The Calendar
Lighting festivals, light artists, projection shows, and immersive museums — what is on now and what is coming. Updated weekly with the Thursday issue.
25 shows · 12 countries — 16 on view · 8 opening · 1 permanent
On View16
INOTA Festival 2026Inota Power Plant — Inota, Hungary
INOTA / Light Factory 2026
Through
Larry Bell, 'Habanero' — courtesy Pie Projects, Santa FePie Project — Santa Fe, USA
Larry Bell and Susanna Fritscher: as Light, as Air
Through
Larry Bell · Susanna Fritscher
Regine Schumann, blacklight acrylic — Axel Pairon GalleryAxel Pairon Gallery — Knokke, BE
Regine Schumann: The Fool in The House
Through
Regine Schumann
Patterns in Nature: The Art of HYBYCOZO — Missouri Botanical GardenMissouri Botanical Garden — St. Louis, USA
Patterns in Nature: The Art of HYBYCOZO
Through
HYBYCOZO
Kosei Komatsu — Setouchi City Museum of ArtSetouchi City Museum of Art — Setouchi, JP
Kosei Komatsu: The Sea Rises, the Sky Falls
Through
Kosei Komatsu
Es Devlin at Casa Bradesco — photo: Nelson KonCasa Bradesco Gallery — São Paulo, Brazil
Es Devlin: Sou O Outro do Outro
Through
Es Devlin
Leo Villareal, BUCKYBALL — courtesy Meatpacking District14th Street Square — New York, US
Leo Villareal: BUCKYBALL at 14th St Square
Through
Leo Villareal
AMIANGELIKA & 1100, BLCK SUN — via Rendah MagSaint Petersburg, Russia
AMIANGELIKA — BLCK SUN
Through
Anish Kapoor, Hayward Gallery 2026 — via South Bank LondonHayward Gallery — London, UK
Anish Kapoor at Hayward Gallery
Through
Anish Kapoor
Nivola, Colombo e lo spazio intorno — Museo Nivola, OraniMuseo Nivola — Orani, Italy
Nivola, Colombo e lo spazio intorno
Through
Gianni Colombo · Costantino Nivola
Jesús Rafael Soto, Pénétrable BBL Jaune, Serpentine 2026 (installation view)Serpentine South (outdoor) — London, GB
Soto: Pénétrable BBL Jaune at Serpentine
Through
Jesús Rafael Soto
ENESS, Modern Guru — via Kalmar SlottKalmar Castle — Kalmar, Sweden
Modern Guru and the Path to Artificial Happiness
Through
ENESS
Evelyne Axell, Ice Cream 1 (1964) — Fondation CarmignacVilla Carmignac — Porquerolles, France
Sea, Pop & Sun (Villa Carmignac)
Through
Studio Olafur Eliasson
Zentrum für Internationale Lichtkunst Unna (ZfIL)ZfIL — Unna, DE
ZfIL: Light Dialogues
Through
Martin Creed · François Morellet · Maurizio Nannucci · Tracey Emin
Danziger Studio (Frank Gehry) — Marta HerfordMarta Herford — Herford, Germany
Mindset Los Angeles: Gehry and the Cool School
Through
Larry Bell
Tomás Saraceno: Ancestral Futures — key visual, Haus der Kunst 2026Haus der Kunst — Munich, Germany
Tomás Saraceno: Ancestral Futures
Through
Tomás Saraceno
Opening8
Robin Fox, PRESENCE — Now or Never, City of MelbourneMelbourne Town Hall — Melbourne, Australia
Now or Never 2026 — PRESENCE (Robin Fox)
Opens — through
Robin Fox
Victory Over the Sun: Encounters with Light, The Light DurhamThe Light Durham (Aykley Heads) — Durham, UK
Victory Over the Sun: Encounters with Light
Opens — through
Berlin New Media Week 2026Berlin, Germany
Berlin New Media Week
Opens — through
Miguel Chevalier, Post natural: living plankton — Island of Light, SmögenIsland of Light, Smögen — Smögen, Sweden
Post natural: living plankton — Miguel Chevalier
Opens — through
Miguel Chevalier
Minnie Park, The Meta Rose: Shared Resonance — courtesy Melbourne FringeMelbourne, Australia
Minnie Park — The Meta Rose: Shared Resonance
Opens — through
Minnie Park
Larry Bell: Improvisations, installation view — courtesy SITE Santa FeSITE Santa Fe — Santa Fe, USA
Larry Bell: Improvisations
Opens — through
Larry Bell
Larry Bell, Cube 25A, 2006 — courtesy 203 Fine ArtEncore Gallery at Taos Center of the Arts — Taos, USA
Larry Bell and Michelle Cooke: Pure Clear Thoughts
Opens — through
Larry Bell · Michelle Cooke
GAMMA Festival, Saint Petersburg — courtesy GAMMASaint Petersburg, Russia
GAMMA Festival 2027
Opens — through
Permanent1
Listings are verified weekly as part of the Thursday issue; dates can change — confirm with the venue before traveling. Entries marked “first spotted” surfaced through our Instagram and TikTok fieldwork before trade coverage.