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Your 2026 art calendar starts here
With plenty of art still to explore this year and 2026 just released, we've got your art calendar covered.
Meet rebel painter of the British art world, Rose Wylie; then journey to the glittering coastline of the French Riviera with a host of artists – Matisse, Monet, Bonnard and Klein to name a few – and finish with a reunion of highlights from art collector Peggy Guggenheim's first ever gallery, which opened in London in 1938.
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Still to come
Kerry James Marshall: The Histories
This Autumn, be moved by internationally acclaimed artist Kerry James Marshall's paintings of African American life; full of colour, life, power and soul.
20 September 2025 – 18 January 2026
A Story of South Asian Art: Mrinalini Mukherjee and Her Circle
Indian sculptor Mrinalini Mukherjee was part of an influential network of artists who helped shape modernist movements in South Asia and beyond. This exhibition brings together some of their extraordinary work.
31 October 2025 – 24 February 2026
Looking ahead
Rose Wylie
Meet the rebel painter of the British art world, Rose Wylie. See her iconic artworks alongside brand-new paintings in the biggest exhibition of the artist's work to date.
28 February – 19 April 2026
Michaelina Wautier
Wautier challenged the limits imposed on female artists working in the 17th century. This exhibition puts her back in her rightful place as one of Europe's most important artists.
27 March – 21 June 2026
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Summer Exhibition 2026
The UK's best-loved art show returns, showcasing an array of contemporary works including prints, paintings, sculpture and more by household names and emerging talent.
16 June – 23 August 2026
Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam
Constructed in breathtaking detail, Dadd's radical paintings and drawings – many made as a patient at Bethlem and Broadmoor hospitals – continue to inspire writers, musicians and artists, including Cornelia Parker and Queen.
25 July – 25 October 2026
Painting the French Riviera
Matisse and Klein in Nice. Cezanne in L'Estaque. Monet and Picasso in Antibes.
In this major exhibition, discover how the French Riviera became a catalyst for creativity for the Impressionists, Post-Impressionists and Modernists, through paintings, posters, costumes and more.
2 October 2026 – 31 January 2027
Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a Collector
Peggy Guggenheim's first gallery opened in London in 1938. We reunite highlights from the groundbreaking exhibitions that ensued, alongside similar works from the period by avant-garde artists such as Salvador Dalí, Vasily Kandinsky, Barbara Hepworth and more.
21 November 2026 – 14 March 2027
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Thank you to our exhibition supporters:
Kerry James Marshall
Lead Supporter BNP Paribas. Supported by Batia and Idan Ofer, the Huo Family Foundation, Sotheby's and The Kerry James Marshall Supporters Circle. With additional support from Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne, Jake and Hélène Marie Shafran and The Magic Trust, The Reuben Foundation and Alireza Abrishamchi
Mrinalini Mukherjee
Supported by The Mehra Family and Seher & Taimur Hassan
Summer Exhibition 2026
Sponsored by Insight Investment
Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam
Supported by Colin McCorquodale
Painting the French Riviera
Supported by Batia and Idan Ofer
Images:
Kerry James Marshall Hon RA, School of Beauty, School of Culture (detail), 2012. Acrylic and glitter on unstretched canvas. 274.3 x 401.3 cm. Collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama; Museum purchase with funds provided by Elizabeth (Bibby) Smith, the Collectors Circle for Contemporary Art, Jane Comer, the Sankofa Society, and general acquisition funds. © Kerry James Marshall. Photo: Sean Pathasema. Image courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Mrinalini Mukherjee and works in progress at her garage studio, 1985. Mrinalini Mukherjee Archive. Courtesy of Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation and Asia Art Archive. Photo: Ranjit Singh. Exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, in partnership with The Hepworth Wakefield. In 2026 a major retrospective of Mrinalini Mukherjee will be presented at The Hepworth Wakefield.
Rose Wylie, Snowwhite (3) with Duster (detail), 2018. Oil on canvas in two parts, 183.5 x 320 cm. Photo: Jo Moon Price. © Rose Wylie. Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner.
Michaelina Wautier, Bacchanal (detail), before 1659. Oil on canvas, 271.5 x 355.5. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Picture Gallery. Photo: © KHM-Museumsverband. Exhibition organised in collaboration with the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Collection Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photo: © Justine Trickett.
Installation view of the Summer Exhibition 2024. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts, London / David Parry.
Richard Dadd, The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke (detail), 1855-64. Oil on canvas, 54 x 39.4 cm. Tate. Presented by Siegfried Sassoon in memory of his friend and fellow officer Julian Dadd, a great-nephew of the artist, and of his two brothers who gave their lives in the First World War 1963. Photo: Tate.
Raoul Dufy, Golfe Juan (detail), 1927. Oil on canvas, mounted on board. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Bequest of Marion Koogler McNay, 1950.38. Exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London in collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Vasily Kandinsky, Dominant Curve (detail), 1936. Oil on canvas, 129.2 x 194.3 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection. Exhibition organised by the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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