Tuesday, 10 November 2026
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Historical art, worth seeing in person.
A growing selection from museums and galleries. Dates checked against official announcements.
Previous exhibitions, retained for reference.
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Adelaide · Australia
Art Gallery of South Australia
European and American works from Toledo trace Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism.
Claude Monet →Pablo Picasso →Paul Cézanne →Robert Rauschenberg →Vincent van Gogh →
Dates and venue checked 5 October 2026.
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Beijing · China
The Palace Museum, Hall of Literary Brilliance
Song-dynasty works form the second phase of a display tracing Chinese calligraphy and painting.
Dates and venue checked 19 October 2026.
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Athens · Greece
National Archaeological Museum
Antiquities and excavation records explore the Mycenaean kingdom centred on the Palace of Nestor.
Dates and venue checked 5 October 2026.
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Baltimore · United States
Baltimore Museum of Art
Matisse’s portraits for Poésies Antillaises are shown with works by Germaine Casse and Serge Hélénon.
Dates and venue checked 30 September 2026.
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London · United Kingdom
The Wallace Collection
A display explores the museum’s wartime history, including its Artists Aid Russia exhibition.
Dates and venue checked 30 September 2026.
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Venice · Italy
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Art and archives examine Guggenheim’s London gallery and its avant-garde circle.
Dates and venue checked 30 September 2026.
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Madrid · Spain
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
A survey of Gonzalez-Torres’s participatory work considers memory, intimacy and political experience.
Dates and venue checked 30 September 2026.
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Ottawa · Canada
National Gallery of Canada
Paintings and archives survey McNicoll’s depictions of work, landscape and everyday life.
Dates and venue checked 30 September 2026.
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Vienna · Austria
Albertina
Drawings and other works trace the formation of the collection and Marie Christine’s role in its beginnings.
Dates and venue checked 30 September 2026.
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Beijing · China
National Museum of China
Ancient objects from Pompeii and Naples accompany an account of the site’s excavation history.
Dates and venue checked 30 September 2026.
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Sydney · Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales
South and Southeast Asian art explores Vishnu’s many forms, with historical works and contemporary responses.
Dates and venue checked 30 September 2026.
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Melbourne · Australia
National Gallery of Victoria, NGV International
Jewellery, watches and design drawings trace Cartier’s history and craftsmanship.
Dates and venue checked 30 September 2026.
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Ljubljana · Slovenia
National Gallery of Slovenia
Painting, sculpture, prints and book design, with a focus on Kralj’s work between 1919 and 1940.
Dates and venue checked 30 September 2026.
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London · United Kingdom
The Courtauld Gallery
Colour in Barbara Hepworth’s sculptures and drawings, from painted carvings to bronze and marble.
Dates and venue checked 30 September 2026.
Announcements, reviews and the stories behind the exhibitions.
Alfred Wallis occupies an awkwardly comfortable place in the history of British modernism.
A piece of flint, a tangle of vegetation, the worn contours of a bone: Monica Poole found ample material for her imagination in things easily passed over on a country walk.
Peter and Andrew are about to abandon their livelihood. Beside them, another fisherman remains absorbed in the catch, apparently oblivious to the encounter that will change their lives. That contrast between revelation and everyday work animates Luca Giordano’s The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew, now receiving its first public showing at the MarteS Museo d’Arte Sorlini near Lake Garda.
At just 19cm high, Barbara Hepworth’s Figure of 1933 might seem an unlikely work to hold its own in a company of celebrated British sculptors.
Peter Zumthor’s three new buildings add 1,500 sq. m of gallery space, while the enlarged park opens with visitor numbers initially restricted.
A major retrospective opens in Milton Keynes, bringing the painter’s portraits, seascapes and early studies into the company of his familiar industrial crowds.
