April 2026 Global Art Exhibitions: From Los Angeles to Seoul

In April 2026, several significant art exhibitions are opening worldwide. At the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, 'Several Eternities in a Day: Form in the Age of Living Materials' features twenty-two artists using organic materials like stone, clay, and natural dyes, with works by Edgar Calel, Guadalupe Maravilla, and Sky Hopinka, alongside historical figures like Mary Sully. The exhibition runs from April 5 to August 23. In London, Whitechapel Gallery presents 'Veronica Ryan: Multiple Conversations,' a retrospective of over 100 works from four decades, exploring materials as carriers of experience through sculptures, textiles, and drawings, from April 1 to June 14. Prague's National Gallery hosts 'Jiří Kolář: X Bienal de São Paulo,' revisiting the Czech artist's 1969 São Paulo Biennial participation during Brazil's military dictatorship, through August 30. At MIT List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 'Performing Conditions: Artistic Labor and Dependency as Form' examines institutional critique under racial capitalism, featuring artists like Carolyn Lazard and Adrian Piper, from April 11 to August 2. In Seoul, Leeum Museum unveils Gabriel Orozco's permanent garden installation 'The Three Friends of Winter,' featuring bamboo, plum, and pine trees, opening April 3. Berlin's Georg Kolbe Museum presents 'Creating Space: The Constructivist Marlow Moss,' a retrospective of the British geometric abstractionist, from April 2 to July 26. New York's KAJE hosts 'RTRU* (Konstantin Raudive Technoculture Research Unit),' exploring electronic voice phenomena with nine contemporary artists, from April 4 to May 17. Turin's Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo features 'Xin Liu: EXHAUST,' focusing on technological residues like space debris, from April 15 to October 11. London's V&A East launches 'The Music is Black: A British Story,' tracing Black music's impact on British culture from the 1900s onward, opening April 18.