Art - Ivar Hagendoorn

16 Aug 2026 · Blog | Art | Literature

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.

9 Aug 2026 · Blog | Art

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.

8 Aug 2026 · Blog | Art

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.

1 Aug 2026 · Blog | Art

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.

19 Jul 2026 · Blog | Art

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.

21 Jun 2026 · Blog | Art

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.

20 Jun 2026 · Blog | Art

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.

17 Jun 2026 · Blog | Art | Literature | Design

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.

15 Jun 2026 · Blog | Art

Daido Moriyama at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson

The Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris celebrates the work of Daido Moriyama with an exhibition centered around Moriyama's obsession with the medium of photography.

24 May 2026 · Blog | Art

Bellezza e Bruttezza at BOZAR

"Bellezza e Bruttezza" at BOZAR in Brussels explores the aesthetic ideals that guided Renaissance artists, bringing together well-known works from the likes of Titian, Botticelli, Dürer and Lucas Cranach the Elder, and combining them with lesser-known, and therefore all the more interesting, works.

26 Apr 2026 · Blog | Art

Matisse at the Grand Palais

The Grand Palais, in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou, has organized a magnificent exhibition devoted to Matisse's final years, the period between 1941 and 1954.

19 Apr 2026 · Blog | Art

Renoir and Love at the Musée d’Orsay

Renoir and Love. A Joyful Modernity at the Musée d’Orsay is quite possibly the largest Renoir exhibition of the decade. It is indeed a joy to behold.