29 stories on The Cultural Signal
On October 22, 2026, Getty published a playlist tracing the no wave movement, timed to its October 23 screening of the documentary 'Nova '78'.
On October 22, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced Cory Arcangel's first solo exhibition in Norway, 'Family Office,' opening at Stavanger Art Museum on November 14, 2026.
On October 21, 2026, the Walker Art Center announced the presentation of Rwandan-British dancer, singer, and choreographer Dorothée Munyaneza in her solo work Toi, moi, Tituba…, running October 28–30 at 7:30 pm in the McGuire Theater.
The Southbank Centre will present pianist Mitsuko Uchida performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, on March 24, 2027 at the Royal Festival Hall.
On October 16, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced two large-scale oil paintings by Denzil Forrester, 'Professor Version' (2025) and 'Yard' (2025).
Lehmann Maupin artist Tammy Nguyen will debut her new aria "Timaeus and The Teacher: Foreword" as part of the closing program of the 61st Venice Biennale. The 45-minute performance, composed by Neely Bruce and choreographed by Jamal Jackson, features tenor Brian Vu.
On October 16, 2026, Gagosian announced Project 12, a residency launched in 2025 by the Opéra national de Paris and the Association pour le Rayonnement de l’Opéra national de Paris to mark the Palais Garnier's 150th anniversary.
On October 12, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac announced the presentation of Tom Sachs's '31 Rue Cambon,' an installation staged recently in the artist's SoHo studio in New York.
On October 13, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac published a feature on British artist Oliver Beer, describing sound as a physical material in his practice. Beer produces canvases whose pigments shift in response to vibrations caused by musical waves, according to the release.
Comedian Tatty Macleod will perform her new show "Things My Mother Did" at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall on March 13, 2027.
On October 14, 2026, Art Basel announced a partnership with Live Nation to present "GOD HATES SPACE," an immersive audiovisual installation by the interdisciplinary duo GENER8ION, formed by producer Surkin and filmmaker Romain Gavras.
On October 13, 2026, Centre Pompidou published a feature detailing nine instances of the building's influence on pop culture since its 1977 opening.
On October 12, 2026, Lisson Gallery released a feature from Frieze magazine in which writer Lynne Tillman reflects on her decades-long friendship with the late artist Susan Hiller. Tillman recalls meeting Hiller in the early 1970s in London, where they discussed art, film, and literature.
Lawrence Power has been named a Southbank Centre Resident Artist ahead of the centre's Autumn/Winter 2024/25 programme.
The Southbank Centre, in partnership with Armenian Arts and Film London, presents 'Mixtape: An Evening of Poetry and Music from Beirut' on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at Bush Theatre in Shepherd's Bush, London. The event features poet Perla Kantarjian and sound artist Olivia Melkonian.
Lawrence Power, Resident Artist at Southbank Centre, will present 'Lock-in' at the Purcell Room, a hybrid performance in which live music meets pre-recorded footage from his Lockdown Commission series.
Southbank Centre will present a free concert by London-based rapper JÉVON on November 5, 2026, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
The Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre in London will host a series of performances from October 9 to November 29, 2026.
Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, joint winner of the 2009 Van Cliburn Competition, will perform a recital at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall on December 6, 2026, at 3pm.
Pianist and composer Olivia Belli will make her Southbank Centre debut at the Purcell Room in London with a program of earlier works and tracks from her new Sony Classical album 'Daimon'.
Manchester Collective will present 'Black Gold' at Southbank Centre's Purcell Room in London on December 6, 2026, at 6pm.
On October 7, 2026, the Getty Research Institute highlighted its collections tracing six centuries of censorship, from the Catholic Church's Index of Forbidden Books to Cold War samizdat publications.
On September 25, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac published an interview with an artist who identifies the music and style of 2Pac as a transformative influence. The artist cites the songs "Dear Mama" and "Keep Ya Head Up" as early touchstones, praising 2Pac's confidence and authenticity.
On September 23, 2026, the Walker Art Center announced it will present HUG, a collaborative project featuring indie-folk musician Devendra Banhart, guitarist-composer Gyan Riley, and producer Noah Georgeson, on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 7:30 pm in the McGuire Theater.
On September 10, 2026, Gagosian announced a one-night-only event, 'emajendat,' by artist Lauren Halsey at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on September 29, 2026.
On September 8, 2026, the Walker Art Center announced River Mouth, Unseen Green, an exclusive two-night musical collaboration led by guitarist and composer Nels Cline and producer and multi-instrumentalist Yuka Honda.
Oliver Beer's film 'The Cave' was filmed in one of the best-preserved prehistoric caves in southwestern France, home to some of the world's earliest known artworks.
V&A East Museum announced a new Thursday late-night programme running through the end of September, featuring DJ residencies, pop-up bars, after-hours exhibition access, and city views from its top-floor terrace.
Oliver Beer presents his latest installation 'The Cave' at the Lyon Biennial, a multi-screen video and sound work that uses acoustic resonance from the Paleolithic Grotte de Font-de-Gaume in southwest France.
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