What's On
Current and upcoming exhibitions at the museums on our walks.
Updated 27 August 2026
The British Museum
Early Netherlandish Drawings
Apr 16 - Sep 20, 2026
Ending soonAround 120 works by Bruegel, Van der Weyden, and Goltzius - charting how drawing evolved from preparatory sketch to independent art form in the Low Countries.
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The British Museum
John Constable: Views of Nature
Jun 2 - Oct 4, 2026
Ending soonMarking the 250th anniversary of Constable's birth, a selection of drawings and sketches celebrating his lifelong engagement with the landscapes of rural England.
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Centre Pompidou · Grand Palais, Paris
Hilma af Klint
May 6 - Aug 30, 2026
Ending soonThe first major French retrospective of the Swedish pioneer of abstraction, long overlooked by art history.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
Giacometti in the Temple of Dendur
Until Sep 8, 2026
Ending soonFourteen bronze and plaster works by Alberto Giacometti installed among the ancient temple, in dialogue with the Egyptian art that shaped his vision.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
Musical Bodies
Through Sep 27, 2026
Ending soonThe first major exhibition to explore the relationship between musical instruments and the body, spanning 4,000 years from ancient rattles to one of Prince's guitars.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
Revolution!
Through Sep 7, 2026
Ending soonMarking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, rarely seen prints and artworks trace the roots and aftermath of the Revolutionary War.
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Musée du Louvre
Primeval Waters: Lessons from Mesopotamia
May 20, 2026 - Mar 15, 2027
On nowThe art and culture of ancient Mesopotamia explored through objects from the Louvre's Near East collections.
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Musée du Louvre
Affinities: Islamic Art Wonders
Jun 24 - Dec 31, 2026
On nowIslamic masterworks in dialogue with the Decorative Arts collection, spanning twelve centuries.
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Musée du Louvre
Michel Lacoste's Donation to the Musée du Louvre
Jun 26, 2026 - Jan 11, 2027
On nowA hundred precious metalwork pieces spanning three centuries of French silver, from Pierre Mangot to Jean-Élisée Puiforcat.
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Palace of Versailles
Versailles à Morellet
Jun 30 - Nov 1, 2026
On nowSix major works by François Morellet installed in the Grand Apartments and gardens - a centennial tribute to the French pioneer of geometric abstraction.
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Palace of Versailles · Grand Trianon, Versailles
Gardens of the Enlightenment, 1750-1800
May 5 - Sep 27, 2026
On nowNearly 160 works - paintings, drawings, furniture, plans, and costumes - tracing the birth of the picturesque garden and the era of Marie-Antoinette's Petit Trianon.
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The British Museum
Declaring Independence: USA 250
Jun 30 - Nov 29, 2026
On nowA free exhibition marking 250 years of American independence - exploring the extraordinary objects, documents, and stories held in the British Museum's collection.
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Galleria degli Uffizi · Museum of Costume and Fashion, Palazzo Pitti
Sarmi's Genius
Jun 18 - Dec 31, 2026
On nowThe first retrospective of Italian couturier Ferdinando Sarmi, who dressed Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, and Marlene Dietrich during the golden age of Fifth Avenue.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy
Through Feb 28, 2027
On nowHow 19th-century encounters between Europe and the Middle East - shaped by colonialism and rapid technological change - reshaped Western art and design.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
Costume Art
Through Jan 10, 2027
On nowThe Costume Institute's spring exhibition pairs garments with artworks across The Met's collection to explore the dressed body, inaugurating the Museum's new galleries by the Great Hall.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
The Face of Life: Modern Portraits at The Met
Ongoing
On nowA century of portraiture explored through the upheavals of modernism - shaped by psychology, photography, and industrialization.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
Futurism, Constructivism, and Dada in Georgia, 1917-1928
Through Oct 27, 2026
On nowModernist and avant-garde artist publications from Tiflis's brief flowering as an independent republic - a history of modern art beyond Western Europe.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
Rediscovering Della Robbia at The Met
Through Jan 17, 2028
On nowTwelve glazed terracotta masterworks by three generations of the Della Robbia family, rescued from storage and revived through conservation.
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The Guggenheim
Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now
Through Jan 10, 2027
On nowPop art from the collection - Warhol, Lichtenstein, Kusama - shown alongside contemporary artists still working in its shadow.
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The Guggenheim
Collection in Focus: Modern European Currents
Through Jan 10, 2027
On nowHow Natalia Goncharova, Kandinsky, and Franz Marc transformed painting in the early 20th century - the same artists at the heart of our Guggenheim walk.
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Musée du Louvre
Zurbarán, 1598-1664
Oct 7, 2026 - Jan 25, 2027
UpcomingThe first major retrospective in France devoted to the great Spanish Baroque painter.
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Musée du Louvre
Sculpting Colour: Masterpieces from the Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid
Oct 7, 2026 - Jan 25, 2027
UpcomingPolychrome Spanish Baroque sculpture shown alongside our Zurbarán exhibition, in the same galleries with shared scenography.
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Musée du Louvre
Louvre Photo
Nov 4, 2026 - May 3, 2027
UpcomingOver 300 photographs taking the Louvre itself as subject - its galleries, artworks, visitors, and hidden corners since the invention of the medium.
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Musée d'Orsay
Auguste Bartholdi: Liberty Enlightening the World
Sep 15, 2026 - Jan 31, 2027
UpcomingThe story of the Statue of Liberty, from Bartholdi's first sketches to its installation in New York harbour.
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Musée d'Orsay
Mary Cassatt: Being Independent
Oct 6, 2026 - Jan 31, 2027
UpcomingThe first major Orsay retrospective of the American Impressionist who made modern women's lives her subject.
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Musée d'Orsay
Vuillard: Intimate Theaters
Mar 23 - Jul 25, 2027
UpcomingThe first exhibition in France devoted to Vuillard in nearly 25 years, exploring his lifelong fascination with the theatre.
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The British Museum
Korea
Oct 1, 2026 - Jan 31, 2027
Upcoming2,000 years of Korean creativity - the most comprehensive chronological survey of Korean visual and material culture seen in Europe in over 40 years.
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The British Museum
The Bayeux Tapestry
Sep 10, 2026 - Jul 11, 2027
UpcomingThe 70-metre-long tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest of England, returning to England for the first time since it was made nearly 1,000 years ago.
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Centre Pompidou · Grand Palais, Paris
Cézanne et nous
Sep 23, 2026 - Jan 17, 2027
UpcomingCézanne's lasting influence traced across generations - from Matisse and Picasso to contemporary artists.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous
Oct 4, 2026 - Jan 31, 2027
UpcomingThe parallel lives and practices of Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, married artists whose entwined careers reshaped Abstract Expressionism.
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The Guggenheim
Taryn Simon: Father Country I Do Love You
Sep 18, 2026 - Mar 14, 2027
UpcomingA major new interactive installation filling the rotunda - photographs, text, video, and sculpture tracing one federal agent's life across 42 artworks.
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