August 2026 Exhibition Roundup: From Okoyomon's Living Forest to BMW Art Cars Reunion
The exhibition radar from Designboom for August 2026 showcases transformative global art displays. At MoMA PS1, Precious Okoyomon's 'Among the Flowers I Learned to Love: A Garden of Decreation' is open from July 31, 2026, until 2028. In Berlin, the Aedes Architecture Forum features 'A Structure of Feeling' from July 4 to October 14, 2026. Tate Modern will present a survey of Ana Mendieta from July 15, 2026, to January 17, 2027, while the Venet Foundation will focus on Dan Flavin from May 8 to October 3, 2026. A Georg Baselitz retrospective is set for Seoul's Sehwa Museum from August 13 to December 27, 2026. Additional exhibitions include 'Speaking Stones' in Tallinn, Peanut Butter Floor in Rotterdam, and 'Ellsworth Kelly' in Saint-Paul de Vence, along with works by Martin Parr, Pierre Paulin, and BMW Art Cars.
Key facts
- Precious Okoyomon's installation at MoMA PS1 runs from July 31, 2026 to 2028.
- Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin shows 'A Structure of Feeling' with nine Chinese architecture practices.
- Tate Modern's Ana Mendieta exhibition includes over 120 works, from July 15, 2026 to January 17, 2027.
- Dan Flavin survey at Venet Foundation, Le Muy, France, runs May 8–October 3, 2026.
- Sehwa Museum of Art in Seoul hosts Georg Baselitz retrospective from August 13 to December 27, 2026.
- Pavel Rotts' climbing wall made from war-damaged architecture is part of 'Speaking Stones' in Tallinn.
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen recreates Wim T. Schippers' Peanut Butter Floor from July 9 to September 30, 2026.
- BMW Welt reunites all twenty BMW Art Cars from July 29 to August 31, 2026.
Entities
Artists
- Precious Okoyomon
- Ana Mendieta
- Dan Flavin
- Georg Baselitz
- Pavel Rotts
- Wim T. Schippers
- Ellsworth Kelly
- Carsten Höller
- Martin Parr
- Pierre Paulin
- Julie Mehretu
- Alexander Calder
- Esther Mahlangu
- David Hockney
- Jenny Holzer
- Cao Fei
- Olafur Eliasson
- Doug Aitken
- Fujiko Nakaya
- Claude Monet
- Pierre Huyghe
- Roni Horn
- Wolfgang Tillmans
- Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
- Richard Tuttle
- Louise Bourgeois
- Katharina Fritsch
- Jenny Saville
- Lorna Simpson
- Achille Castiglioni
- Bruno Munari
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
- Erik Verhagen
- Marco Marzini
- Beck
- LA LOM
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
Institutions
- MoMA PS1
- Aedes Architecture Forum
- Tate Modern
- Venet Foundation
- Sehwa Museum of Art
- Adamson-Eric Museum
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
- Fondation Maeght
- UCCA Center for Contemporary Art
- Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA)
- Musée Fabre
- BMW Welt
- The Shed
- Neue Nationalgalerie
- Pola Museum of Art
- MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology
- Dia Beacon
- The George Economou Collection
- Fondazione Achille Castiglioni
- Pace Gallery
- Marian Goodman Gallery
- Alison Jacques
- Magnum Photos
- designboom
Locations
- New York
- USA
- Berlin
- Germany
- London
- UK
- Le Muy
- France
- Seoul
- South Korea
- Tallinn
- Estonia
- Rotterdam
- The Netherlands
- Saint-Paul de Vence
- Beijing
- China
- Montpellier
- Munich
- Hakone
- Japan
- Lisbon
- Portugal
- Beacon
- Athens
- Greece
- Milan
- Italy
- Belle-Île
- Côte d'Azur
- Caribbean
- Tengchong
- Yunnan
- CN
- Parco Sempione