Sep 3–Dec 8
Prism of the Real: Making Art in Japan 1989–2010
The National Art Center, Tokyo

“Prism of the Real,” the first collaboration between The National Art Center, Tokyo and Hong Kong’s M+, gathers works by over 50 artists from Japan and across the globe. Featuring archival materials alongside contemporary projects by Tsubaki Noboru, Ozawa Tsuyoshi, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Joan Jonas, and more, the exhibition explores homegrown Japanese art from 1989 to 2010 and its cultural impact on artists abroad. By focusing on this two-decade period, the show examines how artists instigated new critical dialogue and forms of expression in an era defined by the end of the Cold War, accelerating globalization, and the lingering shadows of Japanese colonialism.

Sep 20–Nov 23
18th Istanbul Biennial: The Three-Legged Cat
Various Locations, Istanbul

Titled “The Three-Legged Cat,” the 18th Istanbul Biennial will unfold in three phases from 2025–27. Through this prolonged format, the exposition intends to continuously respond to ever-changing sociopolitical and environmental conditions, drawing on the metaphor of a limping yet resilient feline. The first leg runs across eight citywide venues, featuring 47 artists from Turkey and abroad—including Natasha Tontey, İpek Duben, Ali Eyal, and Chen Ching-Yuan, among others— alongside performances, screenings, and talks about self-protection and collective futurity. While the second phase in 2026 focuses on collaborating with local initiatives, the final chapter in 2027 will reflects on the past two years through various exhibitions and workshops.

Sep 26–Feb 15, 2026
Larissa Sansour: These Moments Will Disappear Too
Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen 

Palestinian Danish artist Larissa Sansour returns to Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen for her largest solo exhibition to date, titled “These Moments Will Disappear Too.” The show spotlights ten film and installation projects created between 2003 and 2025—mostly in collaboration with Danish writer and director Søren Lind—which delve into the fraught history of Palestine and the entanglements of national identity, grief, forced migration, memory, and environmental peril. With references to science fiction, opera, and documentary material, the works on view merge political history with imaginary narratives, inviting audiences to consider the past through an alternative lens.

Sep 27–Jan 11, 2026
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih: Feels Strangely Good, Ya?
Nottingham Contemporary

Nottingham Contemporary presents “Feels Strangely Good, Ya?,” the first international institutional solo exhibition of the late I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih, also known as “Murni.” A mostly self-taught Balinese painter, Murni is recognized as a significant trailblazer in contemporary Southeast Asian art for her colorful and eccentric renderings of animals, vegetation, and erotic body parts. Her works, displayed alongside projects by friends and fellow artists such as Edmondo Zanolini and Dewa Raram, offer a glimpse into her vibrant inner world, where absurdity and abjection collapse into one another, and questions of power dynamics, sexuality, and freedom refuse simplistic answers. 

Opens Oct 3
Tehching Hsieh: Lifeworks 1978–1999
Dia Beacon, New York

At Dia Beacon in New York, “Tehching Hsieh, Lifeworks 1979–1999” marks the Taiwanese American performance artist’s first-ever retrospective, showcasing 11 major works that he donated to the Dia Art Foundation last year. The exhibition looks at these pivotal chapters in Hsieh’s career, presenting documentation and objects that he collected from his radical year-long performances—each of which unfolded under self-imposed austere conditions, from living outdoors to being bound to another artist with rope. Also on view are works from his Thirteen Year Plan (1986–99), for which he rigorously produced art that was not publicly displayed for more than a decade. 

Oct 31–Mar 29, 2026
Singapore Biennale 2025: pure intention
Various locations, Singapore

The 2025 Singapore Biennale, titled “pure intention,” invites audiences to experience art in everyday environments, and to discover the island country’s multifaceted identities and urban landscapes. Curated by Duncan Bass, Hsu Fang-Tze, Ong Puay Khim, and Selene Yap of the Singapore Art Museum, the eighth edition coincides with the nation’s 60th year of independence, encouraging Singaporeans to look back on the nation’s layered history and contemplate new visions for a collective future. The event will unfurl across various public sites, including precolonial and colonial landmarks that have been repurposed into green spaces and residential neighborhoods, as well as shopping centers.