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Viewing Cph Art Space 2026

The Wick Culture - Artist Jeanette Elmelund. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Jeanette Elmelund. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

The Wick Culture - Artist Anne Kryger. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Anne Kryger. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

The Wick Culture - Artist ARTGOLD. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist ARTGOLD. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

The Wick Culture - Artist Gigi Gigja. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Gigi Gigja. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

The Wick Culture - Artist Christina Clark. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Christina Clark. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

The Wick Culture - Artist Fu Deng. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Fu Deng. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

The Wick Culture - Artist Helle Borg Hansen. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Helle Borg Hansen. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

The Wick Culture - Artist Torben B. Nielsen. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Torben B. Nielsen. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

The Wick Culture - Artist Else Frøsig. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Else Frøsig. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

The Wick Culture - Artist Mia Engstrom. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Mia Engstrom. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

The Wick Culture - Artist Aris Kampas. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Aris Kampas. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

The Wick Culture - Artist Lajla Holm. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Lajla Holm. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Jeanette Elmelund. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Anne Kryger. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist ARTGOLD. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Gigi Gigja. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Christina Clark. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Fu Deng. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Helle Borg Hansen. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Torben B. Nielsen. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Else Frøsig. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Mia Engstrom. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Aris Kampas. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Above Artist Lajla Holm. Image courtesy of Cph Art Space.

Terminal 13
Færgehavnsvej 35
Nordhavn
Copenhagen
2150
14 – 16 August

Art at the docks.

Cph Art Space returns to Copenhagen with a weekend event at Terminal 13, formerly known as Docken, in Nordhavn. Set in an industrial building once used as a salt warehouse, the fair swaps the usual, white-walled booth and deploys the architecture to frame the works.

The rawness of Copenhagen’s harbour edge adds a frisson to the myriad of works on sale spanning painting, ceramics, sculpture, drawing and photography. Hunt down Jeanette Elmelund, Karin Bach, Jimmy Edvardsen, Mølby-Art, Carina Kjaer and David Engstrøm, with practices ranging from naturalistic painting and cityscapes to bronze sculpture and calligraphy.

It is refreshing to witness a rethink on the familiar fair machinery and the harbour light is worth a trip in itself.

Viewing Fari Islands Festival 2026

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Patina Maldives and The Ritz-Carlton Maldives
Fari Islands
North Malé Atoll
Maldives
13 – 15 August

Island frequencies.

Could this be the most idyllic gathering? The Fari Islands Festival returns to the Maldives bringing culture, conversation and high-gloss hospitality to one of the Indian Ocean’s most beautiful settings. Taking place across Patina Maldives and The Ritz-Carlton Maldives the three-day festival gathers artists, chefs, musicians, wellness practitioners and conservation experts to celebrate island living.

This year’s headliner is Rosamund Pike, the award-winning actress and humanitarian. Ahead of the opening, Pike will host a charity dinner in her role as Ambassador for MAG, the Mines Advisory Group. No slouch, she will give a solo address on creative expression, lead a guided meditation in partnership with Lumenate and test her culinary metal with a Maldivian cooking class.

The line-up dovetails design, music and ocean life. Streetwear and sustainability guru Sean Wotherspoon, best known for his Nike Air Max 1/97 collaboration has designed the official festival merch. Sébastien Tellier closes the festival with a piano set, while DJ FS Green and NOTEP are on the late-night decks. On the culinary front, WAGYUMAFIA joins Michelin-starred chef Samuel Lee of Parisian bistro SENsation. Education? Marine conservation is folded into the offer with Olive Ridley Project x Dive Butler ocean excursions. Take the plunge!

One caveat: participation is tied to staying at the resorts.

Viewing Edinburgh Art Festival 2026

The Wick Culture - Image courtesy of Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF26).

Above Image courtesy of Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF26).

The Wick Culture - Jillian Edelstein, Desmond Tutu, Truth and Reconciliation Commission series 1996-2001.

Above Jillian Edelstein, Desmond Tutu, Truth and Reconciliation Commission series 1996-2001.

The Wick Culture - Emii Alrai, Deja Vu, 2025. Bold Tendencies.
Courtesy Bold Tendencies © Damian Griffiths

Above Emii Alrai, Deja Vu, 2025. Bold Tendencies. Courtesy Bold Tendencies © Damian Griffiths

The Wick Culture - Sgàire Wood, JUPITER RISING x EAF25, Jupiter Artland. Photo by Charlotte Cullen.

Above Sgàire Wood, JUPITER RISING x EAF25, Jupiter Artland. Photo by Charlotte Cullen.

The Wick Culture - History is a Home, Trans Mask Studies. EAF26, Image courtesy Ellis Jackson Kroese and Katherine Blamire.

Above History is a Home, Trans Mask Studies. EAF26, Image courtesy Ellis Jackson Kroese and Katherine Blamire.

The Wick Culture - Catherine Opie, Chloe, 1993 © Catherine Opie. Courtesy the artist, Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Thomas Dane Gallery.

Above Catherine Opie, Chloe, 1993 © Catherine Opie. Courtesy the artist, Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Thomas Dane Gallery.

The Wick Culture - Wendy McMurdo, Ben with Mask, Summerfield House, 1997. National Galleries of Scotland. © Wendy McMurdo. All rights reserved, DACS 2026. Courtesy Patricia Fleming Gallery

The Wick Culture - Lewis Hetherington + CJ Mahony: who will be remembered here. Launch Day, EAF25. EAF Pavilion. Photo: Jules Lacave-Fontourcy

Above Lewis Hetherington + CJ Mahony: who will be remembered here. Launch Day, EAF25. EAF Pavilion. Photo: Jules Lacave-Fontourcy

Above Image courtesy of Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF26).

Above Jillian Edelstein, Desmond Tutu, Truth and Reconciliation Commission series 1996-2001.

Above Sgàire Wood, JUPITER RISING x EAF25, Jupiter Artland. Photo by Charlotte Cullen.

Above History is a Home, Trans Mask Studies. EAF26, Image courtesy Ellis Jackson Kroese and Katherine Blamire.

Above Catherine Opie, Chloe, 1993 © Catherine Opie. Courtesy the artist, Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Thomas Dane Gallery.

Above Lewis Hetherington + CJ Mahony: who will be remembered here. Launch Day, EAF25. EAF Pavilion. Photo: Jules Lacave-Fontourcy

Various venues
Edinburgh
Scotland
14 – 30 August

Leith takes the lead.

Hurrah! Edinburgh Art Festival EAF26 unfolds across Edinburgh’s galleries, artist spaces, museums and community venues, with over 70 events and exhibitions across 40 galleries and venues.

This year, the art component is located in and around Leith. EAF’s new home at EAF @ 92 on Constitution Street is close to Custom Lane and Brown’s of Leith, forming a walkable cluster around the Shore. The new backdrop brings alternative histories, industrial past and sea horizons into view.

The line-up is diverse by nature – at EAF @ 92, Del LaGrace Volcano’s Love Bites Back focuses on dyke photography made between 1982 and 1995, including work from Edinburgh, London and the Highlands. At Custom Lane, Trans Masc Studies presents History is a Home, a gallery and reading room built around alternative trans histories, while Sadao Hasegawa’s Carnal Desires highlights the work of a post-war Japanese gay fetish artist.

EAF stretches far and wide. Emii Alrai’s Guardian is a monumental, fragmented relic on Calton Hill while Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s Zifzafa, presented at Leith Theatre, is a sound piece drawing from activities on the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights. Into the night, Jupiter Artland summons after dusk dancing with JUPITER RISING x EAF26, as Sgàire Wood curates experimental music and performance in the sculpture park.

What’s on view? Catherine Opie, Sandra George, Jillian Edelstein, Wendy McMurdo, Eva Rothschild and more all appear across the city’s museums and galleries. EAF has also partnered with Falastin Film Festival for its final weekend, bringing Palestinian and Lebanese artists and filmmakers into the spotlight. Time to engage the brain and senses.