Arcana Borealis exhibition at the Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
ATENEUM ART MUSEUM From October 23, 2026 to February 28, 2027
The Ateneum in Helsinki brings together women from the North who, like Hilma af Klint, invented abstraction while believing they were painting under the dictation of spirits. There were about fifty of them.
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Hilma af Klint called these entities the High Masters, and considered her canvases to be messages before considering them paintings. The Ateneum in Helsinki brings them together for the first time in Arcana Borealis: women artists from Finland, Sweden, Iceland, and Sápmi, from the 19th century to the present day, exploring the impact of theosophy and spiritualism on modern art. Painting, but also textiles, stained glass, mosaics, and Sami duodji.
RIJKSMUSEUM From October 9, 2026 to January 17, 2027
The Rijksmuseum brings together nearly one hundred and twenty works by Willem de Kooning and takes a rare approach: placing the drawing at the center, not as a draft but as a work of art.
KANAL-CENTRE POMPIDOU From November 28, 2026 to May 23, 2027
In the Kanal-Centre Pompidou showroom in Brussels, Banu Cennetoğlu is bringing together for the first time the thirty articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in golden balloon letters, freely accessible from November 28, 2026 to May 23, 2027.
KANAL-CENTRE POMPIDOU From November 28, 2026 to April 25, 2027
For its opening, the Kanal-Centre Pompidou is dedicating An infinite woman, from November 28, 2026 to April 25, 2027, to an image born from a Citroën campaign of 1925, in the very walls of the brand's former garage.
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