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18 stories across Contemporary, Installation, London, and Public Art. Latest: Tate Modern's 'Frida: The Making of an Icon' Opens as Highest Pre-Selling Exhibition in Museum's History.
Tate Modern opened 'Frida: The Making of an Icon' on June 25, 2026, becoming the highest pre-selling exhibition in the museum's history with more than 50,000 tickets sold.
On June 24, 2026, the Barbican Centre announced further programme details for "Repercussions," a multi-day takeover led by Turner Prize-winning artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan and his nonprofit Earshot.
On June 22, 2026, Gagosian announced that Theaster Gates has been commissioned to create a permanent installation for the Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side, scheduled to open in 2026.
On June 17, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler reported that British artist Darren Almond’s work is included in the group exhibition Vexation of Spirit at Fundação de Serralves in Porto, drawn from the Duerckheim Collection and focused on religion, society and war.
On June 15, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced that Ugo Rondinone will install a new rainbow work titled THE SONG IS YOU in the courtyard of the Royal Academy in London. The exhibition opens June 16, 2026 and runs through August 23, 2026.
On June 4, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced that Oliver Beer will present the multi-media installation The Sky in the Cave at its Ely House gallery in London.
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Ugo Rondinone installs the rainbow sculpture THE SONG IS YOU in the courtyard of the Royal Academy of Arts, London. The work runs June 16 – August 23, 2026.
On June 3, 2026, Centre Pompidou co-produced the exhibition "La mer est ton miroir" with the city of Auxerre.
June 3, 2026, Tate Modern unveiled gadzi, an original installation by nora chipaumire, recipient of the Infinities Commission 2026.
On June 3, 2026, Tokyo Node announced the exhibition 'Tony Oursler: Between Technology and Spiritual Knowledge - Magic, Media, and Art', running from July 3 to September 27, 2026.
On June 3, 2026, Tate Modern unveiled gadzi, an original installation by nora chipaumire, recipient of the Infinities Commission 2026.
May 28, 2026. A nude performer wearing a belt with a metallic sphere climbs a rope to a giant bell in the Austrian Pavilion as part of Giardini, striking the bell hourly to produce a resonant alarm after a period of gray noise and silence.
Antony Gormley joins Ann Demeester, director of Kunsthaus Zürich, for a public discussion on his sculptural installation Here and Now at Art Basel Unlimited.
On June 1, 2026, White Cube returns to Art Basel in Basel, Switzerland, presenting installations by Tracey Emin and Theaster Gates at Unlimited during the 16–21 June 2026 fair.
On May 28, 2026, White Cube announced that Katharina Grosse is presenting the in-situ work 'Arrels' at Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani de Palma. The installation transforms La Llotja in Palma de Mallorca, creating a model of a landscape within the historic structure.
On May 27, 2026, White Cube announced that Ibrahim Mahama presents 'Labyrinths' at MAPS in Køge, Denmark, as part of the museum’s new programme series, 'Tomorrow’s Public Art'.
Shahryar Nashat's Raw Is the Red is on view at the Aspen Art Museum from November 21, 2025 to April 26, 2026.
MAM Rio hosts the first Brazilian edition of Daniel Buren’s Voile/Toile – Toile/Voile from 24 February 2026 until 12 April 2026. The project, begun in 1975, transforms boat sails into an artistic medium and has previously been presented in Geneva, Lucerne, Miami and Minneapolis.
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