From blockbuster museum opening to must-see music, art, or theatre, these are the greatest new things coming anywhere just on planet this year or next.
We
last revised this chart in the heady days of January 2020. Do you recall them?
There had been rumors circulating of a virus starting in a night market in
Beijing, but life in most areas of the world was quite normal. We performed our
job. We made plans. We were looking ahead to a slew of new cultural events
taking place around the world that year.
Except
that none of it worked. Music, art, and theatre all require a large number of
people to congregate in frequently congested locations. During the Panny D,
this was not good. Significant openings were cancelled. Festival season was a
flop. We even stopped blogging about going out and renamed ourselves as Time
In. Our planners stayed depressingly empty throughout.
But,
thankfully, we now live in a world where immunizations have restored some kind
of normalcy. And, while we didn't include a 2021 version of this authoritative
worldwide events and openings calendar, we're very convinced that practically
all of the incredible events listed below will take place next year. So, Omi C allowing
(someone had to name it that), here are the 22 finest new things to do in the
planet in 2022, from gigantic new museums to massive performances, theatre
plays, and art exhibitions you won't want to miss.
1. Investigate an eccentric celebrity's home space.
The Parisian mansion where the feted (and occasionally contentious)
French musician Serge Gainsbourg lived the final 20 years of his life has
become an unofficial temple to his memory. The inside has been fully closed to
the public since Gainsbourg's death in 1991, but it will reopen as a museum
devoted to his life and work next spring. The project has been spearheaded by
his daughter, actor and singer Charlotte, and the major draw will undoubtedly
be Serge's notoriously quirky living room, complete with piano, art deco bar,
and massive collection of sculptures.
2. Attend a
concert in a gorgeous new music venue.
Although Budapest does not have 4,000 holes, the perforated white roof over Sou Fujimoto's House of Music in City Park comes close. Its roughly 100 perforations allow natural light, trees, and sound to penetrate the two performance arenas, exhibition spaces, and library, which are connected by stunning spiral stairs. A fully glass façade encourages the usage of renewable energy. This is the centrepiece project of the Liget Budapest Project, which aims to restore historic lands bordering north-east Pest and is scheduled to open in early 2022, with a new Museum of Ethnography to follow.
3. Discover Coco Chanel via her outfits.
The National Gallery of Victoria is hosting the first exhibition in
Australia dedicated completely to the life and work of twentieth-century French
designer Gabrielle (AKA Coco) Chanel, which runs until April 25. Melbourne will
be the first city outside of France to host the huge travelling display, thanks
to a cooperation with Paris's finest fashion museum, the Palais Galliera. More
than 100 Chanel garments will adorn the hallways of the NGV, revealing Coco's
continuing impact on fashion, perfume, jewellery, and accessory design - all
with a multimedia twist unique to the Australian Museum.
4. Experience a once-in-a-decade floral spectacular.
Spectacular can not begin to describe the ambition of the worldwide
horticultural show Floriade, an event so massive that it occurs only once every
ten years. The 2022 edition, which begins on April 14 in the Dutch city of
Almere, will feature several pavilions, an arboretum, a spectacular greenhouse
complex, and a strong art and cultural programmed under the theme of 'developing
green cities.' The new, custom-built waterside complex will also have 40
national pavilions, live music, seminars, and a cable car ride that will soar
above the park.
5. Discover
the Black filmmakers that stretched the boundaries of filmmaking.
Though you can trace decades of Oscar winners in a chronological fashion, you can't really do the same with the history of cinema: there are numerous tales that have pushed the medium ahead, as the new Academy Museum's collection so effectively demonstrates. Following its exhibition of famous animator Hayao Miyazaki, the L.A. museum will now focus on nearly a century of underappreciated movies. 'Regeneration,' a partnership with Washington, D.C.'s National Museum of African American History and Culture, delves into the works of Black filmmakers from the beginning of the motion picture business through the Civil Rights period. The exhibition, which is set to open in the second half of 2022, is advised by directors Ava DuVernay and Charles Burnett.
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