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.

BY MILA WOLPERT | HAPPENINGS | 1 SEPTEMBER 2024

Focus/24 at London's Design Centre Chelsea Harbour, featuring a panel event hosted by Cabana. 'Mastering Timeless Interiors' with Remy Renzullo, Max Rollitt and Orlando Rock takes place on 19 September, 11:30am. Book tickets here.

The global art calendar is busier than ever in September, beaming with eye-catching and engaging exhibitions and events. Several historic palaces will host shows and fairs across Europe; an extraordinary exhibition at the British Museum sheds new light on the famed Silk Roads; and a biennial dedicated to the art of craftsmanship - with Luca Guadagnino as co-Artistic Director - will take over Venice for the entire month. Read on to discover Cabana’s picks.

EXHIBITIONS

LONDON, ENGLAND

Silk Roads at the British Museum

Gold Shoulder Clasp © The Trustees of the British Museum

An extraordinary exhibition at the British Museum seeks to expand the over-simplified notions many have of the Silk Roads, the ancient trade network that spanned Asia, Africa, and Europe. The major exhibition examines how the journeys of people, objects, and ideas shaped cultures and histories, giving visitors the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding "beyond images of camel caravans crossing desert dunes and merchants trading silks and spices at bazaars". Highlights include objects from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan that have never been seen in the UK, underlining the importance of Central Asia to the Silk Roads story.

September 26, 2024 - February 23, 2025, The British Museum, LONDON, ENGLAND

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA

Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment 

Auguste Renoir, The Theater Box, 1874; The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) © The Courtauld

Washington’s National Gallery of Art will honor the 150th anniversary of the first impressionist exhibition by hosting Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment - the show’s only stop in the US. Visitors will experience a close reconstitution of the first exhibition, which opened at the Paris studio of photographer, Nadar. The exhibition retraces events in the city during the spring of 1874, asking, “what is the meaning behind the emergence of this artistic movement?” It is a chance to immerse yourself in Modern Paris’ newly-built boulevards and entertainment venues through works by Renoir, Degas, Monet, Manet and Eva Gonzalès, among others.

September 8, 2024 - January 19, 2025, National Gallery of Art, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA

MILAN, ITALY

PICASSO THE FOREIGNER at Palazzo Reale

Piermarini Lighting Project, Photo by Piero Simonetto

Celebrated author and curator Annie Cohen-Solal’s original project of Picasso l’étranger, or Picasso the foreigner, comes to Milan’s Palazzo Reale to highlight years of new research that explores Picasso as an eternal foreigner. Seeing Picasso in this light, the exhibition changes one’s view on the artist and reflects on how early 20th century France was a difficult place for foreign artists. The exhibition aims to connect its discussion to topics relevant today, like issues concerning immigration and nationalism.

September 20, 2024 - February 2, 2025, Palazzo Reale, MILAN, ITALY

NEW YORK, USA

Mexican Prints at the Vanguard, The Met

Gabriel Fernández Ledesma (Mexican, 1900–1983); An exhibition of work by young Mexican artists held in the Retiro Park, Madrid, 1929; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Gabriel Fernández Ledesma, 1930

The Met presents the rich tradition of printmaking in Mexico from the 18th to mid-20th century, highlighting how artists found printmaking to be the ideal medium for communicating social and political concerns as well as voicing resistance to the rise of fascism around the world after the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). Over 130 pieces will be displayed, including woodcuts, lithographs, screen prints and works by Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada, whose depictions of skeletons in varied activities helped establish a global identity for Mexican art.

September 12, 2024 - January 5, 2025, The Met, NEW YORK, USA

WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND

The Reflected Self: Portrait Miniatures, 1540-1850

George Engleheart, A Boy (A Gentleman on the reverse) © Compton Verney / Jamie Woodley

For 300 years, since the mid-19th century, the art of portrait miniature thrived in Britain. Their place in historic collections today is still highly important, as symbols of love, loyalty, and diplomacy. This month, The Reflected Self tells the story of these cherished artworks and examines their role in society, from those held in the hand of Queen Elizabeth I to their eventual decline. The exhibition displays works by all leading miniaturists in Britain since the mid-16th century, including Nicholas Hilliard, Isaac Oliver, Samuel Cooper, Richard Cosway and John Smart.

September 21, 2024 - February 23, 2025, Compton Verney, WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND

NEW YORK, USA

Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies 

Elizabeth Catlett. Black Unity, 1968. Cedar. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2014.11. © 2024 Mora-Catlett Family / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. (Photo: Edward C. Robison III)

The Brooklyn Museum will show an exhibition on Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012), a defining Black female artist of the 20th century who has not received mainstream art world recognition. In partnership with the National Gallery of Art, the two museums will address this by showcasing over 150 of Catlett’s works, representing her radical activism and revolutionary spirit.

September 13, 2024 - January 19, 2025, The Brooklyn Museum, NEW YORK, USA

NORWICH, ENGLAND

Ayahuasca & Art of the Amazon at the Sainsbury Centre

Richard Evans Schultes, Youth on the Paramo of San Antonio above the valley of Sibundoy, 1941

As part of a radical new exhibition programme, the Sainsbury Centre interacts with various art forms to investigate “Why Do We Take Drugs?” Part of a six-month season of shows around global drug cultures, Ayahuasca & Art of the Amazon looks at the impact of the mind-altering, psychotropic vine, ayahuasca, within Western Amazonian society. The show explores the connection between the ritual consumption of ayahuasca and the artistic production of ceramics, textiles, painting and photography, with works by artists from the Peruvian Amazon’s Shipibo-Konibo community.

September 17, 2024 - April 27, 2025, Sainsbury Centre, NORWICH, ENGLAND

SAN MARINO, CA, USA

奪天工 Growing and Knowing in the Gardens of China

Formerly attributed to Xu Xi, Butterflies at Play during an Eternal Spring (detail), Qing dynasty, 18th–19th century, handscroll, ink and color on silk, 15 ¾ × 124 ⅜ in. Saint Louis Art Museum.

The Huntington’s stunning Botanical Gardens will play host to “Growing and Knowing in the Gardens of China”, exploring how China's literati during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368–1912) regarded and interacted with gardens. Scholars believed gardens were not only spaces to delight the senses and nourish the body, but also loci to inspire the mind intellectually and spiritually. As part of the Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative, the Huntington will display 24 objects, including hand scrolls, albums, and books, to illustrate the relationship between scholar and garden during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

September 14, 2024 - January 6, 2025, The Huntington, SAN MARINO, CA, USA

OSAKA, JAPAN

Trio: Modern Art Collections from Paris, Tokyo and Osaka

Arimoto Toshio, Chamber Music, 1980, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Three museums join to celebrate the third anniversary of the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan. The exhibition plays with the idea of “trios,” and creates 34 groups of three artworks from more than 150 pieces from the collections of the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, and the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka. Commonalities in subject matter, motifs and materials are explored across works by Magritte, Modigliani, Matisse, Victor Brauner, Arimoto Toshio, and Tsuji Hisashi, among many others.

September 14 - December 8, 2024, Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, OSAKA, JAPAN

TWICKENHAM, ENGLAND

Discovering Jewish Country Houses: Photographs by Hélène Binet at Strawberry Hill

Hélène Binet, Villa Liebermann, 2021

Hélène Binet takes visitors on a journey through country houses with her atmospheric photographs of homes owned, built, or renovated by Jewish people. Binet’s exhibited works take inspiration from the new book, The Jewish Country Houses, which explores previously-overlooked histories of historic houses. The show presents photographic essays about nine houses, two mausoleums, and a synagogue, with views of powerfully moving interiors, exteriors, and gardens. The properties include celebrated destinations like Waddesdon Manor and Strawberry Hill, and lesser known sites like Villa Tugendhat in the Czech city of Brno.

September 21, 2024 - January 8, 2025, Strawberry Hill House & Garden, TWICKENHAM, ENGLAND

NEW YORK, USA

Sèvres Extraordinaire! Sculpture from 1740 until Today

Jean-Claude Duplessis père (attr.), Model for the Saucière Duplessis, 1754-56 © RMN-Grand Palais / Stéphane Maréchalle.

Sèvres Extraordinaire! is an unmissable event this fall, showing objects never-before exhibited outside France and rarely seen archival materials. Through nearly 200 objects, visitors will have the opportunity to follow the development of Sèvres’ artistic innovation over the centuries. Susan Weber, co-curator, explains how the pieces attest to how the manufactory pushed boundaries by creating new forms and designs that responded to the fashions of the times.

September 21, 2024 - January 5, 2025, Bard Graduate Center, NEW YORK, USA

KRISTIANSAND, NORWAY

Playing with fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto

Edmund de Waal in his studio in London. Photo by Tom Jamieson

Acclaimed artist and author Edmund de Waal will present his work for the first time in Norway, at the Kunstilo museum on the archipelago of Odderøya. Curated by de Waal, Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto is a unique presentation of the artist’s work alongside that of Danish ceramic legend, Axel Salto. De Waal draws from two significant Salto collections: the Tangen Collection and the Royal Copenhagen Collection at CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art Denmark.

September 27, 2024 - March 2, 2025, Kunstsilo, KRISTIANSAND, NORWAY

BATH, ENGLAND

Uncanny Visions: Paula Rego and Francisco de Goya

Francisco de Goya, Bailando en una cuerda floja, Disparate punctual, Los Proverbios, print. © The Trustees of the British Museum

The Holburne Museum brings together works by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828) and Paula Rego (1935–2022), two artists who lived a century apart yet both created work around the concept of the uncanny. While Goya portrayed the absurdity of social norms, Rego depicted the ruthlessness of childhood verses. On display for the first time are a selection of Goya etchings owned by Rego and hung around her bed; this deeply personal tie between the two artists adds a moving layer to the exhibition.

September 27, 2024 - January 5, 2025, The Holburne Museum, BATH, ENGLAND

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA

Consuelo Kanaga: Catch the Spirit AT SFMOMA

Consuelo Kanaga, Kenneth Spencer, 1933; collection Brooklyn Museum, gift of Wallace B. Putnam from the Estate of Consuelo Kanaga; © Brooklyn Museum

Following exhibitions in Madrid and Barcelona, ​​Consuelo Kanaga: Catch the Spirit showcases the first West Coast retrospective of an artist whose place in the history of modern photography is significant yet overlooked. Conseulo Kanaga (1894-1978) was one of the first women to become a staff photojournalist at a major newspaper, The San Francisco Chronicle, and championed photography as an art form, capturing social issues like urban poverty, labor rights, racial terror, and inequality. 

September 28, 2024 - February 9, 2025, SFMOMA, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA

Spirit & Strength: Modern Art from Haiti

Rigaud Benoit, Woman Picking Mangos, 1969, oil on Masonite, unframed: 60.33 x 40.64 cm (23 3/4 x 16 in.), Kay and Roderick Heller

A landmark exhibition will present some of the most celebrated Haitian artists of the 20th-century. In Haiti, the world’s first Black republic, art thrived in the mid-1900s and painters like Hector Hyppolite, Riguad Benoît and Philomé Obin were recognized globally for their depictions of Haitian daily life, religious traditions, and history. This exhibition displays 21 works by Haitian artists recently given to the National Gallery, and highlights how 20th-century painters influenced generations of African American artists, like Louis Mailou Jones and Eldzier Cortor.

September 29, 2024 - March 9, 2025, National Gallery of Art, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA

EVENTS

LONDON, UK

FOCUS/24 : Conversations in Design with Cabana

The Admiral’s Bedroom at Castle Howard, decorated by Remy Renzullo, featuring “The Howard Indienne” fabric by Watts 1874 on the 18th-century Polonaise bed and curtains. Image courtesy of Remy Renzullo. 

This month, the international design world will gather for Focus/24, the London interiors fair where design leaders share their vision and savoir faire. Don't miss decorator Remy Renzullo, antique dealer Max Rollitt and Christie's UK Chairman, Orlando Rock, who will join Cabana for a special panel event on the art of mastering timeless interiors: spaces that seem to have evolved gracefully over time. Discover their expert take on how layering fabrics, furniture, art and objects from different eras and styles brings depth and patina to a carefully curated scheme.

Book your tickets here. 'The New Elegance: Mastering Timeless Interiors Thursday 19 September, 11.30am-12.30pm Conversations in Design, hosted by Cabana.

16-20 September, 2024, Design Centre Chelsea Harbour, LONDON, UK

VENICE, ITALY

Homo Faber Biennial

Orsoni Venezia 1888 © Riccardo Urnato

Located in the sublime former San Giorgio Monastery in Venice, Homo Faber will take over the city for the entire month of September. The 2024 edition is art directed by highly-acclaimed director Luca Guadagnino and Nicolò Fosmarini, curated by the Michelangelo Foundation. Titled The Journey of Life, this year’s biennial explores contemporary craftsmanship and its relation to peoples’ lives through immersive experiences, rather than exhibitions, held in 70 ateliers across the city.

September 1 - 30, 2024, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, VENICE, ITALY

PARIS, FRANCE

Maison&Objet at Paris Design Week

Celebrating its 30th year, Maison&Objet Paris unveils a refreshed approach to its January and September editions, offering tailored experiences that spotlight both the refined world of high-end hospitality and the dynamism of emerging design. As a cornerstone of Paris Design Week, running until September 14, the event also introduces Women&Design, a new platform championing female voices in the design and lifestyle industries. From exclusive, limited-edition pieces to showcasing fresh international talent, Maison&Objet remains at the forefront of global design, setting trends and fostering connections across the creative landscape.

September 5 - September 14, 2024, PARIS, FRANCE

TWICKENHAM, ENGLAND

Nature Unbound: Strawberry Hill Flower Festival

Leigh Chappel and Twisted Sisters Design

Floral designs will grow freely throughout the Strawberry Hill Gothic castle for one weekend only this month at the sixth iteration of the annual Flower Festival. Thirty leading floral designers interpret the theme of “nature unbound,” where their designs will not be tidied up or pruned so that the flowers can wind and move throughout the castle’s chambers and hallways without restriction.

September 13 - 15, 2024, Strawberry Hill House & Garden, TWICKENHAM, ENGLAND

PARIS, FRANCE

Book Signing: Chanel Haute Couture Shows by Xavier Veilhan

p.52-53 ©Xavier Veilhan/©Marie Rouge, from Xavier Veilhan - Chanel, Flammarion

Librairie 7L, the bookshop founded by Karl Lagerfeld in 1999 and acquired by Chanel in 2021, will host a book signing and conversation on Xavier Veilhan’s upcoming book, Chanel: Haute Couture Shows. The book goes behind the scenes to offer rare access to three haute couture runway shows designed together with artist, Xavier Veilhan. Veilhan and art historian, Françoise Claire Prodhon, will discuss the complex creative process leading up to Chanel’s iconic runway shows.

September 17, 2024 at 7:30pm, Librairie 7L, PARIS, FRANCE

FLORENCE, ITALY

BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE DELL’ANTIQUARIATO (BIAF)

Jan Brueghel I and Frans Francken II, Night Landscape with Stories of Ceres, Courtesy of Caretto & Occhinegro Gallery

The world’s oldest art fair, the Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato di Firenze (BIAF), will ring in its 33rd edition this month at the magnificent Palazzo Corsini in Florence. Set on the river Arno in the heart of Florence every two years, the fair specializes in historic and antique art - primarily from Italy - of the highest quality. The 2024 edition will have 80 international galleries showcasing the finest works from the national and international market. With the 2022 edition bringing in more than 25,000 visitors, this year’s fair has garnered much anticipated.

September 28 - October 6, 2024, Palazzo Corsini, FLORENCE, ITALY

LECHLADE, ENGLAND

The Country Brocante on the Thyme Estate

The Country Brocante, Courtesy of Ryland Peter Small - Ben Edwardes

Leading interiors and lifestyle event, The Country Brocante, comes to the Thyme Estate in the Cotswolds this month, presenting a curated vision of country living. Remarkable offerings of English, French, and Swedish antiques will complement decorative objects for the home, while the Garden Galleries will display vintage wares, plants, flowers, and more. Cabana-favorite, antique textile expert Katharine Pole, will be participating - proof that this brocante is not to miss.

September 20 - 21, 2024, The Meadows at Thyme, LECHLADE, ENGLAND

NEW YORK, USA

The Armory Show

Photo Credit Vincent Tullo courtesy The Armory Show

The Armory Show celebrates its 30th anniversary with an exciting program of dynamic conversations, performances, and installations across New York. The fair will host the world’s leading international contemporary and modern galleries, with events around the city including large-scale sculptural installations at the US Open representing artists from underrepresented backgrounds.

September 6 - 8, 2024, Javits Center & NYC, NEW YORK, USA

BARCELONA, SPAIN

MANIFESTA 15

Monastery of Sant Cugat © Manifesta 15 Barcelona / Mané Espinosa, Ajuntament de Sant Cugat

The European Nomadic Biennial, Manifesta, will take over Barcelona and the wider metropolitan region for its 15th edition. Manifesta explores urgent global issues through culture, focusing on citizens’ role in being more proactive in socio-ecological change in Catalonia. For the first time ever, Manifesta will have a decentralized geographic layout and curatorial and thematic methodology.

September 8 - November 24, Barcelona Metropolitan Area, BARCELONA, SPAIN

ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND

St. Moritz Art Film Festival (SMAFF)

Amshu Chukki, Still Image from ‘Different Danny’2

The St. Moritz Art Film Festival (SMAFF) rings in its third edition with a captivating program themed ‘Meanwhile Histories,’ which addresses the intricate concept of time. The films in the program challenge conventional linear narratives, and instead, portray the multiplicity of overlapping events and perspectives in history. Forty screenings, including 12 premieres, celebrate avant-garde cinema and video art.

September 12 - 15, 2024, Cinema Scala, ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND