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Whistler. Dandy and Disruptor

James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water, 1872

The Art Institute of Chicago — Stickney Fund

Whistler. Dandy and Disruptor is on view at Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, until January 10, 2027.

Last verified October 28, 2026 · Official source ↗

The largest European retrospective of James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) in 30 years and the first ever held in the Netherlands, presented in collaboration with Tate Britain and The Mesdag Collection. The exhibition introduces the American painter and printmaker as an aesthete and enfant terrible, a visual innovator and cultural provocateur of the 19th century.

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  1. Van Gogh Museum
    Amsterdam, Netherlands · October 16, 2026 – January 10, 2027
    Until 10 Jan 2027

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A near-abstract twilight seascape washed in olive and grey: a barely-there dark shoreline along the horizon, a small pale disc of moon, and a broad expanse of still water below.

James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water, 1872

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