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The Most Exciting Contemporary Art Exhibitions in Europe This Summer

The summer 2025 season is a true feast for contemporary art lovers. From Paris to Arles to Antwerp, several major exhibitions are casting iconic artists’ work in a new light. Below are five standout exhibitions worth your attention.

ICONS: Rick Owens

“Temple of Love,” Rick Owens unveiled his latest dark ritual—his new collection—at Paris Fashion Week. Owens’ shows are never just fashion shows; they are spiritual events, imbued with the designer’s signature theatrical elements. This time, models emerged from water and walked slowly and solemnly down the runway in sculptural garments, while Owens’ now-iconic somber music and smoke-filled stage amplified the singular atmosphere.

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The Pitt Cuts Deep

Max’s medical drama holds a scalpel to the American healthcare system, exposing its cracks with almost documentary-style precision.

ICONS: Sade

Sade still teaches us this today: the world may be loud, but we do not have to be. It is enough to let the songs speak for us — slowly, quietly, forever.

Mobland – The New British Hit Series That Is Shaking Up the Gangster Genre

The United Kingdom has once again produced a TV series that has conquered not only the domestic audience but also viewers internationally.

Life After BRAT: Charli XCX’s Legacy and Pop Music’s New Golden Age

One year ago, on June 7, Charli XCX released her album BRAT—a musical project that not only hit its mark but evolved into a defining cultural event of its era.

CANNES 2025: Another Triumph for Iranian Cinema

This year, Iranian cinema once again took center stage as Panahi’s film It Was Just an Accident swept the Palme d’Or.

The Last of Us: The Perfected Zombie Adventure

The new season of The Last of Us dives into emotional narratives and moral ambiguity with a depth rarely, if ever, seen in zombie series.

ICONS: Marlene Dumas

South African–born artist Marlene Dumas’s painting Miss January sold for $13.6 million on Wednesday, the highest price ever paid for a work by a living female artist.

ICONS: Maurizio Cattelan

Maurizio Cattelan is not a visual artist in the traditional sense—he is not a painter, nor even a sculptor. His specialty is imaginative provocation: the art of the conceptual joke.

The Red, The Black and The White Stripes

The Detroit "siblings" were inducted into the illustrious company of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Sunday alongside artists like Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, and Soundgarden.

The Holy Father: 5 Films About the Pope

With its gilded ceilings and whispered intrigues, the Vatican has long been a defining stage for theological revolutions, political schemes, and deep spiritual reckonings.

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