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22 Feb 2026 · Blog | Art

Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has organized an ambitious exhibition devoted to Ovid's "Metamorphoses", assembling roughly eighty exceptional works by the likes of Bernini, Caravaggio, Titian, Poussin, Rodin and Louise Bourgeois.

15 Feb 2026 · Blog | Art

Children in Art at the Bucerius Kunst Forum

An ambitious exhibition at the Bucerius Kunst Forum in Hamburg showcases five centuries of children's portraiture, from Titian to Rineke Dijkstra

15 Feb 2026 · Blog | Music | Theatre

Monster’s Paradise

Monster's Paradise, the latest collaboration between Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek, directed by Tobias Kratzer is a highly entertaining take on the current state of the world in the form of an opera.

8 Feb 2026 · Blog | Further Reading

John Baldessari at BOZAR

At the last minute and just before it closed I visited the John Baldessari exhibition "Parables, Fables and Other Stories" at BOZAR in Brussels. I’m glad I did, because it was a fun show.

25 Jan 2026 · Blog | Art | Science

Escher at the Monnaie de Paris

The Monnaie de Paris is hosting the first major exhibition in France dedicated to the work of M.C. Escher. Evidently it is not to be missed if you happen to be in Paris.

31 Dec 2025 · Blog | Art

Gerhard Richter at the Fondation Louis Vuitton

The Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris is presenting the largest retrospective ever dedicated to Gerhard Richter, featuring 271 works spanning six decades.

27 Dec 2025 · Blog | Art

Minimal at the Bourse de Commerce

The Bourse de Commerce in Paris has unveiled an intriguing exhibition that reimagines minimalist art by centering artists previously marginalized in the minimalist canon.

26 Dec 2025 · Blog | Art

The Empire of Sleep at the Musée Marmottan Monet

The Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris has organized another fascinating thematic exhibition, this time exploring the rich iconography of sleep and dreams across centuries of art history.

24 Dec 2025 · Blog | Further Reading

Echo Delay Reverb at the Palais de Tokyo

The Palais de Tokyo has organized an ambitious exhibition, which explores how, from the 1960s to the present, American artists absorbed the ideas of French (and francophone) thinkers.

19 Dec 2025 · Blog | Art | Design

Manga at the Musée Guimet

The Musée Guimet in Paris has mounted an ambitious exhibition dedicated to manga spanning approximately 1,000 square metres across three distinct spaces, including a room dedicated to Hokusai's iconic “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”.