Teenage Rosemarie Trockel sits in a room plastered with pictures of celebrities—as teenagers are wont to do. It is 1960s West Germany, and she’s in her older sister’s bedroom. Behind her, cutouts of Brigitte Bardot appear half a dozen times in a sea of attractive faces. This all makes up a black-and-white snapshot; the collage on the wall flattens the space such that Trockel’s own head comes close to blending into the crowd, though she is evidently more uncomfortable in front of the camera than the various starlets.

A deftly woven net of red string envelopes viewers at Chiharu Shiota’s first New York museum show, at the Japan Society. The site-specific installation, which is studded with sheets of loose papers replicating excerpts from the diaries of Japanese soldiers from World War II, is one of two pieces the institution commissioned for “Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries.”

Rosemarie Trockel’s outing this summer at Gladstone, “The Kiss,” one of two shows devoted to the artist in New York (the other at Sprüth Magers), “couches” itself quite literally in similar issues of virality, bemusement, broadcasting, and the tension between sex and politics—all perennial themes for the artist.

Born in 1932, Richter was featured in the Fondation Louis Vuitton’s inaugural presentation in 2014 with works from the Collection. Now, the Fondation will dedicate all its galleries to the artist with a retrospective, unmatched in scale and chronological scope. Covering 1962 to 2024, the exhibition of 275 works—oil paintings, glass and steel sculptures, pencil and ink drawings, watercolors, and overpainted photographs—offers, for the first time, a comprehensive view of Richter’s creation over six decades.

The Obama Foundation has commissioned ten more artists to make works for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, which is scheduled to open in spring 2026. Nine new site-specific pieces will be created by Nick Cave, Nekisha Durrett, Jenny Holzer, Jules Julien, Idris Khan, Aliza Nisenbaum, Jack Pierson, Alison Saar, Kiki Smith and Marie Watt.

Dirimart is opening its new London space with Ayşe Erkmen's exhibition titled “Persistence, Still.” The exhibition brings together seven new works created by the artist specifically for the space. Erkmen's works, which transform the gallery space into a physical and conceptual space for reflection, will be on view until October 4.

The newly announced cultural institution collaborations include a new project by Ono, inspired by PEACE is POWER, a permanent installation at MoMA that the museum commissioned for its 2019 expansion. The MoMA installation covers the walls and ceiling of a long corridor gallery on the third floor of the museum with a sky blue gradient and messages reading “Imagine Peace,” “Spread Peace,” “Act Piece,” and “Think Peace” in white capital letters. On the opposite wall, the work’s title is engraved on the windows in 24 languages.

Neshat’s art transcends borders. It resonates emotionally and intellectually with viewers regardless of religion, gender or ethnicity. Her work has been featured in a retrospective at The Broad in Los Angeles, and has earned numerous accolades, including the International Prize at the Venice Biennale and the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival for her political drama Women Without Men (2009). This month, she adds yet another title to her list of accomplishments – creative director of Aida for the Paris Opera – a role that promises to merge her distinct visual world with the grandeur and history of one of Europe’s most storied cultural institutions.