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ArtReview's 13 Must-See Exhibitions for October 2026: From Brook Hsu in London to Jacqueline Nova in Bogotá

exhibition · 2026-04-24

In October 2026, ArtReview's editors have curated a selection of 13 exhibitions in different cities. London will showcase Brook Hsu's inaugural solo exhibition in the UK, titled TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA, at Heidi until 7 November. From 9 October to 17 January, Christoph Schlingensief's retrospective will be displayed at Berlin's Gropius Bau. Paris will open Large, a contemporary art venue, featuring Imaginary Engine from 17 October to 7 March, alongside Phung-Tien Phan's Stuck at Edouard Montassut from 14 October to 14 November. Yokohama's Azamino Contemporary vol.17 is scheduled from 10 October to 3 November. In Rio, Andréa Hygino's Projeto parquinho will be available at MAM from 17 October to 14 March. Tokyo's Photographic Art Museum will host Duet: Asian Contemporary until 17 January. The Biennale will take place in Tunis from 23 October to 22 November. Louvre Abu Dhabi will present Spices and Wonders from 14 October to 14 February. New York's American Folk Art Museum will feature Locating Girlhood from 9 October to 28 February, while Foshan will exhibit Sopheap Pich's Silent Restraint until 20 February. Lastly, Bogotá's Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia will host Noise from 29 October to 18 January.

Key facts

  • ArtReview's October 2026 exhibition picks span 11 cities across Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, and North America.
  • Brook Hsu's first UK solo exhibition, TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA, is at Heidi, London, through 7 November.
  • Christoph Schlingensief's largest retrospective in Germany opens at Gropius Bau, Berlin, from 9 October to 17 January.
  • Large, a new 5,000-square-metre art space on Île Seguin, Paris, inaugurates with Imaginary Engine from 17 October to 7 March.
  • Phung-Tien Phan's Stuck is at Edouard Montassut, Paris, from 14 October to 14 November.
  • Azamino Contemporary vol.17: Suburban Interference shows at Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino from 10 October to 3 November.
  • Andréa Hygino: Projeto parquinho is at MAM Rio from 17 October to 14 March.
  • Duet: Asian Contemporary runs at Tokyo Photographic Art Museum from 30 September to 17 January.
  • Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement: Becoming the Ocean takes place in Tunis from 23 October to 22 November.
  • Spices and Wonders: Sailing the Indian Ocean is at Louvre Abu Dhabi from 14 October to 14 February.
  • Locating Girlhood is at the American Folk Art Museum, New York, from 9 October to 28 February.
  • Cici Wu: Auld Lang Syne (prelude) is at 47 Canal, New York, through 7 November.
  • Sopheap Pich: Silent Restraint is at He Art Museum, Shunde, Foshan, through 20 February.
  • Noise: Sound Plasticity is at Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia, Bogotá, from 29 October to 18 January.

Entities

Artists

Institutions

  • ArtReview
  • Heidi
  • Gropius Bau
  • Berliner Festspiele
  • Venice Biennale
  • Documenta 10
  • Documenta 13
  • Emerige
  • Renault
  • Le Large
  • Edouard Montassut
  • Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino
  • Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro
  • Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
  • Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève
  • Ibraaz
  • Kamel Lazaar Foundation
  • Jaou Tunis
  • Louvre Abu Dhabi
  • American Folk Art Museum
  • 47 Canal
  • He Art Museum
  • Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia
  • Abby Wright School
  • Nova Scotia Museum
  • M+
  • OGR Torino
  • SCAI The Bathhouse
  • Yutaka Kikutake Gallery
  • National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
  • National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo
  • Mattatoio
  • David Zwirner
  • Kurimanzutto
  • La Casa Encendida
  • Pinacoteca de São Paulo
  • Khoj Studios
  • Ikon Gallery
  • Serpentine Galleries
  • Art Week Tokyo
  • SMBC
  • David Zwirner Books

Locations

  • London
  • United Kingdom
  • Berlin
  • Germany
  • Paris
  • France
  • Île Seguin
  • Yokohama
  • Japan
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Brazil
  • Tokyo
  • Tunis
  • Tunisia
  • Abu Dhabi
  • United Arab Emirates
  • New York
  • United States
  • Foshan
  • China
  • Shunde
  • Bogotá
  • Colombia
  • Amazino
  • South Hadley
  • Massachusetts
  • Philadelphia
  • Phnom Penh
  • Cambodia
  • Austria
  • Lake Wolfgang
  • Indonesia
  • Egypt
  • India
  • Mediterranean
  • Arab world
  • Global Majority
  • Africa
  • Latin America
  • Asia
  • Hong Kong
  • Turin
  • Italy
  • Oslo
  • Norway
  • Rome
  • Madrid
  • Spain
  • São Paulo
  • New Delhi
  • Birmingham
  • Chicago
  • Nagoya
  • Roppongi
  • Marunouchi
  • Chelsea
  • West 19th Street

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