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Precious Okoyomon creates large-scale sculptural environments that confront the ways racial histories are inscribed in the natural world. Working with organic materials, their practice foregrounds cycles of rot, decay, and rebirth as both subject and process, challenging cultural denials of decomposition while emphasizing nature\u2019s resilience in the face of human-made crises. The installations serve as a reminder of violence and a celebration of survival, urging audiences to recognize the stakes of neglecting ecological and social entanglements.<\/p>\n
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Born in London in 1993 and based in Brooklyn, Okoyomon approaches their work as an ongoing experiment in \u2018unthinking\u2019 invisibility, using living matter to generate forms that adapt and resist permanence. Through this perspective, their practice asks viewers to listen closely to the natural world while considering the consequences of failing to act.<\/p>\n
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name:\u00a0<\/strong>Precious Okoyomon \u2013 it\u2019s important to have ur fangs out at the end of the world<\/a> image courtesy of Mendes Wood DM<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Pace Gallery<\/strong><\/a> and The Intermission present a survey of Lucas Samaras in Piraeus, marking the artist\u2019s first solo exhibition in Greece in two decades. Bringing together works from the 1960s through the 2010s, the exhibition highlights the breadth of Samaras\u2019s practice, spanning sculpture, painting, photography, digital media, and wearable art, while also celebrating his nearly sixty-year relationship with Pace, which has represented him exclusively since 1965.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Born in Kastoria in 1936 and immigrating to the United States in 1948, Samaras became a central figure in New York\u2019s postwar avant-garde, shaped by his early involvement in the Happenings. The exhibition features Auto Polaroids, Photo-Transformations, Mosaic Paintings, Reconstructions, pastels, and jewelry, alongside sculptures from the Box series and other transformed objects. Together, these works illustrate his lifelong exploration of selfhood and transformation.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n name:\u00a0<\/strong>Lucas Samaras \u2013 Master of the Uncanny<\/a> image courtesy of Pace Gallery<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s\u2013Now\u00a0traces the overlooked history of immersive environments through the work of pioneering women artists across multiple generations and continents. Featuring full-scale reconstructions developed with experts and the artists themselves, the exhibition restores works that were often destroyed after their initial presentation, foregrounding women\u2019s contributions to a form central to contemporary art.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Originally conceived by Haus der Kunst M\u00fcnchen in 2023, the exhibition arrives at M+ Hong Kong<\/strong><\/a> with an expanded focus that includes environments by Asian women artists. By revisiting these landmark works and situating them within a global perspective, Dream Rooms both recovers a vital history and demonstrates how immersive practice continues to shape the future of visual art.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n name: <\/strong>Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s\u2013Now<\/a> Aleksandra Kasuba: Spectral Passage, 1975, image by Agostino Osio, courtesy of M+<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Fondation Beyeler<\/strong><\/a> is set to present the first major retrospective of Yayoi Kusama<\/strong><\/a> in Switzerland<\/strong><\/a>, tracing more than seventy years of her practice. Organized in collaboration with Kusama\u2019s studio, the exhibition spans early drawings and lesser-known works through to her best-known installations and mirror rooms. New productions will stand alongside works that have never before been displayed in Europe, and one of her celebrated Infinity Mirror Rooms will feature in the presentation.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The show will emphasize the multiplicity of her media \u2014 painting, sculpture, installation, collage, fashion, performance, and literature \u2014 and the persistence of her signature visual vocabulary, including polka dots, repetition, and infinite environments.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Following its run in Switzerland, the show will continue on to Museum Ludwig in Cologne and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n name:<\/strong> Yayoi Kusama<\/a> image courtesy of Fondation Beyeler<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Pirelli HangarBicocca<\/strong><\/a> presents This Will Not End Well, the first exhibition devoted to Nan Goldin\u2019s work as a filmmaker, uniting her most extensive body of slideshows ever shown together with new works and a specially commissioned sound installation. Installed in a series of architecturally distinct structures designed by Hala Ward\u00e9, the exhibition unfolds as a symbolic village, each building conceived in dialogue with a specific piece. While the title carries a note of foreboding, it also captures Goldin\u2019s characteristic blend of candor, humor, and resilience, affirming the life force that animates her art.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The retrospective offers an immersive journey through Goldin\u2019s four decades of practice, from intimate portraits of friends and communities to explorations of trauma and ecstasy. Her use of the slideshow format remains at the heart of her work and combines photography, film, and performance. In Milan, these installations come together on an unprecedented scale.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n name:<\/strong> Nan Goldin: This Will Not End Well<\/a> \t<\/p>\n Nan Goldin, The Other Side (1994-2019). image courtesy of Pirelli HangarBicocca<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n \t\t<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show at the Vitra Design Museum<\/strong><\/a> traces the evolution of the fashion show<\/strong><\/a> from exclusive Parisian salons of the early 1900s to today\u2019s global multimedia spectacles. Bringing together original garments, films, photographs, stage sets, and archival invitations, the exhibition examines how the catwalk became a site where fashion, architecture, choreography, sound, and scenography merge into a cultural performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Organized in four chapters, the exhibition emphasizes the role of models, designers, and collaborators in shaping new narratives \u2014 whether through the rise of the supermodel, the deconstruction of fashion\u2019s formats, or performances engaging directly with politics and identity. The exhibition positions the fashion show as a Gesamtkunstwerk, or \u2018total work of art,\u2019 and demonstrates how this short-lived format continues to serve as a stage for storytelling.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n name:\u00a0<\/strong>Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show<\/a> image courtesy of Vitra Design Museum<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Yoko Ono<\/strong><\/a>: Music of the Mind at the MCA offers one of the most extensive surveys of the artist\u2019s career ever presented in the United States, tracing over seven decades of work across performance, film, music, installation, and participatory art. Featuring more than 200 pieces, the exhibition highlights Ono\u2019s pioneering role in conceptual art and her lasting influence on contemporary practice, from her 1960s involvement with Fluxus and landmark works such as Cut Piece (1964) to ongoing projects like Wish Tree (1996\u2013present).<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The exhibition underscores Ono\u2019s ability to merge poetic instruction, humor, and activism into art that demands audience engagement. Early films like Fly (1970\u201371) and Film No.4 (Bottoms) (1966\u201367) will show alongside collaborative projects with John Cage, Ornette Coleman, and John Lennon. Meanwhile, interactive installations such as My Mommy is Beautiful (2004) and public works like Imagine Peace (2003) and Peace is Power (2017) reflect her dreams of peace and collective imagination.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n name:<\/strong> Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind<\/a> image \u00a9 Yoko Ono. photo \u00a9 Oliver Cowling, courtesy of Tate<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Erwin Olaf \u2013 Freedom is the first museum retrospective since the Dutch artist\u2019s passing<\/strong><\/a> two years ago, offering a comprehensive view of his multifaceted career. The exhibition traces his evolution from candid black-and-white reportages of the early 1980s, centered on social movements and LGBTQ+ rights, to his staged studio photography, where themes of diversity, identity, and freedom remained central. Alongside iconic series, visitors encounter Olaf\u2019s lesser-known works, including videos, sculptures, commercial campaigns, and archival material that illuminate the scope of his creative process.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The presentation culminates with his most recent series, each addressing pressing social and cultural themes through Olaf\u2019s precise lens. The exhibition concludes with his final, unfinished video For Life, a meditation on mortality symbolized through recurring motifs of flowers in bloom and decay.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n name:\u00a0<\/strong>Erwin Olaf \u2013 Freedom<\/a> Erwin Olaf, Ice Cream Parlour from Rain, 2004. image courtesy of Stedelijk Museum<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The Kunstmuseum Basel\u2019s Ghosts: On the Trail of the Supernatural explores the enduring presence of ghosts in Western visual culture. With over 160 works spanning 250 years, the exhibition focuses on the 19th century as a pivotal moment when spiritualism, psychology, and new technologies like Pepper\u2019s Ghost converged to fuel fascination with apparitions despite the era\u2019s emphasis on science and rationality.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Positioning ghosts as mediators between life and death, visibility and invisibility, the exhibition highlights their persistent role across art, literature, theater, and film. By tracing how these figures have shaped imagination and belief from Romanticism to the present, Ghosts reveals why spirits remain powerful symbols in both cultural history and contemporary consciousness.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n name:\u00a0<\/strong>Ghosts: On the trail of the supernatural<\/a> image courtesy of Kunstmuseum Basel<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n London\u2019s V&A South Kensington presents Marie Antoinette Style, an exhibition that examines of one of history\u2019s most recognizable figures. Bringing together over 250 years of design, fashion, film, and art, the show explores how the queen\u2019s image has been continually reinterpreted, from 18th-century court dress to contemporary cultural references.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Framed by her youth, elegance, and demise, Marie Antoinette emerges as a style icon as well as a complex symbol of power and excess. The exhibition traces her lasting influence across centuries and shows how her persona continues to shape visual culture today.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n name:\u00a0<\/strong>Marie Antoinette Style<\/a> image \u00a9 Victoria and Albert Museum, London<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The Fondation Cartier<\/strong><\/a> pour l\u2019art contemporain is entering a new chapter<\/strong><\/a> with its move to a landmark building designed by French architect Jean Nouvel<\/strong><\/a>. Rising on the historic Place du Palais-Royal in Paris, this new home marks a decisive moment in the foundation\u2019s history, reinforcing its commitment to artistic creation and public dialogue. To inaugurate the space, the Fondation presents Exposition G\u00e9n\u00e9rale, running from October 20th, 2025, to August 23rd, 2026.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Gathering nearly six hundred works by more than one hundred artists, Exposition G\u00e9n\u00e9rale retraces the foundation\u2019s identity from its beginnings in 1984 to today. Shaped by four decades of exhibitions, the show spans art, architecture, technology, and science, offering a portrait of a collection built through curatorial dialogue. Its title, drawn from the historic Expositions G\u00e9n\u00e9rales once held at the Grands Magasins du Louvre, connects the foundation\u2019s mission to a broader lineage of cultural exchange and experimentation in the heart of Paris.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n name:\u00a0<\/strong>Exposition G\u00e9n\u00e9rale<\/a> photo \u00a9 Luc Boegly<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents a newly reimagined installation of its renowned decorative arts and design collection, one of the largest in North America. Spanning two levels of the pavilion designed by Fred David Lebensold, the display brings together collection highlights, recent acquisitions, and objects shown for the first time in a space that emphasizes history and innovation together.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Occupying nearly 2,000 square meters, the installation features over 800 works by more than 400 designers, artists, and artisans. Silverware, ceramics, furniture, jewelry, textiles, glass, and industrial design objects reflect the scope of the collection. In Montreal, visitors will witness a near-complete overview of craft and design practices across cultures and centuries.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n name:<\/strong> From the Functional to the Fabulous: 600 Years of Decorative Design<\/a> installation view, image courtesy of MMFA<\/p>\n The post designboom radar: exhibitions to see around the world this october<\/a> appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" october exhibitions from DESIGNBOOM RADAR \u00a0 October brings a new set of exhibitions that open conversations across art, design, and architecture, with museums and galleries presenting projects that look back through history and forward into … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nartist:<\/strong> Precious Okoyomon<\/a>
\ngallery:<\/strong> Mendes Wood DM<\/a>
\nlocation:<\/strong> Paris, France
\ndates:\u00a0<\/strong>October 20th, 2025 \u2013 December 6th, 2025<\/p>\nLucas Samaras \u2013 Master of the Uncanny<\/h2>\n
\nartist:<\/strong> Lucas Samaras<\/a>
\ngallery:<\/strong>\u00a0Pace Gallery<\/a> and The Intermission<\/a>
\nlocation:<\/strong> Piraeus, Greece
\ndates:\u00a0<\/strong>until December 20th, 2025<\/p>\ndream rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s\u2013Now<\/h2>\n
\nmuseum:\u00a0<\/strong>M+<\/a>
\nlocation: <\/strong>M+ Hong Kong
\ndates:\u00a0<\/strong>until January 18th, 2026<\/p>\nYayoi Kusama<\/h2>\n
\nartist:<\/strong> Yayoi Kusama
\ngallery:<\/strong> Beyeler Foundation<\/a>
\nlocation:<\/strong> Riehen, Switzerland
\ndates:<\/strong> October 12th, 2025 \u2013 January 25th, 2026<\/p>\nNan Goldin: This Will Not End Well<\/h2>\n
\nartist:<\/strong> Nan Goldin<\/a>
\ngallery:<\/strong> Pirelli HangarBicocca<\/a>
\nlocation:<\/strong> Milan, Italy
\ndates:\u00a0<\/strong>October 11th, 2025 \u2013 February 15th, 2026<\/p>\nCatwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show<\/h2>\n
\ngallery: <\/strong>Vitra Design Museum<\/a>
\nlocation:<\/strong>\u00a0Weil am Rhein, Germany
\ndates:\u00a0<\/strong>October 8th, 2025 \u2013 February 15th, 2026<\/p>\nyoko ono: Music of the mind<\/h2>\n
\nartist:<\/strong> Yoko Ono
\ngallery:\u00a0<\/strong>Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago<\/a>
\nlocation:\u00a0<\/strong>Chicago, USA
\ndates:\u00a0<\/strong>October 18th, 2025 \u2013 February 22nd, 2026<\/p>\nErwin Olaf \u2013 Freedom<\/h2>\n
\nartist:<\/strong> Erwin Olaf<\/a>
\nmuseum:\u00a0<\/strong>Stedelijk Museum<\/a>
\nlocation:\u00a0<\/strong>Amsterdam, The Netherlands
\ndates:\u00a0<\/strong>October 11th, 2025 \u2013 March 1st, 2026<\/p>\nGhosts: On the trail of the supernatural<\/h2>\n
\ngallery:\u00a0<\/strong>Kunstmuseum Basel<\/a>
\nlocation:\u00a0<\/strong>Basel, Switzerland
\ndates:\u00a0<\/strong>until March 8th, 2026<\/p>\nMarie Antoinette Style<\/h2>\n
\nmuseum: V&A South Kensington<\/a>
\nlocation:<\/strong> London, UK
\ndates:\u00a0<\/strong>until March 22nd, 2026<\/p>\nexposition g\u00e9n\u00e9rale<\/h2>\n
\ngallery:<\/strong> Fondation Cartier pour l\u2019art contemporain
\nlocation:<\/strong> Paris, France
\ndates:\u00a0<\/strong>October 25th, 2025 \u2013 August 23rd, 2026<\/p>\nFrom the Functional to the Fabulous: 600 Years of Decorative Design<\/h2>\n
\ngallery:<\/strong> Montreal Museum of Fine Arts<\/a>
\nlocation:<\/strong> Montreal, Canada
\ndates:\u00a0<\/strong>September 13th \u2013 ongoing<\/p>\n