Anish Kapoor, major museum show at Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg
Published on 08/26/2026 at 17:17 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Anish Kapoor shapes the European museum summer with a large institutional exhibition at the Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg. The show runs from April 24 to August 30, 2026, as the Lehmbruck Museum and regional tourism platform NRW Tourismus outline.
The Duisburg exhibition in detail
The Lehmbruck Museum dedicates what it calls a monumental exhibition to Anish Kapoor, presenting key sculptural and installation works across its galleries from April 24 to August 30, 2026. The exhibition is framed as a focus on Kapoor's life's work, emphasizing his exploration of space, light and material.
NRW Tourismus describes a dense program of opening hours through August, underlining how the museum architecture becomes a resonating chamber for Kapoor's investigations of shadow, reflection and spatial perception. With this show, Duisburg positions itself on the international map for large-scale contemporary sculpture.
Kapoor across Venice and London
Parallel to Duisburg, Anish Kapoor also occupies his own Palazzo Manfrin in Venice during the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, with the solo presentation Anish Kapoor: Palazzo Manfrin from May 6 to August 8, 2026. The exhibition gathers around 100 architectural models of realized and unrealized projects, alongside new large-scale installations.
Media coverage notes that Palazzo Manfrin opens only for the second time to the public under Kapoor's foundation, making the Venetian show a key moment in his long-term institutional presence in the city. In London, a major retrospective at the Hayward Gallery, running from June 16 to October 18, 2026, further extends this dense exhibition year.
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The sculptural language and practice
Anish Kapoor is known for highly polished mirror surfaces, deep pigment voids and complex architectural interventions that destabilize the viewer's sense of space. Works such as the Chicago sculpture Cloud Gate and the former Tate Modern turbine hall installation Marsyas established his reputation for immersive spatial experiences.
Where the artist stands now
Overall, 2026 confirms Anish Kapoor as a central figure of global institutional programming, with overlapping solo exhibitions in Duisburg, Venice and London that underline both the continuity and the ongoing experimentation of his sculptural practice in large-scale formats.
Anish Kapoor at a glance
- Artist: Anish Kapoor
- Medium / Genre: Sculpture and installation, often with polished surfaces and pigment voids
- Born: 1954, Mumbai, India
- Place(s) of practice: Studio in London
- Active since: late 1970s, with wider recognition from the early 1980s
- Key work groups: Cloud Gate, Marsyas, Sky Mirror, void and Vantablack works
- Current/last exhibition: Anish Kapoor, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, April 24 to August 30, 2026
- Major collections: Tate (London), MoMA (New York), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Guggenheim (Bilbao), Nationalgalerie (Berlin)
- Awards: Turner Prize (1991), Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture (2011)
- Next date: June 16, 2026, opening of a major exhibition at Hayward Gallery, London
Frequently asked questions about Anish Kapoor
Where can I see Anish Kapoor in Duisburg in 2026?
The Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg presents a comprehensive Anish Kapoor exhibition from April 24 to August 30, 2026, framed as a monumental overview of his sculptural practice.
What is special about Anish Kapoor's show at Palazzo Manfrin?
In Venice, the exhibition Anish Kapoor: Palazzo Manfrin brings together around 100 architectural models and several large-scale installations from five decades, on view from May 6 to August 8, 2026, during the 61st Venice Biennale.
How does the Hayward Gallery exhibition fit into Anish Kapoor's 2026 program?
The Hayward Gallery in London hosts a major exhibition of Kapoor's work from June 16 to October 18, 2026, adding a significant UK institutional venue to his parallel presentations in Duisburg and Venice.
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