Monday, May 11, 2026 · No. 130

New Media

M+ to Present Comprehensive Lee Bul Survey Following Successful Seoul Debut

M+ museum in Hong Kong will host 'Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now,' a major survey featuring over 200 works by the South Korean contemporary artist, from March 14 to August 9, 2026.

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Mori Art Museum Announces Roppongi Crossing 2025 Triennial Featuring 21 Artists

The Mori Art Museum in Tokyo has announced the eighth edition of its contemporary art triennial, 'Roppongi Crossing 2025: What Passes Is Time. We Are Eternal.', running from December 3, 2025, to March 29, 2026.

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Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection to Debut Fog Sculpture by Fujiko Nakaya

Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection to Debut Fog Sculpture by Fujiko Nakaya

The Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection in Paris will present a site-specific installation by Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya titled 'Cloud #07156' starting June 4.

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M+ and Leeum Museum of Art to Present Lee Bul Survey Exhibition in Hong Kong

M+ will host 'Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now' from March 14 to August 9, 2026, featuring over 200 works by the South Korean contemporary artist. Co-organized with the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, the exhibition includes iconic installations from the Mon grand récit, Cyborg, and Anagram series.

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Getty Announces 2026 'Off the 405' Concert Lineup Featuring aja monet and Laurel Halo

Getty Announces 2026 'Off the 405' Concert Lineup Featuring aja monet and Laurel Halo

The Getty Center has announced its 2026 'Off the 405' free outdoor concert series, scheduled to run from May 30 through August 22 in Los Angeles.

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Mori Art Museum Announces FY2026 Schedule Featuring Solo Exhibitions by Ron Mueck and Mariko Mori

The Mori Art Museum in Tokyo has unveiled its fiscal year 2026 schedule, headlined by major solo surveys of Ron Mueck and Mariko Mori.

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M+ to Present Asia’s First Major Retrospective of Zao Wou-Ki’s Graphic Works in Hong Kong

M+ museum will host 'Zao Wou-Ki: Master Printmaker' from 13 December 2025 through 3 May 2026, marking the first major Asian retrospective dedicated to the artist's graphic oeuvre.

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M+ Announces Third Asian Avant-Garde Film Festival Supported by Chanel in Hong Kong

M+ museum will host the third edition of the Asian Avant-Garde Film Festival from May 29 to May 31, 2026, in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District.

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M+ Announces Spring 2026 Cinema Season Featuring Film Restorations and Ryuichi Sakamoto Tribute

M+ museum in Hong Kong has unveiled its Cinema Spring Edition running from April to June 2026, featuring the world premiere of the newly restored 1992 film Cageman by Jacob Cheung.

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Tate Modern to Stage 60th Anniversary Performances of Yvonne Rainer’s Trio A in July 2026

Tate Modern to Stage 60th Anniversary Performances of Yvonne Rainer’s Trio A in July 2026

Tate Modern will host free live performances of Yvonne Rainer’s seminal 1966 dance work, Trio A, in the Turbine Hall on July 10 and 11, 2026.

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Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection to Open 'Clair-obscur' Exhibition Exploring Chiaroscuro in Contemporary Art

Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection to Open 'Clair-obscur' Exhibition Exploring Chiaroscuro in Contemporary Art

The Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection in Paris will present 'Clair-obscur,' an exhibition featuring approximately 100 works that examine the legacy of chiaroscuro from the 16th century to the present day.

ExhibitionContemporaryModernParis
Florentina Holzinger Debuts Performance Installation at Austrian Pavilion for Venice Biennale

Florentina Holzinger Debuts Performance Installation at Austrian Pavilion for Venice Biennale

Choreographer Florentina Holzinger has opened her exhibition and performance series, titled "Seaworld Venice," at the Austrian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale. The production features a massive crane, live noise-metal music, and performers engaged in high-risk aerial maneuvers over the lagoon.

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Serpentine North to Host Major Amar Kanwar Solo Exhibition and Film Premiere in 2026

Serpentine North to Host Major Amar Kanwar Solo Exhibition and Film Premiere in 2026

Serpentine North will present a solo exhibition of New Delhi-based artist and filmmaker Amar Kanwar from September 23, 2026, to January 31, 2027.

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M+ and Canadian Centre for Architecture to Present Major Exhibition on Chinese Modernism 1949–1979

M+ and the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) have announced a collaborative research exhibition titled 'How Modern: Biographies of Architecture in China 1949–1979,' opening at the CCA’s Main Galleries in Montreal on November 20, 2025.

ExhibitionContemporaryModernHong Kong

Centre Pompidou Features Sound Artist Stephen Vitiello in Career Retrospective Interview

American artist Stephen Vitiello reflects on a thirty-year career spanning sound installation, experimental music, and film in a new institutional profile.

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Ben Uri Gallery and Museum to Present Word-Image Exhibition Featuring Dom Sylvester Houédard and Susan Hiller

Ben Uri Gallery and Museum to Present Word-Image Exhibition Featuring Dom Sylvester Houédard and Susan Hiller

The Ben Uri Gallery and Museum will host 'Disruptors: Fractured Images and Migrant Word' from May 14 to September 4, 2026. The exhibition explores a century of word-image relations, focusing on the historical avant-garde, post-war concrete poetry, and conceptual art.

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Vancouver Art Gallery to Launch 'Future Geographies' Climate Crisis Exhibition Featuring Josh Kline

Vancouver Art Gallery to Launch 'Future Geographies' Climate Crisis Exhibition Featuring Josh Kline

The Vancouver Art Gallery will present 'Future Geographies: Art in the Century of Climate Change' from May 14, 2026, to January 10, 2027.

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Thaddaeus Ropac Announces David Salle Exhibition at Palazzo Cini in Venice

The exhibition "David Salle: Painting in the Present Tense" will run at the Palazzo Cini from May 6 through September 27. The presentation features new works created using a custom AI model trained on the artist's "Tapestry Paintings" series from the early 1990s.

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M+ and Art Basel Commission Shahzia Sikander for Large-Scale Facade Animation in Hong Kong

M+ and Art Basel Commission Shahzia Sikander for Large-Scale Facade Animation in Hong Kong

M+ museum has co-commissioned Pakistani-American artist Shahzia Sikander to create a cinematic animation titled '3 to 12 Nautical Miles' for the M+ Facade in Hong Kong.

ExhibitionContemporaryNew MediaHong Kong
Cai Guo-Qiang to Present Solo Exhibition and Fireworks Performance for Normandie Impressionniste, White Cube Announces

Cai Guo-Qiang to Present Solo Exhibition and Fireworks Performance for Normandie Impressionniste, White Cube Announces

Artist Cai Guo-Qiang will present a two-part project for the Normandie Impressionniste Festival in France from May 29 to August 31, 2026. Curated by Philippe Platel, the project includes a solo exhibition and a daytime fireworks performance marking the centenary of Claude Monet’s death.

ExhibitionContemporaryNew MediaFrance

M+ Hong Kong to Present Major Ryuichi Sakamoto Retrospective Featuring Site-Specific Installations

M+ will host 'Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time' from February 14 to July 5, 2026, featuring the site-specific installation 'async–immersion' (2023) co-created with Shiro Takatani.

ExhibitionContemporaryNew MediaHong Kong
Whitney Museum Announces 2026 Biennial Programming and Expanded Free Admission Initiatives

Whitney Museum Announces 2026 Biennial Programming and Expanded Free Admission Initiatives

The Whitney Museum of American Art has unveiled a comprehensive schedule for the 2026 Whitney Biennial, featuring site-specific installations by Precious Okoyomon and a performance series including artists Jonathan González and Maia Chao.

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Centre Pompidou to Present Anthony McCall 'Solid Light' Installations for ManiFeste-2026 and Nuit Blanche

The Centre Pompidou has announced a major exhibition of four monumental works by British-American artist Anthony McCall, to be held at the Ircam projection space in Paris.

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Michael Craig-Martin to Inaugurate 2026 Digital Art Season at Hï Ibiza via W1 Curates

Michael Craig-Martin to Inaugurate 2026 Digital Art Season at Hï Ibiza via W1 Curates

Artist Michael Craig-Martin will present an immersive digital installation titled 'Music' (2026) at the Hï Ibiza nightclub's rooftop gallery.

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Yto Barrada Selected to Represent France at 2026 Venice Biennale

Yto Barrada Selected to Represent France at 2026 Venice Biennale

The jury for the French Pavilion has selected artist Yto Barrada to represent France at the 61st Venice Biennale. Barrada was chosen for a multidisciplinary practice that explores social sculpture, alternative pedagogies, and historical narratives across Paris, Tangier, and New York.

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Serpentine Announces Second Annual Reader Publication and Launch Event in London

Serpentine Announces Second Annual Reader Publication and Launch Event in London

Serpentine Galleries will launch the second issue of the Serpentine Reader, titled 'I Hope This Finds You Well', on March 9, 2026.

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Tate St Ives to Host First UK Museum Retrospective of Aleksandra Kasuba in 2026

Tate St Ives to Host First UK Museum Retrospective of Aleksandra Kasuba in 2026

Tate St Ives announced the first UK museum exhibition of Lithuanian-American artist Aleksandra Kasuba, scheduled to run from May 2 to October 4, 2026.

ExhibitionContemporaryModernLondon
Gladstone Gallery Announces Artist Participation in 61st Venice Biennale and Satellite Exhibitions

Gladstone Gallery Announces Artist Participation in 61st Venice Biennale and Satellite Exhibitions

Gladstone Gallery has detailed the participation of its artist roster in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia and various concurrent institutional projects.

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Trevor Paglen Named 2026 LG Guggenheim Award Recipient; Pace Gallery Artist to Receive Honor at Guggenheim New York

Trevor Paglen Named 2026 LG Guggenheim Award Recipient; Pace Gallery Artist to Receive Honor at Guggenheim New York

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and LG have named artist Trevor Paglen as the recipient of the 2026 LG Guggenheim Award.

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Walker Art Gallery to Host John Akomfrah’s Venice Biennale Commission 'Listening All Night To The Rain'

Walker Art Gallery to Host John Akomfrah’s Venice Biennale Commission 'Listening All Night To The Rain'

The Walker Art Gallery will present 'Listening All Night To The Rain' by British artist Sir John Akomfrah from May 16 to August 31, 2026. The exhibition features a series of multi-channel video installations originally commissioned for the British Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024.

ExhibitionContemporaryNew MediaLiverpool
New Museum Announces DEMO2026 Festival and Speaker Lineup for June 2026

New Museum Announces DEMO2026 Festival and Speaker Lineup for June 2026

The New Museum has opened ticket sales for DEMO2026, a festival hosted by its NEW INC incubator scheduled for June 3–5, 2026. The event will take place in the museum's expanded building and features showcases on view through June 10. Confirmed speakers include Xin Liu, Dr.

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M+ to Present Wael Shawky’s Film 'I Am Hymns of the New Temples' in Hong Kong

M+ museum will host the exhibition 'Wael Shawky: I Am Hymns of the New Temples' from 30 May to 25 October 2026. The featured 2023 video work was filmed among the ruins of Pompeii and utilizes handmade masks to explore creation myths and national narratives.

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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Partners with Samsung Art Store to Digitally Distribute 30 Modern Artworks

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Partners with Samsung Art Store to Digitally Distribute 30 Modern Artworks

The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has partnered with Samsung to make 30 works of modern art available via the Samsung Art Store subscription service for Frame TV owners. The digital collection includes works by Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Kazimir Malevich, and Claude Monet.

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Guggenheim Announces 2026 Young Collectors Council Party Featuring Artist Diane Severin Nguyen

Guggenheim Announces 2026 Young Collectors Council Party Featuring Artist Diane Severin Nguyen

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will host its annual Young Collectors Council (YCC) Party on May 14, 2026, marking the 30th anniversary of the group.

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Getty Releases New 'Becoming Artsy' Episode Featuring Sarah Stone Watercolors and Avian Art

Getty Releases New 'Becoming Artsy' Episode Featuring Sarah Stone Watercolors and Avian Art

The Getty Museum has released the latest episode of its 'Becoming Artsy' digital series, focusing on the intersection of ornithology and watercolor painting. The episode features two bird watercolors by artist Sarah Stone held in the Getty Museum’s Drawings Room.

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Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection Presents Victor Man Solo Exhibition as Part of 'Clair-obscur'

The Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection in Paris is exhibiting ten paintings by Victor Man as part of the group presentation 'Clair-obscur'.

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Getty Collaborates with Designer Peder Cho to Upcycle Exhibition Banners into Wearable Art

Getty Collaborates with Designer Peder Cho to Upcycle Exhibition Banners into Wearable Art

The Getty has released a new episode of its 'Becoming Artsy' series featuring a collaboration with fashion designer Peder Cho. The project involves upcycling decommissioned museum exhibition banners and old props into new textile objects.

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M+ Museum Announces Cinema Programming and Membership Access for 2026 Season

M+ Museum in Hong Kong has detailed its 2026 operational schedule, featuring cinema screenings held from Fridays through Sundays. The institution's collection now exceeds 10,000 objects, accessible through various gallery exhibitions.

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New Museum to Inaugurate Building Expansion with 'New Humans: Memories of the Future' Exhibition

New Museum to Inaugurate Building Expansion with 'New Humans: Memories of the Future' Exhibition

The New Museum will open its expanded New York building on March 21, 2026, with a large-scale exhibition titled 'New Humans: Memories of the Future.' Curated by Massimiliano Gioni and Gary Carrion-Murayari, the show features over 150 international artists, scientists, and filmmakers exploring the.

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Thaddaeus Ropac to Present Harun Farocki Exhibition Focused on 'Operational Images' in Paris

Thaddaeus Ropac to Present Harun Farocki Exhibition Focused on 'Operational Images' in Paris

Thaddaeus Ropac will host an exhibition of works by the late filmmaker and artist Harun Farocki, exploring his influential concept of 'operational images.' The presentation examines Farocki's career-long investigation into images that function as instruments of labor, science, and surveillance ra.

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Tate Britain Announces Turner Prize 2026 Shortlist; MIMA Middlesbrough to Host Exhibition

Tate Britain Announces Turner Prize 2026 Shortlist; MIMA Middlesbrough to Host Exhibition

Tate Britain has shortlisted Simeon Barclay, Kira Freije, Marguerite Humeau, and Tanoa Sasraku for the Turner Prize 2026. The nominated artists will participate in an exhibition at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) from September 26, 2026, to March 29, 2027.

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V&A East to Present Carrie Mae Weems Film Installation 'The Long Goodbye' in 2026

V&A East has announced a solo exhibition by artist Carrie Mae Weems titled 'The Long Goodbye,' scheduled to run from April 18 to October 18, 2026.

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Getty Releases 50th Episode of 'Becoming Artsy' Series Focused on Drawing Techniques and Research

Getty Releases 50th Episode of 'Becoming Artsy' Series Focused on Drawing Techniques and Research

The Getty has released the 50th episode of its digital series 'Becoming Artsy,' featuring artist Peter Zokosky and scholar William Crow. The episode examines the Charles Bargue Drawing Course and the psychological benefits of sketching within museum environments.

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Kamasi Washington to Inaugurate LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries with 100-Musician Performance

Composer Kamasi Washington will perform his work 'Harmony of Difference' at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) on June 26, 27, and 28, 2025. The event marks the first public program held in the museum's new David Geffen Galleries, designed by architect Peter Zumthor.

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