Art exhibits that I want to see in 2025

(this drawing from my sketchbook is here because I think every post needs an image)

I posted my art exhibits that I want to see around the world before and it seems like this year I have a fresh list! Some I will visit, some I will only hear about and to some I might make it ;) Probably the list will grow later in the year but so far here it is:

1. David Hockney Is Taking Over the Entire Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. David Hockney is one of my all-time art heroes and his ability to work at put together such a huge exposition at 87 is definitely one of the reasons for that. There are several great articles about the show:

in Vogue: https://www.vogue.com/article/david-hockney-fondation-louis-vuitton

in New York Times (this article is unlocked via Austin Kleon's Newsletter which I recommend to people on a weekly basis!) 

2. Ruth Asawa: Retrospective - in San Francisco MOMA. In 2023 I wrote about Ruth Asawa exhibit in Whitney Museum of American "Through Line" and then read all I could find about her. Since then I slowly track down and visit all of her art (there is much to go still) - but this retrospective will move me a lot on my quest!

3. The Met has "Sargent and Paris" From April 27 till August 3 of this tear. Sargent is one of the painters whose works I love to see in person. There is so much in the dance of the brush, so much color and light in layers and so much in seemingly empty parts of the paintings!

4. Palazzo Barberini (check out their logo!!) in Rome has Caravaggio 2025 - which is an extensive collection of works, including some "recently authenticated" - but to see such a collection on one place? That is a gift!

5. Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art is in Legion of Honor in San Francisco! Did you know that Wayne Thiebaud played tennis even after turning 100? And painted too! And he was an artist who was thinking with both his art and words - as a teacher for many years.  Did you hear about a Cake Event in San Francisco - in honor of this exhibition? Here is a great article about it by Wendy MacNaughton (whose substack I also recommend). https://club.drawtogether.studio/p/let-us-eat-cake

Here is a video that accompanies the exhibit: https://www.famsf.org/stories/wayne-thiebaud-film

ANd an article: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/apr/16/wayne-thiebaud-san-francisco-exhibition

That's it for now. 

What exhibitions are you looking forward to?