RECORD’s monthly list of upcoming and ongoing exhibitions, events, and competitions.

Ongoing Exhibitions

Out of Silence
New York City
Through June 21, 2026
Curated by Alina Girshovich, Out of Silence is a site-specific, voice-based sound installation at Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park by the Finnish interdisciplinary artist Hans Rosenström, in collaboration with Estonian vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis. The composition of the work was inspired by the music of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and the architecture of Louis Kahn, who originally designed the Four Freedoms monument on New York’s Roosevelt Island in 1974 as one of his last works. (It was completed in 2012.) Featuring 14 speakers concealed in the site’s allées of linden trees, Out of Silence lasts approximately 15 minutes and can be experienced on the hour, starting at 10 a.m. and ending with a 6 p.m. presentation, every day except Tuesday, when the park is closed. See more at fdrfourfreedomspark.org.

Imagining Best Products
Richmond, Virginia
Through June 21, 2026
The Branch Museum of Design presents Imagining Best Products, an exhibition that showcases the radical experiments in design led by Francis and Sydney Lewis, whose Richmond-based company, Best Products, became an unlikely platform for architectural innovation through collaborations with the likes of James Wines of SITE, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Malcolm Holzman, and Tom Geismar. The Lewises were passionate collectors of contemporary art, often trading appliances from their own catalogue for artwork. Through original drawings, models, and photographs, the show, curated by architect and Harvard Graduate School of Design lecturer Don O’ Keefe, traces how that question sparked a creative response that helped redefine retail architecture and design in late 20th-century America. See more at branchmuseum.org.

Isamu Noguchi: “I am not a designer”
Atlanta
Through August 2, 2026
In a 1949 interview, sculptor Isamu Noguchi declared, “I am not a designer.” Yet, in the 40 years following this denial, he went on to realize some of the most innovative designs of the 20th century, including architecture, furniture, lighting, stage sets, gardens, playgrounds, and plazas. On view at the High Museum of Art, this exhibition explores Noguchi’s expansive and career-spanning engagement with the space-shaping possibilities of design. The show unfolds thematically across three sections—Making Multiples, Elements of Architecture, and Shaping Spaces—that connect concepts, disciplines, scale, and materials. See high.org.

Carbon Confessions
Toronto
Through August 22, 2026
As the world faces an increasingly urgent climate crisis, there is growing pressure for the construction industry to reduce its carbon emissions, prompting a rethink of the way buildings are developed. Carbon Confessions, a traveling exhibition by Dutch architecture firm MVRDV, reveals what that looks like in practice. The exhibition offers a candid look at the ideas, ideals, and everyday actions—as well as missteps and missed opportunities—of MVRDV’s quest for carbon reductions. Following previous editions in Munich, Berlin, Paris, Taipei, Charlottesville, and the firm’s hometown Rotterdam, the exhibition is now presented at Toronto’s Urbanspace Gallery. See urbanspacegallery.ca.

Wenche Selmer: What Can You Live Without?
Oslo, Norway
Through October 4, 2026
On view at the National Museum of Oslo, this exhibition showcases the works of the Norwegian architect Wenche Selmer (1920–98), which were often designed and conceived in partnership with her husband, Jens Selmer (1911–95). Wenche embraced the ideal of living a rich life with simple means. “What can you do without?” she asked both her clients and the students she taught at Oslo School of Architecture and Design. The question was contextualized by the postwar period’s scarce resources and a growing awareness of environmental concerns. See nasjonalmuseet.no.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Flyway City: Architecture for a Flourishing Ecosystem
Chicago
June 11, 2026–January, 2027
Showing at the Chicago Architecture Center (CAC), this exhibition examines how people can take action to create healthier urban habitats and save birds from colliding with building glass. Designed and cocurated by Studio Gang, Flyway City features architectural models and mock-ups, original illustrations, photography, building materials, and interactive media, along with bird-related artifacts from local Chicago organizations and individuals. Chicago’s Living Habitat, a companion exhibition also at the CAC, cocurated by conservation organization Openlands, introduces visitors to Chicago’s ecosystems. See architecture.org.

Furniture by Architects & Sculpture by Margaret Saliske
Rhinebeck, New York
June 14–August 23, 2026
This exhibition at the ‘T’ Space gallery in New York’s Hudson Valley explores a dialogue between architect-designed furniture and wall-based sculpture, considering how each mediates space, scale, and the body. Furniture operates as a condensed form of architectural thinking—functional yet experimental—while the sculptural works engage similar concerns through abstraction, materiality, and the experience of the wall. Both respond to light, proportion, and architectural context, creating a dynamic interplay among object, surface, and environment. Organized with Mark McDonald, a leading dealer in modern and contemporary architect-designed furniture, the exhibition includes furniture designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, Frank Gehry, and Philip Johnson, among others. See tspacerhinebeck.org.

Josef Kaiser: Building for the GDR
Berlin
August 28, 2026–February 1, 2027
This exhibition at the Berlinische Galerie will present a broad reconstruction of the life and work of Josef Kaiser (1910–91), an influential proponent of “socialist” architecture in the GDR. Drawings, photographs, films, and models will trace Kaiser’s work, casting light on the political and aesthetic pressures he encountered. Contemporary artworks will widen the view with fresh perspectives on the GDR’s architectural heritage. See more at berlinischegalerie.de.

Shelter from the Storm: An Artist’s Eye with Stan Allen and Polly Apfelbaum
New York City
September 17, 2026–January 16, 2027
The Artist’s Eye is an ongoing series of exhibitions by the National Academy of Design in which a National Academician curates an exhibition from the Academy’s collection around a theme of their choosing. Shelter from the Storm brings together architect and theorist Stan Allen and visual artist Polly Apfelbaum in a collaborative curatorial project that builds on decades of dialogue and creative exchange between them as a married couple. See more at nationalacademy.org.

Events

NYCxDESIGN Festival
New York City
Through May 20, 2026
NYCxDESIGN Festival is an annual, citywide celebration featuring hundreds of events, from talks and tours to exhibits and trade shows. NYCxDESIGN highlights an array of design disciplines, including architecture, interior design, industrial and product design, landscape architecture, and more. The International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) at the Javits Center, an annual trade show dedicated to furniture and interior design running from May 17–19, is one of the festival’s anchor events. Learn more at nycxdesign.org.

MIT Future Fest
Cambridge, Massachusetts
September 30–October 4, 2026
This inaugural five-day festival welcomes the public to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus for a celebration of the convergence of art, design, science, and technology. Early confirmed speakers include MIT President Sally Kornbluth, architect Carlo Ratti, designer and computer scientist Skylar Tibbits, interdisciplinary artist and designer Behnaz Farahi, MIT Quantum lead Danna Freed­man, rock-climber and bionicist Hugh Herr, and aerospace engineer Danielle Wood. Along with workshops, tours, panel discussions, exhibitions, and open labs, the event will feature the unveiling of the Diller Scofidio & Renfro–renovated new home for the MIT School of Architecture and Plan­ning. Learn more at mitmuseum.mit.edu.

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