December 2025 Global Exhibition Highlights: From Singaporean Treasures in Mexico City to Bangkok's New Museum
From December 4 to May 31, 2026, over eighty artifacts will be showcased at Mexico City's Colegio de San Ildefonso, courtesy of Singapore's Asian Civilisations Museum and National Gallery. Notable pieces include an 18th-century Chinese chocolate stand and a statue of Saint Philip of Jesus. Palestinian-Saudi artist Dana Awartani's work will be on display at Towner Eastbourne until January 25, 2026. Merry Alpern's Dirty Windows series can be viewed at McGlynn's Free House in London until December 14. The sixth Kochi-Muziris Biennale, featuring Marina Abramović, opens on December 12 and runs until March 31, 2026. Saâdane Afif's solo exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof is from December 12 to September 13, 2026, while MoMA's Ideas of Africa exhibition is scheduled from December 14 to July 25, 2026. The International Milwaukee Riso Invitational will take place from December 20 to February 28, 2026, and Dib Bangkok opens on December 21.
Key facts
- Singapore sends over 80 treasures to Mexico City for exhibition from December 4, 2025 to May 31, 2026
- Dana Awartani's show at Towner Eastbourne includes a floor sculpture recreating Gaza's destroyed bathhouse
- Merry Alpern's Dirty Windows series displays in a London pub through December 14, 2025
- Kochi-Muziris Biennale's sixth edition runs December 12, 2025 to March 31, 2026 under Nikhil Chopra
- Saâdane Afif's first institutional solo show in Berlin features a coffin shaped as Centre Pompidou
- MoMA's Ideas of Africa exhibition presents West and Central African portrait photography from December 14, 2025
- Milwaukee's risograph invitational includes free print giveaways from December 20, 2025
- Bangkok's Dib Bangkok museum opens December 21, 2025 with over 1,000 works from Petch Osathanugrah's collection
Entities
Artists
- Diego Rivera
- Carlos 'Botong' Francisco
- Galo B. Ocampo
- Dana Awartani
- Merry Alpern
- Peter Doig
- Parinaz Mogadassi
- Nikhil Chopra
- Bani Abidi
- Anupama Kundoo
- Ibrahim Mahama
- Cinthia Marcelle
- Gulam Mohammed Sheikh
- Tino Sehgal
- Hiwa K
- Marina Abramović
- Shilpa Gupta
- Michelangelo Pistoletto
- Zahir Mirza
- Saâdane Afif
- Kudjoe Affutu
- Marcel Duchamp
- Oluremi C. Onabanjo
- Seydou Keïta
- Sanlé Sory
- James Barnor
- Samuel Fosso
- Njideka Akunyili Crosby
- V. Y. Mudimbe
- Art Spiegelman
- Chris Ware
- Cecilia Beaven
- Jessica Stockholder
- Kulapat Yantrasast
- Petch Osathanugrah
- Rirkrit Tiravanija
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Frank Stella
- Takashi Murakami
- Lee Bul
- Anselm Kiefer
- Alicja Kwade
- Montien Boonma
- Benyamin
- Riyas Komu
Institutions
- Asian Civilisations Museum
- National Gallery Singapore
- Colegio de San Ildefonso
- Towner Eastbourne
- Arnolfini
- McGlynn's Free House
- Kochi-Muziris Biennale
- HH Art Spaces
- Ishara Art Foundation
- Ishara House
- Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
- Centre Pompidou
- MoMA
- The Suburban
- Dib Bangkok
- WHY Architecture
- ArtReview
- Riso Kagaku Corporation
Locations
- Mexico City
- Mexico
- Singapore
- Eastbourne
- United Kingdom
- Bristol
- London
- New York
- United States
- Manhattan
- Wall Street
- Kochi
- India
- Fort Kochi
- Goa
- Dubai
- Berlin
- Germany
- Milwaukee
- Wisconsin
- Tokyo
- Japan
- Bangkok
- Thailand
- Acapulco
- Peru
- China
- Manila
- Philippines
- Gaza
- Palestine
- Saudi Arabia
- Ghana
- West Africa
- Central Africa
- Congo
- Southeast Asia
- Venice