read MoreRoskilde Festival, the largest and longest-running festival in Denmark, has just opened the gates of its 54th edition. Here’s what you need to know about…
Read MoreZurich Art Weekend returns from 12–14 June 2026, bringing together more than 70 museums, galleries, foundations and independent art spaces across the city…
Read MoreThe 61st Venice Biennale opened on 9 May 2026 in Venice, with this year’s edition shaped around In Minor Keys, a curatorial theme conceived by the late Koyo Kouoh. The Biennale once again transforms Venice into a sprawling international exhibition, with more than 80 national pavilions taking over the Giardini, the Arsenale and sites across the city. Sofia, our arts contributor, picks her five standout national pavilions from this year’s edition.
Read MoreThe theme for the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, In Minor Keys, and its artists, were selected by Cameroonian curator Koyo Kouoh. The final form of the exhibition, however, was realised by a committee following Kouoh’s death in 2025…
Read MoreCarmen Joubert is a curator at the Norval Foundation and recently curated Interior Weather, a collaboration with Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel. We had a chat with her about the project, her approach to working within the Mount Nelson’s historic interiors, and her perspective on the current contemporary art scene in Cape Town…
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