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25 Aug-1 Sep 2026
Openings, events, auctions
Basel, Berlin, Cologne, London, Nairobi, New York, Paris, Seoul, Shanghai, Tisbury, Zürich
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Basel
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| Basel, Thursday 27 |
Hauser & Wirth:
Irène Zurkinden
this August, Hauser & Wirth Basel presents a solo exhibition dedicated to the work of the late Swiss artist. Born in Basel, Zurkinden defied easy categorisation, developing a distinctive painterly language that drew on both … | opening reception |
Berlin |
| Berlin, Tuesday 1 |
Luisa Catucci Contemporary:
The Ubiquity Of Elsewhere
“the concept for this exhibition, curated together with Melania Rossi, draws quietly on … never quite belonging entirely to one place and one culture” - Luisa Catucci | first day |
Cologne
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| Cologne, Saturday 29 |
Zander Galerie:
Tina Barney: Silver Shadows
two distinct bodies of black and white photographs, alongside the short film “Family Portraits” in the acclaimed American photographer’s first exhibition with the gallery, following the recent announcement of her representation | opening reception |
Zander Galerie:
Introduction by Tina Barney | talk |
Zander Galerie:
Joe Goode: Torn Skies
large-scale oil paintings and works on paper by Goode, spanning over three decades of his sustained engagement with the sky as both subject and site of intervention | opening reception |
London |
| London, Tuesday 25 |
Hayward Gallery:
Musquiqui Chihying: A Life of Navigation
an “imaginative, idiosyncratic and quietly provocative” multimedia exhibition by the Taiwanese artist known for a humorous practice that navigates between reality and the surreal | first day |
Roseberys Belgravia:
Modern British & 20th Century Art
| first day |
| London, Wednesday 26 |
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA):
Screening: Dahomey | special event |
| London, Thursday 27 |
Benjamin Rhodes Arts:
Late Opening: Summer Mode | special event |
| London, Tuesday 1 |
Sim Smith:
Wenhui Hao: Forgiveness is a prolonged death
in Wenhui’s first solo exhibition in London, new large-scale paintings, including her largest to date, exploring the complexities of women’s lived experience through an immersive painterly language in which body, landscape and memory become inseparable | opening reception |
Nairobi
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| Nairobi, Friday 28 |
Circle Art Gallery:
Finissage of Birhane Worede: Gestures of Presence | special event |
Circle Art Gallery:
Artist Walkthrough with Vincent Kimeu, Joshua Mochache, Edwin Thuo | tour |
New York |
| New York, Tuesday 1 |
The Painting Center:
Megan Marlatt: Myths and Mummers
new paintings and big head masks by Marlatt, stemming from her creative research into European pre-Lenten carnival culture and its relation to the spring equinox | first day |
The Painting Center:
Jane Zweibel: Dreams in Action
“the small-scale acrylic paintings in Dreams in Action are not portrayals of Zweibel’s own dreams but depictions of invented dream worlds: multiverses where boundaries between past and present, real and mythic, are indistinct” | first day |
Paris |
| Paris, Saturday 29 |
Semiose:
Drew Dodge: Earth-Pourers
“for Dodge, the shell is both symbol of time and memory (the past and what is known) as well as infinity … Fitting too that the shell’s iridescent, pearlescent surface mirrors the gloss of increasingly large-scale canvases” - Lillian Davies | opening reception |
Semiose:
Mathieu Cherkit: Tendrement
“for his first exhibition at Semiose, Mathieu Cherkit presents fifteen paintings that share a unity of place, all originating in or around his home-studio … for a pictorial investigation into the question of viewpoints” - Camille Richert | opening reception |
Seoul |
| Seoul, Tuesday 1 |
Esther Schipper, Seoul:
Simon Fujiwara: Who Lived Happily Ever After?
presented in a series of themed rooms with differently colored walls, new paintings featuring his cartoon figure Who the Bær, in Fujiwara’s first solo exhibition in the Seoul gallery | first day |
Perrotin Seoul:
Mr.
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Shanghai |
| Shanghai, Friday 28 |
Almine Rech:
Tia-Thuy Nguyen: Fields of Resonance
“Nguyen brings together nearly twenty paintings, sculptures, and installations. Beyond the recurring motif of clouds lies something more fundamental: a sustained resonance between the artist and the natural world” - Ying, writer and editor | opening reception |
Tisbury
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| Tisbury, Saturday 29 |
Messums West:
Peachey & Mosig | talk |
Zürich
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| Zürich, Tuesday 25 |
Lullin + Ferrari:
The 100 Dolls by Shahida Shaygan | book launch |
| Zürich, Wednesday 26 |
Lullin + Ferrari:
The 100 Dolls by Shahida Shaygan
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| Zürich, Friday 28 |
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Rämistrasse:
Andy Denzler: Renaissance Paintings Reloaded
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| Zürich, Saturday 29 |
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Rämistrasse:
Andy Denzler: Renaissance Paintings Reloaded
| first day |
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Don’t miss: exhibitions closing
Berlin, Dubai, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Melbourne, Monaco, Nairobi, New York, Paris, Reykjavík, Shanghai, St. Moritz, Tisbury, Tokyo, Venice, Zürich
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Berlin |
| Berlin, Wednesday 26 |
Esther Schipper:
Forking Paths | |
Dubai
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| Dubai, Sunday 30 |
Opera Gallery:
Summer Vibes | |
Dublin
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| Dublin, Saturday 29 |
Kerlin Gallery:
Summer in Dublin | |
Hong Kong |
| Hong Kong, Saturday 29 |
Ben Brown Fine Arts:
Nature, Abstracted | |
Hauser & Wirth:
Frank Bowling. Like Water | |
London |
| London, Thursday 27 |
Osh Gallery:
Imprimé à Paris: Rare posters from L’Atelier Mourlot | |
| London, Friday 28 |
Annely Juda Fine Art:
Vestiges | |
Carpenters Workshop Gallery:
The Language of Glaze: Shimizu Uichi at 100 | |
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery:
I dwell in Possibility | |
| London, Saturday 29 |
ATLAS Gallery:
Splash: Sea, Beach and Pool | |
Ashley Saville:
La Belle et La Bête | |
BEERS London:
So This Is Goodbye... | |
General Assembly:
Neither Here Nor There | |
Pilar Corrias, Conduit Street:
Hayv Kahraman: What cannot be said will be wept | |
Roseberys Belgravia:
Modern British & 20th Century Art | |
| London, Sunday 30 |
Camden Art Centre:
Donald Locke: Resistant Forms | Virtual Visit! ▻ |
| London, Monday 31 |
domobaal:
Mikey Cuddihy: Curious Yellow | |
Los Angeles |
| Los Angeles, Friday 28 |
Perrotin Los Angeles:
Summerlove Sensation | |
Madrid
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| Madrid, Saturday 29 |
Opera Gallery:
Summer Vibes IV | |
Melbourne
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| Melbourne, Saturday 29 |
Tolarno Galleries:
Danie Mellor: Awake (in the Dream) | |
Monaco
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| Monaco, Monday 31 |
Opera Gallery:
The Monaco Masters Show, American 80s: from Warhol to Basquiat | |
Nairobi
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| Nairobi, Saturday 29 |
Circle Art Gallery:
Birhane Worede: Gestures of Presence | |
New York |
| New York, Friday 28 |
Hirschl & Adler:
Shorelines: Views from the Edge | |
Sotheby’s New York:
The Artists Among Us | |
Yancey Richardson Gallery:
Once More, With Feeling | |
| New York, Saturday 29 |
603 Arts Foundation at Nunu Fine Art:
The cataclysm of binary star systems | |
| New York, Monday 31 |
Findlay Galleries:
The Quiet Expanse | |
Halsey McKay Gallery:
Elias Hansen: Holding Pattern, Holding Fast | |
Paris |
| Paris, Friday 28 |
Baró Galeria:
Yussef Agbo-Ola: Inside the Waterfall, 12 Bones Birthed a Flower | |
| Paris, Saturday 29 |
Galerie Maria Wettergren:
Tora Urup: Glass Reflections | |
Reykjavík
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| Reykjavík, Saturday 29 |
BERG Contemporary:
10 Years | |
Shanghai |
| Shanghai, Tuesday 1 |
Jenxuan Gallery:
Eat Like You Care | |
St. Moritz
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| St. Moritz, Saturday 29 |
Hauser & Wirth:
Intimate Anatomies | |
Tisbury
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| Tisbury, Saturday 29 |
Messums West:
Peachey & Mosig: The Sky Has Already Fallen | |
| Tisbury, Sunday 30 |
Messums West:
Nicola Hicks | |
Tokyo
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| Tokyo, Saturday 29 |
Perrotin Tokyo:
Chen Fei: Sometimes | |
Venice
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| Venice, Saturday 29 |
Patricia Low Venezia:
Daniel Crews-Chubb: The Belt of Venus | |
Victoria Miro Venice:
Wangechi Mutu: The SeasSpirit | |
Zürich
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| Zürich, Saturday 29 |
Lullin + Ferrari:
The 100 Dolls by Shahida Shaygan | |
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