Fendi Couture Show at GNAM, Columbus Museum Free Admission, and More
Fendi's Maria Grazia Chiuri will debut her couture collection on July 9 at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome, accompanied by a Karl Lagerfeld exhibition. The Columbus Museum of Art will offer free admission to visitors under 25 starting July 1, funded by a $4 million gift from the Walter Foundation. Peter Zumthor's Fondation Beyeler extension opens this fall with a Ruth Asawa retrospective. The Courtauld Gallery presents 'Hepworth in Color,' the first exhibition dedicated to Barbara Hepworth's use of color, anchored by the recently acquired 'Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red.' Fondation Cartier hosts 'Exit: The Image of the Present' symposium in Paris on June 12-13, 2026.
Key facts
- Maria Grazia Chiuri makes her Fendi couture debut on July 9 at GNAM in Rome.
- Exhibition 'After un Percorso di Lavoro. Fendi/Karl Lagerfeld 1985' opens July 10 through October 25.
- Columbus Museum of Art offers free admission for visitors under 25 from July 1, supported by $4 million from Walter Foundation.
- Peter Zumthor's Fondation Beyeler extension opens fall 2025, completing January 2027.
- Ruth Asawa retrospective opens in October at Fondation Beyeler.
- Barbara Hepworth's 'Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red' acquired for £3.8 million.
- 'Hepworth in Color' at Courtauld Gallery is first exhibition on Hepworth's use of color.
- Fondation Cartier symposium 'Exit: The Image of the Present' on June 12-13, 2026 in Paris.
Entities
Artists
- Maria Grazia Chiuri
- Karl Lagerfeld
- Giacomo Balla
- Giorgio de Chirico
- Renato Guttuso
- Silvia Venturini Fendi
- Peter Zumthor
- Renzo Piano
- Ruth Asawa
- Frida Kahlo
- Louise Bourgeois
- Elizabeth Peyton
- Barbara Hepworth
- Antony Gormley
- Anish Kapoor
- Paul Virilio
- Bob Walter
- Peggy Walter
Institutions
- Fendi
- Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
- Columbus Museum of Art
- Walter Foundation
- Cardinal Health
- Fondation Beyeler
- Courtauld Gallery
- Christie's London
- Hepworth Wakefield
- Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
- Palais-Royal
- MoMA
- Prada
- Axiom Space
- Perrotin
- Bottega Veneta
- Herzog & de Meuron
- Crystal Bridges
- Safdie Architects
- Centre Pompidou Hanwha
- Art Basel Paris
- LANZA Atelier
- Surface Magazine
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
- Columbus
- Ohio
- Riehen
- Basel
- Switzerland
- London
- United Kingdom
- Paris
- France
- New York
- Mount Titlis
- Seoul
- South Korea