Light Art at Museums in 2026

Museum exhibitions dedicated to light, projection, and immersive art in 2026.

9 shows · updated weekly · see the full calendar

On viewKosei Komatsu — Setouchi City Museum of Art

Setouchi City Museum of Art — Setouchi, JP

Kosei Komatsu: The Sea Rises, the Sky Falls

Through Sep 27, 2026

Kosei Komatsu

On viewOlafur Eliasson, One-way colour tunnel — courtesy SFMOMA

SFMOMA — San Francisco, USA

Olafur Eliasson: One-way colour tunnel

Through Oct 4, 2026

Olafur Eliasson

On viewZentrum für Internationale Lichtkunst Unna (ZfIL)

ZfIL — Unna, DE

ZfIL: Light Dialogues

Through Jan 10, 2027

Martin Creed · François Morellet · Maurizio Nannucci · Tracey Emin

On viewMonochrome: Calder and Tara Donovan — courtesy Pace Gallery

Seattle Art Museum — Seattle, USA

Monochrome: Calder and Tara Donovan

Through Jan 17, 2027

Alexander Calder · Tara Donovan

Opens Sep 22teamLab, Massless Suns and Dark Suns — © teamLab, courtesy Smart Museum of Art

Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago — Chicago, USA

teamLab: Everything Exists in Infinite Continuity

Opens Sep 22, 2026 — through Feb 21, 2027

teamLab

Opens Sep 24Anne Lindberg, in The Gravity of Light — courtesy Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art — Boulder, USA

The Gravity of Light

Opens Sep 24, 2026 — through Jan 3, 2027

Bill Armstrong · Anne Lindberg

Opens Oct 24Raven Chacon, The Naming of Names, 2026 (still) — © Raven Chacon, courtesy SFMOMA

SFMOMA — San Francisco, USA

New Work: Raven Chacon

Opens Oct 24, 2026

Raven Chacon

Opens Nov 21Sarah Sze, rendering — courtesy Sarah Sze Studio and SFMOMA

SFMOMA — San Francisco, USA

Sarah Sze: Forever is Composed of Nows

Opens Nov 21, 2026

Sarah Sze

PermanentSarah Sze, Sleepers — courtesy Denver Art Museum

Denver Art Museum — Denver, USA

Fuse Box: Sarah Sze

Permanent installation

Sarah Sze