April Art Exhibitions Feature Kinetic Sculptures, Hair History, and Landscape Gardens Across Europe

Multiple art exhibitions are opening across Europe in April 2026. At Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden in Wuppertal, a display of 13 kinetic sculptures by the late Rebecca Horn runs until August 30. The works incorporate sensors that activate movement and sound in response to viewers. In Munich, the Kunsthalle presents 'Haar – Macht – Lust' until October 4, an exhibition examining the cultural history of hair through 200 objects from antiquity to the present. Schloss Neuhardenberg in Brandenburg hosts 'Von Gärten, Landschaften und Bildern' until August 9, exploring 19th-century landscape gardens designed by Hermann Fürst von Pückler-Muskau. The Louvre in Paris will showcase Martin Schongauer from April 8 to July 20, highlighting his engravings and paintings like the 'Madonna im Rosenhag.' The Internationale Tage Ingelheim, from April 26 to July 5, focuses on James McNeill Whistler's moody, monochromatic prints of London and Venice, alongside contemporary photographs by Hiroyuki Masuyama. Kunsthaus Zürich, in collaboration with several European museums, presents a major retrospective of Marisol from April 17 to August 13, examining her blend of pop culture and Dada influences. In auction news, a recently rediscovered still life by 17th-century French painter Lubin Baugin, 'Nature morte aux financiers,' sold for €440,000 at Vichy Enchères on August 16, 2025, setting a new auction record for the artist. On November 15, the Friends of the Pinakothek der Moderne will hold a benefit auction featuring a 2005 painting by Peter Halley, with an estimated value of at least €140,000. Additionally, a 1941 Hasselblad HK 7 aerial camera sold for €32,000 at Cologne's Breker auction house on September 13.