Ayoung Kim
Many Worlds Over
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Feb 28–Jul 20

In her thought-provoking multidisciplinary practice, South Korean artist Ayoung Kim crafts simulated worlds using artificial intelligence, video, virtual reality, installation, and sound. Merging her research of ancestral origins with her interest in the concept and definition of time, each fictional universe operates within a unique set of spatial and temporal laws. “Many Worlds Over” is Kim’s first solo exhibition in a German museum, and will feature works drawn from the past five years, exploring themes of migration, xenophobia, queerness, and geopolitics to investigate the developing symbiosis between data, humans, and the planet.

Pablo Picasso for Asia— A Conversation
M+, Hong Kong
Mar 15–Jul 13

“Pablo Picasso for Asia—A Conversation” presents a new way of seeing Picasso’s legacy by showing more than 60 of his works alongside 80 works by Asian and Asian diasporic artists drawn from the M+ Collection. The exhibition marks the first time a museum collection in Asia will be in dialogue with masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso-Paris, where the largest repository of Picasso’s work is located. The show demonstrates the Spanish artist’s far-reaching influence while highlighting the complex relationships between Asia and the West, origin and reception, invention and adaptation.

Ruth Asawa
Retrospective
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Apr 5–Sep 2

Ruth Asawa’s first posthumous retrospective features more than 300 works from six decades of her career—including sculpture, drawings, prints, paintings, design objects, and archival material. Drawn from US-based public and private collections, the works on show celebrate her seemingly limitless output with emphasis on the ways her San Francisco home and garden served as a central inspiration for her practice. The exhibition features her signature loop-wired sculptures alongside her lesser-known works and those by peers and mentors with whom she shared creative dialogue, highlighting the collaborative and experimental ethos of her artistic vision.

Htein Lin
Escape
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Mar 20–Jun 1

Known for his politically charged works that grapple with Myanmar’s turbulent history, multimedia artist Htein Lin presents an extensive array of textile paintings, prints, and video and performance projects for his solo show at Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery. Alongside works that capture his experience as a student activist, the exhibition spotlights Htein Lin’s paintings and monoprints on prison uniforms, made during his incarceration by Myanmar’s military junta from 1998 to 2004. In line with his dedication to social change, Htein Lin showcases various paintings for a workshop at Grendon Prison in Buckinghamshire, underlining community-oriented healing through art. 

City of Others: Asian Artists in Paris, 1920s–1940s
National Gallery Singapore
Apr 2–Aug 17

Viewing Paris as the fulcrum of the art world from the 1920s to ‘40s, this major group show at the National Gallery Singapore features the works of renowned Asian artists such as Foujita Tsuguharu, Georgette Chen, Itakulla Kanae, Le Pho, Xu Beihong, Liu Kang, and Sanyu, alongside lesser-known figures, to present their experiences of living in the French capital during this dynamic period. With over 200 artworks on display—ranging from painting, sculpture, and lacquer to decorative arts and archival documents—the exhibition explores narratives of migration, and the relationship between European modernism and the cultural “Other.”

Yukinori Yanagi
ICARUS
Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan
Mar 27–Jul 27

Milan’s Pirelli HangarBicocca presents the first major survey of Yukinori Yanagi’s practice in Europe, featuring a comprehensive selection of the Japanese artist’s large-scale, site-specific installations from the 1980s and ‘90s. Working across various media, Yanagi delves into the complexities of sovereignty and globalization, as well as Japan’s history and nationalism through political symbols that reveal our preconceived notions of space, identity, and power. For this exhibition, Yanagi reconfigures his installations within the post-industrial factory building, showcasing more recent pieces alongside iconic works such as The World Flag Ant Farm (1990) which garnered international acclaim at the 45th Venice Biennale in 1993.