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Exhibitions

Where art enthusiasts turn to discover what’s worth seeing, and what might just change the way they view the world. A beacon for art lovers seeking sharp, thoughtful critiques of the contemporary and classic, plus in-depth analyses exploring the themes, techniques and cultural significance of each exhibition. A mix of expert opinions and fresh perspectives, highlighting both blockbuster shows and hidden gems. Expect vivid descriptions, insightful commentary, and a keen eye for what makes each exhibition unique. Read more about Arts.

An installation view of Giuseppe Penone’s exhibition featuring a monumental wall covered in bark-like brown panels punctuated by turquoise sculptural forms, with a tree-like bronze sculpture suspended over a stone base in the center of the gallery.

10 Ambitious Gallery Shows to See During Frieze New York

As the city embarks once again upon its springtime marathon of fairs and marquee auctions, galleries across Chelsea, Tribeca, the Lower East Side and the Upper East Side are mounting some of the best sculptural and installation-driven exhibitions New York has seen in years.
By Elisa Carollo
A small black-walled exhibition room displays comic-style drawings, a sculptural white shell form and a black-and-white striped garment mounted on a mannequin.

Exhibition as Experience: The Turn Toward Building Worlds, Not Walls

Art advisor Jennifer Findley of JFiN Collective considers how lighting, spatial choreography and archival material are increasingly defining what an exhibition can be. Taste, scent and touch, she says, are no longer supplementary but structural.
By Jennifer Findley
A group of tall clay and organic sculptures resembling human figures stand in a dimly lit formation inside Chiara Camoni’s Italian Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale.

The Venice Biennale’s Most Powerful Pavilions Tune into Shared Consciousness

Amid protests, geopolitical tensions and the contradictions of the Biennale’s own structure, the most compelling pavilions leaned into ancestral knowledge and collective imagination as alternative ways of understanding coexistence in a fractured world.
By Elisa Carollo
A side-by-side image shows a weathered brown ceramic jar with dripped glaze next to a small sculptural vessel shaped like a blocky face with a protruding nose.

At the Met, “Infinite Artistry” Reframes Japanese Ceramics as a Living Philosophy

By Xintian Wang
The four members of Gelitin lie on their backs amid hundreds of colorful ceramic face sculptures spread across the floor, their heads clustered together at center. The faces — painted, glazed, and modeled in clay — fill the entire frame in a dense, tightly packed mass.

At Perrotin, Gelitin Creates Space for Collective Ludic Experiences

By Elisa Carollo
A portrait of a woman artist seated in her studio, surrounded by paint tubes and brushes, with two of her paintings visible behind her—one a monochrome seascape and the other a surreal composition of headless figures with floating fruit.

As Venice Nears, Arch Hades Traces Her Shift from Verse to Visuals

By Aisling O'Leary
A black-and-white street scene shows costumed figures holding hands, with others in theatrical outfits gathered around them in a lively urban setting.

One Fine Show: “Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue” at the Portland Museum of Art

By Dan Duray
An image featuring an artist standing in front of a vibrant, colorful abstract painting. The artist wears glasses and a denim apron, with dark hair styled neatly. The background painting showcases various hues of blue, purple, and orange, with dynamic fluid shapes creating a sense of movement.

Vian Sora’s Beautiful Wreckage

By Elisa Carollo
A dramatic Baroque painting shows two women beheading a man on a bed, with strong contrasts of light and shadow.

Artemisia Gentileschi’s Revenge Is Still Radical

By Dian Parker
A marble bust of a woman in profile, showcasing detailed facial features, a textured hairstyle, and draped clothing, placed on a square pedestal against a neutral background.

One Fine Show: “Edmonia Lewis, Said in Stone” at the Peabody Essex Museum

By Dan Duray
A print of three palm trees of decreasing sizes

Gemini G.E.L.’s 60th Anniversary Show Is a Love Letter to L.A.

By Jordan Riefe
A vibrant abstract painting by Christina Quarles, featuring fluid, distorted human forms and a dynamic play between bold colors and textures. The figures intertwine in a surreal, disjointed composition against a bright purple brick wall, with expressive, fragmented limbs and drips of paint enhancing the sense of fluidity and tension in the work.

In L.A., Christina Quarles Confronts the Tension Between Body, Space and Identity

By Elisa Carollo
An image shows a man in a dark suit and a woman in a black dress standing together in a gallery space, with colorful Keith Haring paintings displayed on the wall behind them.

Curators Dieter Buchhart and Anna Karina Hofbauer Want to Reintroduce You to Keith Haring

By Dan Duray
Multiple distorted reflections of a bald man’s face appear across mirrored concave and convex surfaces in a kaleidoscopic pattern.

Gabriel De La Mora’s Meditations On Matter and the Monochrome

By Elisa Carollo
An image shows a woman standing against a white gallery wall beside a large vertical painting of an upside-down nude figure holding yellow flowers, providing a sense of scale for the artwork.

Danielle Orchard’s Indescribable Yearning

By Sarah Moroz
An image shows two people standing in a gallery and looking closely at a framed still-life painting of fruit and a jug displayed on a white wall.

One Fine Show: “Cezanne” at the Fondation Beyeler

By Dan Duray
Thin vertical sculptures resembling skyscrapers displayed outdoors on a lawn on a sunny day

One Fine Show: Rana Begum’s “Reflection” at the Gallery at Windsor in Florida

By Dan Duray
An image of a young boy in a suit with a bowl haircut and round glasses, sitting with arms crossed in front of a yellow striped background with a cup on a wooden cabinet.

Collector Jordan D. Schnitzer’s David Hockney Holdings Come Home to Portland

By Jordan Riefe
Vivid red-dominant painting showing a reclining blue nude figure amid green line-drawn plants, scattered architectural fragments and floating portrait panels, evoking memory, loss and symbolic rebirth.

At Hauser & Wirth, Qiu Xiaofei’s Transmutation of Grief

By Elisa Carollo
Julia Jo stands beside a paint-covered table in her studio, surrounded by large abstract canvases and brushes arranged against exposed brick walls.

Julia Jo Paints at the Threshold of Emotion and Psychical Presence

By Elisa Carollo

One Fine Show: “Ann Hamilton, still and moving • the tactile image” at the Cleveland Museum of Art

By Dan Duray
An abstract painting in reds, oranges, yellows and blacks that resembles an early cave painting but stylized

“Abstract Expressionists: The Women” Adds an Essential Chapter to the Movement’s History

By Mary Gregory
A gallery exhibition of paintings with what look to be outlines of batman-type masks

One Fine Show: “Joyce Pensato” at ICA Miami

By Dan Duray
A monumental black-and-white drawing of a snow-covered mountain shows a dramatic avalanche cascading down its steep face against a stark black sky.

The Blind Folly of Tacita Dean

By Dian Parker
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