46 Museum Shows and Biennales to See This Summer
A comprehensive guide to 46 museum exhibitions and biennales worldwide this summer. Highlights include Laure Prouvost's quantum physics show at Paris's Grand Palais, Carsten Höller's secretive exhibition at Beijing's UCCA, and Tomás Saraceno's monumental sculptures at Munich's Haus der Kunst. Tate Modern hosts an Ana Mendieta retrospective. The Venice Biennale continues through November, while Manifesta lands in Germany's Ruhr region. New biennial-style shows launch in the Northeastern US: the Medina Triennial in New York and the Aldrich Decennial in Connecticut. Other notable exhibitions: Akinsanya Kambon's survey split between SculptureCenter and CARA in New York; Cao Fei's largest European survey at Kunstmuseum Basel; Diego Marcon's unsettling video works at the Art Gallery of Ontario; a Keith Haring sculpture-focused show at Crystal Bridges; and Julio Le Parc's survey at Tate Modern. The Obama Presidential Center opens in Chicago with an 83-foot glass painting by Julie Mehretu. The guide covers exhibitions through early 2027.
Key facts
- Laure Prouvost's quantum physics show at Grand Palais, Paris, runs June 10–July 26.
- Carsten Höller's secretive exhibition at UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing.
- Tomás Saraceno's monumental sculptures at Haus der Kunst, Munich.
- Ana Mendieta retrospective at Tate Modern.
- Venice Biennale remains on view through November.
- Manifesta takes place in Germany's Ruhr region, June 21–October 4.
- Medina Triennial in Medina, New York, June 6–September 7.
- Aldrich Decennial at Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, June 7–January 10, 2027.
- Akinsanya Kambon survey at SculptureCenter and CARA, New York, May 28–August 16.
- Cao Fei's largest European survey at Kunstmuseum Basel, May 30–October 11.
- Diego Marcon's 'The Bubble Boy' at Art Gallery of Ontario, June 6–October 4.
- Keith Haring in 3D at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, June 6–January 25, 2027.
- Julio Le Parc survey at Tate Modern, June 11–May 3, 2027.
- Obama Presidential Center opens June 19 in Chicago with Julie Mehretu's 83-foot glass painting.
- Manifesta features 100 artists in a dozen churches across Essen, Bochum, Gelsenkirchen, and Duisburg.
Entities
Artists
- Laure Prouvost
- Carsten Höller
- Tomás Saraceno
- Ana Mendieta
- Akinsanya Kambon
- Cao Fei
- Diego Marcon
- Keith Haring
- Julio Le Parc
- Gladys Nilsson
- Carolina Caycedo
- Jeamin Cha
- Tin Mweleun
- Nam June Paik
- Chico da Silva
- Maren Hassinger
- Arch Connelly
- Frank Gehry
- Cyprien Gaillard
- Saodat Ismailova
- Willem de Kooning
- Ed van der Elsken
- Gabriele Stötzer
- Carmen Laffón
- Ali Banisadr
- Betty Parsons
- Tony Bechara
- Kenzi Shiokava
- Mona Hatoum
- Judith Hopf
- Hans Ragnar Mathisen
- Inuuteq Storch
- Tanya Lukin Linklater
- Sung Tieu
- Mariuccia Secol
- Rufino Tamayo
- Francis Alÿs
- Maria Thereza Alves
- Abraham O. Oghobase
- Lina Lapelytė
- Em Rooney
- Aki Sasamoto
- Philip Taaffe
- Tammy Nguyen
- Paul Smith
- Pablo Picasso
- Kehinde Wiley
- Shepard Fairey
- Alma Thomas
- Julie Mehretu
- Aliza Nisenbaum
- Rashid Johnson
- Pushpamala N
- Worku Goshu
- Marian Bogusz
- Albert Pinkham Ryder
- William Blake
- Hiroshige
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Barnett Newman
- Jackson Pollock
- Amy Sillman
- Wolf Biermann
- Al-Muqanna
- Tobias Rees
- Hartmut Neven
- Kari Conte
- Karin Laansoo
- X Zhu-Nowell
- Mi You
- David Frankel
- Kelly Taxter
Institutions
- Grand Palais
- UCCA Center for Contemporary Art
- Haus der Kunst
- Tate Modern
- Venice Biennale
- Manifesta
- Hammer Museum
- SculptureCenter
- Center for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA)
- Kunstmuseum Basel
- Fondazione Prada
- Art Gallery of Ontario
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Nottingham Contemporary
- Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
- Safdie Architects
- Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
- MoMA PS1
- National Art Center, Tokyo
- Musée Picasso
- Museo Tamayo
- National Museum of Archaeology, History, and Ethnography (Mexico City)
- WIELS Contemporary Art Centre
- KW Institute for Contemporary Art
- Muzeum Susch
- National Gallery of Canada
- Carnegie International
- Aspen Art Museum
- Fun Gallery
- Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art
- Vitra Design Museum
- Guggenheim Bilbao
- Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
- Kunsthaus Bregenz
- National Museum of Asian Art
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- New York Historical
- Obama Presidential Center
- Rijksmuseum
- Gropius Bau
- Art Gallery of New South Wales
- National Gallery of Australia
- Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum
- Buffalo AKG Art Museum
- Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
- Hessel Museum of Art
- Alexander Gray Associates
- Parrish Art Museum
- El Museo del Barrio
- Lisson Gallery
- Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
- Deutsche Welle
- ARTnews
- Artforum
- GQ
- Sprüth Magers
- Sadie Coles HQ
- Galerie Buchholz
- Susan Inglett Gallery
- Studio Museum in Harlem
- Keith Haring Foundation
- Andy Warhol Museum
- Corbett vs. Dempsey
- Frank O. Gehry & Gehry Partners
- Willem de Kooning Foundation
- Artists Rights Society (ARS)
- Betty Parsons and William P. Rayner Foundation
- Estate of Tony Bechara
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Beijing
- China
- Munich
- Germany
- Argentina
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Ottawa
- Canada
- Venice
- Italy
- Ruhr region
- Essen
- Bochum
- Gelsenkirchen
- Duisburg
- New York
- United States
- Queens
- Manhattan
- Basel
- Switzerland
- Milan
- Shanghai
- Toronto
- London
- England
- Nottingham
- Berkeley
- California
- Bentonville
- Arkansas
- Medina
- New York State
- Ridgefield
- Connecticut
- Tokyo
- Japan
- Mexico City
- Mexico
- Brussels
- Belgium
- Berlin
- Susch
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Porto
- Portugal
- Bregenz
- Austria
- Washington, D.C.
- Chicago
- Madrid
- Spain
- Buffalo
- Warsaw
- Poland
- Annandale-on-Hudson
- Water Mill
- Los Angeles
- Krakow
- Addis Ababa
- Ethiopia
- Sudan
- Nigeria
- Cambodia
- Sydney
- Australia
- Inuit Nunaat
- Sápmi
- Denendeh
- Greenland
- Denmark
- Uzbekistan
- Central Asia
- Fortaleza
- Amazon rainforest
- Peru
- East Germany
- Vietnam