With Christmas just around the corner, December opens with a series of exhibitions, festivals, and events spanning art, photography, design, music, and cinema. Between major openings, long-awaited releases, and important returns, here is our selection of things not to miss this month.
ART
Franco Mazzucchelli: Blow Up
From 5 December 2025 to 8 March 2026
MAN – Museum of Art of the Province of Nuoro
Graphic Japan. From Hokusai to Manga
Until 6 April 2026
Civic Archaeological Museum, Bologna
Hito Steyerl: The Island
From 4 December 2025 to 30 October 2026
Osservatorio – Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan
ATTO 2/3: Col Tempo
From 26 November 2025 to 14 January 2026
rhinoceros gallery, Rome
The Sacred Enters Where It Is Allowed
Until 17 January 2026
Filippo Cegani – Riccardo Di Caro
Plan X Art Gallery, Milan
Icons – Merioone
From 6 December 2025 to 26 January 2026
Chroma Mandrione, Rome
Artificial Beauty – Andrea Crespi
Until 25 January 2026
Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan
Eisfeld II – Olaf Nicolai
From 13 December 2025 to 22 February 2026
Palazzo Diedo, Venice
PHOTO
Sport. Challenges of the Body
Until March 2026
MART, Rovereto
Walter Rosenblum. The World and Tenderness
From 2 December 2025 to 19 February 2026
Centro Culturale di Milano
Armando Testa. Cucù Tetè
From 21 November 2025 to 3 May 2026
Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena
World Press Photo Exhibition 2025
Until 14 December 2025
Villa Bottini, Lucca – Photolux
DESIGN
Tabula Rara
Until 10 December 2025
Galleria Rossana Orlandi, Milan
CINEMA
“Angel’s Egg” by Mamoru Oshii
In cinemas from 4 to 10 December
Nuremberg
Directed by James Vanderbilt
In cinemas from 18 December
MUSIC
Fred again.. – USB002
Out on 12 December
Gemitaiz – Elsewhere
Out on 12 December
