All the exhibitions not to be missed in 2025

Olga de Amaral's first major European retrospective honors one of the most influential figures in Colombian art and Fiber Art. The exhibition, featuring around eighty works created between 1960 and the present, provides a unique overview of her career, with many pieces never before shown outside Colombia. In addition to her renowned gold leaf works, the show also unveils her early textile explorations and the monumental pieces that define her artistic evolution.

Elisa Giardina Papa’s "Technologies of Care", currently on view at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá (MAMBO), explores the intersection of digital platforms, gender roles, and precarious labor in the virtual realm. The exhibition prompts reflection on the future of technology and work, questioning the role of art in these evolving dynamics. Inspired by the video works that make up the series from which the exhibition takes its name, the project highlights the experiences of anonymous freelance workers operating through digital platforms. These include an ASMR artist, an online dating coach, a fetish video performer and fairy tale author, a paid social media fan, a nail wrap designer, and a customer service operator. Hailing from Brazil, Greece, the Philippines, Venezuela, and the United States, these professionals are connected to clients worldwide through third-party companies, offering customized goods and experiences, erotic stimulation, companionship, and emotional support. "Technologies of Care" also includes the stories of non-human caregivers. One of the seven episodes in the series, "Worker 7 - Bot? Virtual Boyfriend/Girlfriend", documents the artist's three-month "relationship" with an interactive chatbot.

Vanessa Raw’s first exhibition in the United States and her institutional debut. These large-scale works, created specifically for the occasion, highlight the artist’s distinctive layered brushwork and vibrant use of color, bringing to life female-centric erotic universes: imagined Edens where women’s desire takes center stage. A former internationally renowned triathlete, Raw channels the mastery of her body, honed through years of rigorous discipline, onto the canvas.

This immersive installation marks Marguerite Humeau’s first large-scale institutional presentation in the United States. The artist delves into new forms through abstract narratives of alternative worlds. Informed by the threat of climate change, the sculptures on display evoke biomorphic beings that pollinate, bloom, and defend themselves, envisioning a post-human existence.

A sensory journey celebrating the technical and aesthetic qualities of cinema, from short films to exceptionally long formats. Hosted at Triennale Milano, the exhibition breaks traditional museum conventions, inviting visitors to experience cinema in a fluid and immersive way. The program features works by twelve artists and filmmakers, including Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, Raymond Depardon, Paz Encina, Agnès Varda, and Wang Bing. The exhibition is accompanied by screenings and talks co-curated with Fondation Cartier and Fondazione Piccolo America-Cinema Troisi.

Whatever browser we choose, it comes with a set of conceptual filters that determine what we see, how we see it, and, most importantly, what we don’t see. From browser to browser, we experience the internet in different ways, or even in completely different ways. The question of how browsers shape what we experience online has fascinated artists from the beginning. The exhibition provides insights into 30 years of development in this field.

Over 50 works by Davis, from 2007 until his untimely passing in 2015, depict figures diving into pools, sleeping, dancing, and engaging with art in scenes that are both realistic and dreamlike, joyful and melancholic, revealing his perspective on humanity.

Born in California to Korean parents, Kim, known as Csk, shared with Corriere della Sera that she became an artist "out of the fear of not being heard." Born deaf, she is now one of the most talented and sought-after experimenters in the field of sound design. All Day All Night brings together works created from 2011 to the present, including drawings, site-specific murals, paintings, video installations, and sculptures. Through musical notation, infographics, and language—both in her American Sign Language (ASL) and written English—Kim has created a body of work distinguished by its sensitivity, poetry, humor, and political commitment.

The title of the exhibition is inspired by a passage from "La Tragédie du roi Christophe", a key work by Aimé Césaire. Published in 1963, the play explores the construction of the Haitian nation after the revolution against slavery and colonization. It offers a reinterpretation of African and Caribbean stories based on archival sources. Materials from the past come together to create a new installation with a contemporary twist.

From Auguste Rodin to Duane Hanson, from Georg Baselitz to Michael Armitage, from Ana Mendieta to Miriam Cahn, from Philip Guston to Marlene Dumas, from David Hammons to Kerry James Marshall, from Kudzanai-Violet Hwami to Mira Schor and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Corps et âmes (Bodies and Souls) explores the centrality of the body in contemporary thought through the works of approximately twenty artists from the Pinault Collection.

A journey into the extraordinary artistic production of 14th-century central Italy. Duccio, Simone Martini, and the brothers Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti revolutionize painting by introducing drama, movement, and emotion. A transformation that will profoundly influence international artistic trends. The exhibition has been organized by the National Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Following her powerful exhibition at White Cube in London during Frieze, Tracey Emin arrives in Italy with a major solo show that once again intertwines life and art. The intense and provocative aesthetic of one of the most influential artists of the past thirty years continues to redefine the portrayal of women and the relationship between body and existence in contemporary art.

Serpentine South will host a solo exhibition by Italian Arte Povera artist Giuseppe Penone, showcasing his work from 1977 to the present. This comprehensive survey will include sculptures and works on paper, highlighting his exploration of materials like wood, bronze, and plaster. Set in Kensington Gardens, the exhibition will emphasize Penone's focus on the connection between humans and nature.

Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation once again stands out for its particular focus on emerging artists on the international scene. From April 8, 2025, it will host Jem Perucchini's first institutional solo exhibition. The show will feature paintings and ceramic works—new productions as well as existing pieces, some of which were presented in the artist's solo exhibition at Corvi-Mora in London during Frieze 2024. These works will transport visitors into a universe suspended in time and space, blending references to early Italian Renaissance and intricate textile motifs.

Great anticipation for the Architecture Biennale edition curated by architect and engineer Carlo Ratti, who introduced it with these words: "To confront a world in flames, architecture must be able to harness all the intelligence that surrounds us."

One of the major events of the year, the highly anticipated Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, originally scheduled for 2024 but postponed to the summer of 2025, will be led by Zasha Colah (Mumbai, 1982) for its 13th edition.

In this solo exhibition, Pipilotti Rist explores the spatial dynamics of the UCCA Great Hall with newly commissioned video installations. The works expand the Swiss artist's visual language, merging her ecofeminist perspectives with Taoist reflections on nature and the interconnectedness of life. The exhibition invites viewers to move fluidly between intimate microcosms and expansive macro-perspectives.

Yuko Mohri creates site-specific installations using sound and movement. She often connects ready-made elements with electronic circuits that respond to nearly invisible events such as gravity, magnetism, and humidity. We had already noticed her work at the last art biennale with installations inspired by the hydroelectric systems of Tokyo's subway stations. Now, she returns to Italy with her first institutional exhibition.

Pirelli Hangar Bicocca continues to impress, and from October 9, 2025, in the Navate space, it will host the exhibition of one of the most prominent artists of our time. Her perspective on the world and contemporary humanity has profoundly influenced generations of photographers and artists. The exhibition is organized by Moderna Museet in Stockholm, in collaboration with Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan, Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, and Réunion des Musées Nationaux - Grand Palais in Paris.

At a time when public art schools in Germany still excluded women, she forged her own path, becoming a prominent figure in the avant-garde art scene of Munich and nearby Murnau, particularly contributing to the formation of the famous Der Blaue Reiter movement. An unmissable exhibition to rediscover a key figure in the development of modern art in Europe in the early 20th century.