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A.A. Murakami’s New Spring is currently on view at .india. First unveiled in 2017, the acclaimed installation has travelled the world before arriving in India.
In New Spring (2017), robotic, tree-like sculptures produce giant mist-filled soap bubbles that float gracefully through the air before dissolving. Blending engineering, chemistry, and art, the installation explores themes of impermanence, nature, and memory, inviting audiences to embrace the beauty of fleeting moments.
A.A. Murakami is the artistic collaboration between Japanese artist Azusa Murakami
and British artist Alexander Groves, who also co-founded Studio Swine. Working at the intersection of art, science, design, and technology, the duo creates immersive installations that transform natural phenomena into extraordinary experiences.
07/14/2026
As one of Kenya’s leading contemporary artists, Otieno is widely recognised for her large scale public installations across Nairobi. For nearly three decades, her practice has centred on the transformation of distressed and reclaimed matter, most notably 150 year old railway sleeper wood.
Opening on September 23rd at , in ‘Sojourner: The Difference is the Same’, she expands this material language through layered sculptural compositions that bring various elements into dialogue, extending her exploration of memory, healing, and inherited histories. Some of the new works were made during her 2025 residency at El Anatsui’s studio in Ghana, where she used pieces of old wooden canoes.
The exhibition will be on view through November 13, 2026
🔗 Learn More https://www.prazzlearts.com/exhibitions/178/sojourner_the_difference_is_the_same_by_maggie_otieno_at_efie_gallery
07/09/2026
Les Rencontres d’Arles turns 57 this year, and it’s still doing what it’s always done: taking over an entire town for the summer and turning Roman ruins, medieval cloisters, and old industrial buildings into one of the world’s most important photography festivals.
🔗 As usual, Prazzle has designed a comprehensive guide that you can build your itinerary https://www.prazzlearts.com/editorial/les-rencontres-darles-2026-worlds-to-reread-must-see-exhibitions-and-a-guide-to-parallel-events
This edition runs July 6 to October 4, 2026, under the theme ”Des mondes à relire“, worlds to reread, with director Christoph Wiesner steering the program toward complexity over easy narratives: revisiting archives, resurfacing overlooked histories, and giving unusual weight to African photography and the post-independence gaze.
Featured Here:
Harry Gruyaert
A Sense of Place
📍 Chapelle Saint-Martin du Méjan
SAMMY BALOJI
PAYSAGE PRISME:
UNE TRAVERSÉE KATANGAISE [LE SENS DU LIEUI
Location: Église Des Trinitaires
Ming Smith
NOMADIC GLO
📍SAINTE-ANNE CHURCH
Park Chan-wook
On a Calm Morning
📍Lee Ufan Arles
Ghana! Dreaming Independence 1957–1976
Group Exhibition
📍Palais de l’Archevêché
Harry Gruyaert
A Sense of Place
📍 Chapelle Saint-Martin du Méjan
Distant Dreams: Perspectives on the FNAC Photographic Collection
Group Exhibition
📍Espace Monoprix
Side Events Worth Attending at Les Rencontres d’Arles
The Rencontres isn’t just exhibitions on walls. Beyond the 40 venues of shows, the festival runs its own parallel program of talks, book fairs, and one genuinely unmissable night. Here are five side events that’s worth carving out time for:
Arles Books Fair
July 7–11, 1–7:30pm, free entry
📍 École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie & Collège Saint-Charles
Nuit de l’Année
Étienne Saturday, July 11, 8:30pm–2:45am, free entry
📍 Papeteries
Prix Pictet: Alfredo Jaar
Thursday, July 9, 9:45–11:30pm, €15
📍 Théâtre Antique
Live Magazine des Rencontres
Friday, July 10, 9:45–11:30pm, €15
📍 Théâtre Antique
Tënk Stops in Arles
July 7–10, 10pm–midnight, free entry, subject to availability
📍 Cour Fanton
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