July 2026 Global Exhibition Highlights: From MoMA to Dataland

Key facts

• MoMA presents 'Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa' from July 5, 2026 to January 2, 2026.
• Lucy Sparrow's 'The Beginning of Convenience' at The Momentary features over 20,000 hand-sewn felt replicas of a 1980s-90s Walmart.
• Snarkitecture's 'The Playground' at the National Building Museum runs July 3 to August 3, 2026.
• Tomás Saraceno's 'Ancestral Futures' at Haus der Kunst includes collaboration with Indigenous communities from Red Atacama and Las Salinas Grandes.
• Joshua Vides' 'Flat Out: The Art of Joshua Vides' at Petersen Automotive Museum runs June 20, 2026 to July 5, 2027.
• Ai Weiwei's 'Button Up!' at Factory International uses thousands of buttons from a defunct British manufacturer.
• Pace Gallery Berlin's 'Goodbye Sadness, Hello Sadness' includes a replica of Friedrich Kunath's studio bar.
• Les Rencontres d'Arles 2026, the 57th edition, runs July 6 to October 4, 2026.
• Jenny Holzer's 'Wrong Answers' at Serralves Museum is her first solo exhibition in Portugal.
• Frank Gehry's retrospective 'O século de Gehry' at Serralves runs June 13 to December 30, 2026.
• Catherine Opie's 'Mountains Don't Know Their Names' at PoMo, Trondheim runs June 25, 2026 to March 1, 2027.
• Ken Price's 'Alien Terrain' at PoMo runs June 25, 2026 to March 1, 2027.
• Mohamed Bourouissa's 'Pour Noubia' at Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst runs June 13 to September 6, 2026.
• Julio Le Parc's 'Light. Colour. Action.' at Tate Modern runs until May 3, 2027.
• Nari Ward's 'Until That Day' at DESTE Foundation on Hydra runs June 23 to October 31, 2026.
• 'The World Through AI' at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt runs June 11 to September 20, 2026.
• Casa Ideale's 'Prologue' in Arles runs through October 2026.
• Refik Anadol's 'Machine Dreams: Rainforest' at Dataland Los Angeles runs through January 31, 2027.
• Rockbund Art Museum's 'Youth Palace' in Shanghai runs June 1 to September 20, 2026.
• Hiroshi Sugimoto's 'Extinction' at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo runs until September 13, 2026.
• 'Animalia' at Hôtel de la Marine, Paris runs July 1, 2026 to January 10, 2027.