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The Week in Art visit the site
14-21 Apr 2026
Openings, events, auctions
London, Los Angeles, Monaco, New York, Palm Beach, Paris
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▻ use the Daily Diary for all the latest events and updates!
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London
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| London, Tuesday 14 |
Goodman Gallery:
Carrie Mae Weems
Weems’ debut exhibition with the gallery in London presents recent and significant bodies of work reflecting on migration, belonging, and the enduring afterlives of the Atlantic passage |
first day |
| London, Wednesday 15 |
Autograph:
Nhu Xuan Hua: Of Walking on Fire
including newly commissioned work presented for the first time, this is the first solo exhibition of the French Vietnamese artist who works at the intersection of art and fashion photography |
opening reception |
The Mayor Gallery:
Lisa Corinne Davis: Tangible Tale
recent pieces by the Brooklyn-based abstract painter whose work enigmatically resembles geographical maps, aerial views, circuit boards, and coding systems, exploring race, culture, and systems of societal classification |
private view |
October Gallery:
Inheriting the Future
painting, sculpture, and photography in a multilayered exhibition of works by Zana Masombuka, Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, Alexis Peskine, and Djibril Dramé |
private view |
Shapero Modern:
Jack Milroy: Bibliophilia
the London and Sussex-based 3D-artist’s first exhibition at the gallery in New Bond Street centres on works created from books |
first day |
| London, Thursday 16 |
Autograph:
Nhu Xuan Hua: Of Walking on Fire
including newly commissioned work presented for the first time, this is the first solo exhibition of the French Vietnamese artist who works at the intersection of art and fashion photography |
first day |
BEERS London:
Alice Herbst: The Whispering Game
Herbst’s inaugural solo exhibition with the gallery presents recent paintings created with her own ‘generative system’ that allows narratives and visuals to emerge through a theatrical staging with repetition, variation, and play |
opening reception |
Emanuel von Baeyer:
Patterns of Harmony
curated by Elisabetta Bresciani, Magda Blasinska reflects on the rhythmic and structural patterns underlying woven surfaces, while Adia Wahid explores architectural memory through shifting geometric forms inspired by Islamic art |
opening reception |
Luxembourg + Co.:
Jannis Kounellis, Untitled, 1971 by Doraly Gill (Cello) & Da Inventare Sul Posto, 1972 by Hugo Max (violin), Kate Hester (ballerina) |
performance |
October Gallery:
Inheriting the Future
painting, sculpture, and photography in a multilayered exhibition of works by Zana Masombuka, Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, Alexis Peskine, and Djibril Dramé |
first day |
Pipeline:
Headcanon
titled after the fan culture term for a non-official version of a story, four artists who approach repetition as a method of revision, and explore how repeated gestures, processes, and images allow for small shifts to emerge through sustained attention |
opening reception |
Ruup & Form:
Bridget Harvey: Of The Rubble (rudera)
“using ceramic waste, metal, fused glass, and found objects, Harvey creates landscapes and forms that reflect on time and change” |
private view |
Victoria Miro:
Paula Rego: Story Line
including pieces not previously exhibited, a major exhibition of drawings and works on paper by Rego demonstrating her evolving use of line in media from pen and ink to pastel, conté, charcoal, and pencil |
private view |
| London, Friday 17 |
Ab-Anbar:
Iranian Solar Calendar & Endurance of Nowruz by Abbas Amanat |
book launch |
BEERS London:
Alice Herbst: The Whispering Game
Herbst’s inaugural solo exhibition with the gallery presents recent paintings created with her own ‘generative system’ that allows narratives and visuals to emerge through a theatrical staging with repetition, variation, and play |
first day |
Graces Mews:
Les Krims: Fictcryptokrimsographs
Polaroid prints made between 1974 and 1975 – “Krims draws on the visual language of American advertising, popular culture and domestic life to expose the absurd, grotesque and psychologically charged tensions underlying everyday imagery” |
first day |
Ruup & Form:
Bridget Harvey: Of The Rubble (rudera)
“using ceramic waste, metal, fused glass, and found objects, Harvey creates landscapes and forms that reflect on time and change” |
first day |
Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix:
Alessandro Roma: La pelle del paesaggio
large-format paintings create a loosely immersive installation on the gallery’s ground floor, accompanied by a video performance inviting the audience into the artist’s personal universe |
opening reception |
| London, Saturday 18 |
Bartha_contemporary:
Open Day with Lucinda Burgess |
special event |
Goodman Gallery:
Carrie Mae Weems
Weems’ debut exhibition with the gallery in London presents recent and significant bodies of work reflecting on migration, belonging, and the enduring afterlives of the Atlantic passage |
private view |
Goodman Gallery:
In conversation: Renée Musai and Madeleine Haddon, Senior Curator of V&A East |
talk |
Saatchi Yates:
Abigail’s wish
the youngest artist to exhibit at the gallery shows a series of original works looking forward with hope following the end of her treatment for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia |
first day |
Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix:
Alessandro Roma: La pelle del paesaggio
large-format paintings create a loosely immersive installation on the gallery’s ground floor, accompanied by a video performance inviting the audience into the artist’s personal universe |
first day |
domobaal:
Mikey Cuddihy: Curious Yellow
“Curious Yellow / I hadn’t forgotten her, I just couldn’t remember her name. / Only when I looked back did I remember.” |
opening reception |
| London, Sunday 19 |
Autograph:
What Memory Looks and Sounds Like: Photography Workshop |
special event |
Saatchi Yates:
Abigail’s wish
the youngest artist to exhibit at the gallery shows a series of original works looking forward with hope following the end of her treatment for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia |
private view |
| London, Monday 20 |
Colnaghi:
Beyond the Threshold: Revisiting Orientalism II
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first day |
| London, Tuesday 21 |
Belmacz:
Esto Perpetua
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opening reception |
Dirimart London:
Fahrelnissa Zeid: Immersion
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opening reception |
Galerie Max Hetzler:
Grace Weaver: Plaids
new abstract and figurative watercolour on paper compositions drawing on the rhythmic, patterned textiles of checks, tartans, and plaids continue Weaver’s ongoing concern with colour, gesture, geometry, and line |
opening reception |
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Los Angeles
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| Los Angeles, Tuesday 14 |
Lisson Gallery:
Liu Xiaodong: Host
the renowned figurative artist’s first exhibition in Los Angeles presents his documentation of a stay in Detroit, with a single focus on John Mcintyre, a Detroit-based tattoo artist and member of a local medieval fighting team |
opening reception |
| Los Angeles, Wednesday 15 |
Lisson Gallery:
Liu Xiaodong: Host
the renowned figurative artist’s first exhibition in Los Angeles presents his documentation of a stay in Detroit, with a single focus on John Mcintyre, a Detroit-based tattoo artist and member of a local medieval fighting team |
first day |
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Monaco
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| Monaco, Tuesday 14 |
Almine Rech:
Genieve Figgis: Drama Club
“in Figgis’ world, contradictions abound. Beneath the glamorous lies the ghastly, beneath self-serious artifice, irony. Her paintings are intentionally and delightfully off-kilter” – Louisa Mahoney |
first day |
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New York
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| New York, Tuesday 14 |
Sotheby’s New York:
Prints & Photographs Part I
auction: Tue 14
(viewing: Wed 1-Mon 13) |
auction |
| New York, Thursday 16 |
Di Donna:
Dalí: The Great Years, 1929-1939
paintings, works on paper, and sculpture from important private and public collections in a major exhibition tracing the pivotal decade when Dalí established his mature artistic language and enduring public persona |
opening reception |
Edwynn Houk Gallery:
Sebastiaan Bremer: Super Modern Things
recent works centered on questions of history, beauty, mortality, and perception, continue Bremer’s long-standing exploration of photography, painting, memory, and time |
first day |
Gallery Henoch:
60 Years an Art Dealer
a celebratory exhibition to honor director George Henoch Shechtman’s sixtieth anniversary as an art dealer and champion of contemporary realism |
first day |
Luhring Augustine Chelsea:
Leon Kossoff
major paintings from across Kossoff’s career in this rare and substantial exhibition of the leading figure of postwar British art, presented in partnership with his Estate |
opening reception |
Lévy Gorvy Dayan:
Armig Santos: Baladas
the debut of a series of paintings exploring Santos’ personal and pastoral relationship to Puerto Rico, drawing on historical, archival, and ecological inspiration – “the works are reminders of the past but also a way to understand what is happening now” |
opening reception |
Sean Kelly Gallery:
Jose Dávila: The Simple Act of Positioning
new sculptures continuing Dávila’s exploration of the fundamental act of placing one thing in relation to another, working through deliberate acts of positioning and arrangement so that relationships, tensions, and meanings emerge |
opening reception |
Sean Kelly Gallery:
Lindsay Adams: SOIL
new works in Adam’s debut solo exhibition in New York examining “how paintings can emerge from a black ground, using darkness, not as absence, but as a generative foundation from which color, gesture, and form unfold” |
opening reception |
Yancey Richardson Gallery:
Sheida Soleimani: Forest of Stars
the Iranian-American artist’s first exhibition with the gallery builds on her ongoing series examining her parents’ experiences of political exile following the 1979 Iranian Revolution and broader systems of geopolitics, displacement, and care |
opening reception |
Yancey Richardson Gallery:
Yamamoto Masao: Ten Owls
an exhibition focusing on Yamamoto’s photographs of owls – gelatin silver prints printed by the artist reveal his deep respect, depicting not only the owls’ beauty and grace, but also their eccentricity, companionship and individuality |
opening reception |
| New York, Friday 17 |
Di Donna:
Dalí: The Great Years, 1929-1939
paintings, works on paper, and sculpture from important private and public collections in a major exhibition tracing the pivotal decade when Dalí established his mature artistic language and enduring public persona |
first day |
Luhring Augustine Chelsea:
Leon Kossoff
major paintings from across Kossoff’s career in this rare and substantial exhibition of the leading figure of postwar British art, presented in partnership with his Estate |
first day |
Sean Kelly Gallery:
Jose Dávila: The Simple Act of Positioning
new sculptures continuing Dávila’s exploration of the fundamental act of placing one thing in relation to another, working through deliberate acts of positioning and arrangement so that relationships, tensions, and meanings emerge |
first day |
Sean Kelly Gallery:
Lindsay Adams: SOIL
new works in Adam’s debut solo exhibition in New York examining “how paintings can emerge from a black ground, using darkness, not as absence, but as a generative foundation from which color, gesture, and form unfold” |
first day |
| New York, Saturday 18 |
Edwynn Houk Gallery:
Sebastiaan Bremer: Super Modern Things
recent works centered on questions of history, beauty, mortality, and perception, continue Bremer’s long-standing exploration of photography, painting, memory, and time |
opening reception |
Hauser & Wirth 22nd Street:
Screening Room: ‘Louise Bourgeois: The Rage to Understand’ |
special event |
Gallery Henoch:
60 Years an Art Dealer
a celebratory exhibition to honor director George Henoch Shechtman’s sixtieth anniversary as an art dealer and champion of contemporary realism |
opening reception |
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery:
Benny Andrews: Migrants
Andrews’ Migrant Series traces Black, White, and Cherokee migration routes through ink drawings and collage paintings using textile fragments and painted canvas to depict hardship, resilience, and hope in human migration experiences |
first day |
Stellarhighway:
Sas Colby & Keith Smith: Stitching Desire
organized by Megan N. Liberty – “from the stitching required to bind a book, to machine-stitched drawings added to collages of photographs and photocopies, Colby and Smith … [manifest] desires for themselves and their family” |
first day |
| New York, Monday 20 |
Leila Heller Gallery:
Ran Hwang: Noble Blossoms
the multimedia artist’s large-scale sculptures of buttons, beads, and crystals reflect Zen Buddhism’s discipline and mindfulness through meticulous, repetitive craftsmanship and themes of change and resilience |
first day |
| New York, Tuesday 21 |
Hauser & Wirth 18th Street:
Life With P. Philip Guston: Paintings and Drawings 1964 – 1978
this exhibition presents an intimate and rarely observed facet of Guston’s art, showcasing intimate paintings and works on paper in which he ruminates on his marriage to poet Musa McKim and their lives together in Woodstock |
opening reception |
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Palm Beach
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| Palm Beach, Friday 17 |
Findlay Galleries Palm Beach:
Henrik Simonsen: Recent Works
new works by Simonsen – paintings rooted in the practice of drawing that explore nature through vivid color fields and layered botanical forms, blending observation and imagination into immersive, atmospheric landscapes |
first day |
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Paris
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| Paris, Thursday 16 |
Bigaignon:
Diogo Pimentão: Presence
“for his first solo exhibition at Bigaignon … Pimentão invites us to consider drawing not only as an object to be seen, but as something that acts, resonates, and takes form” |
opening reception |
Sotheby’s Paris:
Art Moderne et Contemporain Evening Auction
auction: Thu 16
(viewing: Thu 9-Thu 16) |
auction |
| Paris, Friday 17 |
Sotheby’s Paris:
Art Moderne et Contemporain Day Auction
auction: Fri 17
(viewing: Thu 9-Thu 16) |
auction |
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Don’t miss: exhibitions closing
Berlin, Brussels, Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Melbourne, Nairobi, New York, Paris, Siena, Venice
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Berlin
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| Berlin, Saturday 18 |
Galerie Barbara Thumm:
El Hadji Sy |
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Galerie Barbara Thumm:
Fernanda Galvão: serpent serpent Snake |
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Esther Schipper:
Thomias Radin: Echoes of KA |
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Esther Schipper:
Simon Fujiwara: Who’s Spiritual Journey? |
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Brussels
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| Brussels, Saturday 18 |
Almine Rech:
Open Edges: Erik Lindman & Robert Motherwell |
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Templon:
Gregory Crewdson: Eveningside |
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Dublin
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| Dublin, Saturday 18 |
Kerlin Gallery:
Marcel Vidal: blue moon shadow |
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Frankfurt
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| Frankfurt, Saturday 18 |
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin:
Heimo Zobernig |
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London
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| London, Wednesday 15 |
Belmacz:
Colour Theory |
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Cristea Roberts Gallery:
The Location of Lines: The Prints of Sol LeWitt 1970 – 2005 |
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Cristea Roberts Gallery:
Project Space |
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| London, Thursday 16 |
Galerie Max Hetzler:
Karel Appel: Variations on a Theme |
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Saatchi Yates:
Joanna van Son |
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| London, Saturday 18 |
Alice Amati:
Jingge Dong: Warship in Bloom / Five Sons Ascendant |
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Frith Street Gallery:
Daphne Wright: Expectations |
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GRIMM:
Michael Raedecker: placebo drive |
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Hauser & Wirth:
Tetsumi Kudo. Microcosms |
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Hauser & Wirth:
Takesada Matsutani. Shifting Boundaries |
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Maximillian William:
Keiji Ito & Elias Saile |
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Messums London:
John Golding: Transitions 1960-1975 |
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NıCOLETTı:
Zoe Williams: Dirty |
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Palmer Gallery:
Cardboard House |
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Palmer Gallery:
The Door: Mac Collins |
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Pontone Gallery:
Deborah Grice: Incandescence |
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Ronchini:
LightForms: Hap Tivey & Gu Xiaoping |
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Sylvia Kouvali:
James Richards: Fevers |
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| London, Sunday 19 |
Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Exmouth Market:
Petra Feriancová: Echo’s Bones |
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Lychee One:
Shrimp’s Eye View |
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Saatchi Yates:
Abigail’s wish |
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Two Temple Place:
The Weight of Being: Vulnerability, Resilience and Mental Health in Art |
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Melbourne
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| Melbourne, Saturday 18 |
Tolarno Galleries:
Brook Andrew: Holding Ceremony |
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Nairobi
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| Nairobi, Friday 17 |
Circle Art Gallery:
Issam A. Hafiez: Nubian Tar |
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Circle Art Gallery:
Group Exhibition of Sudanese Artists |
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New York
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| New York, Wednesday 15 |
galerie gmurzynska:
Dan Basen: New York Underground in the 1960s |
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| New York, Friday 17 |
Leila Heller Gallery:
Morteza Khosravi: Between Action and Silence |
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| New York, Saturday 18 |
ACA Galleries:
Leon Berkowitz: Cathedrals of Color |
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Berry Campbell:
Judith Godwin: Flux and Form |
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HB381:
Camilla Iliefski & Eva Zethraeus: Shimmering Real: Perception and the Spaces Between |
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Hauser & Wirth 22nd Street:
Louise Bourgeois. Gathering Wool |
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Hauser & Wirth 22nd Street:
Qiu Xiaofei. The Theater of Wither and Thrive |
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Hauser & Wirth 22nd Street:
Felix Gonzalez-Torres. “Untitled” (Go-Go Dancing Platform) |
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Jack Shainman Gallery:
Carlos Vega: Anima Mundi |
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Lincoln Glenn:
50 Years Ago |
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Nicola Vassell Gallery:
Abigail Lucien: Wrought |
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Timothy Taylor:
James Prapaithong: So We Won’t Forget |
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Paris
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| Paris, Saturday 18 |
Art: Concept:
Miryam Haddad: Le sel d’un songe |
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Perrotin Marais:
Danielle Orchard: Borrowed Chord |
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Perrotin Marais:
Paola Pivi: Live again |
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Siena
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| Siena, Sunday 19 |
Galleria Continua San Gimignano:
Berlinde De Bruyckere: Same Old, Same Old |
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Galleria Continua San Gimignano:
Zhanna Kadyrova: Instrument |
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Venice
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| Venice, Saturday 18 |
Victoria Miro Venice:
Looking Outwards to Look Inwards: Etel Adnan, Milton Avery, Ilse D’Hollander |
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