This pair of sculptures marks Izumi Kato’s largest aluminum presentation to date. By casting natural rocks in this lightweight metal, Kato transcends the limitations of heavy, fragile stone, creating expressively hand-painted pieces that explore the interplay between form and color, nature and the human-made, while highlighting the tension between mass production and the uniqueness of artisanal craftsmanship. The technique also gestures towards Japan’s industrialization in modern times, reflecting a broader cultural exploration of identity by Japanese artists engaging with Western popular culture. In an age increasingly defined by ecological consciousness and posthumanist perspectives, Kato’s work blends mythology with modernity, serving as a compelling reminder of humanity’s deep-rooted ties to its past and its ever-evolving future.

Izumi Kato (born 1969 in Shimane, Japan) is known for his abstract humanoid figures in paintings and sculptures, evoking elements of primitive art and animist beliefs. He works with natural and industrial materials, like wood, stone, soft vinyl, and metal. Kato lives and works in Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Conceptual artist #37 (he exclusively paints portraits of conceptual artists who have never existed) is the final painting from ‘The Conceptualists’, a major series of works by Hernan Bas featuring imagined protagonists engaged in obsessive pursuits that might be rationalized or even championed when framed as ‘conceptual art.’ The monumental triptych depicts an artist in his studio surrounded by paraphernalia referencing many of the creators and their peculiar practices explored throughout the series. Bas adds a further layer of humor in describing the figure in this work as an artist who ‘exclusively paints portraits of conceptual artists who have never existed.’ Set within Bas’s own studio, it brings the series to a close, acting as an index of sorts and revealing Bas’s own hand in devising his cast of artistic counterparts.

Hernan Bas (born 1978 in Miami) is celebrated for works that, permeated by an aura of eroticism and decadence, and loaded with codes and double meanings, point to the intricacies of self-identity while celebrating moments of the ordinary becoming extraordinary. Bas lives and works in Miami.

Presented in collaboration with Lehmann Maupin and Victoria Miro.

June 21 – September 28

MO.CO. Montpellier, France

Jean-Marie Appriou’s exhibition at MO.CO. traces his artistic journey by juxtaposing his emblematic works with new creations. His sculptures immerse viewers in a universe where elements converge and change, exploring aquatic, terrestrial, and celestial realms through a dynamic play with light and texture. By blending mythological references with material experimentation, Appriou creates a dialogue between past and present, inviting reflection on our relationship with natural forces and the passage of time.

June 12 – September 20

Galerie Rudolfinum Prague, Czechia

Through his sculptures, installations, films, and interventions, Iván Argote, a Colombian artist based in Paris, explores our relationships with others, power structures, and belief systems. He develops strategies rooted in tenderness, affection, and humour, creating critical perspectives on dominant historical narratives. His interventions on monuments and large-scale ephemeral and permanent public artworks propose new symbolic and political uses of public space.

May 15 – September 10

Museum of Fine Arts, Palace of Charles V, Alhambra Granada, Spain

Lorquianas, BanBan’s first institutional exhibition, showcases new large scale paintings and works on paper by the artist. The exhibition has been initiated through an invitation from Fundacion MEDIANOCHE0 for BanBan to study the works and archives of the seminal Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca’s works at the Centro Federico Garcia Lorca in the poet’s hometown of Granada.

Until September 21

MRAC Sérignan, France

The Regional Museum of Contemporary Art in Sérignan has invited Sophie Calle—who has family ties to the Occitanie region—to create an exhibition for the museum’s temporary space. The exhibition Êtes-vous triste? takes its title from a question raised by the artist at the end of her text The Medical Examination, part of the Autobiographies series. In her work, Sophie Calle recounts stories in precise, understated prose, always attentive to finding the right words. These true stories are often humorous and lighthearted, yet can also be serious, dramatic, or cruel. Paired with an image, each story offers a glimpse into a life.

June 15 – August 31

Château La Coste Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France

Château La Coste is hosting an exhibition dedicated to Sophie Calle’s series À l’affût, which explores the evolution of search criteria in classified dating ads from 1895 to the present. Each piece pairs two ads from the same decade—one written by a man, the other by a woman—with photographs of hunting posts and prey, thereby challenging gendered perceptions of romantic pursuit. The artist highlights the shift from concerns about social status to those of geographic proximity.

May 8, 2025 – February 2, 2027

Centre Pompidou-Metz Metz, France

Since it opened in 2010, the Centre Pompidou-Metz has been privileged to host numerous major works loaned by the Musée National d’Art Moderne, works that have marked the museum’s history and exhibitions. The Endless Sunday is part of this dynamic, offering an immersion in the collection through a multitude of different media, including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, installation, video and film, in an unprecedented dialogue with the world of Maurizio Cattelan.

June 7, 2025 – January 18, 2026

GAMeC Milano, Italy

In 2025, GAMeC will bring Maurizio Cattelan to Bergamo, who will be the focus of the exhibition in the historical Palazzo della Ragione, the museum’s summer venue since 2018. Exceptionally in 2025, as part of Thinking Like a Mountain, the exhibition project of the renowned Italian artist will extend beyond the Palazzo’s walls, thanks to a collaboration with the Municipality of Bergamo.

April 26 – November 2, 2025

Fort Sainte-Agathe (Fondation Carmignac) Porquerolles, France

Julian Charrière, known for his commitment to environmental causes, has taken over the dome of Fort Sainte-Agathe for the second year running. Inspired by the story of Agatha of Sicily, after whom the fort is named and who is invoked for protection against earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and fires, among other things, Julian Charrière invites us on a meditative journey into the bowels of the Earth.

May 16 – November 2

Le Consortium Dijon, France

For his first institutional exhibition in Europe, the curators have asked the artist to present a group of still lifes and very large-format canvases with all-over compositions featuring arrangements of poultry or buddhas! The painting is descriptive and precise with occasional impasto accents or backgrounds of gold leaf or red lacquer. At once direct and explicit, at closer inspection the narrative nonetheless reveals a web of allusions in the form of characters and incongruous or comical situations.

June 5 – October 13

Kunsthalle Praha, Prague, Czechia

The exhibition And We’ll Never Be Parted sheds new light on one of the most singular and quietly radical artist couples of the 20th century. The art of Anna-Eva Bergman and Hans Hartung will be presented together in a major exhibition exploring the full scope of their intertwined lives and artistic practices. The exhibition brings together over 300 pieces—landmark paintings, rarely seen sketches, photographs, studio objects, personal artefacts, correspondence and artworks the couple gifted each other. Co-curated by Theo Carnegy-Tan and Pierre Wat, and realised in collaboration with the Fondation Hartung-Bergman, the exhibition offers an intimate insight into a decades-long artistic dialogue shaped by separation, reunion, and lasting creative kinship.

June 27 – December 7

Carré Sainte-Anne Montpellier, France

To mark the reopening of the Carré Sainte-Anne, artist JR has been invited to create a new immersive work. Adventice explores the memories of places and souls through a monumental tree—a witness to foreign vegetation—whose foliage consists of visitors’ hands, printed as living impressions. Montpellier, home to France’s first botanical garden, was nourished by plants that had traveled the world, arriving here, often unintentionally, through trade. Here, the tree becomes a reflection of these invisible movements, a palimpsest of leaves and paths where each hand traces and reinvents lifelines.

Until September 7

Monnaie de Paris Paris, France

This Georges Mathieu’s retrospective is presented more than 50 years after his work was last exhibited at the Hôtel de la Monnaie in 1971. The result of a collaboration between the Centre Pompidou and La Monnaie de Paris, this exhibition compares his pictorial work with his numerous creations for the minting institution, of which the famous 10-Franc coin remains the most iconic production.

May 17 – January 4, 2026

La Malmaison Cannes, France

Following renovation works, La Malmaison in Cannes has invited Jean-Michel Othoniel to take over the art center with a new exhibition titled Stardust, which will open on the Croisette during the Cannes Film Festival. The artist drew inspiration from the stellar origin of gold, formed in the aftermath of a meteor shower triggered by the collision of two supernovas. Gold is a recurring element in his work, evident in the use of gold leaf on sculptures and in his paintings. In this exhibition, Jean-Michel Othoniel pays tribute to the celestial gold of fallen stars by presenting works either adorned with it or radiating light and reflections that evoke infinity and wonder.

June 28, 2025 – January 4, 2026

Palais des papes & 9 iconic sites across the city Avignon, France

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its designation as a European Capital of Culture and the 30th anniversary of its inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the city of Avignon has commissioned a visionary artist to transform its iconic landmarks and museums, highlighting their richness and uniqueness. For the occasion, Jean-Michel Othoniel will unveil a vast artistic constellation across the City of Popes, with love as its celestial vault. This is a major event, a national first, and the most ambitious project by the sculptor to date.

June 28, 2025 – January 4, 2026

Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

To mark the bicentenary of the Musée Fabre and the 20th anniversary of Pierre and Colette Soulages’ exceptional donation to the city of Montpellier, this exhibition brings together around one hundred works—paintings, works on paper, copper, and glass—across more than 1,000 square meters. Structured around six thematic sections, it places Soulages’ work in dialogue with the masters who inspired him, from Rembrandt to Cézanne, and with contemporaries like Hans Hartung and Zao Wou-Ki. This immersive journey celebrates the legacy and influences of one of the major artists of the 20th century.

The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes presents a solo exhibition of Claire Tabouret's work. The show offers an overview of the artist’s practice over the past twelve years through the lens of portraiture, exploring key themes such as personal identity and social masks, conformism and subversion, group cohesion between constraint and emancipation, body language and emotional states, reflections on the role of the artist, and reinterpreted references to art history.

June 28 – September 28

Musée Picasso, Antibes, France

The Picasso Museum in Antibes is dedicating an exhibition to Bernar Venet’s pictorial work, showcasing his investigations into saturation and mathematical formulas, as well as his new series Generative Angles Paintings. Outside, a group of large-scale sculptures enters into dialogue with the museum’s architecture and the surrounding Mediterranean landscape. Through this exhibition, Venet continues his exploration of the relationship between art and science, structure and chaos, utilizing an approach that is both rigorous and delicate.