December 2025 Showcases Immersive Art Across Europe: Pape, Gupta, McGregor Lead Installation and Performance Exhibitions
In December, various European museums and galleries are showcasing exhibitions focused on installation, performance, and experiential art. The Pinault Collection in Paris is hosting Lygia Pape's inaugural solo exhibition in France, which features Ttéia 1, C (2003/2025) along with early engravings. In Lübeck, Kunsthalle St. Annen is presenting Shilpa Gupta's significant solo exhibition, we last met in the mirror, which examines themes of borders and human rights. Meanwhile, Somerset House in London marks its 25th anniversary with Wayne McGregor: Infinite Bodies, highlighting multi-sensory installations. Guggenheim Bilbao's Arts of the Earth (5 December – 3 May) emphasizes eco-friendly artistry, while the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens offers Sea Garden (until 8 February), reflecting on humanity's effect on nature.
Key facts
- Lygia Pape's first solo exhibition in France runs at Pinault Collection, Paris until 26 January 2025
- Shilpa Gupta's first major German solo exhibition continues at Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lübeck until 1 March 2025
- Wayne McGregor: Infinite Bodies at Somerset House, London runs until 22 February 2025 as part of the venue's 25th anniversary
- Arts of the Earth at Guggenheim Bilbao runs from 5 December 2025 to 3 May 2026
- Sea Garden at National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens continues until 8 February 2025
- Lygia Pape's Ttéia 1, C (2003/2025) features shimmering copper wires that change with light and viewer movement
- Shilpa Gupta is recipient of the Possehl Prize for International Art
- Company Wayne McGregor will be in residence at Somerset House, activating installations in real time
Entities
Artists
- Lygia Pape
- Lygia Clark
- Hélio Oiticica
- Ana Mendieta
- Gabriel Orozco
- Giuseppe Penone
- Joseph Beuys
- Richard Long
- Sumayya Vally
- Tomás Saraceno
- Hans Haacke
- Oscar Santillán
- Mel Chin
- Shilpa Gupta
- Athena Tacha
- Catriona Gallagher
- Claude Cahun
- Dora Economou
- Margaret Raspé
- Wayne McGregor
- Gareth Pugh
- Max Richter
- Nick Knight
- Radiohead
- The Chemical Brothers
- Chihei Hakateyama
- Jasiah Marshall
- Rebecca Bassett-Graham
- Jayla O'Connell
- Eleanor Sutherland
- Ravi Deepres
- Pedro Pape
- Filip Dujardin
- Sebastiano Pellion di Persano
Institutions
- Pinault Collection
- Guggenheim Bilbao
- Kunsthalle St. Annen
- National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens
- Somerset House
- Company Wayne McGregor
- Random International
- Projeto Lygia Pape
- City of Vilvoorde
- Brugues Triennial
- neugerriemschneider
- D.Daskalopoulos Collection
- Aesthetica Magazine
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Bilbao
- Spain
- Lübeck
- Germany
- Athens
- Greece
- London
- United Kingdom
- Vilvoorde
- Belgium
- Berlin
- Sparoza