Melike Kara: Whispers
A garden of ash and memory at Kunsthaus Hamburg
Melike Kara burns her photographic archive to create a fragile, evolving installation that dissolves fixed identity into sensory experience.
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Jewish Museum London Secures £1m Government Grant and Launches Interim Gallery
The institution has opened a temporary exhibition space at JW3 on Finchley Road while it plans a permanent new home targeted for 2030.
The UK government has awarded £1m to Jewish Museum London to support plans for a long-term site, as the museum inaugurates Two Rooms, a temporary exhibition space at the JW3 cultural centre in north London.
London Museum Sets November Opening for Vast Smithfield Site
The £437m Farringdon complex, one of Europe's largest cultural infrastructure projects, will debut in two phases
The London Museum has confirmed that its long-anticipated new home at the historic Smithfield market will welcome visitors from 28 November, marking one of the most significant museum developments in the capital in recent memory.
EMST Athens Reimagines Its Collection Through a Southeastern Lens
Three new exhibitions opening in June reframe Greece as a cultural crossroads rather than a Western periphery
The National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens launches a trio of exhibitions that collectively challenge Eurocentric narratives, repositioning the country at the heart of interconnected Mediterranean, Balkan, and Near Eastern histories.
Baloise Art Prize Axed at Art Basel Statements, Leaving Exhibitors Off Guard
The long-running award for emerging artists has been quietly discontinued, with galleries learning of the cancellation only days before the fair.
Art Basel's Statements section has lost its flagship prize after Baloise ended a partnership dating back to 1999, catching participating galleries by surprise.
Melike Kara: Whispers
Burning the archive to reimagine identity at Kunsthaus Hamburg
For her solo show at Kunsthaus Hamburg, Melike Kara incinerates her own photographic archive, transforming the remnants into a garden-like installation that probes memory, heritage and the dissolution of fixed identity.
MISS READ 2026: Berlin's Art Book Fair Turns Eighteen
Europe's leading gathering for independent publishing heads to silent green with a focus on bibliodiversity and global voices
The Berlin Art Book Fair & Festival returns for its eighteenth edition, bringing together 235 exhibitors from 46 countries to explore publishing as artistic and political practice.
Labouring Bodies: Women, Machines and the Work That Never Stops
A Basel exhibition traces a century of art confronting the invisible labour of women—from factory floors to the home
At Museum Tinguely, 36 artists spanning a hundred years reveal how female labour—paid, unpaid, biological and domestic—has been rendered invisible, mechanised and exploited.
Hockney's Legacy Looms Large at Art Basel
Galleries honour the late artist as collector demand surges following his death
David Hockney's work commands attention across Art Basel this year, with galleries reflecting on his enduring influence as the art world mourns one of its most cherished figures.
Blue-Chip Sales Surge on Art Basel's Opening Day
Seven-figure transactions signal robust appetite for top-tier works despite broader market uncertainty
Art Basel's VIP preview saw a flurry of high-value sales, with galleries reporting strong demand for museum-quality works by Picasso, Hockney, Twombly and others.
June Art Fair in Basel Shelves 2026 Edition After Corporate Backer Pulls Out
The boutique, stand-less fair near Messeplatz will use the pause to rethink its model and lower dealer fees.
June, the small-format Basel satellite fair, has cancelled its 2026 edition after a key corporate sponsor withdrew, prompting organisers to rethink the event's structure and reduce participation costs for galleries.
Zauri Matikashvili: You may not want to be here
Kunsthalle Münster presents the Georgian artist's first institutional solo exhibition, spanning film and sculpture
Zauri Matikashvili's debut institutional solo show at Kunsthalle Münster brings together two-channel video installations and a sculptural series probing identity, belonging and the fragility of democratic life.