From the vibrant streets of Paris to the serene galleries of Denmark. With both established and emerging international talents. A unique and immersive exploration of contemporary art through a variety of artistic mediums – from sculpture and photography to fibre art and performance. Here’s the selection of ten must-see exhibitions taking place around the globe in 2025. Immerse yourself in the powerful stories.
Marisol at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Where? Humlebæk, Denmark
When? 1.10.2025 – 22.02.2026
What: Sculptures
This Venezuelan-American artist was widely celebrated in the 1960s but then forgotten. Marisol – or Maria Sol Escobar – was born in Paris in 1930 and died in New York in 2016. Her sculptures blend Pop Art with folk art, depicting daily life. Sometimes colourful and humorous, other times dark and existential. To this recurring play of contrasts, she owes a place among the most radical and visionary artists of her generation. After many years, Marisol’s art is finally experiencing a comeback, as reflected by the recent series of exhibitions in New York. The Marisol exhibition in the Danish Lousiana Museum of Modern Art is the first major exhibition featuring her works in Europe.
Olga de Amaral at Fondation Cartier
Where? Paris, France
When? 12.10.2024 – 16.03.2025
What? Fiber art
The exhibition in Fondazione Cartier in Paris, curated by Marie Perennes, offers a fresh look at Olga de Amaral’s artistic practice. This first major retrospective of the key figure in Fiber Art from Colombia, who constantly expands the boundaries of the textile medium. Using various materials such as linen, horsehair, or cotton, she combines them into monumental artworks with the use of diverse techniques (such as knotting, weaving, or branding). As such, de Amaral’s works often explore the link between art and nature. Composed of 80 works, the exhibition is curated within a carefully designed space that provides an immersive experience and an opportunity to observe the artworks from different perspectives.
Contemporary Song at Serralves Museum
Where? Porto, Portugal
When? 28.11.2024 – 1.06.2025
What? Various artistic media
The Serralves Museum offers a unique opportunity to explore the vast and diverse contemporary art collection by Mário Teixeira da Silva (1947-2023). This Portuguese gallerist and art collector started assembling his selection in the 1970s. Through a deeply careful and intentional process, da Silva put special importance on the impact the art has and the message it evokes. He understood artwork as something that inspires reflection and research. Guided by this premise, his collection expanded across genres and media throughout the years. Visitors of the exhibition curated by Marta Moreira de Almeida are invited to discover 210 pieces from the collection, including photography, sculptures, graphic works, as well as African tribal art and 19th-century paintings.
![Wim Delvoye, Chantier II [Construction Site II], 1992, Carved wood, Variable dimensions, Coll. Fundação de Serralves — Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto. Donation Coll. Teixeira da Silva in 2024. Foto © Filipe Braga](https://static.contemporarylynx.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/daSilva.jpg)
Contact Prints – Time of Nature at Fotoforum Dresden
Where? Dresden, Germany
When? 30.11.2024 — 25.01.2025
What? Photography
The Contact Prints exhibition series, which has been taking place in an unchanged format since the 1980s promotes the idea of contact photography – created in the darkroom on photographic paper without enlargement or cropping manipulation. Its latest edition focuses on the significance of nature in the present. It features historical works by the old masters of the Hirshberger School (Jeleniogórska Szkoła Fotografii) in Poland, including the works of Ewa Andrzejewska and Wojciech Zawadzki. Alongside them, other established artists known for their large-format black-and-white photography are also featured. Additionally, selected works by young talents will be shown. Curators Joanna Mielech and Tomasz Lewandowski have expanded the scope beyond Polish photographers by also including works of Czech and German photographers, like Jürgen Matschie from Bautzen in Saxony, who took part in several meetings and workshops organised by Wojciech Zawadzki in the Hirschberg area in the 1980s.
We Want The Whole Life. Feminism in Polish Art at Państwowa Galeria Sztuki
Where? Sopot, Poland
When? 19.10.2024 – 2.02.2025
What? Various art media
With the title – We Want the Whole Life (Chcemy całego życia) inspired by the early 20th-century feminist manifesto by a prominent Polish writer, Zofia Nałkowska, the exhibition is the exploration of feminism in Polish art. Curated by the collective SemFem, including Anka Leśniak, Karolina Majewska-Güde, Paulina Olszewska, Agnieszka Rayzacher, and Dorota Walentynowicz, it aims to not only showcase the feminist art created throughout the last five decades but also to emphasise the role that the feminist movement plays in Polish contemporary art. The pieces included in the exhibition serve as material evidence for intergenerational feminist solidarity and its evolution throughout different periods in Polish history.
Sun & Sea at De Vooruit
Where? Gent, the Netherlands
When? 12 – 15.06.2025
What? Opera performance
Sun & Sea is a unique opera performance directed by Lithuanian director Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė with a libretto by Vaiva Grainytė. Soon after its premiere in 2017 at the Lithuanian National Gallery of Art, the English translation was featured at the 2019 Venice Biennale, where it received the Golden Lion Award for best national participation, and soon gained international recognition during the tour. The performance surprises with an unconventional scene setting – a faux indoor beach, where 24 performers partake in various activities. All that is accompanied by songs about climate change and the impact of people on the environment. The next stop of its worldwide tour is the Netherlands, where De Vooruit, an official Flemish Arts Institution, will host the Sun & Sea for a weekend in June in collaboration with Gent Opera House.
Alina Szapocznikow: Body Languages at Kunstmuseum Ravensburg
Where? Ravensburg, Germany
When? 15.03.2025 – 6.07.2025
What? Sculptures
During the exhibition curated by Utte Stuffer and Ursula Ströbele, the Ravensburg Art Museum will offer the chance to explore the craft of the Polish sculptor Alina Szapocznikow (1926-1973). Her artistic practice was inspired by and focused on the subject of the human body. Experiencing war and health issues made Szapocznikow drawn to the subject of the fragility of human bodies. While she initially worked with stone and bronze, she then shifted to unconventional sculpting materials such as polyester or polyurethane and approaches such as producing costs of her own body.
Citra Sasmita: Into Eternal Land at the Barbican Centre, Curve Gallery
Where? London, United Kingdom
When? 30.01 – 21.04.2025
What? Kamasan paintings
Re-discover the art of Kamasan painting through the works of Citra Sasmita – a self-taught Balinese artist working with the fifteenth-century painting method Kamasan, which used to be a man-dominated artistic practice to narrate Hindu epics. While Sasmita bases her practice on Balinese culture, her art aims to question the misconceptions rooted in this tradition. Her works draw attention to the colonial past and the place of women in Balinese society and beyond. This first solo UK exhibition of Citra Sasmita offers a multisensory exploration of her modern take on mythologies, challenging gender hierarchies.
Pink Noise by Troika at the Langen Foundation
Where? Neuss, Germany
When? 1.09.2024 – 16.03.2025
What? Various artistic media
How do the new technologies change our environment and our perception of it? This question inspired Nadim Samman and Dehlia Hannah when curating Pink Noise. Created by a Franco-German contemporary art group by Eva Rucki, Conny Freyer, and Sebastien Noel, the exhibition consists of installations and other artworks. It explores the relationship between the human senses and the environment, inviting reflections on technological change in times of climate crisis and social instability. The artworks illustrate the increasingly blurred boundaries between the mechanic and human imaginations by employing different media such as AI, painting, sculpture, film, and sound.
Beyond the Silence at Centro Fotográfico Álvarez Bravo
Where? Oaxaca, Mexico
When? 07.12.2024 – 26.01.2025
What? Photography
Beyond the Silence delves into the connections between five countries – Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Nigeria, and Myanmar – fostering dialogue among photographers and bringing their stories, experiences, and reflections on common challenges to life through visual representation. The second exhibition in the series, curated by Kateryna Radchenko, founder of Odesa Photo Days Festival, Ukraine, explores the concepts of censorship and propaganda. Centro Fotográfico Álvarez Bravo participates in this project by exhibiting the works of three artists. Rafał Milach (Poland) explores the impact of the ongoing invasion on the public consciousness, as well as the effects of Kremlin propaganda. Sasha Kurmaz (Ukraine) juxtaposes children’s drawings made under the influence of Russian military propaganda with Magnum photographers’ coverage of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Daniel Orlando Lara Garcia (Mexico) uses staged scenarios and other digital imagery to shed light on the realities of life under Mexico’s systemic violence, as well as the misinformation and rumours surrounding cartel activity in the country.
