V&A Dundee is set to celebrate the provocative legacy of Vivienne Westwood with a major new exhibition dedicated to one of the house’s most enduring signatures: jewellery. Opening in spring 2027, Vivienne Westwood & Jewellery will mark the first UK exhibition to focus exclusively on the designer’s radical approach to adornment, tracing how accessories became central to the visual language of one of fashion’s most rebellious voices.

Marina Abramović is once again reshaping the boundaries of contemporary art history, this time with a landmark exhibition in Gallerie dell’Accademia. Titled Transforming Energy, the exhibition marks a historic moment for the Venetian institution as its first major solo presentation dedicated to a living woman artist, a significant milestone not only for Abramović herself, but for the broader history of museum representation.

A new public sculpture by Banksy has emerged in central London, inserting a pointed political statement into one of the city’s most historically charged civic settings. Installed in St James’s, on Waterloo Place, the work stands among imperial monuments and military memorials, immediately entering into dialogue with the symbolism that surrounds it. Yet rather than celebrating triumph, nationhood, or heroic certainty, Banksy’s intervention offers a far more unsettling image of political conviction.

Kembra Pfahler is the subject of a new monograph that traces four decades of one of contemporary culture’s most uncompromising artistic careers. Published by Rizzoli, the book offers an expansive look at Pfahler’s work through archival photography, performance documentation, illustrations, and visual ephemera, mapping the evolution of an artist whose practice has consistently existed at the intersection of punk, performance, shock aesthetics, and radical self-invention.