Tate Modern’s Frida: The Making of an Icon (25 June 2026 – 3 January 2027) explores how Frida Kahlo evolved from painter to global cultural icon. Developed with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the exhibition traces her lasting influence across art, feminism and popular culture, positioning Kahlo as a figure continually reinterpreted by new generations.

OBTUSE (°): , the inaugural exhibition of Obtuse Archive at Galleria Objets, brings together thirteen artists and three performers across sculpture, installation, sound, and performance. Decentering painting and privileging material experimentation, the show explores spatial tension, encounter, and the productive unresolved, positioning Obtuse Archive as a cultural platform in motion.

The Turner Prize 2025 has been awarded to Nnena Kalu. The winner of the £25,000 prize was announced this evening at a ceremony at Bradford Grammar School presented by magician Steven Frayne, formerly known as Dynamo, in Bradford, this year’s UK City of Culture, and broadcast live on BBC News.

Tate has announced that Maria Balshaw will step down as Director in spring 2026, bringing to a close a nine-year tenure that has reshaped the institution’s public-facing mission, programming, and long-term strategy. Appointed in 2017, Balshaw leaves Tate at a moment of institutional stability, with major capital projects underway and a strengthened financial framework in place.

At a time when the art world chases spectacle, some pursue a more discreet—and far more meaningful—collecting mission. ARTCOLLECTORNEWS spoke with Irene Y. Panagopoulos, the vision behind the IYP Collection, as she opens her new public space.

Máret Ánne Sara’s Goavve-Geabbil transforms Tate Modern into a living landscape of hides, bone, sound, and spirit. Rooted in Sámi cosmology, the installation marks a powerful return of shamanic presence in contemporary art—an immersive call to reconnect with land, ancestors, and the unseen.