Further Reading
How to stay smart in the age of AI. Navier-Stokes. Complex brain waves. Europe's summer of wildfires. Weeping willows. Rem Koolhaas. Jürgen Habermas. Ali Smith. Philip Glass. John Maynard Keynes. And more.
Emil Ferris. Between Selves at the Cartoonmuseum Basel
"Between Selves," the Emil Ferris exhibition at the Cartoonmuseum Basel, is an absolute pleasure: it assembles a wealth of original drawings, several never before published, alongside preparatory sketches and objects drawn from the artist's personal archive.
Cao Fei at the Kunstmuseum Basel
For "Testimonies to the Near Future" Cao Fei has transformed the Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart into an immersive installation in the form of a city. It is definitely one of the must-see shows of the year.
Pierre Huyghe at the Fondation Beyeler
The Fondation Beyeler is presenting a major exhibition of Pierre Huyghe with newly created works alongside key pieces from recent years.
Further Reading
The 2026 Fields and Abacus medals. Europe's record heatwave. Why Europe is burning. Einstein's miracle year. Joyce's politics. The Chauvet cave paintings. The bread in Europe. Ice cream. A new color. Cao Fei. Park Chan-wook. And more.
Helen Frankenthaler at the Kunstmuseum Basel
The Helen Frankenthaler retrospective at the Kunstmuseum Basel is an explosion of colour and a feast for the eyes.
Kerry James Marshall at the Kunsthaus Zürich
The Kerry James Marshall retrospective “The Histories” received rave reviews when it was on show at the Royal Academy in London last year. It is indeed an excellent exhibition and I might go and see it again when it travels to Paris this autumn.
Azzedine Alaïa and Christian Dior at the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa
The Fondation Azzedine Alaïa is a hidden gem in Paris’s Le Marais. The exhibition "Azzedine Alaïa and Christian Dior: Two Masters of Haute Couture" brings together nearly 70 creations by both designers in a mesmerizing scenography.
Alexander Calder at the Fondation Louis Vuitton
“Calder. Rêver en Équilibre” is a glorious celebration of an artist who never stopped creating. It is also one of those exhibitions that only the Fondation Louis Vuitton can put together.
Baroque Splendors at the Musée Jacquemart-André
The exhibition "Baroque Splendors. From El Greco to Velázquez" features around forty paintings on loan from the Hispanic Society of America in New York including some real gems.
Further Reading
Curiosity is the new edge. How the brain builds sentences. How academic age influences creativity. A human history of the Sahara. New forms of ice. Marcel Duchamp. Agnes Varda. Marilyn Monroe. Thomas Mann. And more.
Comics Speak Cash at the Monnaie de Paris
The Monnaie de Paris has organized a fascinating exhibition exploring a popular theme in many comic books: money, whether in the form of a treasure hunt, a gang of thieves or a plutocrat.