Exhibitions
On now
Cocoa, Art and Colonialism. The Philipp Keller Shipping Collection
Maritime artefacts explore cocoa, art, and colonial history.
Horse in Majesty – At the Heart of a Civilisation
The horse as symbol of power across European history.
Colonial — Switzerland's Global Entanglements
Switzerland's hidden colonial ties explored in depth
Autobiographie d'une selle metis (Collections invisibles 2024)
A saddle's biography unlocks invisible histories of identity
UTOPIA and REALITY
70 years of visionary science at Nikola Tesla Museum
Experiences of Switzerland – Forced Fostering
Forced fostering in Switzerland: survivors' stories told
Pirouette: Turning Points in Design
Iconic and inventive design objects at MoMA
The Shohei Ohtani Collection Tokyo
A showcase of memorabilia and artifacts celebrating the career of baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani, displayed in Tokyo.
The Story That Never Ends. The ZKM Collection
A journey through ZKM's ever-evolving permanent collection, where art and technology intertwine across decades of media art history.
Arts of Africa
Africa's diverse artistic traditions across centuries
Stories from the Spaces In Between
Art that illuminates life's quiet, in-between moments.
Waves of Influence
Tracing the far-reaching currents of artistic inspiration
The Sense of Beauty: Six Centuries of Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce
Six centuries of painting from Puerto Rico's finest collection.
Classic Computing 2025
Vintage computers tracing the history of the digital age
etwas wagen
Contemporary art that dares to challenge conventions.
Context 2026 - Filter Space
Photography show on filters, perception, and digital reality.
Why We Look: Questioning the World Before Us
A meditation on photography and the act of looking
Resilience and Resistance
Contemporary art on survival, protest, and defiance.
A Book is a Conversation with a Stranger in the Future
Art that reimagines the book as a dialogue across time.
Paul Poiret, fashion is a party
A landmark retrospective of fashion rebel Paul Poiret.
Revolution!
Art and revolution across history, at The Met.
TAKK
Six mobile elements reimagine coexistence at MAXXI's entrance.
Saint-Porchaire
Nine rare Saint-Porchaire ceramics, unseen since the 1800s.
The archive of segno magazine
50 years of segno magazine, now in the MAXXI archive.
Memory and Matter: Personal and Collective Histories
Artists explore memory and history through evocative materials.
The Music is Black: A British Story
A 125-year journey through Black music-making in Britain, exploring excellence, struggle, resilience and joy across four continents.
Feel the Beat: Dance in Photographs
Dance captured in photographs, from clubs to the stage.
Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Bold contemporary art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific.
Creature, Creatori
Italian art reread through the vision of St Francis
Vitality of Italian Architecture 1946-2026
Eight decades of Italian architecture at MAXXI Rome
HPO
Outdoor summer installation at MAXXI, Rome
Musical Bodies
The body as instrument: art, music, and rhythm at The Met.
Willem de Kooning Drawing
Seven decades of de Kooning's drawing in one landmark show.
Abigail Lucien: Blood of the Earth
New sculptures on iron, history, and human connection.
Beyond Form: Abstraction at Midcentury
65 artists chart abstraction's global rise, 1940-1970.
O. Smith: Artivist
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.