🌍 Where Memory, Identity & Imagination Converge
In 2026, the global art world opens its doors to something far greater than visual spectacle it invites us into stories of identity, resilience, emotion, and transformation. From Southeast Asia to Europe and the United States, the year’s most anticipated exhibitions turn galleries into emotional landscapes where personal memory meets collective history, and where colour, form, and space speak louder than words.
Whether you’re a seasoned art lover or a curious traveller seeking cultural depth, these exhibitions promise more than inspiration they change how you see the world.
🌉 Crossing the Third Bridge
Wei-Ling Gallery & Wei-Ling Contemporary, Kuala Lumpur
📅 16 December 2025 – 24 January 2026
A powerful meditation on migration, memory, and identity, Crossing the Third Bridge explores the fluid narratives of the Chinese diaspora. Through installation, photography, performance, and moving images, Malaysian and international artists excavate personal archives and ancestral knowledge to confront generational change.
This exhibition doesn’t just document history it reclaims it, urging viewers to reflect on heritage, language, and belonging in a rapidly shifting world.
🖤 Signs: Connecting Past and Future
Dongdaemun Design Plaza Museum, Seoul
📅 23 September 2025 – 31 January 2026
From graffiti-strewn streets to the global art canon, Jean-Michel Basquiat revolutionised visual language. This landmark exhibition offers an unprecedented look into his creative evolution, showcasing over 70 artworks and more than 160 notebook pages sourced from nine countries.
Raw, poetic, and fiercely intellectual, the exhibition reveals how Basquiat turned lived experience into visual protest a reminder that art can be both personal and political.
💛 Yellow: Beyond Van Gogh’s Colour
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
📅 13 February – 17 May 2026
Few artists transformed emotion into colour like Vincent van Gogh. This radiant spring exhibition explores the symbolic power of yellow courage, renewal, and hope through Van Gogh’s iconic works, including Sunflowers.
Featuring masterpieces from the 1900s and a contemporary light installation by Olafur Eliasson, the exhibition bridges centuries, showing how colour continues to shape human emotion and artistic expression.
