Paris is brewing a dialogue that transcends time and space: at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the new exhibition "The Renaissance of Fontainebleau" bears witness to the elegance of the Fontainebleau School; while at the Louvre, one can revisit the Neoclassicism captured by Jacques-Louis David with his brush.
The key figures and groups that propelled the development of art history will also be the focus: the Orangerie Museum pays tribute to Bette Weir, the female gallery owner who first discovered Picasso; the Morgan Library focuses on Renoir's world on paper with more than 100 treasures; and the exhibitions on the Nabis and the School of Paris will take us back to the golden age of Paris, a time of diverse schools and a gathering of masters.
The Renaissance of Fontainebleau
Exhibition period: October 22, 2025 - February 1, 2026
Location: École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Pandora Opens the Box
The 16th-century French art drawings in the collection of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris are among the largest and most outstanding collections in France, on par with those in the Louvre and the National Library of France.
This exhibition features approximately 50 selected works, highlighting outstanding drawings and prints from the Fontainebleau School collection at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. The exhibition focuses on two founders of the 16th-century Fontainebleau School—the Italian Mannerist painters Rosso Fiorentino and Francesco Primaticcio. One was a Mannerist painter known for his strong, dramatic, and emotionally charged style, while the other was renowned for his elegant, refined, and decorative style.
Invited by King Francis I of France, they traveled to France to decorate the Palace of Fontainebleau, ushering in the golden age of French Renaissance art. The exhibition showcases drawings, prints, decorative murals, and sculptures, demonstrating how they fused Italian Mannerism with French court aesthetics to create an elegant, refined, and highly decorative artistic style. Some exhibits are being shown to the public for the first time, while others are rare pieces unseen for 30 years, providing important visual materials for the study of Franco-Italian artistic exchange, the spread of Mannerism, and the development of court art.
Jacques-Louis David Memorial Exhibition
Exhibition Period: October 15, 2025 - January 26, 2026
Location: Louvre Museum, France
Belisarius's Plea for Rest, 1780
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of Jacques-Louis David, the French Neoclassical master, the Louvre Museum has compiled approximately 100 of his representative works to comprehensively review his artistic career.
David was not only a founder of Neoclassicism, but also personally experienced major historical turning points from the French Revolution to the Bourbon Restoration, profoundly recording the era with his brush. Masterpieces such as "The Death of Marat" and "Napoleon Crossing the Alps" make him an irreplaceable painter who captures historical moments.
This exhibition, described by the Louvre as "a challenge that only the museum could accomplish," features not only its own collection of treasures but also works on loan from around the world, including the Versailles Palace's "Tennis Court Manifesto" sketch and the original Belgian Royal Museum's "The Death of Marat."
The Metropolitan Museum of Art at the Louvre: A Dialogue with Oriental Antiquities
Exhibition Period: February 29, 2024 - December 14, 2025
Location: Louvre Museum
This exhibition, co-curated by the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, features 10 precious artifacts from the Metropolitan Museum's Department of Near Eastern Art, spanning artifacts from Central Asia, Iran, and Mesopotamia dating from the 4th century BC to the 5th century AD. Some of the exhibits are artifacts of the same origin, appearing together for the first time, offering visitors a comparative perspective and exploring cultural connections. The exhibition not only showcases the diversity and artistic achievements of ancient Near Eastern civilizations but also reflects the deep collaboration between the two museums in artifact preservation and academic exchange.
School of Paris, collection of Marek Loeffler
Exhibition Period: October 17, 2025 - February 15, 2026
Location: Montmartre Museum, Paris
The School of Paris was a loose group of artists active in Paris during the first half of the 20th century, encompassing both native French and exiled artists, forming a unique creative ecosystem. After World War I, a large number of overseas artists flocked to Montmartre and settled in Montparnasse, making Paris the center of their creative work and lives. Amidst the convergence of various cultural trends, art movements such as Cubism, Fauvism, Expressionism, and Post-Impressionism rapidly developed.
Bette Weir: Avant-garde Female Gallery Owner
Exhibition Period: October 8, 2025 - January 26, 2026
Location: Musée de l'Orangerie, France
In memory of Berthe Weir (1865-1951), a pioneer of French avant-garde art, the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris presents a special exhibition reviewing her remarkable career as a female gallery owner. Weir opened her gallery in 1901, supporting emerging art with an open mind, and held exhibitions for nearly four hundred artists over four decades, a third of whom were women.
She was the first to discover Picasso and held her only solo exhibition for Modigliani. This exhibition brings together more than 100 works she recommended, covering oil paintings, sculptures, and prints by masters such as Picasso, Matisse, and Rivera, showcasing her key influence on the development of 20th-century art.
Turner and Constable
Exhibition Period: November 27, 2025 - April 12, 2026
Location: Tate Britain
The Burning Houses of Parliament, 1835
To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of British landscape painters Turner and Constable, Tate Britain will exhibit the two masters' paintings, drawings, and personal manuscripts together, revealing their little-known artistic journeys and intertwined life trajectories.
Turner (1775-1843), born in a London slum, achieved early fame; Constable (1776-1837), the son of a wealthy merchant, endured a much longer road to fame. Despite coming from different social classes, both men reshaped landscape painting with an innovative spirit—Turner traveled far and wide, his paintings filled with fiery sunsets and grand poetic imagery; Constable, on the other hand, focused on his homeland, capturing the light and shadow of Suffolk and the true essence of nature.
Their art has been likened to a clash of "fire and water": one fiery and unrestrained, the other serene and realistic. This exhibition presents these contrasting perspectives on nature, showcasing both two distinctly different viewpoints and bearing witness to the golden age of British landscape painting.
Picasso's drama
Exhibition Period: September 17, 2025 - April 12, 2026
Location: Tate Modern, London
Picasso's "Three Dancers"
Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, best known for his Cubist portraits, also designed costumes for the Ballets Russes and was a fan of the intensity of bullfighting. This exhibition brings together approximately 45–50 works by Picasso, including paintings, sculptures, textiles, and works on paper, many of which are being shown in the UK for the first time. It explores the dramatic side of this uncompromising artist. His classic 1925 work, *Three Dancers*, a treasure from the Tate Modern's collection, is a central piece in this exhibition.
Seeing Picasso again
Exhibition Period: March 12, 2024 - March 12, 2027
Location: Picasso Museum, Paris
The permanent exhibition "Rediscovering Picasso" at the Musée Picasso in Paris showcases 400 masterpieces from its collection, encompassing various media including paintings, sculptures, collages, drawings, ceramics, and prints from Picasso's Blue Period to his late period. Organized chronologically and thematically, the exhibition systematically traces his artistic development and stylistic evolution, highlighting his central role in Cubism, Surrealism, and postwar art. Visitors will have the opportunity to closely examine sketches of "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon," the ceramic work "Goat," and several rare portraits from private collections, gaining a comprehensive understanding of the creative concepts, emotional world, and artistic innovations of this 20th-century artist.
Miro and the United States
Exhibition period: October 10, 2025 - February 22, 2026
Location: Juan Miró Foundation, Spain
Miró visited the United States seven times between 1947 and 1968, where he witnessed artistic possibilities vastly different from the European tradition, inspiring a grander, freer, and more materialistic side to his work. The exhibition brings together over 130 works, arranged chronologically in galleries 0-14, presenting this transatlantic artistic dialogue and showcasing the creative resonance between Miró and over forty artists from different generations. The core section focuses on the 1940s and 50s—a period brimming with innovation for New York artists and, for Miró, the initiation of important public commissions.
Anna Ancher: The Painter of Light
Exhibition period: November 4, 2025 - March 8, 2026
Location: Tullwich Gallery, London, UK
The Room Decorated with Red Poppies, 1905
Anna Ancher (1859-1935) was a key figure in the Skahn School of Impressionism in Denmark. Known for her bold use of color and precise lighting, her works often depicted the local customs and culture of her hometown, Skahn, becoming an artistic bridge connecting tradition and modernity.
In an era that severely restricted women, she broke through barriers to become one of Denmark's most celebrated artists. This first UK exhibition brings together over 40 works by her and other contemporary female artists such as Mary Lupplau, showcasing their artistic achievements and influence.
An Honest Gaze: Camille Pissarro's Impressionism
Exhibition Period: October 26, 2025 – February 8, 2026
Location: Denver Art Museum, USA
Pissarro, *View from the Window, Erlani*, 1886
This is the first major retrospective of Camille Pissarro held in the United States in over 40 years, comprehensively reviewing the artist's illustrious career and exploring his unique position within the Impressionist movement. Encompassing landscapes, cityscapes, still lifes, and portraits, the exhibition shows how he abandoned the preference of his contemporaries for upper-class themes, instead depicting ordinary scenes of daily life.
Sufi Life and Art
Exhibition Period: October 27, 2025 - July 26, 2026
Location: British Museum
Painting of a mendicant monk, Iran, circa 1626
Sufism originated in the 8th century AD and is a mystical Islamic community. This exhibition focuses on Sufi artifacts from the British Museum, revealing Sufi life, artistic achievements, and their influence on wider society. The exhibits come from the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, and North India, encompassing various types of artifacts including monks' bowls, calligraphy, miniature paintings, and wall tiles.
Barber Academy of Fine Arts Collection Exhibition
Exhibition period: May 23, 2025 - February 22, 2026
Location: Courtauld Gallery, London, UK
The Courtauld Gallery will exhibit some of its important collections during the Barber Academy of Fine Arts' closure for renovations from 2025 to 2026. The exhibits feature works by artists including Frans Hals, a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter; Elisabeth Vige-Lebrunn, a French portrait painter; Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a Pre-Raphaelite painter; and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a French Post-Impressionist painter. Some of these paintings will be displayed in the Courtauld Gallery's permanent galleries, allowing visitors to discover connections between the two institutions' collections.
Joseph Wright: From the Shadows
Exhibition Period: November 7, 2025 - May 10, 2026
Location: National Gallery, London
Philosophers' Explanation of the Solar System, 1764-1766
Joseph Wright (1734-1797) was an English Romantic landscape and portrait painter, whose works are often characterized by exaggerated chiaroscuro. This exhibition will focus for the first time on Joseph Wright's works containing candlelight elements, bringing together more than 20 paintings, prints, drawings, watercolors, and related exhibits.
In Joseph Wright's works, faces illuminated by candlelight gather around various objects—perhaps classical sculptures, scientific instruments, or animal and bone specimens—reflecting the influence of the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.
Depicting the Italian Renaissance
Location: King's Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Exhibition period: October 17, 2025 to March 1, 2026
Raphael (1483-1520), The Three Goddesses, c. 1517-18
The exhibition features over 80 exquisite drawings by 57 master artists, including Leonardo da Vinci's dragon costume design sketches, making it the largest exhibition of Italian Renaissance drawings in Scotland in over half a century.
The exhibition not only focuses on the artistic value of these works, but will also showcase the continuity and vitality of drawing as an art form in contemporary times through an artist residency program. Two young artists from Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) will continue to create works in the gallery and interact with visitors, encouraging them to try drawing themselves.
Entering the Modern Era: Impressionist Works from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Exhibition period: November 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026
Location: National Gallery Singapore
Poppy Fields Near Giverny, Monet, 1885, oil on canvas
Curated in collaboration between the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the National Gallery Singapore, this exhibition features over 100 Impressionist works, including paintings by Renoir, Monet, Manet, Cézanne, Degas, and others. Through various themes such as urban life, gender, land, and environment, it guides viewers to witness the birth of modernity from the artists' perspectives and elucidates the enduring influence of Impressionism.
Sargent – Paris Years (1874–1884)
Exhibition Period: September 23, 2025 - January 11, 2026
Location: Musée d'Orsay, France
"Dr. Pozzi at Home", 1881
This is the first exhibition of Sargent's work in France. Covering a key decade of his career, the exhibition follows his apprenticeship at Carolus-Duran, his early successes, and his influence in the Parisian art world. Key works include *Doctor Pozzi at Home* (1881) and *The Daughters of Édouard Dali-Boitt* (1882). These portraits brilliantly capture the diverse social figures of the ever-changing international metropolis, demonstrating why Sargent is often compared to masters such as Velázquez.
Nabis Impressions
Exhibition period: September 9, 2025 - January 11, 2026
Location: National Library of France
The Nabis were a group of young post-Impressionist artists in the 1890s. Influenced by Impressionism and Art Deco, they were not bound by specific media and played a crucial role in the transition from Impressionism to abstract and symbolist art. The exhibition is divided into five parts, showcasing the roles of creative media, dealers, the publishing industry, the stage, and everyday life in the dissemination of Nabis art.
Renoir's sketches
Exhibition period: October 17, 2025 - February 8, 2026
Location: Morgan Library and Museum, New York
Renoir's Study of "The Bathing Women"
This exhibition traces Renoir's entire life and artistic career, and is the first exhibition in over a century dedicated solely to his works on paper. It features over one hundred works by Renoir. Renoir created a remarkable but little-known series of drawings, pastels, watercolors, and prints. Through works spanning a decade, one can truly appreciate his development and the different styles that characterized his career.
International Surrealism
Exhibition period: November 2, 2025 to March 22, 2026
Location: Dallas Museum of Art, USA
Juan Miró, *Woman and Bird in the Moonlight*, 1949. Tate Modern, London.
The Dallas Museum of Art, in collaboration with Tate Modern in London, presents the largest international retrospective of Surrealism in North America in nearly a decade. Spanning over 100 paintings, sculptures, photographs, books, and archives from 1920 to 1960, the exhibition brings together more than 40 pioneers, including André Breton, Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Leonora Carrington, and Joan Miró, comprehensively showcasing the diverse practices, techniques, and perspectives that defined this art movement and demonstrating the far-reaching influence of Surrealist thought. Sue Canterbury, Curator of American Art at the Dallas Museum of Art, stated, “This exhibition allows viewers to glimpse this intellectual revolution and appreciate the captivating, bizarre, and often unsettling imagery created by Surrealism.”
Lin Feilong: When I don't sleep, I dream.
Exhibition period: November 10, 2025 - April 11, 2026
Location: Museum of Modern Art, New York
Wifredo Lam was born in Sagua de la Grande, Cuba in 1902. His father was an immigrant from Guangdong, China, and his mother was of Congolese-Cuban-Spanish descent. His intercontinental heritage meant that he grew up with a marginal perspective. In his 1943 masterpiece, *The Jungle*, seven human-animal-like bodies appear and disappear among the sugarcane fields, representing both the manifestation of his African ancestors and a ruthless exposé of the colonial plantation economy.
Life Never Stops – A Centennial Retrospective of Rauschenberg
Exhibition Period: October 10, 2025 - April 5, 2026
Location: Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
This exhibition brings together more than ten classic works from the Guggenheim collection, along with significant works from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, highlighting the artist's bold use of materials and media. Coinciding with Rauschenberg's centenary, the exhibition, along with global commemorative events, pays tribute to this boundary-pushing, experimental, and profoundly influential master of contemporary art.
"Egyptian Deities" themed exhibition
Exhibition Period: October 12, 2025 - January 19, 2026
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The exhibition aims to reveal the mysterious and often surreal qualities of ancient Egyptian religious art.
This is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's largest exhibition of ancient Egyptian art in over a decade, bringing together approximately 210 precious artifacts. The exhibits come from a wide range of sources, including the Metropolitan Museum's own extensive collection (approximately 140 items) as well as loans from world-renowned institutions such as the Louvre and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
The Pazzi Conspiracy: Power, Violence, and Art in Renaissance Florence
Exhibition period: October 24, 2025 to September 20, 2026
Location: Bode Museum, Germany
Sandro Botticelli, *Portrait of Giuliano de' Medici*, 1478, Berlin State Museums
In 1478, Pope Sixtus IV conspired with the Pazzi family, Florentine banking nobles, to assassinate Lorenzo de' Medici and his brother Giuliano during Easter Mass at the Florence Cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore). Their aim was to overthrow Medici's rule and regain the Papacy's financial and political control in Tuscany. Giuliano died instantly from 19 stab wounds, while Lorenzo escaped wounded. The citizens immediately sided with the Medici; the mastermind was hanged and his body thrown into the Arno River, and the Pazzi family's property was confiscated. The papacy's war failed to reverse the situation; instead, the Medici's prestige soared to new heights due to his bloody revenge and cultural diplomacy, ushering in the Golden Age of the Renaissance.
This exhibition aims to trace this event using items from the collection of the Berlin State Museums. The currency gallery houses a series of medals depicting key figures from the event, many of whose portraits are now also held in the sculpture collection and painting gallery.
A tribute to Cabacho
Exhibition Period: November 20, 2025 - April 6, 2026
Location: Berlin State Museum
The Funeral of Christ, circa 1515-1520, tempera on canvas
This exhibition commemorates the 500th anniversary of the death of Vittore Carpaccio, a painter of the Venetian School of Italian painting, with his newly restored painting "The Funeral of Christ" as the centerpiece.
Cabagio was a Renaissance painter active in Venice from the late 15th to the early 16th century. He is known for his narrative, detailed, and brightly colored religious and historical paintings. His work was heavily influenced by Giovanni Bellini and also by later painters such as Titian.
