Top 50 Exhibitions of 2022

December 29, 2022

Good morning. 🌤️ Today we're pleased to share with you our list of the best 50 art shows of 2022, with contributions by our team of editors and writers. It’s big (our biggest yet), it’s international, and it includes a few surprises. I hope you enjoy perusing it, maybe come across some discoveries, or even find your name on it.

— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor

The Top 50 Exhibitions of 2022

This year, we’re going big with a list of memorable shows from around the world, seen and loved by our editors and contributors.

Are we finally back to our normal selves after almost three years of a global pandemic that upended so many lives? It’s still hard to tell, isn’t it? In most of the world, art museums and galleries sprung back to life in 2022, matching or coming close to pre-pandemic levels of programming and attendance. Here in New York, we’ve returned to the familiar pickle of too many shows running at once, and not enough time to see them all. ...

It’s by no means an exhaustive list, as travel was still limited this year. Instead, this is a snapshot of who we were and what we saw in 2022, including some surprises.

—Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor

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