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O. Smith: Artivist

O. Smith: Artivist

SFMOMA · San Francisco, United States
25 Jul 2026 — 20 Jun 2027

Orlando Smith wields pencil and paper as tools of protest, exposing the failures of the criminal legal system and abuses of power across the US and beyond.

Lee Miller: Fearless

Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States
29 Aug 2026 — 7 Dec 2026

A landmark survey of Lee Miller's fearless photography

In Between

In Between

SFMOMA · San Francisco, United States
3 Sep 2026 — 23 May 2027

A playful exhibition exploring creativity, connection, and resilience through unexpected combinations of everyday objects like tricycles, sewing machines, and musical instruments.

Painting and Sculpture: Inaugural Installation

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · New York, United States
from 20 Nov 2004

A 2004 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art presenting a foundational display of painting and sculpture works.

Great Hall Balcony Reinstallation

Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York City, United States
from 10 May 2012

The Metropolitan Museum presents a reinstallation of its iconic Great Hall Balcony, showcasing the museum's commitment to reimagining its historic spaces.

Before sunset. Exhibition of the master's works of the last five years

Martiros Saryan Museum · Yerevan, Armenia
26 Nov 2013 — 14 May 2914

A temporary exhibition at Martiros Saryan Museum showcasing the artist's most recent works from the past five years.

Tranquillity

Wellcome Collection · Euston Road, United Kingdom
14 Jul 2021 — 9 Jan 2022

A permanent show exploring calm and stillness.

Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt

Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States
11 Feb 2022 — 1 Jan 2030

3,000 years of ancient Egyptian art in one gallery

5th My Masterpiece Exhibition

Hoki Museum · Chiba, Japan
23 Nov 2023 — 12 May 2024

A special exhibition of realist painting at the Hoki Museum, showcasing contemporary works from November 2023 to May 2024.

Masterpieces of the Pola Museum of Art

Shanghai Museum · Shanghai, China
22 Jan 2025 — 21 Apr 2025

A curated selection of outstanding works from the Pola Museum of Art's renowned collection, showcasing diverse artistic traditions and periods.

Through a New Lens

Lin Hall · Athens, United States
from 26 Mar 2025

Contemporary art that reframes how we see the world.

Whakahokihoki: Jewellery from the Dowse Collection

Dowse Art Museum · Lower Hutt, New Zealand
from 2 Aug 2025

Jewellery as art from the Dowse Collection

San Marcos City Hall Community Gallery Exhibition (2026)

San Marcos City Hall Community Gallery · San Marcos, United States
20 Apr 2026 — 15 Sep 2026

A juried art exhibition showcasing community artists at San Marcos City Hall Community Gallery.

The Floating World Emerges: Japanese Prints from the Clarence Buckingham Collection

Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States
24 Jun 2026 — 6 Sep 2026

40 Japanese ukiyo-e prints from the Buckingham Collection

Self, Made: Fourteen Modern Artists from the Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Collection

Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States
25 Jun 2026 — 9 Nov 2026

Fourteen artists who reinvented themselves beyond the mainstream

Body and Being in African Art

Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States
2 Nov 2026 — 1 Mar 2028

50+ African works exploring the body and identity

Ecologies of Care at Socrates Sculpture Park

Ecologies of Care at Socrates Sculpture Park

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · New York, United States
19 Sep 2026 — 15 Nov 2026

Dominican artist Lizania Cruz transforms Socrates Sculpture Park into a living archive, inviting visitors to map the interdependent relationships between people, wildlife, and the built environment.

Taking Back Our Space: Photographic Perspectives

Taking Back Our Space: Photographic Perspectives

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · New York, United States
20 Sep 2026 — 2 May 2027

Eight artists reclaim space through a feminist photographic lens.

David Hartt: Peripheries

David Hartt: Peripheries

The Met Fifth Avenue · New York, United States
25 Sep 2026 — 7 Feb 2027

A solo exhibition by David Hartt exploring the margins of architecture, landscape, and memory through photography, film, and installation.

Nilima Sheikh: Fractured Skies

Nilima Sheikh: Fractured Skies

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · New York, United States
27 Sep 2026 — 13 Jun 2027

A landmark solo survey of Nilima Sheikh's five-decade practice, uniting major series on Kashmir — including a new site-responsive debut at MoMA — through scroll-format narrative painting.

Kenny Scharf

Kenny Scharf

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza · Madrid, Spain
29 Sep 2026 — 17 Jan 2027

A deep dive into the vibrant world of Kenny Scharf, Pop Surrealism pioneer and East Village icon, whose dazzling paintings, sculptures and murals blur the line between popular culture and the fantastical.

There Are No Words: Si Lewen's Parade

There Are No Words: Si Lewen's Parade

The Met Fifth Avenue · New York, United States
1 Oct 2026 — 5 Jan 2027

A retrospective of Si Lewen's iconic parade drawings and social commentary art, celebrating the artist's powerful visual language and decades of artistic activism.

Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous

Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous

The Met Fifth Avenue · New York, United States
4 Oct 2026 — 31 Jan 2027

Two Abstract Expressionist giants, one landmark show.

The Surrealist Book

The Surrealist Book

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · New York, United States
4 Oct 2026 — 23 Jan 2027

MoMA presents a landmark survey of Surrealist books — from glass-bound volumes to solarized photo-poems — tracing the movement's radical reinvention of the printed page from the 1920s to the 1960s.

Seba Calfuqueo. Cautín

Seba Calfuqueo. Cautín

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza · Madrid, Spain
6 Oct 2026 — 17 Jan 2027

Mapuche trans artist's European solo debut at Thyssen

Mauritshuis ♥ Thyssen-Bornemisza

Mauritshuis ♥ Thyssen-Bornemisza

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza · Madrid, Spain
9 Oct 2026 — 10 Jan 2027

Dutch Golden Age masters from The Hague light up Madrid

Jakob Kudsk Steensen: Wetland

Jakob Kudsk Steensen: Wetland

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · New York, United States
12 Oct 2026 — 7 Mar 2027

Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen resurrects Berlin's lost wetlands as a digital, singing swamp — blending ecological research, Slavic folklore, and game-engine technology into an immersive landscape.

Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein

Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States
14 Oct 2026 — 1 May 2027

Lichtenstein's Pop masterworks at the Whitney

Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation

Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation

The National Gallery · London, United Kingdom
15 Oct 2026 — 7 Feb 2027

British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare playfully reimagines one of Britain's most celebrated works in this engaging dialogue between contemporary and historical artistic visions.

The Freudian Universe of Dalí

The Freudian Universe of Dalí

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza · Madrid, Spain
20 Oct 2026 — 24 Jan 2027

Dalí's lifelong obsession with Freud, explored in depth

Designing the Gilded Age: Drawings from the Studios of Louis C. Tiffany

Designing the Gilded Age: Drawings from the Studios of Louis C. Tiffany

The Met Fifth Avenue · New York, United States
22 Oct 2026 — 7 Feb 2027

Explore the creative process behind iconic Gilded Age design through original drawings and sketches from Louis C. Tiffany's renowned studios.

Brancusi: The Artist and His Studio

Brancusi: The Artist and His Studio

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · New York, United States
25 Oct 2026 — 27 Feb 2027

Rare Paris loans illuminate Brancusi's legendary studio

Gordon Matta-Clark

Gordon Matta-Clark

MAXXI · Rome, Italy
12 Nov 2026 — 4 Apr 2027

Radical art and social practice across five decades

Na Mira: NO SMOKING

Na Mira: NO SMOKING

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · New York, United States
14 Nov 2026 — 15 Feb 2027

Holography and ritual collide in Na Mira's MoMA debut.

Sarah Sze: Forever is Composed of Nows

Sarah Sze: Forever is Composed of Nows

SFMOMA · San Francisco, United States
21 Nov 2026 — 30 Jun 2030

Sarah Sze transforms SFMOMA's atrium into an immersive landscape of light, sound, and video — a meditation on time, memory, and the ephemerality of images.

Sarah Sze: Forever is Composed of Nows

Sarah Sze: Forever is Composed of Nows

SFMOMA · San Francisco, United States
21 Nov 2026 — 30 Jun 2030

Sarah Sze transforms SFMOMA's atrium into an immersive landscape of light, sound, and video — a meditation on time, memory, and the ephemerality of images.