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A selective international index attentive to exhibitions whose questions travel beyond their immediate location.

Selected and checked by Aili Xu · 18 August 2026

01

China & East Asia

Beijing · Beidaihe · Yixing · Guangzhou · Hong Kong · Tokyo

BeijingCarsten Höller: TwoUCCA Beijing14.07.26–31.01.27↗BeijingDuan Jianyu: Daisies, a Light Breeze, No Relatives Writing PoemsUCCA Beijing01.05–30.08.26↗BeidaiheYang Xinguang: Dark SurfacesUCCA Dune19.04–11.10.26↗YixingRaw Modernism: Accolay Clay TodayUCCA Clay18.07–18.10.26↗GuangzhouIn Absence and in PresenceAranya Art CenterUntil 30.08.26↗Hong KongDesign Ah! Experience the Wonder of Everyday DesignM+27.06.26–10.01.27↗Hong KongShanshui: Echoes and SignalsM+Ongoing↗Hong KongWael Shawky: I Am Hymns of the New TemplesM+30.05–25.10.26↗Hong KongJanet Cardiff: The Forty Part MotetM+From 15.08.26↗TokyoRon MueckMori Art Museum29.04–23.09.26↗

02

West Asia & Africa

Sharjah · Cape Town

SharjahVantage Point 13Sharjah Art Foundation08.08–29.11.26↗SharjahLaila Majid and Inaam Zafar: Body QuotidianSharjah Art Foundation13.06–20.09.26↗Cape TownAfflict the Comfortable, Comfort the AfflictedZeitz MOCAA20.11.25–04.10.26↗Cape TownWe Proceed in the Footsteps of the SunlightZeitz MOCAA11.09.25–04.10.26↗

03

Europe & the Americas

Venice · Barcelona · Minneapolis · London

VeniceBiennale Arte 2026: In Minor KeysLa Biennale09.05–22.11.26↗BarcelonaBasel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme: Prisoners of LoveMACBA14.02–28.09.26↗BarcelonaAnna Moreno: The Third TwistMACBA05.02–28.09.26↗MinneapolisOlalekan Jeyifous: Hydricosmic LitaniesWalker Art Center06.08.26–03.01.27↗LondonNomenclature for the Time BeingRaven Row21.05–06.09.26↗LondonEast of the Aldgate PumpWhitechapel Gallery15.07–06.09.26↗