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Visual artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat premieres a new film trilogy this May, concurrent with the 2026 edition of the Venice Biennale, curated by Ilaria Bernardi and Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, organized by Associazione Genesi (founded by Letizia Moratti in 2020) and Banca Ifis, and presented by Lia Rumma Gallery and Gladstone Gallery  and in collaboration with Magonza publishing house. Inspired by Neshat’s fascination with the tragic story of Nasim Aghdam, an Iranian-born media personality whose life and artistic practice resonated with Neshat, Do U Dare! explores one artist’s gaze upon another, and the connections that emerge between them. Shot in three different socioeconomic landscapes in New York, the three films investigate the paradox between women’s inner and outer worlds, reality and illusion, and American society and the Iranian female perspective. Do U Dare! is on view at the Palazzo Marin from May 8 through September 6, 2026. This trilogy was inspired by the story of Nasim Aghdam, an Iranian woman who due to her Bahá’í faith, fled to the U.S. when she was a child to escape persecution by the Iranian government. Living in suburban California, isolated and struggling to connect with American society while also losing her connection to her Iranian heritage, Aghdam built her own imaginative world online where she performed, sang, and danced in stylized videos that spoke to her longing, rage, protest and a need to be seen. Through her videos, Aghdam mocked and ridiculed the ideological parallels between Iranian and American cultures and authoritarianism. Her performances exposed the spectacle of power, consumerism, and media-driven narcissism that dominate contemporary society.  At the same time, she embodied and subverted the persistent image of women as objects of desire, and control through her provocative and unsettling videos that confronted her viewers’ expectations. Her videos went viral, gathering millions of views until YouTube suddenly shut down her channel. Devastated by authoritarian censorship akin to that which her family experienced in Iran, in 2018 at the age of 38, Aghdam entered YouTube’s headquarters armed, injured several people, and ultimately took her own life. DISCOVER MORE AT GLADOSTON GALLERY

• Palazzo Marin
• 8 marzo – 6 settembre 2026

Lia Rumma Gallery is pleased to announce that Alfredo Jaar has been invited to participate in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia "In Minor Keys" by Koyo Kouoh.

• Biennale di Venezia
• 9 maggio – 22 novembre 2026

From 2022 and onwards, Louisiana has once again been able to add a broad and important variety of works to the museum collection. Great surprises therefore await with works in the entire South Wing as well as several rooms in the North Wing. The exhibition presents more than 130 works by some 80 artists – half of whom are new to the collection.

• Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
• 2 dicembre 2025 – 6 aprile 2026

Data Dreams considers artificial intelligence and its impact on contemporary life through the work of 10 visionary artists. Presented as part of the Sydney International Art Series 2025–26, Data Dreams is a groundbreaking Australian premiere that brings together boundary-pushing artists from across the globe. Together, their work examines how artificial intelligence is transforming the way we live, think and create. This exhibition brings into focus a range of contemporary concerns, including the relationships between technology and power; how algorithms and datasets are influencing our worldviews and calling our perception of reality into question; and the immense environmental costs of the data economy.

• MCA Australia
• 21 novembre – 27 febbraio 2026

The Centre d’art de la photographie de Bergerac presents Tobias Zielony’s first solo exhibition in France, Les nuits électriques. The show examines contemporary youth and urban environments through photographs and a video depicting life in Naples’ large housing projects (Overshoot, Vele), LGBTQIA+ and techno communities in Kiev (Maskirovka), and the effects of the Ukraine war on Moldovan youth (Electricity/Afterimages). Zielony captures marginalized youth in often overlooked urban architectures that reveal social and political change. His night-time, color-rich images, created with long exposures, transform these anonymous figures into floating silhouettes amid concrete and industrial ruins, highlighting the history, social purpose, and aesthetic of these environments.

• Centre d’art de la photographie espace Romain-Rolland
• 9 Rue Saint-Esprit, 24100 Bergerac
• 23 gennaio – 7 giugno 2026

This theatrical performance, directed by Shirin Neshat, presents Orpheus and Eurydice as a story of human dualities and conflict: love and death, joy and grief, reality and illusion. Orpheus is not a mythological figure, but a man devastated by the loss of his wife Eurydice, falling into an existential crisis that forces him to confront his conscience, guilt, and human limits. His journey through the underworld becomes an inner exploration, encountering shadows of himself and memories of love, guided by the energy of Love as a force of reconciliation. Set in a contemporary context, the performance uses black-and-white imagery and silent film sequences to highlight contrasts between reality and imagination, offering an intimate view of the protagonists’ relationship. Eurydice emerges as Orpheus’s alter ego, an independent being embodying the potential for love and mutual understanding.

• Teatro Regio di Parma
• Strada Garibaldi, 16/a 43121 Parma – Italia