“Apocalypse Now And Then” by Andra Ursuța
Where: Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Hydra, Greece
When: June 24–October 31
Why It’s Worth a Look: Andra Ursuța's work is known for its darkly humorous and often unsettling exploration of themes circling the body, violence, and historical memory, frequently employing unconventional materials that necessitate viewing up close, personal, and with a healthy dash of dark intrigue.
Know Before You Go: The show will include the debut of the artist’s cast bronze sculptures, a rare opportunity to witness the evolution of Ursuța's creative portfolio in real time.
“Black Soil Poems” by Wangechi Mutu
Where: Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy
When: June 10–September 14
Why It’s Worth a Look: The powerful sculptures, installations, and videos in this artist’s oeuvre often engage with gender, race, ecology, and the politics of the body, here offering a compelling dialogue juxtaposed against the classical setting of the grandiose Villa Borghese.
Know Before You Go: Throughout the institution's collection, Wangechi Mutu's sculptures hover, float, and augment the space, in places using such unconventional materials as twine and garbage bags.
“Light Into Color” by Ha Chong-Hyun
Where: Château La Coste, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France
When: June 22–September 1
Why It’s Worth a Look: A pivotal figure in the Dansaekhwa “monochrome painting” movement, Ha Chong-Hyun's tactile and meditative works explore the materiality of paint itself, and the artist's engagement with the canvas offers subtle yet profound visual experiences.
Know Before You Go: Visitors will here be able to view one of Korea’s most celebrated artists' signature technique of pushing paint from the back of burlap fabric through to the front of a canvas up close.
“The Women” by Cindy Sherman
Where: Hauser & Wirth, Menorca, Spain
When: June 23–October 26
Why It’s Worth a Look: Cindy Sherman's first exhibition in Spain in more than 20 years offers a fresh perspective on her iconic photographic interrogations of identity, role-play, and the constructed nature of images. This showing culls the best of 40 years of work, with her signature characters coming into full focus.
Know Before You Go: The exhibition pulls its title from the 1936 all-female hit play by Clare Boothe Luce, a thought-provoking piece about women’s interactions with each other across class divides.
12th Site Santa Fe International
Where: Site Santa Fe, New Mexico
When: June 27, 2025–January 12, 2026
Why It’s Worth a Look: The 12th International's program provides a significant platform for cutting-edge contemporary art amidst the natural vista of the Santa Fe sky. For this edition, curated by Cecilia Alemani, an unconventional curatorial approach circles more than 20 local figures of interest, whose lives are explored by more than 70 participants.
Know Before You Go: In a historic move, the fair will extend beyond its home site to more than a dozen locations across the city, including museums and landmarks, a public park, a former foundry, and a toy store.
Naoshima New Museum of Art
Where: Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Japan
When: Opening May 31, 2025
Why It’s Worth a Look: This brand new museum further solidifies Naoshima's reputation as a unique island dedicated to art and architecture by promising fresh curatorial perspectives and architectural innovation. Visitors will have the opportunity to walk through a building designed by prolific Japanese architect Tadao Ando, his 10th and newest project for the Benesse Art Site.
Know Before You Go: The museum's first exhibition will feature large-scale installations by 12 prominent and emerging artists from across Japan, China, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines.
“Rachel Whiteread”
Where: The Goodwood Art Foundation, Chichester, England
When: May 31–November 2
Why It’s Worth a Look: Rachel Whiteread is celebrated for her distinctive practice of casting the negative space around familiar objects and architectural elements, creating poignant sculptures that render the invisible visible and evoke presence through absence. At Goodwood, the artist's work is placed on display, for the first time, alongside her photography.
Know Before You Go: The exhibition spans indoor galleries and outdoor installations, allowing Whiteread's distinctive sculptural language to interact with the natural and architectural environment.
The Pavilions at Glenstone
Where: The Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland
When: Ongoing
Why It’s Worth a Look: This critically acclaimed, DC-based architecture-meets-art-space offers a unique opportunity to weave through large installations and works by artists such as Alex Da Corte, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Simone Leigh, and Jenny Holzer, integrated seamlessly amongst several museum buildings and a lush natural landscape.
Know Before You Go: Jenny Holzer's presentation includes drawing, paintings, LED installations, and plaques alongside the seminal installation The Child Room. Originally commissioned for the U.S. Pavilion at the 44th Venice Biennale, this is the first time the work has been on view since 1993.
“Dollhouse – A Retrospective”
Where: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
When: May 27–October 26
Why It’s Worth a Look: This show provides a deep dive into the work of the late Kaari Upson, an artist known for her multidisciplinary practice exploring memory, desire, and psychological fragmentation through sculpture, drawing, painting, and video. This is her first posthumous retrospective.
Know Before You Go: As an artist, Upson was strongly concerned with the relationship between the self and others, between fantasy and reality. She had a dollhouse with contents from her childhood 3D scanned, cast, and processed, developing a life-size work that stands 1:1.
“Le Sirenuse I–XX: Seascape Cycle”
Where: Le Sirenuse, Positano, Italy
When: Ongoing
Why It’s Worth a Look: This cycle of 20 seascapes by Swiss artist Caroline Bachmann is inspired by the unmatched view of the Li Galli islands from the famed Le Sirenuse hotel on the Amalfi Coast. It captures an imaginary day from midnight to midnight, offering a serene and immersive experience of time and scenery.
Know Before You Go: Each of the works depicts what may seem to be the same view of the Li Galli islands. However, the vista shown is never truly the same, as light, wind, waves, and weather shift, combine, and evolve.
“A Dialogue in Perspective” by Liliana Porter
Where: Malba, Buenos Aires, Argentina
When: July 12–October 13
Why It’s Worth a Look: This exhibition aims to bring the public closer to the different facets of Liliana Porter's career—from her printmaking to video, installations, and paintings. The show presents an open perspective and a relaxed contemporaneity that employs both humor and empathy as it explores politics, labor, and intimacy.
Know Before You Go: Though she is now based in New York, Porter here returns to her native Argentina to look back to the start of her career in the 1960s.
“The Giddy Road to Ruin” by Charline von Heyl
Where: The George Economou Collection, Marousi, Greece
When: June 14, 2025–March 2026
Why It’s Worth a Look: Charline von Heyl is celebrated for her distinctive approach to abstract painting, which challenges conventional notions of composition and representation, often incorporating elements of collage and unexpected forms that provoke engagement.
Know Before You Go: While her paintings are produced under deep rigor, intensity, and technique, von Heyl aims to conversely communicate a sense of open, amused humor in her showings. This is the German-American artist's first presentation in Greece.
