Winter 2025-2026 Global Art Calendar: Exhibitions, Biennials, and Museum Openings
Numerous significant art events are scheduled worldwide for the winter season. Christian Marclay's film 'The Clock' premieres at Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie with special 24-hour screenings. New museums include Abu Dhabi's Zayed National Museum, featuring ancient artifacts in a Norman Foster-designed building. Major exhibitions include a Helene Schjerfbeck retrospective at New York's Metropolitan Museum, a Frida Kahlo examination in Houston, and Tracey Emin's career survey at London's Tate Modern. Biennials return in Kochi and Diriyah, while art fairs occur in Mexico City and Los Angeles. Publications mark anniversaries for Patti Smith and Bob Dylan.
Key facts
- Christian Marclay's 'The Clock' screens at Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie from December through January, including two 24-hour presentations.
- Zayed National Museum opens in Abu Dhabi on December 3, displaying archaeological finds like the 8,000-year-old Abu Dhabi Pearl.
- Helene Schjerfbeck's first major US museum exhibition runs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through April 5, featuring 60 works.
- The Kochi-Muziris Biennale in India returns from December 12 to March 31 with a theme exploring body and memory.
- Tracey Emin's retrospective 'A Second Life' opens at Tate Modern on February 26, showcasing works from across her career.
Entities
Artists
- Christian Marclay
- Patti Smith
- Claude Gassian
- Bob Dylan
- Minerva Cuevas
- Helene Schjerfbeck
- Tony Albert
- Nikhil Chopra
- Jean Depara
- Seydou Keïta
- Malick Sidibé
- Sanlé Sory
- James Barnor
- Kwame Brathwaite
- Zao Wou-Ki
- Frida Kahlo
- Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
- Mona Hatoum
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Gala Porras-Kim
- Aziz Hazara
- Nour Mobarak
- Emily Carr
- Mary Cassatt
- Tracey Emin
Institutions
- Neue Nationalgalerie
- White Cube
- Abrams Books
- Simon & Schuster
- Halcyon Gallery
- Zayed National Museum
- Museu de Arte de São Paulo
- Guggenheim Bilbao
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- National Gallery of Australia
- Kochi Biennale Foundation
- Museum of Modern Art
- M+
- Museum of Fine Arts Houston
- Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
- Fondazione Prada
- Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
- Diriyah Biennale Foundation
- Vancouver Art Gallery
- National Gallery of Art
- Rijksmuseum
- Galleria Borghese
- Tate Modern
Locations
- Berlin
- Paris
- London
- Abu Dhabi
- São Paulo
- Bilbao
- New York
- Canberra
- Kochi
- Hong Kong
- Houston
- Berkeley
- Milan
- Humlebæk
- Diriyah
- Vancouver
- Mexico City
- Los Angeles
- Washington, D.C.
- Amsterdam
- Rome