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16 stories on The Cultural Signal
The Louvre will present a guest artist exhibition featuring Kader Attia and Elizabeth Peyton, running from September 24 to December 14, 2026, in the Salle de la Chapelle.
On August 1, 2026, the National Gallery in London announced "Van Eyck: The Portraits," the first exhibition ever devoted to the portraits of Jan van Eyck (active 1422–1441).
On August 5, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Thomas Struth has received the Soane Honors Award for Photography.
On July 30, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Thomas Struth has been awarded the Soane Honors Award for Photography. Struth's work is also featured in 'MATERIA.
On July 29, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Friedrich Kunath's work is included in "On Landscape: Between Escapism and Disenchantment," a group exhibition at Haus Am Lützowplatz in Berlin.
On July 28, 2026, Lempertz announced it has been entrusted with auctioning the Heinz and Else Kress collection of inrō, one of the most extensive and comprehensive collections of Japanese lacquer boxes in Europe.
On July 17, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery announced that artist Marc Brandenburg has selected seven objects from his personal collection for a feature in Sleek magazine.
Thaddaeus Ropac announced on July 21, 2026, that Florentina Holzinger's performance "Seaworld Venice" at the Austrian Pavilion of the Venice Biennale has drawn an estimated 2,000 visitors daily since May.
Demolition/Escape is on view at Fluentum in Berlin until July 25, 2026. The exhibition brings together three artists working in video and sound and features Tina Keane’s Escalator (1988), which has been fully restored and is exhibited for the first time in over thirty years.
Tom Holert examines Harun Farocki’s views on the function of film and images, referencing a 2014 Berlin Documentary Forum panel where Farocki discussed the early twentieth-century shift of film toward entertainment and education.
König Galerie maintains Elsewhere, which collects the most current information and updates on artists represented by the gallery in exhibitions in major institutions worldwide.
Shilpa Gupta presents a solo exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Invalidenstraße 50, Berlin. The show runs March 27, 2026–January 3, 2027.
A group exhibition featuring Pascale Marthine Tayou runs March 21, 2026–June 14, 2026 at Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. The presentation is organized by the Berlin institution and includes work by the Cameroon-born artist alongside additional participants.
König Galerie hosts monthly rotating exhibitions of new artworks from upcoming artists. The exhibitions are presented at St. Agnes in Berlin and at the gallery’s outpost in Seoul, Korea.
The Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart is presenting a group exhibition featuring Tacita Dean, Thomas Demand, Olafur Eliasson, Henrik Håkansson, and Tomás Saraceno. The five artists return to the Rieckhallen, where they maintained studios for many years.
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) in Berlin presents Nora Turato's installation they filled me up with words on the institution's facade. The work originates from the artist's latest cycle and the performance pool7, which receives its German premiere at Uferstudios on October 28, 2025.
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