Haas Brothers Uncanny Valley Lands in Austin with a Playful Mid-Career Survey

At Blanton Museum of Art, Haas Brothers: Uncanny Valley gathers Nikolai and Simon Haas’s figurative furniture, plush cartoonish characters, and illuminated installations in the duo’s first mid-career survey, on view in Austin through January 17 before traveling to Mint Museum in Charlotte.
Elephant Elegy Leads a Record-Breaking Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026

Federico Veronesi’s black-and-white image of a female elephant carrying her deceased calf won Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026, leading a record year with 65,403 entries from 121 countries. The 100 top images open October 16 at the Natural History Museum in London, on view through July 11, 2027.
From Conveyor Belt to Driverless Seat: Musquiqui Chihying at Hayward Gallery

At Hayward Gallery, Musquiqui Chihying: A Life of Navigation (Aug 25–Oct 18, 2026) gathers a decade of works from The Jog (2014) and The Toyota (2015) to The Annotation (2025– ) and The Gamer (2026), shifting from playful critique to probing inquiry into automation, labor, and Afro-Asian entanglements.