Discover the story of Punjabi princess and suffragette icon, Sophia Duleep Singh and five women who shaped her life, in this new exhibition at Kensington Palace for 2026.

Showcasing the work of 11 emerging artists from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

Their work explores memory, heritage and the shifting identities of a new generation. Curated by Salima Hashmi and Manmeet K. Walia

This is the fifth in the Ashmolean NOW exhibition series, where contemporary artists are invited to create new work inspired by the Ashmolean’s historical collections.

The first major exhibition devoted to Gladys Hynes (1888–1958), ‘Radical Lives’ reintroduces a pioneering artist whose work and politics were inseparable.

A landmark collaboration between the V&A and the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane.

Rising Voices will offer an unparalleled view of the Asia Pacific region’s dynamic creative landscape.

This major retrospective at The Hepworth Wakefield will celebrate Indian artist Mrinalini Mukherjee (1949 – 2015), one of the world’s most significant modernist sculptors. The exhibition will bring together – for the first time in the UK – the full range of different media Mukherjee worked with, including textiles, ceramic and bronze sculptures, drawings, etchings and watercolours, celebrating an extraordinary 40-year career.

Matrika: She Who Makes Worlds by Saroj Patel is an exhibition exploring women’s strength, ancestral memory, and the futures we imagine into being. In Hindu cosmology, Matrika refers to the divine mothers, a group of powerful feminine energies connected to creation, protection, and transformation.

This exhibition is Haroun Hayward’s first solo institutional show and showcases a new body of work.

This summer, Tate Britain will present Never the Same, a new exhibition by Mohammed Z Rahman. Presented within two timber pavilions inspired by Bengali wedding canopies, Never the Same will premiere a new body of paintings that continue Rahman’s exploration of notions of home and love.

One of the most influential artists of our time, Anish Kapoor returns to the Hayward Gallery, where he staged his first major UK survey almost 30 years ago.

Baltic presents the first major UK solo exhibition in a public institution of Chitra Ganesh. Journey to the Great Below features a new animation, newly commissioned sculptural works and a site-specific wall drawing, alongside a selection of recent paintings, prints, works on paper and mixed media works.

Christie’s presents The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the KNMA Collection, a landmark collaboration with the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), celebrating modern and contemporary South Asian art through carefully curated scenes drawn from the museum’sextraordinary collection.

British Indian artist Bharti Kher is internationally recognised for her sculptures which explore the body, womanhood, mythology and cultural identity. This display brings her work into conversation with the V&A’s historic collections.

A participatory exhibition inviting reflection on personal and collective wellbeing through art. 

Developed in collaboration with without SHAPE without FORM, an assembly of artists, thinkers and cultural practitioners rooted in Sikh philosophy, Reflections - Sangat and the Self brings together recent works by artists Jasmir Creed and Roo Dhissou alongside key works from the Whitworth collection. 

Ikon presents the first major survey exhibition of artist Balraj Khanna (1939-2024)