Exhibition calendar
19 Oct 2025
Between Light and Shadow, with Cats Watching: September 2025 Art Exhibitions
September in the art world feels like a prelude before the “exhibitions of the…
24 Sep 2025
Letters, Games, and Saint Fools: The Art Exhibitions of August 2025
August is usually a sleepy month in the art world. Museums are busy plotting…
22 Sep 2025
Men in Windows, Women in History: The Art Exhibitions of July 2025
Windows are open this month, both literally and metaphorically. Men peer out of them,…
22 Sep 2025
Witches, Goya, and Apple Pie: A June Art Guide
June is a lazy month, and museums are not immune to the seasonal nap.…
21 Jul 2025
Between Silk, Steel, and Stingers: Art Exhibitions Not to Miss in May 2025
May has always been a month of thresholds – not quite summer, not quite…
13 Jun 2025
Two Kings and Bad Girls: Art to See in April 2025
What do an alchemy-obsessed emperor, a poetry-loving Scottish king, and a gallery of rebellious…
13 Jun 2025
Bees and People of the North: Art Exhibitions of March 2025
With the return of longer days and softer light, museums worldwide are launching a…
05 May 2025
Dolls, Pierrot, and Silence: The Must-See Art Exhibitions of February 2025
As winter settles in, the world’s museums unveil some of their most stirring, imaginative,…
Art news
03 Oct 2025
Double Portrait of a Giant and a Dwarf
“Dwarfs” and “giants” were long seen as curiosities of nature. In the Middle Ages…
22 Sep 2025
The Northern Pietà of Finland: Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s Lemminkäinen’s Mother
Gothic Modern, after captivating audiences at the Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki, is now…
28 Aug 2025
Vittore Carpaccio’s Lion of Saint Mark: Venice’s Symbol in the Doge’s Palace
In Venice, the Doge’s Palace stood as the stage of a thousand-year republic. Its…
09 Aug 2025
Pass the Dice: Jan Van Hemessen’s Marriage Code
The exhibition Saints, Sinners, Lovers and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks, organized by…
04 Aug 2025
Portraits of Power: Gentile Bellini Between Sultan and Doge
From the Doge’s Hall to the Sultan’s court, Gentile Bellini’s portraits tell a story…
30 Apr 2025
Trolls, Death, and Tender Monsters: The Magical World of Theodor Kittelsen
Have you ever smiled at a sea monster or felt sorry for an old…
12 Apr 2025
The History of Emotion in Art: From Sacred Awe to Existential Angst
What do we feel when we look at a painting? And what did the…
15 Apr 2025
Happy Birthday, Pierre-Auguste Renoir!
Today, we celebrate the birthday of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), one of the most…