Omar Ba
Abdoulaye Konaté
AFRICA LEGACY – BERCEAU DE L’ART – ESPACE VANDERBORGHT, BRUXELLES

Group show

Espace Vanderborght, Brussels
From September 4 to November 1, 2026

The City of Brussels presents a group show dedicated to classical and contemporary African art. It will bring together more than 260 works from private and institutional collections, including Omar Ba’s Compartiment-aller simple 3, Abdoulaye Konaté’s Série Initiation Barmanan n°3, and Alioune Diagne’s Basketball ak Laamb – Between Basketball and Wrestling. Curated by Didier Claes. Associate Curator for Contemporary Art: Armelle Malvoisin.

Pierre et Gilles
Will Cotton
TROP MIGNON ! L’ART DU BONHEUR – LOUVRE-LENS, LENS

Group show

Louvre-Lens
From September 23, 2026 to January 18, 2027

Featuring nearly 300 masterpieces, this exhibition takes visitors on a journey through our emotions, from antiquity to the present day. From the history of the color pink to contemporary notions of cute and kawaii the exhibition highlights the power of tenderness as a way to cope with the turmoil of the world. Out of the Woods (2020) by Will Cotton and The Little Florist (Victor Weinsanto), 2017 by Pierre et Gilles will be part of this selection.

Jeanne Vicerial
SUIVEZ LE FIL ! DESIGN ET TEXTILE – HÔTEL DES ARTS TMP, TOULON

Group show

Hôtel des Arts TPM, Toulon
From June 27 to October 31, 2026

Drawing on works from national design collections, the exhibition offers an immersive journey through a history in which textiles become the foundation of spaces and objects, bridging craftsmanship and technology, ancestral techniques and contemporary utopias. The exhibition will also feature Jeanne Vicerial’s La Mue 1/2 N°3 from the Centre Pompidou collection.

Hervé Di Rosa
LE VOYAGE DES ARTS MODESTES – CHÂTEAU DES RAVALET, CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN

Group show

Château des Ravalet, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
From June 6 to September 20, 2026

Organized in collaboration with MIAM and Hervé Di Rosa, the exhibition brings together works from the collections of the Musée International des Arts Modestes (MIAM) in Sète, as well as several works by the artist, including IDOLES ET TRÉSORS.

Gregory Crewdson
EVENINGSIDE – CHIOSTRI DI SAN PIETRO, REGGIO EMILIA

Solo Show

Chiostri di San Pietro
From October 10, 2026 to January 17, 2027

The touring retrospective dedicated to American photographer Gregory Crewdson arrives in Italy. As the final chapter of a trilogy, “Eveningside” explores the psychological and social dimensions of everyday places, set against the backdrop of provincial America and suspended in an ambiguous, timeless realm. Curated by Jean-Charles Vergne

Chiharu Shiota
THE SOUL TREMBLES – MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, MONTREAL

Solo Show

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
From September 26, 2026 to February 14, 2027

« The Soul Trembles » is the largest solo exhibition to date of Chiharu Shiota. Since its premiere at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, in 2019, it has travelled to eight other venues around the world and makes its first stop in North America at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in the fall of 2026. The Montreal presentation include the monumental thread installations Where Are We Going? (2017-2026), Uncertain Journey (2016-2026) and In Silence (2002-2026), among other installations.

Claude Viallat
CLAUDE VIALLAT – RONCERAY ABBEY, ANGERS

Solo Show

Ronceray Abbey, Angers
From June 25 to October 17, 2026

Having just reopened, Ronceray Abbey is hosting an exhibition of recent works by French painter Claude Viallat from June 25 to October 17, 2026. It features some twenty free-form, colorful, monumental paintings that bear the artist’s distinctive style.

Hervé Di Rosa
MIRAGES DU MONDE, LES PEINTURES D’HERVÉ DI ROSA – LA MALMAISON, CANNES

Solo Show

La Malmaison, Cannes
Du 17 juillet au 8 novembre 2026

This summer, the City of Cannes and La Malmaison are presenting a major solo show dedicated to the paintings of Hervé Di Rosa. Conceived as a journey in three chapters, the exhibition spans more than forty years of artistic creation, from the 1980s to his most recent works, including series inspired by his travels around the world. Opening on Thursday, July 16 at 6 pm.

Prune Nourry
VISIONNAIRES – CARTE BLANCHE TO PRUNE NOURRY – PETIT PALAIS, PARIS

Solo Show

Petit Palais, Paris
From October 20, 2026 to January 24, 2027

The Petit Palais has invited Prune Nourry to take over the entire museum to shine a light on female sculptors who have been overlooked or forgotten by art history. The artist has sculpted portraits of 18 of these “visionary” women, which are displayed throughout the collections, including in the museum garden, as part of a living genealogy of faces that remain difficult to depict.

Abdelkader Benchamma
COMMISSION FOR THE BALLROOM’S NEW CEILING – VILLA ALBERTINE, NEW YORK

Art commission

Abdelkader Benchamma’s monumental project has been selected to transform the ceiling of Villa Albertine’s Ballroom, at the heart of one of New York’s most significant cultural landmarks. Selected figurative elements will be created in conjunction collaboration with American artist Raymond Pettibon. The project was developed in close collaboration with the Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP). Villa Albertine, New York Unveiling in September, 2026

Abdelkader Benchamma
L’HORIZON DES ÉVÈNEMENTS – ESPAI D’ART CONTEMPORANI DE CASTELLÓ

Solo Show

Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castelló, Spain
From June 19 to September 27, 2026

Abdelkader Benchamma is presenting a solo show at the Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castelló, Spain, for which a site-specific mural has been created, complemented by the Komentenbuch series on paper. The exhibition’s title refers to astrophysics: the “event horizon” is an imaginary border at the edge of the mysterious black holes that marks the limit of our knowledge, and from which no light can ever return nor escape. Abdelkader Benchamma’s work thus facilitates a passage between worlds and an encounter between the visible and the invisible.

Chiharu Shiota
THE SPACE BETWEEN US

Solo Show

Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba
From June 14 to November 15, 2026

On the occasion of the 16th Curitiba International Biennale – THRESHOLDS, Chiharu Shiota created a site-specific exclusive installation The Space Between Us. Created using approximately 300 km of string, it will feature letters sent in by the public. Curated by Tereza de Arid

Martial Raysse
D’UNE FLÈCHE MON CŒUR PERCÉ. STATUES DE MARTIAL RAYSSE – MUSÉE MAGNELLI, MUSÉE DE LA CÉRAMIQUE, VALLAURIS

Solo Show

Musée Magnelli, Ceramics Museum, Vallauris
From June 13 to September 28, 2026

Throughout the summer, the Vallauris Ceramics Museum is dedicating a solo show to Martial Raysse’s recent sculptures, a lesser-known facet of his work. The son of ceramic artisans from Vallauris, the artist—who is also a painter, filmmaker, and poet—vigorously asserts his identity as a sculptor.

Nazanin Pouyandeh
PERSONAL STORIES / POLITICAL REALITIES

Group show

Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, Serbia
From June 12 to September 20, 2026

The Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade presents Personal Stories / Political Realities, a major international exhibition developed in collaboration with the Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon. First presented in Lyon in the fall of 2025, Nazanin Pouyandeh’s work Or Noir  will now be on display in Belgrade.

Jonathan Meese
FEINE HERRSCHAFT, JONATHAN MEESE & NEO RAUCH

Group show

Grafikstiftung Neo Rauch, Aschersleben, Germany
May 5, 2026 – April 25, 2027

Grafikstiftung Neo Rauch presents a confrontation between Jonathan Meese and Neo Rauch, two artists with distinct styles. Two collaborative works were created specifically for this occasion, in which each artist has portrayed the other.

Jean-Michel Alberola
ADRIEN FREGOSI : DÈS POTRON-MINET

Group show

Le Magasin, National Center for Contemporary Art, Grenoble
From May 14, 2026 to January 3, 2027

Le Magasin, the National Center for Contemporary Art in Grenoble, presents a solo exhibition dedicated to the life and work of Adrien Fregosi, an artist who passed away in March 2024. For this occasion, contemporary artists have been invited to trace the emotional lineage of his work by selecting pieces that engage in dialogue with it. Jean-Michel Alberola presents Stratégie / stratécirque (2007), L’enfance de tout I (2022–2023), and Presque (2026).

Claude Viallat
CLAUDE VIALLAT

Solo Show

Bois Orcan
Through November 1, 2026

To mark the reopening of Bois Orcan, a medieval gem in Brittany, Claude Viallat has been given carte blanche to transform the site. Some fifty recent works are on display, engaging in a dialogue with the stained-glass windows of the Saint-Julien Chapel, which were previously created by the artist.

Iván Navarro
SIMULACRES

Group show

Magasins Généraux, Paris
From June 26 to September 27, 2026

Simulacres presents works by artists who blur the boundaries between reality and appearances, questioning our ability to distinguish between truth and falsehood. Iván Navarro presents Waves 2025, Polka 2022, and Eternal Contradiction 2008. Curated by Anna Labouze et Keimis Henni

François Rouan
CHAMBRE NOIRE, TOILE BLANCHE. LA PHOTOGRAPHIE FACE À LA PEINTURE.

Group show

Abbaye de Fontevraud
From June 6 to October 4, 2026

The summer group show at Fontevraud Abbey explores the relationship between photography and painting to mark the bicentennial of photography. The exhibition highlights a broad historical span, from the early days of photography to its most contemporary developments, in a dialogue carefully chosen to resonate with the spaces of Fontevraud, including the stained-glass windows created by François Rouan, who will be exhibiting several works combining the two mediums.

Prune Nourry
DÉFENSE DE RIEN TOUCHER – PALAIS IDÉAL DU FACTEUR CHEVAL

Solo Show

Palais idéal du Facteur Cheval, Hauterives
From May 31 to September 6, 2026

The Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval is dedicating a solo show to Prune Nourry, designed entirely to be experienced through touch. Presented to great acclaim at the Fondation Bullukian in Lyon, and ahead of its 2027 showing at the Musée Camille Claudel, the exhibition finds a unique stop on its tour here. Set within this extraordinary space, it embraces its spirit and extends its vision: a dialogue between cultures, between time periods, between imaginations. Curated by Frédéric Legros