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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch
Slide Nr 1From captivating retrospectives to breathtaking biennales, these art exhibitions and events deserve a spot on your cultural bucket list.
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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch.
Slide Nr 2TOP Museum 30th Anniversary Exhibitions – The Tokyo Photography Art Museum has a full plate this year with celebrations commemorating the 30th anniversary of its founding. In addition to five omnibus exhibitions appropriately titled Continuity and Change, which re-examine the museum’s more than 30,000 photographic collections, the attractive line-up includes a retrospective of Italian photographer Luigi Ghirri and a comprehensive study of the legendary Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa. Throughout 2025
[Otsuka Chino, 1982 and 2005, Paris, France from the series Imagine Finding Me, 2005]1/18
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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch.
Slide Nr 3Opening of the Pietro Maria Bardi Building at MASP – Adding a wealth of space to the existing Lina Bo Bardi building, the newly inaugurated Museu de Arte de São Paulo’s new Pietro Maria Bardi building houses eclectic exhibitions – namely Isaac Julien’s video installation on Lina Bo Bardi, as well as selections of the museum’s collection of modern West African art and works by leading impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Revolving around the evolution of the museum, these retrospectives of the institution’s own history mark the beginning of a new era. From 28 March 2025
[Image: View of Pietro Maria Bardi Building, Photo: Leonardo Finotti]2/18
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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch.
Slide Nr 4Tatiana Trouvé: The Strange Life of Things – Intricate and ambiguous, Tatiana Trouvé’s visual investigations – manifesting through drawing and sculpture – fill the three floors of the Tadao Ando-redesigned Palazzo Grassi in Venice. Trouvé’s site-specific installations and newly made sculptures will be shown together with many of her previous drawings against this stunning backdrop, comprising the largest ever solo exhibition of the artist in the country of her birth. Until 4 January 2026
[Image: Tatiana Trouvé, Notes on Sculpture, April 27th, “Maresa”, 2022. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian. Photo: Robert McKeever. © Tatiana Trouvé, by SIAE 2024]3/18
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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch.
Slide Nr 5David Hockney 25 – The entirety of Fondation Louis Vuitton’s 11 gallery spaces will be dedicated to the last 25 years of Hockney’s incredibly successful career. It is the largest exhibition of the artist to date, providing comprehensive insight into the creative journey of the art market’s most popular living artist, with over 400 works gathered from every corner of the world. Until 31 August 2025
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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch.
Slide Nr 6Amy Sherald: American Sublime – Constituting evocative depictions of contemporary African-American personalities, Amy Sherald’s 50 distinctive paintings are shown at New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art in this first-ever major survey of the artist. These striking portrayals of diverse individuals, presented in a remarkably unified visual language, tap into the resonance of the multifaceted African-American identity, investigating how it has been underrepresented in the study of art history for many years. Until 10 August 2025
[Image: Amy Sherald, What’s precious inside of him does not care to be known by the mind in ways that diminish its presence (All American), 2017. Private collection, courtesy Monique Meloche Gallery. © Amy Sherald. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photograph by Joseph Hyde]5/18
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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch.
Slide Nr 7Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting – Questioning the traditional depiction of the female body, Jenny Saville’s retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery in London is here to challenge our existing assumptions. Her distinctive work that rocketed her to fame in the late 1990s – plus new pieces never before shown – will comprise the largest exhibition of the artist to date. Not to be missed. 20 June – 7 September 2025
[Image: Rupture, 2020 by Jenny Saville, Private Collection © Jenny Saville, Courtesy Gagosian]6/18
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Slide Nr 8Shilpa Gupta: Lines of Flight – Through a myriad of media, Mumbai-based Shilpa Gupta analyses the intricate relationship between individuals and the state, and reveals how collective identities manifest themselves in various social, political and cultural situations. Perhaps increasingly relevant in the current zeitgeist, her conceptual approach – often visually subtle but highly thought-provoking – will be thoroughly examined in this milestone exhibition of the artist at Dubai’s Ishara Art Foundation. Until 31 May 2025
[Image: Installation view of Shilpa Gupta: Lines of Flight at Ishara Art Foundation, 2025. Image courtesy of Ishara Art Foundation and the artist. Photography by Ismail Noor/Seeing Things]7/18
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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch.
Slide Nr 9Berlin Biennale – Spreading across four cultural centres on the Berlin art scene, namely KW Institute, Sophiensäle, Hamburger Bahnhof and the former Lehrter Straße courthouse, curator Zasha Colah and her team are determined to break away from the myth of a homogeneous majority. With a somewhat mischievous metaphor – the infestation of foxes in urban Berlin as a creative starting point – the key themes of “fugitivity”, borders and challenging existing frameworks dominate this 13th edition. 14 June – 14 September 2025
[Image: Sophiensaele, 2025, Photo: Raisa Galofre]8/18
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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch.
Slide Nr 10One Must Be Seated – The work of Rita Mawuena Benissan opens a door to an epic journey into the deeply intricate culture of Ghana. A descendant of a chief herself, Benissan uses different artefacts, archives and symbolic items, such as thrones and royal umbrellas, to tell fascinating tales that connect African history and her own heritage. View it at the Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town. Until 5 October 2025
[Image: Installation view, One Must Be Seated. Photography by Dillon Marsh, courtesy of Zeitz MOCAA]9/18
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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch.
Slide Nr 11Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s – Now – After a successful show at the Haus der Kunst last year, installations of key female artists from past decades will be touring Hong Kong, offering a second chance for those who missed the initial show in Munich. This exhibition at M+ Hong Kong is a rare opportunity to encounter the full-scale reproduction of works otherwise only seen in archives. Playful and immersive, it’s a delightful exhibition for all ages. 20 September 2025 – 18 January 2026
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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch.
Slide Nr 12The Dome, Aarhus – A work of art in its own right, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum’s new space, The Dome, will mark the largest of perceptual art pioneer James Turrell’s Skyspace series within a museum. It will be connected via an underground pathway to the main building, where exhibitions by Barbara Kruger, Isaac Julien as well as Picasso and Miró are in the pipeline for 2025. Opening 1 April 2025
[Image © Schønherr]
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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch.
Slide Nr 13Machine Love, Tokyo – Technology and contemporary art have been deeply intertwined for centuries, but nowhere is this symbiosis more apparent than in computer and video games, not least since the advent of AI. Mori Art Museum’s exhibition explores the fascinating collaborative exchange between man and machine via an acclaimed line-up of 12 global names. 2 February to 8 June 2025
[Image: Hsu Chia-Wei, Silicon Serenade (preliminary rendering), 2024, Video installation]
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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch.
Slide Nr 14Tarsila Do Amaral, Bilbao – A retrospective of the genre-defining painter – a major name in Brazilian modernism – reexamines the artist’s vibrant, often dreamlike works inspired by Brazil’s folklore and bountiful landscapes. The exhibition coincides with the launch of In Situ, a series of site-specific artworks that speak to the Guggenheim Bilbao’s iconic gallery spaces. 21 February to 1 June 2025
[Image: Tarsila do Amaral Postcard (Cartão postal), 1929 Oil on canvas 127.5 x 142.5 cm Private collection, Rio de Janeiro © Tarsila do Amaral, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2024]
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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch.
Slide Nr 15Understudies, Cape Town – Defining the artistic approach of Nolan Oswald Dennis is perhaps a futile exercise, as the complexity of his artwork goes beyond a single genre. Tapping into multiple facets of a range of issues, from decolonisation to landlessness and political and spiritual belief systems, as well as gender and minority issues – just to name a few – this exhibition at Zeitz MOCAA manifests a series of connections reflecting his concerns, using fascinating visualisations. Until 25 May 2025
[Image: Courtesy of Zeitz MOCAA, © Anthea Pokroy]
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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch.
Slide Nr 16Astonishing Things, London – Best remembered for his contributions to world literature, Victor Hugo was also an avid artist who left behind a vast catalogue of ink-and-wash drawings. Featuring caricatures, landscapes and abstract visions last seen in the UK more than 50 years ago, the Royal Academy of Arts’ exhibition is a rare glimpse into the mind of the 19th-century French luminary. 21 March to 29 June 2025
[Image: Victor Hugo, The Cheerful Castle, c. 1847. Pen, brush, pencil, stencil, ink and cardboard on paper, 15.8 x 22.2 cm. Maisons de Victor Hugo, Paris / Guernsey. Photo: CCØ Paris Musées / Maison de Victor Hugo]
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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch.
Slide Nr 17Bienal De São Paulo, São Paulo – The Berlin-based chief curator Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung and his team attempt to reconsider the definition of humanity as a fluid entity – as “a place where different water currents meet”. The event, now in its 36th edition, embraces multiplicities and differences while evoking interconnectedness in our increasingly fragmented world. September 2025 to 11 Jan 2026
[Image: Conceptual team of the 36th São Paulo Biennial, from left to right: Keyna Eleison, Alya Sebti, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Henriette Gallus, Anna Roberta Goetz and Thiago de Paula Souza © João Medeiros / São Paulo Biennial Foundation]
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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch.
Slide Nr 18Sharjah Biennial, UAE – Arguably the cultural capital of the UAE, Sharjah presents the 16th edition of its contemporary art event with works – including over 80 new commissions – by a carefully curated roster of more than 140 artists. The theme, “to carry”, offers an open-ended examination of precariousness, the vulnerability of the transient moment, and the duality of change. 6 February to 15 June 2025
[Image: courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation]
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The Art Of The Matter: 18 Top Cultural Events To Catch.
Slide Nr 19Angelico, Florence – A trailblazer of the early Renaissance, Fra Angelico’s mastery of light and perspectival space – defining visual elements of the Quattrocento – takes centre stage in this comprehensive exhibition. Held at Palazzo Strozzi and the Museo di San Marco, the four-month event will feature high-profile loans from institutions around the world. 26 September 2025 to 25 January 2026
[Image: Beato Angelico, Giudizio Universale, c. 1431, Florence, Museo di San Marco]
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