Albertina Modern presents key works from the renowned Viehof Collection in dialogue with its own holdings. The focus is on German art after 1960 – from Beuys, Polke, and Richter to Grosse, Isa Genzken, and Neo Rauch. Featuring 24 artistic positions, the exhibition offers a multi-layered view of painting, sculpture, and conceptual art. Contrasts, ruptures, and connections between generations and styles unfold in dynamic interplay. The collection itself becomes a “remix” – reassembled, reinterpreted, and viewed through a contemporary lens. A dedicated space highlights Karin Kneffel’s masterfully figurative paintings.
The group show "VERTIGO" at Villa Carmignac on the Île de Porquerolles explores the perception of landscape and motion between disorientation, suspension, and light. Divided into five thematic chapters – aquatic, cosmogonic, aerial, infinite, and terrestrial – it brings together around fifty works by international artists such as Olafur Eliasson, Helen Frankenthaler, and Gerhard Richter. The works, some created specifically for the exhibition, move beyond figurative representation to question our sensory relationship with the natural world.
The exhibition presents works from the collection of Gemma De Angelis Testa, recently donated to the Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Ca' Pesaro in Venice. It marks the beginning of a series of presentations of significant private collections at Villa Panza in Varese. De Angelis Testa’s collection includes works by artists such as Goshka Macuga, Shirin Neshat, Marina Abramović, Candida Höfer, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Anselm Kiefer, Francesco Clemente, and Tony Cragg. These works complement the existing Villa Panza collection, renowned for its modern and contemporary art. The exhibition creates a dialogue between the two collections.
"(Un)real" at Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg presents works from the collection of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, exploring the fragile boundary between reality and imagination. In a polyphonic constellation, artists such as Thomas Struth, Yayoi Kusama, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Ai Weiwei open up new perspectives on what we perceive as real through painting, photography, sculpture, and installation. Their works reflect collective memory, cultural constructions, and the shifting nature of societal truths – sensual, critical, and poetic. (Un)real invites us to understand reality as a mutable state – situated between imagination, memory, and the present.
Based on the Francès Collection, this exhibition explores the artistic power that emerges from pain, imperfection, and turmoil. Balancing between figuration and suggestion, the works create a dramatic tension, shifting between reality and dream. Through painting, photography, and sculpture, international artists give form to the unspeakable and reflect the fractures of our time—social, historical, or personal. La vie est une plaie... invites viewers to experience art as an expression of inner conflict and relentless creativity.
Candida Höfer is one of the most renowned German photographers of today. The Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt presents a comprehensive insight into her work, showcasing both iconic pieces and new photo series. Höfer is known for her large-format, unoccupied photographs of public interiors—museums, theaters, libraries—which serve as portraits of these spaces. Her work, spanning over five decades, has been exhibited internationally, including in Düsseldorf, Sydney, and Cologne. In 2024, she was awarded the Käthe Kollwitz Prize.
The Pinault Collection presents Thomas Schütte’s first major exhibition in Italy at Punta della Dogana, curated by Camille Morineau and Jean-Marie Gallais. Featuring around 50 sculptures, along with drawings and prints, the exhibition highlights his multifaceted work. Schütte’s figures – crafted from clay, wax, glass, steel, or bronze – blend irony and gravity to explore the human condition, cementing his role in contemporary art.
Thu-Van Tran will take up a one-year residency at Villa Medici from September 2025 to deepen her artistic research and experimentation. Throughout the year, the 2025-2026 fellows will present their work in multidisciplinary artistic events open to the public, including performances, exhibitions and lectures at Villa Medici.
Claerbout is invited to exhibit his work at the Musée de l’Orangerie as part of the "Contemporary Counterpoints" program. Since the 1990s, Claerbout has been developing a body of work centred on the passage of time, largely consisting of videos and related drawings, studies, storyboards and dissertations on various projects. Claerbout invites the viewer to explore the plurality of the experience of duration through perception of often miniscule changes.
What does Concrete Art mean today? How do contemporary female artists associated with this art movement approach their work? And would they even describe themselves as “concrete”? The Kunstmuseum Ahlen explores these questions with an exhibition featuring 20 international female artists connected to Concrete Art. The works on display span painting, drawing, sculpture, and installations, all emphasizing spatial qualities in innovative ways. Among the highlights is the work of Hassani, whose fascination with science and its relentless pursuit of understanding the universe, from the smallest particles to the vast cosmos, informs her artistic practice. Her works showcase both meticulous precision and a profound engagement with experimental processes – testing material, color, paper, and form.
