onefinestay experiences: overview

Sydney's exhibition calendar is stacked right now, and it stays stacked for the next several seasons. Between now and next spring, the city has a major Sidney Nolan survey, an Australian premiere of an immersive David Hockney production, and two international blockbusters landing back to back through the NSW Government's Sydney International Art Series. Keep reading to learn about what's worth building a trip around, organized by when to go. Sydney Contemporary 2025 at CarriageWor...

Earlier this summer, Cultivist members spent three days getting beneath the surface of Warsaw’s art scene, moving between the city’s major institutions and the private spaces that are typically much harder to access. Highlights ranged from a curator-led visit to the Museum of Modern Art and private collection visits with Tomasz Pasiek and Paweł Prokesz, to the studios of Karolina Bielawska and Linda Lach. Members were also given rare access to the studio of the late Wanda Czełkowska. Further vis...

Born to a French mother and an Indian father, Surya's take on jewellery making pulls from two very different traditions and does something quietly radical with them. Melting, reshaping, and rebuilding pieces with previous lives, into something new. For him, a jewel isn't just an object, it's a vessel for emotion, memory, and healing. Surya came up through Homo Faber's Young Ambassadors Programme, and this year, the Homo Faber Guide is putting his name and his atelier on the m...

August might be the art world's quietest month on paper, but this year it's delivering some of 2026's biggest openings instead. From ancient Egypt's golden city landing in San Francisco to Do Ho Suh's most personal survey yet in his hometown of Seoul, this month proves that even the summer lull can't slow down a museum calendar this stacked. Outer anthropoid coffin lid of Thuya (reign of Amenhotep III, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18), tomb of Yuya and Thuya, Luxor, Valley...

The art world returns at full speed this August. The season begins in South Korea, where fairs, biennials and exhibitions draw the international art community to Seoul and Gwangju, before attention shifts to major museum openings in New York and Los Angeles. By October, London and Paris take over, followed by a November of landmark exhibitions, photography and new cultural institutions. These are the 12 moments worth planning around. Installation view of Frieze Seoul 2025. Courtesy of Frieze Fri...