February 2026 Global Exhibition Highlights: From Michael Joo's Bio-Art to Iranian New Wave Cinema
From February 20 to April 18, Michael Joo's exhibition 'Sweat Models 1991-2026' will be on display at Space ZeroOne in New York, featuring preserved urine samples and synthetic bodily fluids. The Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds will unveil 'Beneath the Sheets' on February 7, highlighting the exploitative histories of anatomical art. London's Barbican Centre will showcase 'Masterpieces of the Iranian New Wave' from February 4 to 26, including the 1976 film 'A Wedding Suit' by Abbas Kiarostami. Additionally, Isaac Julien's 'All That Changes You. Metamorphosis' will premiere at Victoria Miro from February 13 to March 21. Bouchra Khalili's 'Circles and Storytellers' opens at Mosaic Rooms on February 18, while Porto Alegre's Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul features 'Nervo Óptico 50 anos' until April 26. Takehiro Iikawa's retrospective is scheduled from February 28 to May 6 at Art Tower Mito. Graciela Iturbide will exhibit at C/O Berlin and the San Diego Museum of Art. James Lingwood curates 'Atlante' at Thomas Dane Gallery in Naples from February 3 to May 5, and Atul Dodiya's 'The Gatecrasher' will be at Vadehra Art Gallery in Delhi from February 3 to March 10.
Key facts
- Michael Joo's exhibition features preserved urine samples in 'Yellow, Yellower, Yellowest' (1991).
- Leeds' Thackray Museum displays anatomical illustrations from Bourgery's 1866 atlas and Maclise's 1851 work.
- Barbican Centre screens 11 Iranian New Wave films, including rare director's cuts and banned endings.
- Isaac Julien's installation was commissioned for the sixteenth-century Palazzo Te in Mantua.
- Bouchra Khalili's exhibition concludes her project on the 1970s Mouvement des Travailleurs Arabes.
- Porto Alegre's exhibition marks 50 years since the Nervo Óptico group's 1978 manifesto.
- Takehiro Iikawa's retrospective includes his ongoing 'Decorator Crab series' with 'Mr. Kobayashi'.
- Graciela Iturbide's concurrent shows feature her Juchitán de las Mujeres series from 1979–1988.
Entities
Artists
- Michael Joo
- Piero Manzoni
- Jenny Wu
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Rembrandt
- Thomas Banks
- Robert Mapplethorpe
- Tavares Strachan
- Jean-Baptiste Marc Bourgery
- Nicolas Henri Jacob
- Joseph Maclise
- Marlowe Mitchell
- Alexander Leissle
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Bahram Beyzaie
- Forough Farrokhzad
- Shahla Riahi
- Ebrahim Golestan
- Masoud Kimiai
- Chris Fite-Wassilak
- Isaac Julien
- Sheila Atim
- Gwendoline Christie
- Charles Jencks
- Octavia Butler
- Naomi Mitchison
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Donna Haraway
- Chiara Wilkinson
- Bouchra Khalili
- Carlos Asp
- Carlos Pasquetti
- Clóvis Dariano
- Jesus Escobar
- Mara Álvares
- Telmo Lanes
- Romanita Disconzi
- Vera Chaves Barcello
- Oliver Basciano
- Takehiro Iikawa
- Yuwen Jiang
- Graciela Iturbide
- Fi Churchman
- James Lingwood
- Claudio Parmiggiani
- Igshaan Adams
- Teju Cole
- Mia Stern
- Atul Dodiya
- Henri Matisse
- Pablo Picasso
Institutions
- Space ZeroOne
- Thackray Museum of Medicine
- Barbican Centre
- Victoria Miro
- Mosaic Rooms
- Documenta 14
- Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul
- MARGS
- Art Tower Mito
- C/O Berlin
- San Diego Museum of Art
- Museum Photographic Arts
- Thomas Dane Gallery
- Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
- Vadehra Art Gallery
- ARTFEED
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Leeds
- United Kingdom
- London
- Delhi
- India
- Mantua
- Italy
- Porto Alegre
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Brazil
- Mito
- Japan
- Berlin
- Germany
- San Diego
- Mexico
- Naples
- Mumbai
- Cape Town
- South Africa
- Switzerland
- Iran