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The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2025 17 June – 17 August 2025 The Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, London


This exhibition showcases contemporary works, including prints, paintings, films, photography, sculpture and architectural works. It features a mix of art by household names and emerging talent. ‘The [exhibition] will be dedicated to art’s capacity to forge dialogues and to afford us sensitivity towards societal concerns, such as ecology, survival and living together,’ said exhibition coordinator Farshid Moussavi. royalacademy.org.uk


2 Feel the Sound 22 May – 31 August 2025 Barbican, London


Feel the Sound is a multisensory immersive exhibition where visitors can explore how sound shapes emotions, memories and physical sensations. Featuring cutting-edge tech and newly commissioned artworks, the exhibition experience comprises 11 interactive installations that invite audiences to dance to beats from car sound- systems, join in an ever- expanding digital choir, discover their personal inner symphony, and feel music without any sound. barbican.org.uk


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The Shakers: A World in the Making


7 June – 28 September 2025 Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany


The Shakers examines the 18th-century US religious group’s design and architecture, which were expressions of beliefs surrounding community, labour and social equality, and were hailed for their radical simplicity, as well as an innovative use of standardisation and serial production. It brings together a range of Shaker furniture, architectural elements, tools and commercial goods. design-museum.de


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Make Do With Now: New Directions in Japanese Architecture


11 April 11 – 5 October 2025 Teatro dell’architettura Mendrisio, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland


This exhibition explores the ideas and projects of a new generation of Japanese architects and urban practitioners that were born between the mid-1970s and mid-1990s and who began their careers following the 2011 earthquake and the Fukushima disaster. This is a generation that must grapple with a range of problems facing Japan. arc.usi.ch/en


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A Capsule in Time 6 June – 26 October 2025 Serpentine Pavilion, London


This summer, the Serpentine showcases the work of Marina Tabassum and her firm, Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA), an architecture and studio-based practice based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A Capsule in Time features an elongated capsule-like form with a central court. The structure is comprised of four wooden sculptural forms with a translucent façade that diffuses and dapples light when it enters the space. serpentinegalleries.org


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PHOTO: THOMAS ADANK


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