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Almine Rech announced that Malagasy artist Joël Andrianomearisoa has been selected among 62 artists who submitted proposals for the seventh and eighth commissions of the High Line Plinth in New York.
Lisson Gallery announced that French contemporary artist Daniel Buren has been invited to create a site-specific installation at the Musée des impressionnismes Giverny, running from July 17 to November 1, 2026.
On July 20, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery announced details of Florentina Holzinger's installation at the Austrian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale.
Almine Rech has announced three projects by artist Tomokazu Matsuyama in New York. At Columbus Circle, a six-foot soccer ball sculpture titled "Softly Distance" was commissioned for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Cory Arcangel presented a new site-specific installation at Kappa FuturFestival in Turin, Italy, one of Europe's leading electronic music festivals. Titled "fulgura frango" (2026), the work is a custom-cast bronze bell installed on the festival's Lab Stage, adjacent to the DJ decks.
On June 10, 2026, Art21 announced the premiere of the new episode "Human Nature," the third installment of Season 12 of its series "Art in the Twenty-First Century." The episode features four artists, including Josh Kline, who explore questions of humanity, environmental impact, social systems, a.
On June 4, 2026, Pace Gallery released an 'Artists on Artists' film by Anicka Yi exploring the exhibition 'Paul Thek: Dream of Vanishing,' on view at Pace’s New York gallery through August 14.
On May 27, 2026, Matthew Marks Gallery announced an exhibition of Berlin-based artist Thomas Demand. The exhibition runs from May 27, 2026, to January 24, 2027, and fuses the visual power of theatre and opera with Demand's artistic methods.
On July 14, 2026, Pace Gallery announced that artists Maya Lin and Kiki Smith have installed permanent works at the Obama Presidential Center Museum in Chicago.
Internationally renowned artist Stephan Balkenhol has created an installation of figures from the world of opera, now on view at Residenzplatz and in the state-rooms of the DomQuartier Salzburg.
Jenkin van Zyl's first major solo exhibition, 'Surrender,' has opened at Edel Assanti in London, featuring an immersive installation centered on Japanese love hotels and queer desire.
The Musée du Louvre will host an exhibition showcasing works by guest artists Kader Attia and Elizabeth Peyton, created during two-year residencies in the museum. The exhibition, held in the Salle de la Chapelle, runs from September 24 to December 14, 2026.
On July 14, 2026, the Mori Art Museum announced that its ongoing Ron Mueck exhibition surpassed 200,000 visitors as of July 9, 2026. Co-organized with the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, the show marks the artist's first major solo presentation in Japan in 18 years.
The Barbican Centre announced that Japanese artist Yuko Mohri will present a major new exhibition, "In Concert," in The Curve from October 1, 2026, to January 24, 2027.
LongHouse Reserve has installed a painted steel sculpture by Sean Scully titled '48' (2024) in its garden, on view from July 14, 2026, through December 24, 2028.
On July 13, 2026, White Cube announced that Christian Marclay's 24-hour video installation "The Clock" (2010) will be presented at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from July 26 to August 23, 2026. This marks the first Los Angeles presentation of the work since 2015.
Tate Modern will open the UK's first major exhibition dedicated to multidisciplinary artist Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) in over a decade, running from July 15, 2026 to January 17, 2027.
On June 20, 2026, Museum SAN announced 'Drawing on Space', a solo exhibition by Antony Gormley that marks the largest presentation of the artist's work in Korea to date.
On June 20, 2026, Antony Gormley opened his solo exhibition "Drawing on Space" at the Cheongjo Gallery of Museum SAN in Wonju, Gangwon Province, South Korea.
On July 9, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced that Alvaro Barrington has been commissioned for the thirteenth edition of the Sonsbeek Biennial in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
On July 9, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced that Paloma Varga Weisz is participating in the 31st edition of ROHKUNSTBAU at Schloss Altdöbern in Altdöbern, Germany. The exhibition, titled "die Kunst des Überschreitens" (The Art of Transgression), is on view until November 1, 2026.
On July 9, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced Swiss Institute's 40th anniversary exhibition 'Regift' at LUMA Westbau in Zurich. Co-produced by Swiss Institute and Luma Foundation, the exhibition revisits the 2009 original organized by John Miller and Piper Marshall at SI in New York.
On July 8, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced that Matthew Barney will present a new large-scale sculpture, 'ZONE DEFENSE: Old Snowmass Parallax,' as part of AIR 2026 in Aspen, Colorado, running July 27–31.
Serpentine Galleries has announced Park Nights 2026, an experimental live programme of performances inside the 25th Serpentine Pavilion, designed by the LANZA atelier of Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo.
On July 1, 2026, White Cube announced three limited-edition prints by El Anatsui—Male, Female, and Head—derived from his XOHANAMI safety curtain project for the Vienna State Opera's 2025/26 season.
Monster Chetwynd's immersive installation 'A Feather in your Hat!' opens at the Estonia National Museum in Tartu, Estonia, on July 24, 2026, running through January 24, 2027.
On July 8, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced an exhibition of works by Rudolf Stingel at Sant’Andrea de Scaphis, a deconsecrated church in Rome. The exhibition is on view through September 2026.
On May 29, 2026, Pace Gallery announced a live conversation featuring Andrew Durbin, Elisabeth Sussman, Alex Da Corte, and Lynn Zelevansky, held in celebration of the exhibition 'Paul Thek: Dream of Vanishing' at Pace New York, on view through August 14, 2026.
On June 22, 2026, Gagosian announced that Michael Craig-Martin has created the set design for the world premiere of Samuel Beckett's "How It Is" at Palazzo Diedo–Berggruen Arts & Culture in Venice.
On July 3, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a series of developments for artist Edmund de Waal, including a solo exhibition titled 'the eight directions of the wind' opening at The Huntington in Los Angeles on October 18, 2026.
On July 1, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced a new exhibition by Zadie Xa at the Esker Foundation.
Joël Andrianomearisoa has created a permanent installation titled 'VERS LE VERT' for the Gratte-Ciel underground station in Villeurbanne, France, as part of the urban renewal of the Gratte-Ciel district.
MoMA PS1 will debut "Among the flowers I learned to love, A Garden of decreation" by artist and poet Precious Okoyomon on July 24, 2026.
On June 30, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery announced that Anselm Kiefer has chosen Milan's Sala delle Cariatidi—a room supported by forty war-damaged Caryatid columns—to present a series of large-scale panels honoring female alchemists largely erased from history.
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.
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.
June 3, 2026, Tate Modern unveiled gadzi, an original installation by nora chipaumire, recipient of the Infinities Commission 2026.
Antony Gormley joins Ann Demeester, director of Kunsthaus Zürich, for a public discussion on his sculptural installation Here and Now at Art Basel Unlimited.
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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