Art & design exhibitions, events & news

London

EXHIBITION: The Music is Black: A British Story
VENUE: V&A East
DATES: Open - Closes 3 January 2027
PRICE: Free for schools on selected dates until December 2026

Step into The Music is Black: A British Story and travel through time as over 120 tracks from every era play directly through your headset. More than an exhibition, this immersive sound experience explores the power and impact of Black British music. 

 

EXHIBITION: The 90s: Art and Fashion
VENUE: Tate Britain
DATES: 8 October 2026 to 14 February 2027
PRICE: £5 per ticket for students and teachers

Explore a decade characterised by its bold creativity and rebellious spirit. As Britain began to emerge from recession, a new dawn of optimism, freedome, and rebellion was ushered in, epitomised by a new generation of diverse creative talent. The exhibition explores how long-held hierarchies were dismantled, with high art and pop culture feeding into one another, and reflects both the energy and the challenges of the decade, looking at the enduring influence of key figures who emerged during this time. 

 

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Liverpool

EXHIBITION: Vivienne Westwood: Designer in Focus
VENUE: Walker Art gallery
DATES: 17 April 2025 to 17 October 2026
PRICE: Free

A captivating display celebrating the groundbreaking fashion designer's remarkable career spanning over five decades. This stunning showcase brings together a collection of Westwood's revolutionary designs, from her punk beginnings to her status as a British fashion icon.

There are 17 outfits in the display, representing 11 different Westwood collections, dating from 1981 to 1994. Highlights include a grey wool 'Koo tunic' from the Witches Collection (1983-84) featuring artwork by Keith Haring, the conic 'Dunbar Suit' in pink Gordon tartan from the Anglomania Collection (1993-94) once worn by Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Holly Johnson, and a black velvet suit from the Time Machine Collection (1988-89) gifted by Liverpool-born model Julie Bramwell.

 

Paris

EXHIBITION: Primeval Waters: Lessons from Mesopotamia
VENUE: Musée du Louvre
DATES: 20 May 2026 to 15 March 2027
PRICE: Included with museum admission ticket

Crossed by the only two biblical 'rivers of paradise' known today, whose importance and danger may have inspired the Flood myth, ancient Mesopotamia was also the place where irrigation was first invented and developed. This exhibition draws from the extensive collection of the Department of Near Eastern Antiquities, and winds through the department's galleries to raise the issue of water within the collection and explore what environmental lessons can be drawn there in both the past and present.  

 

EXHIBITION: Jenny Holzer: J'ai vu
VENUE: Musée d'Orsay
DATES: 20 October 2026 to 21 February 2027
PRICE: Free for under 18s

Known as one of the most influential artists of our time, Jenny Holzer places words and ideas at the heart of her thought-provoking practice. For the museum wide activation, Holzer offers text fragments from the Musée d'Orsay's archive and the historical period covered by its collection, disseminated across her signature media: monumental installations, projections onto the historic façade of the former railway station, engravings on exotic stone, and luminous electronic displays.

 

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Barcelona

EXHIBITION: Picasso and architecture
VENUE: Museu Picasso
DATES: 20 November 2026 to 7 March 2027

This exhibition explores the relationship between Picasso's work and modern architecture. On the one hand, it highlights Picasso's contribution to the construction of contemporary space; on the other, it explores the determining influence of his work on the development of modern architecture. 

 

  

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Berlin

EXHIBITION: About Times: Gursky, Lucas, Miro, Warhol and the Art of the Long 19th Century
VENUE: Alte Nationalgalerie
DATES: 22 October 2026 to 28 February 2027
PRICE: TBC

This exhibition will bring together artworks from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries from the collection of the National Gallery. In its anniversary year, the Alte Nationalgalerie offers selective encounters between works from the 20th and 21st centuries and 19th century art on all three floors, inviting visitors to engage in associative viewing.

 

EXHIBITION: Rolf von Bergmann
VENUE: Berlinische Galerie
DATES: 26 February 2027 to 13 September 2027

From West Berlin to New York, Rolf von Bergmann (1953-1988) recorded queer subculture and the vibrant art, fashion and club scene of the 1970s and 80s. His photographs depict stage acts, moments behind the scenes and portraits of artists like Divine, John Waters and Debbie Harry. The exhibition, with about 160 works from his estate as well as photographs by contemporaries, is the first to turn a broad spotlight on this as yet little-known artist.

 

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Amsterdam

EXHIBITION: Kexin Hao: Post/No/Bills #7
VENUE: Stedelijk
DATES: 19 August 2026 to 13 April 2027

In this seventh edition of Post/No/Bills Kexin Hao explores the similarities between political organisations and bodily systems, examinging power structures through the lens of the body. Inspired by anatomical drawings and diagrams, Hao begins with hand-made illustrations that are enlarged to inhabit the architectural space. Transforming the museum's corridor into a body, this site-specific installation shows how political, cultural, and biological systems shape our thinking and perception. 

 

EXHIBITION: Whistler. Dandy and Disruptor
VENUE: Van Gogh Museum
DATES: 16 October 2026 to 10 January 2027

Meet James McNeill Whistler: painter and printmaker, influencer avant la lettre, aesthete and enfant terrible. Whistler. Dandy and Disruptor is the first retrospective in the Netherlands devoted to this remarkable artist. 

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Venice

EXHIBITION: Fucina degli Angeli: Peggy Guggenheim and 20th-Century Artistic Glass
VENUE: Guggenheim Venice
DATES: 14 November 2026 to 29 March 2027

The exhibition casts a spotlight on one of the most groundbreaking chapters of postwar Murano glassmkaing, telling the story of the Fucina degli Angeli, founded by Egidio Costantini in Murano in the 1950s. Through more than one hundred works including glass sculptures, paintings, drawings, and historical documents, the show traces its history from its earliest years up through the 1990s. 

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New York

EXHIBITION: It's Alive! A Century of Animation from the Collection
VENUE: MoMA
DATES: 1 August 2026 to Summer 2027

Since the birth of motion pictures, animation has enchanted audiences. At MoMA, its creative evolution has been celebrated by more than a hundred programs and acquistions from both independent filmmakers and major studios alike. It's Alive! shares the work of more than 35 artists and dilmmakers who advanced the medium. The exhibition highlights its roots in New York and how the city remained a hub for innovative animation. It's Alive! is a testament to a rich period of the city's movie-making history, and to the diversity and delights of animation. 

 

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