Enrich Your Summer with Art
Your guide to the must-see exhibitions around the world
Your guide to the must-see exhibitions around the world
Immerse yourself in the bold, thought-provoking and deeply personal worlds of artists who are represented in the ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Art Collection, as their work takes center stage in major exhibitions around the world. From storytelling through textiles to expansive retrospectives, these shows explore themes of identity, memory and cultural history.
What does it mean to feel at home? Korean-born, London-based artist Do Ho Suh invites visitors to contemplate the emotional and spatial meaning of "home" through his extraordinary life-sized fabric sculptures. Sewn in translucent color, these architectural installations recreate the artist’s past dwellings, from Seoul to London, and explore how memory, identity and space intertwine.
Through this delicately powerful work, Suh draws us into a deeply personal yet universally resonant experience of place and belonging.
In a striking 30-year survey of his practice, Rashid Johnson transforms the Guggenheim’s iconic rotunda into a poetic reflection on Black identity, cultural inheritance and personal history.
Titled A Poem for Deep Thinkers, the exhibition is filled with mirrored tile mosaics, lush hanging gardens, books and sculptural forms that invite visitors to consider what shapes our cultural narratives.
In her first major exhibition in Austria, Małgorzata Mirga-Tas brings the rich history and contemporary reality of the Roma community to life through intricate textiles and evocative new wax sculptures.
With needle and thread, Mirga-Tas stitches together stories of resistance, femininity and cultural heritage. Her work is beautifully crafted, yet unafraid to challenge narratives.
As part of an ongoing project, Vietnamese artist Danh Vo is transforming M+ Museum’s ‘Found Space’ into an intimate environment inspiring reflection and reinterpretation.
The first phase features an array of Akari light sculptures by Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi. Akari, meaning ‘light’ or ‘illumination’ in Japanese, are a form of affordable art sculptures inspired by traditional lanterns that can double as functional lamps.
This spatial and conceptual experience invites us to reflect on how even the simplest of objects can carry multiple meanings.
Experience the world through the eyes of David Hockney in an electrifying retrospective of more than 400 works. From his iconic poolside paintings to recent iPad drawings, David Hockney 25 encompasses six decades of one of the most influential artists of our time.
Playful, colorful and endlessly inventive, this exhibition reveals Hockney’s lifelong fascination with perspective, perception and the boundless possibilities of art.
Ark Nova is a mobile, sculptural concert hall initiated by Lucerne Festival director Michael Haefliger and concert agent Masahide Kajimoto as an artistic response to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Designed by Sir Anish Kapoor and Arata Isozaki, Ark Nova reflects Kapoor’s focus on inward forms and Isozaki’s architectural innovation. This significant inflatable art object will come to Europe for the first time September 4-14, 2025, landing in Lucerne on the Lidowiese.
Whether you’re in London, New York, Bregenz or Paris this summer, each exhibition offers a chance to engage with deeply resonant art.