Opens 7 Nov
Kaori Endo Sleeping in the 22nd Century
Art Gallery of New South Wales · Sydney
November 7, 2026 – January 31, 2027
Siegfried Nugent ( talk ) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Announced
Opening soon
122 special exhibitions open within the next six months at 57 museums in 44 cities, with dates confirmed by the museums themselves.
Confirmed openings in the next six months, soonest first. Worth booking travel around.
Australia
Sydney
Opens 7 Nov
Sleeping in the 22nd Century
Art Gallery of New South Wales · Sydney
November 7, 2026 – January 31, 2027
Opens 28 Nov
The Star Net Holds the Summer
Art Gallery of New South Wales · Sydney
November 28, 2026 – February 14, 2027
Siegfried Nugent ( talk ) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Opens 28 Nov
Paula do Prado The Star Net Holds the Summer
Art Gallery of New South Wales · Sydney
November 28, 2026 – February 14, 2027
Siegfried Nugent ( talk ) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Opens 28 Nov
Paula do Prado
Art Gallery of New South Wales · Sydney
November 28, 2026 – February 14, 2027
Opens 5 Dec
Takashi Murakami When the Mountain Is High, the Moon Rises Higher
Art Gallery of New South Wales · Sydney
December 5, 2026 – July 18, 2027
Siegfried Nugent ( talk ) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Opens 5 Dec
When the Mountain Is High, the Moon Rises Higher
Art Gallery of New South Wales · Sydney
December 5, 2026 – July 18, 2027
Siegfried Nugent ( talk ) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Austria
Vienna
Opens 30 Oct
WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE ALBERTINA
Albertina · Vienna
October 30, 2026 – February 14, 2027
Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Opens 30 Oct
HER STORY
Women Artists of the ALBERTINA
Albertina · Vienna
October 30, 2026 – February 14, 2027
Opens 2 Dec
Bernini, Painter and Sculptor
Kunsthistorisches Museum · Vienna
December 2, 2026 – April 4, 2027
Brazil
São Paulo
Opens 30 Oct
Rosa Elena Curruchich: crônicas de Comalapa
São Paulo Museum of Art · São Paulo
October 30, 2026 – April 4, 2027
ProtoplasmaKid / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Opens 30 Oct
Pablo Delano: Museu da Antiga Colônia
São Paulo Museum of Art · São Paulo
October 30, 2026 – January 31, 2027
ProtoplasmaKid / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Opens 30 Oct
Sala de vídeo: Edgar Calel
São Paulo Museum of Art · São Paulo
October 30, 2026 – January 31, 2027
ProtoplasmaKid / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Opens 27 Nov
Manuel Herreros & Mateo Manaure: mi nombre es Venezuela
São Paulo Museum of Art · São Paulo
November 27, 2026 – April 4, 2027
ProtoplasmaKid / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Opens 27 Nov
Jesús Soto
São Paulo Museum of Art · São Paulo
November 27, 2026 – April 4, 2027
ProtoplasmaKid / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Canada
Montreal
Opens 19 Nov
Anne Kahane: Structures
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts · Montreal
November 19, 2026 – April 4, 2027
Thomas Ledl / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Opens 20 Feb 2027
MARIE CHOUINARD: BECOMING BREATH
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts · Montreal
February 20 – May 9, 2027
Thomas Ledl / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Vancouver
Opens 11 Dec
Modern Iran and the Avant-Gardes, 1948–78
Vancouver Art Gallery · Vancouver
December 11, 2026 – May 2, 2027
France
Opens 14 Nov
What a Wonderful World Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay
Musée d'Orsay · Paris
November 14, 2026 – March 28, 2027
Roubaix
Opens 6 Mar 2027
Nature textile
Ireland
Dublin
Opens 19 Nov
A Sea for Borrowed Time بحر للزمان المستعار
Irish Museum of Modern Art · Dublin
November 19, 2026 – July 4, 2027
self / Wikimedia Commons
Italy
Venice
Opens 14 Nov
Fucina degli Angeli: Peggy Guggenheim and 20th-Century Artistic Glass
Peggy Guggenheim Collection · Venice
November 14, 2026 – March 29, 2027
Japan
Opens 9 Jan 2027
The 130th Anniversary of the Birth of Togo Seiji：A Retrospective
Sompo Museum of Art · Tokyo
January 9 – February 21, 2027
Tengusabaki / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Opens 9 Jan 2027
The 130 th Anniversary of the Birth of Togo Seiji：A Retrospective
Sompo Museum of Art · Tokyo
January 9 – February 21, 2027
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Opens 7 Nov
The Best Dutch Book Designs 2025
Stedelijk Museum · Amsterdam
November 7, 2026 – January 10, 2027
Photo: John Lewis Marshall / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Opens 28 Nov
Collaborative Artistic Practices - Proposals for the Museum Collection
Stedelijk Museum · Amsterdam
November 28, 2026 – April 4, 2027
Photo: John Lewis Marshall / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Opens 28 Nov
Common Practice Collaborations in Art and Design
Stedelijk Museum · Amsterdam
November 28, 2026 – April 4, 2027
Photo: John Lewis Marshall / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Opens 12 Feb 2027
Eva Gonzalès
Opens 6 Mar 2027
LUC TUYMANS SILENT MUSIC
Stedelijk Museum · Amsterdam
March 6 – July 11, 2027
Photo: John Lewis Marshall / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Opens 19 Mar 2027
ABN AMRO ART AWARD 2026 HEND SAMIR
Stedelijk Museum · Amsterdam
March 19 – June 20, 2027
Photo: John Lewis Marshall / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Opens 27 Mar 2027
Ibrahim Mahama Zilijafa
Stedelijk Museum · Amsterdam
March 27 – August 1, 2027
Photo: John Lewis Marshall / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
South Korea
Opens 27 Nov
Modern Art in Times of Change – Masterpieces from Kunsthaus Zürich
National Museum of Korea · Seoul
November 27, 2026 – April 18, 2027
National Museum of Korea · Chaehyeon Eom
Opens 18 Dec
Marie Antoinette Style
National Museum of Korea · Seoul
December 18, 2026 – March 31, 2027
National Museum of Korea · Chaehyeon Eom
Spain
Bilbao
Opens 11 Nov
Dan Flavin
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao · Bilbao
November 11, 2026 – April 4, 2027
Photo: Naotake Murayama / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Opens 11 Nov
Dan Flavin: Some Light
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao · Bilbao
November 11, 2026 – April 4, 2027
Photo: Naotake Murayama / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Opens 19 Nov
in situ: Zadie Xa
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao · Bilbao
November 19, 2026 – April 11, 2027
Photo: Naotake Murayama / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Madrid
Opens 11 Nov
Miguel Ángel Rojas The Night
Museo Reina Sofía · Madrid
November 11, 2026 – March 15, 2027
Photo: Luis García ( Zaqarbal ) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Opens 11 Nov
MIGUEL ÁNGEL ROJAS: The Night
Museo Reina Sofía · Madrid
November 11, 2026 – March 15, 2027
Photo: Luis García ( Zaqarbal ) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Opens 17 Nov
Rainer Maria Rilke y el arte español
Museo del Prado · Madrid
November 17, 2026 – March 7, 2027
Photo: Emilio J. Rodríguez Posada / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Opens 18 Nov
La Menesunda According to Marta Minujín
Museo Reina Sofía · Madrid
November 18, 2026 – March 8, 2027
Photo: Luis García ( Zaqarbal ) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Opens 26 Nov
Mariana of Austria
Museo del Prado · Madrid
November 26, 2026 – March 28, 2027
Photo: Emilio J. Rodríguez Posada / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Opens 3 Mar 2027
Fernanda Laguna My Heart Is a Magnet (1992-2026)
Museo Reina Sofía · Madrid
March 3 – July 12, 2027
Photo: Luis García ( Zaqarbal ) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
United Kingdom
Edinburgh
Opens 1 Jan 2027
Turner in January
National Galleries Scotland · Edinburgh
January 1–31, 2027
Klaus with K / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
London
Opens 12 Nov
Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury
Tate Britain · London
November 12, 2026 – April 11, 2027
Opens 21 Nov
Peggy Guggenheim in London
Royal Academy of Arts · London
November 21, 2026 – March 14, 2027
Opens 4 Mar 2027
Catharina van Hemessen: Signature Works
National Gallery · London
March 4 – May 30, 2027
Opens 18 Mar 2027
German Expressionism
Modern Painting 1900–1918
National Gallery · London
March 18 – August 1, 2027
Photo: Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Opens 24 Mar 2027
Sonia Boyce
Opens 9 Apr 2027
Rembrandt
Royal Academy of Arts · London
April 9 – September 19, 2027
Photo: Bengt Oberger / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Opens 22 Apr 2027
Ink
Experience the intricate beauty of this traditional art-form
Tate Modern · London
April 22 – August 30, 2027
St Ives
Opens 29 Nov
Rebecca Moss: Shapeshifter
United States
Baltimore
Opens 8 Nov
Diedrick Brackens: lights at the end of the world
Baltimore Museum of Art · Baltimore
November 8, 2026 – February 28, 2027
Chicago
Opens 7 Nov
Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago · Chicago
November 7, 2026 – April 25, 2027
Denver
Opens 7 Nov
I Follow Rivers
Indigenous Worlds in Latin America
Denver Art Museum · Denver
November 7, 2026 – July 27, 2027
Opens 22 Nov
What We’ve Been Up To: Things
Denver Art Museum · Denver
November 22, 2026 – April 25, 2027
Photo by James Florio Photography, courtesy Denver Art Museum.
Detroit
Opens 11 Dec
18th Annual Community Group Art Exhibition
Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit
December 11, 2026 – January 10, 2027
SigmaIota / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Opens 16 Dec
The Power of Portraits
Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit
December 16, 2026 – June 6, 2027
SigmaIota / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Opens 24 Jan 2027
Velázquez & Olivares: Early Years at Court
Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit
January 24 – July 25, 2027
Opens 21 Mar 2027
Caravaggio's Models: Friends, Lovers, Rivals
Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit
March 21 – July 18, 2027
Eugene
Opens 7 Nov
Question the Harmonious: Chinese Art and Design from Antiquity to the Present
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art · Eugene
November 7, 2026 – September 19, 2027
User:Akendall / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Opens 9 Jan 2027
Frying Pans and Metal Chains: Rethinking the Body in Contemporary Art
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art · Eugene
January 9 – April 25, 2027
Fort Worth
Opens 14 Mar 2027Touring
Treasures of the Pharaohs
Kimbell Art Museum · Fort Worth
March 14 – September 19, 2027
Jackson
Opens 31 Oct
Cristina Mittermeier: A Greater Wisdom
National Museum of Wildlife Art · Jackson
October 31, 2026 – May 9, 2027
Kansas City
Opens 14 Nov
Form and Flow: Contemporary Shanshui Landscapes
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art · Kansas City
November 14, 2026 – May 16, 2027
User:Charvex / Wikimedia Commons
Opens 21 Nov
Personal Best
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art · Kansas City
November 21, 2026 – May 9, 2027
Los Angeles
Opens 24 Nov
A Light in the Dark: Joseph Wright of Derby
The J. Paul Getty Museum · Los Angeles
November 24, 2026 – March 14, 2027
Jelson25 / Wikimedia Commons
Opens 15 Dec
Paul R. Williams
The J. Paul Getty Museum · Los Angeles
December 15, 2026 – March 14, 2027
Minneapolis
Opens 12 Nov
Abbas Akhavan: Variations on a Garden
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis
November 12, 2026 – April 18, 2027
Opens 11 Feb 2027
Douglas R. Ewart: Sound Seeker
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis
February 11 – July 4, 2027
Opens 3 Apr 2027
Abdias Nascimento: Interpreter of Brazil
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis
April 3 – August 22, 2027
New York
Opens 31 Oct
The Original Art • 46th Annual Exhibition
Society of Illustrators · New York
October 31, 2026 – January 30, 2027
Opens 6 Nov
The Modern Window: Sofía Sinibaldi
Museum of Modern Art · New York
November 6, 2026 – October 1, 2027
Photo: hibino / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Opens 12 Nov
Kent Monkman: Officer and Laughing Girl
The Frick Collection · New York
November 12, 2026 – February 22, 2027
Opens 12 Nov
25th Anniversary Exhibition
Masterworks from the Neue Galerie
Neue Galerie · New York
November 12, 2026 – January 11, 2027
Opens 8 Apr 2027
Painting with Fire: Susanne de Court and the Art of Enamel
The Frick Collection · New York
April 8 – July 12, 2027
Palm Springs
Opens 21 Nov
The Grammar of Jim Dine: Works from the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
Palm Springs Art Museum · Palm Springs
November 21, 2026 – April 19, 2027
Toohool / Wikimedia Commons
Pasadena
Opens 13 Nov
Making History: Manet’s “Execution of Maximilian” from the National Gallery, London
Norton Simon Museum · Pasadena
November 13, 2026 – March 1, 2027
Tony Mariotti from Los Angeles, United States / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Opens 5 Mar 2027
Second Nature: Interpreting Landscape
Norton Simon Museum · Pasadena
March 5 – May 31, 2027
Tony Mariotti from Los Angeles, United States / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Opens 9 Apr 2027
Takers | Makers: Photographic Practice in California, 1945–1980
Norton Simon Museum · Pasadena
April 9 – September 6, 2027
Tony Mariotti from Los Angeles, United States / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Philadelphia
Opens 19 Dec
El Anatsui: Prints and Play
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia
December 19, 2026 – May 2, 2027
Opens 21 Feb 2027
Rochelle Feinstein: The Today Show
Barnes Foundation · Philadelphia
February 21 – May 9, 2027
Pittsburgh
George Platt Lynes: Think of Me
Opens 13 Mar 2027
George Platt Lynes: Think of Me
Carnegie Museum of Art · Pittsburgh
March 13 – August 8, 2027
The Shakers: A World in the Making
Opens 17 Apr 2027
The Shakers: A World in the Making
Carnegie Museum of Art · Pittsburgh
April 17 – September 19, 2027
Providence
Opens 21 Nov
In the Making
150 Years of Collecting at RISD Museum
RISD Museum · Providence
November 21, 2026 – June 6, 2027
Opens 23 Jan 2027
Rose B. Simpson: The Tenderfeet
RISD Museum · Providence
January 23 – August 15, 2027
Infrogmation, New Orleans / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
Raleigh
Opens 31 Oct
Common Ground: Art, Nature, and People
North Carolina Museum of Art · Raleigh
October 31, 2026 – May 30, 2027
Justin Doub / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
San Diego
Opens 6 Mar 2027
Meghann Riepenhoff: Waters of the Americas
San Diego Museum of Art · San Diego
March 6 – September 6, 2027
San Francisco
Opens 21 Nov
Azzedine Alaïa: Sculpting Fashion
de Young Museum · San Francisco
November 21, 2026 – April 11, 2027
Opens 10 Apr 2027
Made in San Francisco
de Young Museum · San Francisco
April 10 – October 24, 2027
Mark Miller / Wikimedia Commons
Santa Fe
Opens 21 Nov
Georgia O’Keeffe & Sam Scott
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum · Santa Fe
November 21, 2026 – April 15, 2028
Sheboygan, WI
Opens 6 Mar 2027
Ann Agee: AGEE MFG
John Michael Kohler Arts Center · Sheboygan, WI
March 6 – August 22, 2027
United States
Andrew Wyeth: Human Nature
Opens 7 Nov
Andrew Wyeth: Human Nature
Farnsworth Art Museum · United States
November 7, 2026 – March 21, 2027
Snow Hill: Andrew Wyeth and Sarah McRae Morton
Opens 3 Apr 2027
Snow Hill: Andrew Wyeth and Sarah McRae Morton
Farnsworth Art Museum · United States
April 3 – October 24, 2027
Washington, D.C.
Opens 7 Nov
Remember Me
Picturing African Americans in Early Photography
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C.
November 7, 2026 – March 14, 2027
Opens 19 Dec
Tinker Tinker
Printmakers at Work
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C.
December 19, 2026 – June 13, 2027
Opens 16 Jan 2027
Women and the Index of American Design
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C.
January 16 – June 13, 2027
Opens 27 Feb 2027
Beauford Delaney: So Much Love and Beauty
The Phillips Collection · Washington, D.C.
February 27 – May 23, 2027
Photo: Mariah Miranda Photography / The Phillips Collection
Opens 13 Mar 2027
Souvenirs of the Gilded Age:
French Landscapes from the Corcoran Collection
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C.
March 13, 2027 – January 17, 2028
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Opens 13 Mar 2027
Broken
The Power of the Fragment in Sculpture
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C.
March 13 – June 27, 2027
Opens 3 Apr 2027
Glenn Ligon: Subtext
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C.
April 3 – September 6, 2027
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0