GLOBAL CULTURAL BULLETIN | HAPPENINGS | WORLD OF CABANA

 A monthly guide to the events and exhibitions on Cabana's Radar: a global cultural bulletin and a must-read for anyone looking to keep their finger on the pulse of art and design.

CURATED BY TEAM CABANA | HAPPENINGS | 1 FEBRUARY 2025

Tina Barney. Jill & Polly in the Bathroom, 1987. Brooklyn Museum, Promised gift of Elizabeth and William Kahane, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum’s 200th Anniversary © Tina Barney, Courtesy of the artist and Kasmin, New York. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

From the sultry streets of Marrakech to the icy peaks of St. Moritz, February’s cultural hilights invite you to indulge in a global adventure of art, design, and inspiration. Whether spellbound by Paris’s Louvre Couture or experiencing the eclectic energy of Stockholm Design Week, there’s something for everyone.

EXHIBITIONS

PARIS, FRANCE

Moore and Malaparte: Rhythm and Form

Moore and Malaparte : Rhythm and Form, 2025, installation view © The Henry Moore Foundation. Photo: Thomas Lannes. Courtesy: Gagosian

Now on view at Gagosian's Rue de Castiglione gallery in Paris, this fascinating exhibition juxtaposes the great Henry Moore's freeform sculptures and drawings with furniture from the architectural masterpiece, Casa Malaparte on the island of Capri, designed by modernist architect Adalberto Libera.

This inspired dialogue celebrates the pair's shared obsession with organic forms and harmonious spaces and is a real must-see. 

Through 27 March, 2025, Gagosian, PARIS, FRANCE

PARIS, FRANCE

LOUVRE COUTURE

Expo LOUVRE COUTURE, Givenchy © Musée du Louvre, Photo: Nicolas Bousser

A journey through the museum's own galleries, Louvre Couture invites visitors to wander between eras, where artistry and craftsmanship intertwine. Staging a dialogue between contemporary fashion and the museum’s world-renowned decorative arts collection – where an embroidered jacket might recall a Boulle cabinet or an opulent gown reflect the lustre of a Renaissance jewel – silhouettes and accessories echo the splendour of styles past, revealing fashion’s deep-rooted kinship with art. 

Through July 21, 2025, Musée du Louvre, PARIS, FRANCE

MILAN, ITALY

Priscilla Rattazzi. Between Worlds

Lola, Rear View Mirror, East Hampton, 2007 © Priscilla Rattazi

In Between Worlds, Priscilla Rattazzi brings together five decades of photography and a life traced in light and shadow. From Milan’s cultural figures to the weathered hoodoos of Utah, each image is a meditation on time, transformation, and belonging. At Robilant+Voena, the artist’s first Milan exhibition reveals photography as both witness and refuge, capturing the familiar, the fleeting, and the eternal.

Through March 7, 2025, Robilant+Voena, MILAN, ITALY

NEW YORK, USA

Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature

Caspar David Friedrich (German, 1774–1840), Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, ca. 1817. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Stiftung Hamburger Kunstsammlungen. Photo by Elke Walford.

Sublime, solitary, and steeped in mystery, Caspar David Friedrich's vision still stirs something elemental within us. In this first major U.S. retrospective, The Met unveils over 75 works by the master of German Romanticism, works that harness the evocative force of perspective, light, color, and atmosphere, to forge a deep resonance between the natural world and the inner self.

February 8, 2025 - May 11, 2025, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NEW YORK, USA

LONDON, UK

Barbara Hepworth: Strings

Barbara Hepworth, Small stone with black strings (1952)

A rare chance to witness the resonance of one of Britain's most influential sculptors, this exhibition offers an opportunity to engage with Barbara Hepworth's profound exploration of form, space, and texture. Striking, modernist works including Two Figures and Pelagos reveal her innovative exploration of form, texture, and space.

February 6, 2025 - May 2, 2025, Piano Nobile, LONDON, UK

CHARLOTTENLUND, DENMARK

INTO THE DREAMS. SYMBOLISM

Alexandre Séon The Dispair of the Chimera, 1890 Collection Lucile Audouy, photo: Thomas Hennocque

Ordrupgaard unveils Into the Dreams. Symbolism, a rare and luminous gathering of works from the private collection of French art collector, Lucile Audouy. Sixty-three masterpieces – by Moreau, Denis, Redon, Khnopff and many others – evoke a sense of mystery and allegory, where flickering candlelight illuminates visions of spirituality, mythology, and the subconscious.

February 5, 2025 - June 15, 2025, Ordrupgaard, CHARLOTTENLUND, DENMARK

PORTSMOUTH, UK

'Ancient Sudan: Enduring Heritage', a British Museum touring exhibition

Ancient Sudan; Vegetable fibre tabag © 2024 The Trustees of the British Museum

Ancient Sudan: Enduring Heritage, a British Museum Spotlight Loan exhibition, traces the grandeur of the Kushite Kingdom. Focusing on its rich societal culture and skilled craftsmanship – from bronze figureheads to sandstone altars – the exhibition showcases artifacts that speak of a civilization at the crossroads of Africa and the Mediterranean, and one of the ancient world’s greatest empires.

February 1, 2025 - April 19, 2025, Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery, PORTSMOUTH, UK

NEW YORK, USA

Peter Speliopoulos CHASMA

New York-based ceramicist Peter Speliopoulos possesses the rare ability to elevate ceramics beyond simple, functional objects into powerful expressions of form, texture, and narrative. Rich with organic, fluid shapes - suggesting a dialogue between nature and abstraction - Peter's works hint at ancient traditions and mysterious forms. 

Through March 5, 2025, Ateliers Courbet, NEW YORK, USA

PHILADELPHIA, USA

Christina Ramberg: A Retrospective

Christina Ramberg, Probed Cinch, 1971, Private collection, New York © The estate of Christina Ramberg. Photography by Clements/Howcroft, Boston

The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents Christina Ramberg: A Retrospective, the most comprehensive survey of the artist’s career to date. Featuring nearly 100 works, the exhibition traces Ramberg’s exploration of gender, beauty, and bodily constraint through her stylized and enigmatic imagery and depictions of the female form. This retrospective offers a rare opportunity to experience the evolution of her singular vision, from early pattern-focused compositions to her later geometric abstractions.

February 8 - June 1, 2025, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PHILADELPHIA, USA

LONDON, UK

FLOWERS – FLORA IN CONTEMPORARY ART & CULTURE

Mandy Barker, Hong Kong Soup, 1826, Lotus Garden, 2014

FLOWERS – FLORA IN CONTEMPORARY ART & CULTURE celebrates the enduring allure of flowers as both subjects of beauty and powerful symbols. Spanning two floors and nine gallery spaces, the exhibition unveils a vibrant tapestry of over 500 works, including installations, photography, fashion, and archival objects. From large-scale installations by Rebecca Louise Law to immersive digital projections by Miguel Chevalier, the exhibition explores the multifaceted impact of flora in modern creativity, with collaborations from Marimekko and the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography.

February 12, 2025 - May 5, 2025, Saatchi Gallery, LONDON, UK

PETERSFIELD, UK

Bound Together: Modern British Bookbinding

Roger Powell in his workshop at the Slade, c.1970s Photographer: Don Eades Image courtesy of Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery

Witness the artistry that has defined modern bookbinding, as Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery presents Bound Together: Modern British Bookbinding, a captivating exhibition showcasing the legacy of renowned bookbinder Roger Powell OBE (1896–1990). Offering a rare opportunity to explore Powell's exquisite craftsmanship, alongside works by his mentors, colleagues, and students, visitors will discover this unique collection, which includes over 20 one-of-a-kind bindings by members of Designer Bookbinders, blending tradition with modern flair. 

February 17, 2025 - May 3, 2025, Petersfield Museum, PETERSFIELD, UK

LONDON, UK

Bianca Raffaella 'Faint Memories'

© Bianca Raffaella, Photo Antonio Parente

Faint Memories is an evocative exhibition that draws visitors into the tactile, ethereal realm of British, partially sighted artist Bianca Raffaella and a recent graduate of the Tracey Emin Artist Residency. Through her unique visual language – rooted in touch and texture – Raffaella transforms the elegance of braille into an art form, weaving whispers of beige and dusky pink into fleeting floral dreamscapes.

February 12 - March 3, 2025, Flowers Gallery, LONDON, UK

NEW YORK, USA

Breaking the Mold: Brooklyn Museum at 200

Hoisting the statue Brooklyn by Daniel Chester French, 1964. Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

As the Brooklyn Museum turns 200, it marks the milestone with a spectacular exhibition that feels as much a time capsule as it does a celebration. From contemporary masterpieces and beloved archival treasures to bold new acquisitions gifted to the museum as a birthday gift; “This exhibition is a celebration of everything the Brooklyn Museum represents,” says Catherine Cutter, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Senior Curator of Decorative Arts. A journey through two centuries of innovation, it is both a love letter to art and an ode to the institution’s enduring legacy.

February 28, 2025 - February 22, 2026, Brooklyn Museum, NEW YORK, USA

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DALLAS, USA

Frida: Beyond the Myth

Featuring over 200 works, including paintings, photographs, and personal artifacts, this exhibition offers an intimate look at Frida Kahlo's life and legacy. Visitors will explore Kahlo’s surreal self-portraits and vivid, dreamlike imagery while gaining insight into the complex emotional and cultural journey of one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.

Through February 23, 2025, Dallas Museum of Art, DALLAS, USA

NEW YORK, USA

Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now

Mahmoud Mokhtar (Egyptian, 1891 – 1934) Bride of the Nile (Arous El Nil), Bust ca. 1930, H A R Collection © Photo courtesy of Sotheby’s, 2024

Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now unveils nearly 150 years of artistic dialogue with one of history’s most enduring civilisations. Nearly 200 works – paintings, sculpture, photography, music, and more – are brought together to reveal how Black artists and cultural figures have drawn from Egypt’s visual and symbolic language to shape narratives of heritage and self-definition. With contributions from across Africa, the Caribbean, and beyond, the exhibition offers a richly layered exploration of ancient Egypt’s lasting resonance in Black artistic and intellectual life.

Through February 17, 2025, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NEW YORK, USA

MILAN, ITALY

Christoph Radl: Fat Boy

Thomas, 2022, watercolor on paper. Inspired by Amoako Boafo, Orange Shirt (2019)

Through 28 February, Milan’s Galleria Antonia Jannone presents 60 watercolors by Christoph Radl, each inspired by the ceramic figures of the Mimbres, a pre-Columbian civilization of New Mexico. The solo exhibition - FAT BOY - is a journey through art history featuring an intriguing, well-fed character who “stages” works by famous artists, from Goya, Picasso and Raphael to Maurizio Cattelan. While researching a collection of ceramics, Radl became interested in the millenary production of the Mimbres whose artefacts were decorated almost exclusively on the inside, featuring geometric motifs, animals, hunting scenes and rituals. Of all their subjects, Radl was most inspired by a humanoid figure with wide open eyes, both frightened and curious. This character, renamed as Fat Boy is the subject of Radl’s funny, on a journey through the history of art, in which he initially moves awkwardly, but then more and more confidently.

Through February 28, 2025, Galleria Antonia Jannone, MILAN, ITALY

EVENTS 

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Melissa Ulfane Auction at Dreweatts

A high drama bathroom at Melissa Ulfane's home in Paris © François Halard

There is a particular art to collecting—a pursuit led by intuition as much as scholarship, where objects are acquired not just for their aesthetic but for their ability to hold and transmit stories. For Melissa Ulfane, founder of Pushkin Press, collecting has always been about narrative. This is evidenced by Melissa's elegant apartment in Paris, the contents of which will be auctioned on 4 March, with viewings starting 28 February.

4 March, Dreweatts, NEWBURY, UK

MARRAKECH, MOROCCO

1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Ngimbi Bakambana Luve, Katamalanasie, 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 183 x157 cm. Courtesy of Galerie Atiss Dakar

A vibrant celebration of African and diasportic art, the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair will draw global collectors, curators, and art lovers to Marrakech with over 40 galleries showcasing a wide array of bold, thought-provoking works. From works by Kendell Geers and Athi-Patra Ruga, whose pieces explore identity and history through striking, often provocative lenses, to Julie Mehretu's dynamic, layered canvases, this boundary-pushing festival raises the profile of both established and emerging artists.

Through February 2, 2025, La Mamounia, MARRAKECH, MOROCCO

LONDON, UK

COLLECT

The 21st edition of Collect, the London art fair dedicated to contemporary craft and design, opens on 28 February at Somerset House and, until 2 March, will exhibit new works from a carefully curated selection of artists and craftspeople. This year’s fair will feature over 400 living artists from more than 30 countries, including Japan, Ukraine, South Africa, Greece and beyond.

ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND

NOMAD CIRCLE 2025

Cabana x Nomad Exhibition Space, 2024 © Designed by Christoph Radl, Cabana Co - Founder and Creative Director

The traveling art fair NOMAD returns to St. Moritz for its 2025 winter edition, taking place at the former Klinik Gut. Exploring the Engadine’s rich history and vibrant contemporary artistic expression, set against the stunning backdrop of the Alps, the fair promises to weave together the clinic’s legacy of healing with a spirit of innovation. Visitors will experience intimate, site-specific exhibitions in the building’s former patient rooms, offering a unique dialogue on the human experience and creative exploration.

February 20 - 23, 2025, Klinik Gut, ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

Stockholm Design Week

© Stockholm Design Week

For one week in February, Stockholm transforms into a global hub of creativity, as designers, architects, and industry leaders gather to celebrate the best of Scandinavian design. From cutting-edge product launches to exclusive exhibitions, open studios, and lively after-fair gatherings, Stockholm will be the place to be. Organised alongside the Stockholm Furniture Fair, this unmissable event invites both professionals and design lovers to explore, connect, and be inspired.

February 3 - 9, 2025, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

LOS ANGELES, USA

FRIEZE LA

Lyles & King Kate Meissner Greenroom, 2024. Courtesy credit: Courtesy of the Artist and Lyles & King.

Frieze Los Angeles 2025 returns to Santa Monica Airport, bringing together global galleries and exciting installations in a celebration of LA’s vibrant culture and landscape. Curated by Art Production Fund, this year’s 'Inside Out' program explores themes of time, migration, identity, and perspective, with dynamic site-specific commissions and a focus on emerging galleries. Frieze is a founding contributor to the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund.

February 20 - 23, 2025, Santa Monica Airport, LOS ANGELES, USA