- VIENNA (AUSTRIA) -EU
Exhibition: «KAWS: Art & Comix»
At the intriguing intersection of contemporary art, comics, and pop culture stands the exhibition “KAWS: Art & Comix,” exploring how comics aesthetics function as a bridge between mass cultural production and the institution of fine art, and revealing how humor and commercial iconography can be recast as a contemporary artistic language. KAWS, who emerged from the graffiti scene of the 1990s, is recognized for modifying advertisements and posters with his signature pattern of crossed-out eyes. The figures of COMPANION, attributed to sculpture and painting, reflect the increasing permeability between commercial imagery and contemporary art. The exhibition brings their works into dialogue with figures such as Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Kenny Scharf, and their own vibrant, cartoon-inspired visual language. As a result, Albertina Modern Museum highlights the way in which the above artists questioned the distinctions between high culture and street art, but also the role of comics as a global visual language, capable of addressing a wide audience.
April 3 – September 27, 2026
- BOSTON (MASSACHUSETTS) – USA
Exhibition: «Derrick Adams: View Master»
Working in painting, collage, sculpture, performance, drawing, and video, multifaceted artist Derrick Adams celebrates the richness and complexity of African-American life. Through bold colors, references to pop culture, and African-American artistic traditions, he depicts stories and scenarios that are sometimes humorous, sometimes make political statements, and sometimes take on a dual role. The exhibition “View Master,” which opened in April at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, is the first survey of Adams’ work, bringing together over 100 works created over the course of his 20-year career as well as new creations. The 6-foot-by-9 a painting bearing the exhibition’s name, as well as wallpapers that Adams designed with the aim of transforming the gallery spaces into an immersive world.
April 16 – September 7, 2026
- MANCHESTER – UK
Exhibition: “Michaela Yearwood-Dan”: The Practice of Liberation
A 2022 Artsy Vanguard graduate, British artist Michaela Yearwood-Dan is a rising star on the contemporary art scene. Filled with botanical imagery created from turquoise, pink and sunny gold hues, her canvases evoke the explosive carnival culture of the Caribbean, with references to her West Indian heritage. Largely abstract, Yearwood-Dan’s works are distinguished by their thematic breadth and are often embellished with gold leaf, beads and engraved texts of poetry or the artist’s own diary writings. Her first exhibition in 2025 is followed by this one at the Whitworth this year – her first solo show in the UK. Incorporating elements of painting, drawing, ceramics, furniture and sound, the exhibition aims not only to demonstrate the artist’s expressive range, but also to transform the gallery into a contemplative, multi-sensory environment.
April 17 – October 18, 2026
- AMSTERDAM (NETHERLANDS) – EU
Exhibition: “Manosphere: Masculinity Now”
The issue of the crisis of masculinity, which has been widely discussed in recent years, extends from the increasing rates of male suicide to the rise in cases of femicide, which tend to become a commonplace topic in the news stream. This disturbing phenomenon is now entering the art world, with the major group exhibition “Manosphere: Masculinity Now”, which opened its doors at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam a month and a half ago. According to the curators, the exhibition asks questions such as “what does it mean to be a man today?” and “if we imagined masculinity itself as a sphere, what would be inside it?”, while promising to expose masculinity as both an expression of power and a lived reality that can be from contradictory to tender. In each case, the answers and perspectives illuminated come from works in the Stedelijk’s permanent collection, along with loans and new commissions from contemporary artists such as the British painter Lucy McKenzie, historical names such as the Scottish sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi, and many Dutchmen, such as the post-war painter Melle.
April 18 – August 2, 2026
