The Calendar
Lighting festivals, light artists, projection shows, and immersive museums — what is on now and what is coming. Updated weekly with the Thursday issue.
43 shows · 16 countries — 4 closing soon · 18 on view · 20 opening · 1 permanent
Closing Soon4
Robin Fox, PRESENCE — Now or Never, City of MelbourneMelbourne Town Hall — Melbourne, Australia
Now or Never 2026 — PRESENCE (Robin Fox)
Through · 3 days left
Robin Fox
Larry Bell, 'Habanero' — courtesy Pie Projects, Santa FePie Project — Santa Fe, USA
Larry Bell and Susanna Fritscher: as Light, as Air
Through · 5 days left
Larry Bell · Susanna Fritscher
Regine Schumann, blacklight acrylic — Axel Pairon GalleryAxel Pairon Gallery — Knokke, BE
Regine Schumann: The Fool in The House
Through · 6 days left
Regine Schumann
Installation view, Den Frie, Copenhagen — courtesy Studio Olafur EliassonDen Frie Udstilling — Copenhagen, Denmark
Den Frie: Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsens Legat Award Ceremony, 2026
Through · 6 days left
Olafur Eliasson
On View18
Doug Aitken, Lightscape — courtesy Victoria MiroThe Shed — New York, USA
Doug Aitken: Lightscape
Through
Doug Aitken
Patterns in Nature: The Art of HYBYCOZO — Missouri Botanical GardenMissouri Botanical Garden — St. Louis, USA
Patterns in Nature: The Art of HYBYCOZO
Through
HYBYCOZO
Es Devlin at Casa Bradesco — photo: Nelson KonCasa Bradesco Gallery — São Paulo, Brazil
Es Devlin: Sou O Outro do Outro
Through
Es Devlin
Kosei Komatsu — Setouchi City Museum of ArtSetouchi City Museum of Art — Setouchi, JP
Kosei Komatsu: The Sea Rises, the Sky Falls
Through
Kosei Komatsu
The Assault of Illusion — Santa Mònica, Barcelona (press image via e-flux)Arts Santa Monica — Barcelona, Spain
The Assault of Illusion
Through
A.A. Murakami
Leo Villareal, BUCKYBALL — courtesy Meatpacking District14th Street Square — New York, US
Leo Villareal: BUCKYBALL at 14th St Square
Through
Leo Villareal
Anish Kapoor, Hayward Gallery 2026 — via South Bank LondonHayward Gallery — London, UK
Anish Kapoor at Hayward Gallery
Through
Anish Kapoor
AMIANGELIKA & 1100, BLCK SUN — via Rendah MagSaint Petersburg, Russia
AMIANGELIKA — BLCK SUN
Through
Nivola, Colombo e lo spazio intorno — Museo Nivola, OraniMuseo Nivola — Orani, Italy
Nivola, Colombo e lo spazio intorno
Through
Gianni Colombo · Costantino Nivola
Jesús Rafael Soto, Pénétrable BBL Jaune, Serpentine 2026 (installation view)Serpentine South (outdoor) — London, GB
Soto: Pénétrable BBL Jaune at Serpentine
Through
Jesús Rafael Soto
Evelyne Axell, Ice Cream 1 (1964) — Fondation CarmignacVilla Carmignac — Porquerolles, France
Sea, Pop & Sun (Villa Carmignac)
Through
Studio Olafur Eliasson
ENESS, Modern Guru — via Kalmar SlottKalmar Castle — Kalmar, Sweden
Modern Guru and the Path to Artificial Happiness
Through
ENESS
Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey — MCAD ManilaMCAD Manila — Manila, Philippines
Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey (MCAD Manila)
Through
Studio Olafur Eliasson
Zentrum für Internationale Lichtkunst Unna (ZfIL)ZfIL — Unna, DE
ZfIL: Light Dialogues
Through
Martin Creed · François Morellet · Maurizio Nannucci · Tracey Emin
Danziger Studio (Frank Gehry) — Marta HerfordMarta Herford — Herford, Germany
Mindset Los Angeles: Gehry and the Cool School
Through
Larry Bell
Victory Over the Sun: Encounters with Light, The Light DurhamThe Light Durham (Aykley Heads) — Durham, UK
Victory Over the Sun: Encounters with Light
Through
Tomás Saraceno: Ancestral Futures — key visual, Haus der Kunst 2026Haus der Kunst — Munich, Germany
Tomás Saraceno: Ancestral Futures
Through
Tomás Saraceno
Visual System, Nimbus — Atomium, BrusselsAtomium — Brussels, Belgium
Nimbus
Through
Visual System
Opening20
INOTA Festival 2026Inota Power Plant — Inota, Hungary
INOTA / Light Factory 2026
Opens — through
Berlin New Media Week 2026Berlin, Germany
Berlin New Media Week
Opens — through
Miguel Chevalier, Post natural: living plankton — Island of Light, SmögenIsland of Light, Smögen — Smögen, Sweden
Post natural: living plankton — Miguel Chevalier
Opens — through
Miguel Chevalier
Ars Electronica Festival 2026 — Negotiating Humanity, key visual courtesy Ars ElectronicaLinz, Austria
Ars Electronica Festival 2026 — Negotiating Humanity
Opens — through
Minnie Park, The Meta Rose: Shared Resonance — courtesy Melbourne FringeMelbourne, Australia
Minnie Park — The Meta Rose: Shared Resonance
Opens — through
Minnie Park
Nuit Blanche Toronto — courtesy City of TorontoToronto, Canada
Nuit Blanche Toronto
Opens — through
BLINK Cincinnati — courtesy BLINKCincinnati, USA
BLINK Cincinnati
Opens — through
Festival of Lights Berlin, Brandenburg Gate projection — courtesy Festival of LightsBerlin, Germany
Festival of Lights Berlin
Opens — through
Signal Festival, Prague — photo Dušan Vondra, courtesy Signal FestivalPrague, Czech Republic
Signal Festival
Opens — through
Larry Bell: Improvisations, installation view — courtesy SITE Santa FeSITE Santa Fe — Santa Fe, USA
Larry Bell: Improvisations
Opens — through
Larry Bell
Larry Bell, Cube 25A, 2006 — courtesy 203 Fine ArtEncore Gallery at Taos Center of the Arts — Taos, USA
Larry Bell and Michelle Cooke: Pure Clear Thoughts
Opens — through
Larry Bell · Michelle Cooke
Photo: Paul Raats — GLOW EindhovenEindhoven, Netherlands
GLOW Eindhoven
Opens — through
Staro Rīga, Latvian National Library — courtesy LiveRigaRiga, Latvia
Staro Rīga (Beaming Riga)
Opens — through
Amsterdam Light Festival — courtesy Amsterdam Light FestivalAmsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam Light Festival (Edition 15)
Opens — through
Fête des Lumières 2025, Gare Saint-Paul — Ville de LyonLyon, France
Fête des Lumières
Opens — through
Lux Helsinki — photo Otso Kähönen, courtesy City of HelsinkiHelsinki, Finland
Lux Helsinki
Opens — through
Kobe Luminarie — official mark, courtesy Kobe Luminarie Organizing CommitteeKobe, Japan
Kobe Luminarie
Opens — through
Llum BCN — photo Xavi Torrent, courtesy Barcelona City CouncilBarcelona, Spain
Llum BCN
Opens — through
Vivid Sydney, Sydney Opera House — courtesy Destination NSWSydney, Australia
Vivid Sydney
Opens — through
GAMMA Festival, Saint Petersburg — courtesy GAMMASaint Petersburg, Russia
GAMMA Festival 2027
Opens — through
Permanent1
Listings are verified weekly as part of the Thursday issue; dates can change — confirm with the venue before traveling. Entries marked “first spotted” surfaced through our Instagram and TikTok fieldwork before trade coverage.