Christian Kracht’s internationally acclaimed novel EUROTRASH comes to the Young Vic in a new stage adaptation directed by Walter Meierjohann, starring Ben Whishaw and Kathryn Hunter. The Young Vic has released first-look rehearsal images for EUROTRASH, a darkly comic new theatre production starring acclaimed actors Ben Whishaw and Kathryn Hunter. Adapted from Swiss author Christian Kracht’s international best-selling novel by Colin Teevan, the production promises an outrageous theatrical journey

On femininity, identity and the space between fashion photography and fine art. Ukrainian-born, London-based photographer Victoria Storozhenko presents Echoes of Her, her first solo exhibition in London, opening on 5 November 2026 at 19B Beak Street in Soho. Working across fashion and portrait photography, Storozhenko explores the relationship between the image and the individual, moving beyond conventional representations of beauty towards a more personal understanding of femininity and identit

A landmark exhibition at Florence’s Palazzo Pitti will bring together more than 100 works from the extraordinary art collection of Lorenzo the Magnificent, including, for the first time in history, all three panels of Paolo Uccello’s Battle of San Romano, reunited from the Uffizi, National Gallery in London and Louvre in Paris. Florence is set to revisit one of the most remarkable chapters in Renaissance art history with Magnifico 1492, a major exhibition dedicated to Lorenzo de’ Medici, the cel

In this edition of Culturalee in Conversation, Women in Art Prize 2026 finalist Christine Roychowdhury discusses the inspiration behind her powerful shortlisted painting Protest, exploring the history of women’s rights, political activism and the importance of defending freedom of expression. Drawing on personal and historical narratives, Roychowdhury reflects on the artist’s responsibility to bear witness to social injustice, her distinctive approach to figurative painting and her forthcoming w

Birmingham-based artist Javeria Salar builds luminous environments where geometry, fluorescent colour and celestial imagery become meditations on the infinite.

Fashion designer and multidisciplinary artist Mei-Hui Liu revisits more than 25 years of creative history in MEMORY LAND: SPITALFIELDS, an exhibition exploring the intersection of fashion, photography, collaboration and place. Unfolding across three locations in East London—House of Annetta, Town House on Fournier Street and 49 Fashion Street—the exhibition brings Liu’s extensive photographic archive back to the historic streets and interiors where much of the work was originally created. Featur

Women in Art Prize winner and BP Portrait Award winning artist Helen Masacz’s solo exhibition, Anima – Occupying Space, at Zebra One Gallery in Hampstead explores female identity, resilience and the power of women claiming their space. On view until 5 November 2026, the exhibition brings together striking portraits and symbolic still-life paintings that challenge traditional representations of women, exploring the transition from patriarchal archetypes to complex, autonomous individuals. Current

Orry Shenjobi on faith, Nigerian craft and creating between Lagos and London.

Artist Ida Ivanka Kubler is redefining the relationship between art, audience and environment through a series of private, immersive art experiences that bring together natural materials, performance and conceptual practice. Moving beyond the conventions of the gallery, Kubler invites collectors into an intimate world where the body becomes a medium, the landscape a canvas, and the act of making an artwork an experience in itself. Known for her abstract masterworks inspired by vacated silk cocoo

Multidisciplinary artist Ayomide Daniel explores the complexities of identity, cultural inheritance and emotional experience through a compelling body of figurative paintings that obscure as much as they reveal. In his upcoming solo exhibition Beyond Identity at upCYCLE LDN, Daniel presents anonymous portraits that occupy the space between personal introspection and collective experience, inviting viewers to question how we construct, conceal and communicate our sense of self in an increasingly

On Thursday, October 22, 2026, the Prix Marcel Duchamp jury met to select the winner of the 2026 edition from this year’s four nominees: Joël Andrianomearisoa, Brognon Rollin, Laura Henno and Josèfa Ntjam. The jury’s deliberations followed presentations of the artists by their respective rapporteurs: Annabelle Ténèze for Joël Andrianomearisoa, Frère Marc Chauveau for Brognon Rollin, Isabelle Renard for Laura Henno and Cédric Fauq for Josèfa Ntjam. The international jury, comprising ten distingui

Words by Caidance Alton “Energy is everything – and art is its best conduit.” For Xenia Kulbachevskaya, founder of XeniArtSpace in Limassol, Cyprus, this idea offers a way into CHANNELLED: Women in Art Across Centuries, an exhibition bringing together women artists whose work gives shape to inner worlds we cannot always see. On view until 1 March 2027, CHANNELLED unfolds across XeniArtSpace’s two galleries. Space 2 presents 17 internationally recognised artists including Leonor Fini, Tracey Emin

Design Week Lagos 2026 returns from 18–25 October with an ambitious programme spanning design, architecture, art and manufacturing, bringing together more than 100 designers and studios from across Africa and the diaspora. Highlights include IDEA Honours for Lesley Lokko, Marva Griffin and Yinka Shonibare CBE, a major presentation of Nigerian architect and artist Demas Nwoko, and the pre-launch of a new Design Museum Africa. Design Week Lagos returns from 18–25 October 2026 with Making a New Afr

The CAMP Gallery in Miami presents Dissolving Into Becoming, an exhibition of paintings by Samara Couri that transform the environment beyond mere setting and into a living participant in the lives of human beings. The exhibition features new paintings created during the artist’s online residency with the gallery.  Samara Couri’s paintings in the exhibition merge figures with their environmental backgrounds to dissolve the boundaries between the human figure and the natural world. These figures

Every October, Amsterdam turns the volume up. For five days, it seems like every club, warehouse, bar, gallery and unexpected corner of the city gets swept up in the Amsterdam Dance Event – the most epic city-wide electronic music festival in the world. Bringing music industry experts to discuss the future of the business at the conference and fans together to listen to the latest sounds, and this year it’s a big one: ADE turns 30, celebrating and bringing the […]

As PAD London returns to Berkeley Square in Mayfair for Frieze Week, the prestigious Jury selected winners of the Booth Prize, Historical Design Prize, and Contemporary Design Prize. Three contemporary designers were also awarded Honorary Mentions. The prizes have been awarded by PAD Jury President Veere Grenney, Honorary Presidents Laura Gonzalez, Yana Peel, Jacques Grange, Tim Marlow and Francis Sultana with the collaboration of leading figures from the worlds of design, art and fashion includ

Lee Sharrock picks five highlights to see at Frieze Masters 2026.

From pioneering women of Abstract Expressionism to the radical modernism of Morocco, an Ancient Egyptian head of the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet and a cosmic Buddha, Frieze Masters 2026 offers a compelling journey through overlooked histories, rediscovered artists and influential figures who reshaped twentieth-century art.  Culturalee Editor Lee Sharrock selects six standout presentations to discover at this year’s fair, from Anna Zemánková’s fantastical botanical drawings to Alice Neel’s explor

Frieze London 2026 returns to Regent’s Park from 14–18 October, bringing together 176 galleries from 43 countries and regions. From ambitious new paintings by Albert Oehlen and Marina Perez Simão to artist-led collaborations, experimental installations and a spotlight on emerging talent, the 24th edition explores the ideas shaping contemporary art today. Frieze London offers five days of exhibitions, international perspectives and encounters between contemporary practice and art history. The 24t

As Frieze Week kicks off in London, Tate Modern has unveiled a major new multisensory installation by artist and composer Tarek Atoui. Combining sculpture, performance, music, technology and social research, Atoui creates environments where sound is experienced not only through the ears, but through the whole body. Hyundai Commission: Tarek Atoui: Hold sees the artist transform the Turbine Hall into an immersive sonic landscape comprising custom-built wind instruments, percussion, electronics an