Daniel Arsham and the summer exhibitions timeframe
Published on 08/31/2026 at 14:20 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Daniel Arsham has spent the summer of 2026 threading his fictional archaeology through galleries from London to Palma de Mallorca. His recent exhibitions Time Fold at Perrotin London and Eroded Horizon at Baró Galeria show how he calibrates sculpture, drawing and architecture into one continuous exploration of time.
Summer shows in London and Mallorca
In London, Perrotin staged Time Fold, a survey of new and historical works by Daniel Arsham spanning sculpture, painting and works on paper from nearly two decades of practice, as New Exhibitions outlines in its overview of the show. Darkus Magazine emphasizes that the exhibition brought together crystal-eroded classical busts and calcified pop-culture relics, alongside five archival gouache drawings from 2007 to 2010 shown publicly for the first time.
Those drawings reveal how Arsham mapped his notion of future relics years before his sculptures made the idea legible to a broader audience, a point commentators underline when they describe the London show as 'museum-scale' in ambition. The pairing of vintage Pentax cameras and space posters with mythological figures such as Zeus underscores his interest in collapsing distinctions between high culture and everyday objects through a shared patina of fictional decay.
Exhibition focus and summer arc
Parallel to the London survey, Baró Galeria in Palma de Mallorca presented Eroded Horizon, Daniel Arsham’s fifth collaboration with the gallery and his second exhibition in its Mallorca space, framed within the Art Palma Summer 2026 program. GalleriesNow notes that the exhibition gathered recent and previously unseen works that move between sculpture, drawing and painting, highlighting how his eroded forms translate into different scales and supports.
The Mallorca presentation leans into a coastal context, inviting viewers to think about horizons, erosion and shifting landscapes as metaphors for cultural memory. By showing works that oscillate between solid sculptural presence and more ephemeral drawn lines, Arsham underlines how his fictional archaeology is as much about perception and narrative as it is about material transformation.
Exhibitions and works by Daniel Arsham in overview
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The work core and fictional archaeology
Daniel Arsham’s practice revolves around what he calls fictional archaeology, a sustained engagement with geology, archaeology and the cultural residue of the recent past as Perrotin’s London overview stresses. By casting everyday objects and classical figures in materials such as volcanic ash, selenite and patinated bronze, he stages them as artifacts excavated from an imagined future that renders our present into ruins.
Across series like his eroded busts and calcified consumer devices, Arsham picks icons that signal particular moments in technological or cultural history. Their surfaces appear weathered or crystalline, inviting viewers to consider how collective memory attaches to designed objects and how easily those memories might be fragmented, reassembled or lost over time.
Position of Daniel Arsham today
By all accounts, Daniel Arsham’s recent exhibitions in London and Palma de Mallorca underscore a position where sculptural fictional archaeology, archival works on paper and site-sensitive presentations remain central to his studio practice, with the summer of 2026 consolidating his presence across European gallery circuits.
Key facts on Daniel Arsham
- Artist: Daniel Arsham
- Medium / Genre: Sculpture and installation (fictional archaeology), drawing and painting
- Born: 1980, Cleveland, United States
- Place(s) of practice: Studio in New York
- Active since: Early 2000s, with wider attention following co-founding Snarkitecture
- Key work groups: Future Relic sculptures, eroded classical busts, Labyrinth architectural series, eroded consumer objects
- Current/last exhibition: Eroded Horizon, Baró Galeria, Palma de Mallorca, as part of Art Palma Summer 2026
- Major collections: Works in public and institutional collections including Fotografiska New York and design-oriented museums and foundations
- Awards: Recognized through major brand collaborations and institutional projects rather than traditional art prizes
- Next date: Currently no announced date in the 30-day window
Frequently asked questions about Daniel Arsham
Where has Daniel Arsham exhibited in summer 2026?
Daniel Arsham’s works have been on view in the solo exhibition Time Fold at Perrotin London and in Eroded Horizon at Baró Galeria in Palma de Mallorca, both framed as substantial surveys of his fictional archaeology approach.
What defines Daniel Arsham’s fictional archaeology?
Fictional archaeology in Arsham’s work means casting contemporary and classical objects in materials like volcanic ash and selenite so they appear as future ruins, inviting viewers to imagine today’s culture as already partially excavated and fragmented.
How does Daniel Arsham combine sculpture, drawing and architecture?
Across shows such as Time Fold and Eroded Horizon, Arsham integrates sculptural forms, works on paper and architectural motifs, using eroded surfaces, crystalline growths and labyrinthine structures to connect object histories with spatial experience.
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