There are some perks to transitioning out of the summer rhythm. With autumn on the horizon, there is a lot to look forward to, including a large swath of new art exhibitions, theatrical performances, and cultural festivals. To spark your imagination, we’ve pulled together a few of the best across globe…
UNITED KINGDOM
London Design Festival taking place at multiple sites across London
Running September 18th – 26th, 2021
Photo London 2021 at Somerset House in London
Running September 9th – 12th, 2021
Sheila Hicks: Off-Grid at The Hepworth Wakefield in West Yorkshire
Running April 7th – September 25th, 2021
USA
The Armory Show at the Javits Center in New York
Running September 9th – 12th, 2021
Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You. at the Art Institute of Chicago
Running September 19th, 2021 – January 24th, 2022
Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in Philadelphia
Running September 28th and 29th, 2021
IRELAND
Galway International Arts Festival taking place at multiple sites across Galway
Running August 28th – September 18th, 2021
GUEST at Newbridge House, curated by Marysia Wieckiewicz Carroll in County Dublin
Running June 4th – September 19th, 2021
FRANCE
Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped in Paris
Running September 18th – October 3rd, 2021
American Surrealism at The Vieille Charité in Marseille
Running May 12th – September 26th, 2021
Georgia O’Keeffe at the Centre Pompidou in Paris
Running September 8th – December 6th, 2021
JAPAN
Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021 taking place at multiple sites across Tokyo
Running July 10th – September 5th, 2021
Hokusai Art Exhibition 2021 at Tokyo Midtown Hall
Running July 22nd – September 17th, 2021
Japanese Landscapes Discovered: Views from and for the Outside World at The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Running: September 7th – October 31st, 2021
RUSSIA
Italian Futurism. From the Collection of Mattioli. Russian Cubo-Futurism. From the Russian Museum and Private Collections in Moscow at the State Russian Museum, St Michael’s Castle in St Petersburg
Running July 16th – October 4th, 2021
Orlando (Ballet by Christian Spuck in Two Acts) at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow
Running September 24th – 26th, 2021
CANADA
Rembrandt in Amsterdam: Creativity and Competition at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa
Running: July 16th – September 6th, 2021
Andy Warhol at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto
Running July 21st – October 24th, 2021
Text by Annabel Colterjohn