designboom Radar: October 2026 Exhibitions Worldwide, from LACMA to M+
designboom's October radar showcases exhibitions from around the world. At LACMA, the Home of the Future runs from September 27, 2026, to March 14, 2027, highlighting self-cleaning kitchens. The Vitra Design Museum presents Geoffrey Bawa: Architecture for the Senses from September 26, 2026, to February 28, 2027. The Metropolitan Museum of Art features Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous from October 4, 2026, to January 31, 2027. Gagosian Grosvenor Hill launches This Is Still Not a Pipe from September 24 to December 12, 2026. Onassis Mandra hosts Céleste Boursier-Mougenot's clinamen from September 26 to December 5, 2026, while Chiharu Shiota's The Soul Trembles opens at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from September 26, 2026, to February 14, 2027. Additional exhibitions include works by Ann Veronica Janssens, Kenny Scharf, Tracey Emin, and others at Palazzo Strozzi and Pirelli HangarBicocca.
Key facts
- Home of the Future, 1925–1985: Designing Domestic Utopias runs September 27, 2026 – March 14, 2027 at LACMA in Los Angeles.
- Geoffrey Bawa: Architecture for the Senses spans over fifty years of the Sri Lankan architect's career at the Vitra Design Museum, with exhibition design by Lina Ghotmeh Architects.
- Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous at The Metropolitan Museum of Art features more than 120 works and takes its title from a 1976 painting by Lee Krasner.
- This Is Still Not a Pipe: The Afterlife of Magritte at Gagosian Grosvenor Hill is organized with the Fondation Magritte and includes more than forty artists.
- Céleste Boursier-Mougenot's clinamen, first developed in 1997, is presented outdoors at Onassis Mandra in Athens from September 26 to December 5, 2026.
- Chiharu Shiota: The Soul Trembles makes its North American debut at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, covering over thirty years of the Berlin-based Japanese artist's career.
- Remember Me at Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection marks photography's bicentenary with more than seventy artists, curated by Matthieu Humery and Lola Regard.
- The 90s: Art and Fashion at Tate Britain is curated by Edward Enninful and includes Sarah Lucas, Damien Hirst, Juergen Teller, David Sims, Vivienne Westwood, and Alexander McQueen.
Entities
Artists
- Geoffrey Bawa
- Lina Ghotmeh
- Lee Krasner
- Jackson Pollock
- René Magritte
- Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
- Chiharu Shiota
- Alfred Stieglitz
- Ann Veronica Janssens
- Reiko Setsuda
- Luciano Fabro
- Arthur Jafa
- Tony Williams
- Kenny Scharf
- Rosa Bonheur
- William Wegman
- Justin Caguiat
- Lily Pickett
- Irma Boom
- Barbara Kruger
- Tyler Mitchell
- Solange Pessoa
- Bárbara Rodríguez Muñoz
- Adam Pendleton
- Edward Enninful
- Sarah Lucas
- Damien Hirst
- Juergen Teller
- David Sims
- Vivienne Westwood
- Alexander McQueen
- Glenn Adamson
- Marcella Hanika
- Daniel Streat
- Tracey Emin
- Ibrahim Mahama
- Irving Penn
- Issey Miyake
- Naomi Sims
- Kerry James Marshall
- Michel Gondry
- Emma Bruschi
- Rick Guidice
- Iwan Baan
- Jean-Michel Cels
- Hideaki Takahashi
- Margarita Yoko Nikitaki
- Dario Lasagni
- Frédéric Iovino
- Soliou Ligali
- Leandro Erlich
- Verner Panton
- Ewa Juszkiewicz
- Cao Fei
- Camille Henrot
- Kho Liang Ie
- Frank Gehry
- Elmgreen & Dragset
- Pierre Huyghe
- Jenny Holzer
- James Turrell
- Ettore Sottsass
- Fujiko Nakaya
- Felix Gonzalez-Torres
- Anish Kapoor
- Pablo Picasso
- Georges Braque
- Juan Gris
- Fernand Léger
- Sonia Delaunay
- Robert Delaunay
- Natalia Goncharova
- Alvar Aalto
- Charles Eames
- Ray Eames
- Marcel Breuer
- Álvaro Siza
- Tadao Ando
- Jean-Michel Wilmotte
- Pippo Ciorra
- Elena Tinacci
- Iris van Herpen
- NIGO
- Marcel Duchamp
- Nick Doyle
- Cecilia Vicuña
- Nicola Turner
- Ron Mueck
- Sophie Calle
- Marina Abramović
- Richard Prince
- Zaha Hadid
- Katharina Grosse
- John Giorno
- Andy Warhol
- Shigeo Fukuda
- Reba Maybury
- Jasmine Gregory
- Sven Gex
- Hamishi Farah
- SoiL Thornton
- Zhana Ivanova
- Amanda van Hesteren
- Ulay
- Titian
- Carlo Scarpa
- Hans Ulrich Obrist
- Gautier Deblonde
- Philip Beesley
- David Uzochukwu
- Arturo Schwarz
- Dung Ngo
- Shai Baitel
- Marcello Dantas
Institutions
- designboom
- LACMA
- Vitra Design Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Gagosian
- Fondation Magritte
- Onassis Mandra
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- Hermès
- Hermès Maison Ginza Le Forum
- Fondation d'entreprise Hermès
- Palazzo Strozzi
- National Gallery of Art
- Pirelli HangarBicocca
- New Museum
- Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
- Blanca and Borja Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
- Louvre-Lens
- Serpentine South
- Serpentine Galleries
- Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection
- Pinault Collection
- M+
- Centro Botín
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- Tate Britain
- Tate Modern
- Nike
- Department of Nike Archives
- Museum of Arts and Design
- JA Projects
- Visual Fields
- Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
- Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
- Maison Européenne de la Photographie
- Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris
- Smart Museum of Art
- teamLab
- la Galerie du 19M
- Maison Michel
- Modern Art
- Greene Naftali
- Jack Shainman Gallery
- Mendes Wood DM
- EstudioEmObra
- Artists Rights Society
- NASA Ames Research Center
- Tezuka Productions
- Birmingham Museum of Art
- The Morgan Library & Museum
- The Duerckheim Collection
- Nacása & Partners Inc.
- i-D
- Dazed
- Chicago Architecture Center
- Studio Gang
- Grand Palais
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart
- Copenhagen Contemporary
- Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art
- Städel Museum
- MAXXI
- Fondation Beyeler
- Artizon Museum
- Bourse de Commerce
- Museo Reina Sofía
- Hayward Gallery
- Southbank Centre
- Centre Pompidou Hanwha
- Centre Pompidou
- Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
- Artifort
- Mosa
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Olivetti
- Poltronova
- Memphis
- Ishibashi Foundation
- Brooklyn Museum
- Design Museum London
- Denver Art Museum
- New York Botanical Garden
- Perrotin
- Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea
- MoMA PS1
- Negozio Olivetti
- Galleria Continua
- FAI – Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano
- Yorkshire Sculpture Park
- Annely Juda Fine Art
- Mori Art Museum
- Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
- Stedelijk Museum
- Gallerie dell’Accademia di Venezia
- Fondazione Prada
- LUMA Arles
- White Cube
- Giorno Poetry Systems Archive
- Museum of Modern Art
- 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa
- National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
- Zaha Hadid Foundation
Locations
- Athens
- Greece
- London
- UK
- Montreal
- Canada
- Los Angeles
- USA
- Weil am Rhein
- Germany
- New York
- Springs
- Long Island
- Tokyo
- Japan
- Florence
- Italy
- Milan
- Madrid
- Spain
- Lens
- France
- Paris
- Aubervilliers
- Hong Kong
- Santander
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Humlebæk
- Denmark
- Chicago
- Sri Lanka
- Dambulla
- Minas Gerais
- Brazil
- Tamale
- Ghana
- Oregon
- Brussels
- Belgium
- Pescara
- Alabama
- Basel
- Switzerland
- Copenhagen
- The Netherlands
- Porto
- Portugal
- Serralves
- Frankfurt am Main
- Rome
- Riehen
- United Kingdom
- Seoul
- South Korea
- Hamburg
- Bilbao
- Santa Monica
- Cuba
- United States
- Pearl River Delta
- China
- Indonesia
- Colorado
- Turin
- Venice
- West Bretton
- Wakefield
- Arles
- Korea
- Rivoli
- Torino
Sources
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