Seattle Art Museum celebrates the legacy of a master of 20th century sculpture, whilst enthralling audiences with one of today’s most exciting names.

We spotlight five new sculptures opening in public spaces and galleries this summer, revealing how the medium continues to move in unexpected directions.

Miao Tan takes the ancient practice of natural lacquer in a new direction, challenging the perceptions of it as a smooth, finished product.

Hauser & Wirth Menorca presents Directionless, a group exhibition that begins from the premise that we are living in a moment of profound disorientation.

These must-see shows place monumental names, like Henry Moore, Lynn Chadwick and Yayoi Kusama, in direct dialogue with the natural environment.

Multidisciplinary artist Lucia Shuyu Li is dedicated to challenging the confines of conventional painting, often through physical de- and re-construction.

High Museum presents the artist’s first retrospective in over twenty five years, featuring nearly two hundred objects, many never or rarely exhibited.

Museum of Fine Art, Houston presents Ernesto Neto’s soaring crochet installation, that fills the gallery space with spiraling colour and movement.

Swiss artist Carol Bove’s first museum survey invites visitors into a dynamic environment in dialogue with Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic architecture.

A major retrospective at Guggenheim Bilbao includes Asawa’s best known suspended looped-wire sculptures and her nature-inspired tied-wire pieces.

These five exhibitions transform everyday spaces into immersive experiences, using the fundamentals of light and colour to create something brand new.

The five longlisted artists treat sculptural form as a way to examine systems — economic, social and institutional — that shape daily contemporary life.

The artist – who is synonymous with artworks that challenge, enthral, and disturb in equal measure – presents three site-specific installations in Milan.

Hayward Gallery presents a major exhibition of the iconic Japanese artist, inviting audiences to step into her intricate creations of black, white and red wool.

This winter, Yorkshire Sculpture Park presents a new programme, featuring three new outdoor sculptures, that balances historic engagement with innovation.

The latest recipients of the prize are Oh Haji and Umeda Tetsuya, whose cross-disciplinary exhibition explores experiences of place, space and migration.

Fifty years after her last exhibition in France and three decades following her death, Louise Nevelson returns to Europe at Centre Pompidou-Metz.

These five exhibitions foreground the influential figures who have shaped what it means to create sculpture and those pushing boundaries today.

These selections amplify voices marginalised within the canon, honour posthumous legacies, and tell powerful life stories through sculptural forms.

Southbank Centre’s outdoor art trail is back for 2025, uniting international artists to rethink the idea of what traditional festive illuminations can look like.