As the year winds down, the art world certainly isn’t. From a collective moment of eco-reflection on the Thames to rain-soaked architecture in Beijing and tapestry-led storytelling in Abu Dhabi, this week’s highlights span continents and moods. Here are the shows, gatherings and installations catching our eye right now.
Abu Dhabi – Christopher Joshua Benton at Baró Galeria
Date: Until 13 March 2026
Christopher Joshua Benton presents his gallery debut, The Obligation of the Circle, a show that brings together new tapestries, Afghan war carpets, and a powerful Community Wall, which maps stories of memory, territory, and collective practice. Benton’s world is one shaped by collaboration, generosity and the many voices that orbit his work.
🪴 London – Collective Care at Tate Modern
Date: 6 December
Begin Again, artist and facilitator Abbas Zahedi hosts a reflective support group at Tate Modern, gathering thinkers, artists and musicians for a communal processing of ecological grief. Expect gentleness, conversation and space to breathe.
Beijing – Vajiko Chachkhiani’s Rain House Returns
Date: Until 10 January 2026
At White Space, Beijing, Georgian artist Vajiko Chachkhiani reimagines his rain-soaked architectural installation Agape. The exhibition features a newly commissioned version of the artist’s iconic rain house installation “Living Dog among the Dead Lions (Agape)” alongside a series of leather sculptures. Through a poetic language of materials, the exhibition probes the dialectics of life, memory, and trauma.
Paris – Radical Making at Carpenters Workshop Gallery
Date: Until 23 December 2025
Carpenters Workshop Gallery brings together historic and contemporary voices whose practices are united by a shared pursuit of form as thought, exploring how artists and designers across generations transform concepts into material language. From the first drawn line to the final gesture of completion, each work reflects a deep consciousness of process, a choreography of thinking, sketching, modelling, and making.
