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. Read on to discover our highlights from an art, design and craft-filled July.
CURATED BY TEAM CABANA | HAPPENINGS | 1 JULY 2025
Artist Sanjar Nazarov, International Folk Art Market, Santa Fe, photo © G. Marks
Where better to take shelter from July’s summer heatwaves than in the air conditioned haven of museum and exhibition spaces? Whether you’re still planning your holiday travels or staying put, we’ve curated a global selection of events and exhibitions to inspire your wanderlust. From Cézanne’s sunlit Provençal landscapes in Aix-en-Provence to a colorful journey in Monaco and Santa Fe's iconic International Folk Art Market, Cabana's highlights offer an enticing cultural escape for every kind of summer aesthete.
EXHIBITIONS
AIX-EN PROVENCE, FRANCE
Cézanne at Jas de Bouffan
Paul Cézanne, The Bathers ca. 1899-1904 © The Art Institute of Chicago
Aix-en-Provence pays sweeping tribute to its most celebrated native with Cézanne, a landmark exhibition at the Musée Granet. Over 100 works trace the artist’s lifelong bond with the luminous landscapes of his home town, from the family estate of Jas de Bouffan—recently restored and opened to the public—to the stirring slopes of Mont Sainte-Victoire—a deeply personal journey through the places that shaped much of his oeuvre.
Through October 12, 2025, Musée Granet, AIX-EN PROVENCE, FRANCE
LONDON, UK
Feast, Melody and Adornment: The Art of Pichvai
Gopies Black and Gold; Courtesy of atelier Pichvai Tradition & Beyond
Feast, Melody and Adornment is London's first major exhibition dedicated to the intricate art of the Pichvai; the devotional Indian art form rooted in the temples of Nathdwara. Presented by Pooja Singhal and her atelier, Pichvai: Tradition & Beyond, the show brings over 400 hand-painted works to the Mall Galleries, tracing a rich visual tradition from its ritual origins to striking contemporary reimaginings.
July 2 - 6, 2025, The Mall, LONDON, UK
NEW YORK, USA
Vermeer’s Love Letters
Jan Vermeer von Delft, Woman Writing a Letter with her Maid, 1670 © National Gallery of Ireland
At the recently re-opened Frick Collection, Vermeer’s Love Letters brings together three of the Dutch master’s most enigmatic domestic scenes in a quietly revelatory reunion. The Frick’s Mistress and Maid is shown alongside The Love Letter from the Rijksmuseum and Woman Writing a Letter with Her Maid from the National Gallery of Ireland, united in a single gallery for the first time. Through subtle gestures and charged silences, these paintings explore love, secrecy, and the delicate social choreography between women and their servants in the age of epistolary intrigue.
Through August 31, 2025, The Frick Collection, NEW YORK, USA
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Crossings
Vasantha Yogananthan, Demigod, Kulasekharapatnam, Tamil Nadu, India, 2019. Archival Inkjet print from the digitalisation of silver negatives. © Rijksmuseum, on loan from the artist.
Crossings brings together striking 19th-century British colonial photographs from the Indian subcontinent with the deeply personal, contemporary images of French-Sri Lankan artist Vasantha Yogananthan. Through an evocative dialogue with the Rijksmuseum’s collection—some 1,200 images spanning India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet—the exhibition explores the layered histories, myths, and perspectives that continue to shape the region today.
July 4, 2025 - October 12, 2025, Rijksmuseum, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
WARWICKSHIRE, UK
Hew Locke: Gilt at Sculpture in the Park
The Facade Commission: Hew Locke, Gilt, 2022 © Hew Locke / © The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Photo: Dan Bradica - Courtesy of the artist and Almine Rech
In Gilt, Hew Locke’s quartet of monumental sculptures—first unveiled at The Met in New York—takes up residence on the Georgian estate of Compton Verney. Gleaming like trophies but riddled with symbols of conquest and loss, they probe the illusions of empire, power and display. Installed as part of Sculpture in the Park, Locke’s works are both dazzling and disquieting—baroque relics of a haunted history.
July 5, 2025 - July 1,, 2027, Compton Verney, WARWICKSHIRE, UK
PHILADELPHIA, USA
Brand X: Innovation in Screenprinting
Untitled (Figure and Malcolm X), 2020, Adam Pendleton (b. 1984), enamel screenprint and graphite pigment, Gift of Brand X Editions, New York, Image courtesy of Brand X Editions.
Since 1979, Brand X has redefined screen printing through bold collaborations with artists from Helen Frankenthaler to Rashid Johnson. This exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art celebrates over 400 prints—gifted to the museum from the Brand X archive—that explore identity, politics, and process—revealing the vibrant dialogue between technique and artistic vision across 45 years.
July 5, 2025 - November 17, 2025, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, PHILADELPHIA, USA
MONACO
Couleurs ! The Centre Pompidou’s Masterpieces
Martial Raysse (1936, France) Made in Japan - La grande odalisque 1964 © the Artist and Centre Pompidou.
Couleurs! at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco offers a lush, sensory journey through modern colour in 20th-century art, showcasing over a hundred masterpieces from the esteemed Centre Pompidou collection. From Picasso to Basquiat, the exhibition immerses visitors in vibrant monochrome spaces enriched with fragances and soundscapes from composer Roque Rivas, while designer Marion Mailaender’s installations seamlessly blend iconic design with art, reimagining colour as a lived experience.
July 8, 2025 - August 31, 2025, Grimaldi Forum Monaco, MONACO
LEROS, GREECE
Folding The Sea Into Dresses That Dissolve Like Salt
Left: Perasma Space in villa in Agia Marina Leros, Courtesy of Perasma, photo credit Burcu Fikretoglu. Right: All Things Become Islands Before my Senses, Courtesy of Perasma, photo credit Omer Pekin.
Perasma’s Folding The Sea Into Dresses That Dissolve Like Salt invites visitors to Leros for a poetic exploration of place and memory. Set within the island’s historic Kandioglou Mansion and Lakki’s Primary School, 28 international artists reflect the fluid dialogue between land and sea, rootedness and journey, through works that dissolve boundaries like salt in water—echoing the intangible pulse of island life.
Through August 24, 2025, Perasma Space, LEROS, GREECE
LONDON, UK
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2025
The Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award returns, spotlighting 46 striking portraits from incredible talent across the globe. Celebrating the art of contemporary portraiture, the exhibition reveals a rich dialogue of classic mastery and innovative approaches, affirming the enduring and inspiring power of the human face.
July 10, 2025 - October 12, 2025, National Portrait Gallery, LONDON, UK
CAMBRIDGE, UK
Lubaina Himid with Magda Stawarska: Another Chance Encounter
Lubaina Himid, 'Try Out a Few of Them' © The Artist and Kettle's Yard
At Kettle’s Yard, Another Chance Encounter sees Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska delve into forgotten correspondence, overlooked objects, and the quiet power of domestic space. Weaving together painting, sound, print and installation, the exhibition conjures intimate worlds—real and imagined—where histories re-emerge in fragments and whispers. From Tangier’s market stalls to letters left unsent, this is a richly textured reflection on presence, absence, and the resonance of lives lived at the margins.
July 12, 2025 - November 2, 2025, Kettle's Yard, CAMBRIDGE, UK
MADRID, SPAIN
Anna Weyant
Feted 2020 © Anna Weyant
In her first museum solo, Canadian artist Anna Weyant engages in a compelling exchange with history, blending Baroque and early 20th-century influences. Through enigmatic portraits of young women, her work hovers between dream and reality, weaving contemporary culture with surrealist echoes within the Thyssen-Bornemisza’s timeless collection.
July 15 - October 12 2025, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, MADRID, SPAIN
MANCHESTER, UK
Santiago Yahuarcani: The Beginning of Knowledge
Santiago Yahuarcani, Examen de bancos en la cueva del saber 2021, natural pigments and acrylic on llanchama.© Santiago Yahuarcani. Photo_ CRISIS Gallery.
Steeped in the sights, sounds and spirit-worlds of the Peruvian Amazon, The Beginning of Knowledge is the first international solo exhibition, presented as part of the 2025 Manchester International Festival, of Santiago Yahuarcani—artist, storyteller and Indigenous leader of the Uitoto people.
July 3 2025 - January 4 2026, Whitworth, MANCHESTER, UK
MILTON KEYNES, UK
Paz Errázuriz: Dare to Look
Paz Errázuriz, Mago Karman, Santiago, Karman the Magician, Santiago from the series El circo [The Circus], 1988 © Paz Errázuriz. Colecciones Fundación MAPFRE
Dare to Look; Hidden Realities of Chile unveils the powerful, intimate world of Paz Errázuriz, whose evocative portraits span five decades. From marginalised communities to defiant voices under dictatorship, her compassionate lens invites us to confront unseen lives with empathy and courage in this first UK solo exhibition.
July 19 - October 5 2025, MK Gallery, MILTON KEYNES, UK
Last Chance...
MARRAKECH, MOROCCO
Birds of Mexico at YSL Museum
Birds of Mexico exhibition view © Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech
Birds of Mexico takes flight at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech, an unprecedented exhibition that traces Mexico’s cultural identity through the wings, feathers, and forms of its aerial icons. Featuring over 90 rare works from 20 public and private collections, the show spans Maya antiquities to modernist design, revealing the enduring power of birds in art, myth, and daily life.
Through July 27, 2025, Musée Yves Saint Laurent, MARRAKECH, MOROCCO
CHICAGO, USA
The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939
Saturnino Herrán,"Nuestros dioses antiguos", 1916 Coleccion Andres Blaisten, Mexico.
The First Homosexuals at Wrightwood 659 charts the emergence of a modern queer and colonial identity through over 300 works from 40 countries, spanning 1869 (when the term "homosexuals" first emerged) to 1939. With masterpieces and rediscoveries alike—drawn from over 100 global museums and private collections—this groundbreaking exhibition reveals how art traced and shaped the evolution of desire into identity at a pivotal moment in cultural history.
Through July 27, 2025, Wrightwood 659, CHICAGO, USA
RUEIL-MALMAISON, FRANCE
Andrea Appiani (1754-1817)
Andrea Appiani, Portrait en buste d’Auguste-Amélie de Bavière avec veste blanche et couronne de perles © GrandPalaisRmn (Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau), Gérard Blot.
Appiani at the Château de Bois- Préau casts a long-overdue light on Andrea Appiani—Napoleon’s favored artist and the preeminent Neoclassicist of northern Italy. This first French retrospective brings together a hundred works, from theatrical frescoes to tender portraiture, revealing a painter equally at ease with empire as with intimacy. Charting Appiani’s rise from church commissions to imperial iconographer, the exhibition captures art, politics, and power.
Through July 28, 2025, Château de Bois- Préau, RUEIL-MALMAISON, FRANCE
EVENTS
NEW MEXICO, USA
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
Timoteo Ccarita Sacaca and Benita Ccana Rojo, PERU, IFAM23 © Photo: Gabriella Marks
From intricately woven baskets to hand-formed ceramics, and richly dyed textiles, the 21st edition of Santa Fe’s International Folk Art Market gathers 142 master artisans from 57 countries—including several we’re proud to feature on our Atlas of Craftsmanship. Held in the sun-drenched Railyard Park, the market celebrates the artistry of tradition, inviting makers to present their finest work, showcasing the richness of global folk practices, and offering visitors a rare chance to connect with the stories behind the craft.
July 11- 13, 2025, Railyard Park Santa Fe, NEW MEXICO, USA
MANCHESTER, UK
Manchester International Festival 2025
Manchester Festival, Michael Beard Venture Artson
This year's visual arts programme for Manchester International Festival 2025 is as expansive as it is unexpected. Spanning city streets and major institutions, highlights includean ambitious collaboration between World Cup and Champions’ League winner Juan Mata and renowned curator and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist; the first international solo show of Indigenous Peruvian painter Santiago Yahuarcani at The Whitworth; and a luminous sound installation by Shilpa Gupta.
July 3 - 20, 2025, city-wide across MANCHESTER, UK
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