A dialogue between the classics and the avant-garde is unfolding across the art world. In Paris, the Louvre presents a David memorial exhibition, the Musée d'Orsay focuses on Sargent, and the Rodin Museum showcases drawing skills, demonstrating the heights of classic art; while the Georges Condor retrospective at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris displays pioneering spirit.
In Berlin, Germany, the German National Museum, with special exhibitions such as "The Ziguang Pavilion: Banquets, Portraits of Heroes, and Battle Scenes" and "The Pazzi Conspiracy," delves into the intertwined stories of power, art, and civilization in Eastern and Western history. Meanwhile, in New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Fan Mania" showcases 19th-century social trends, while "The Use of Color: Chinese Enamel" and "Egyptian Deities" respectively guide visitors into the color philosophy of Eastern aesthetics and the mystical beliefs of ancient Egypt.
Jacques-Louis David Memorial Exhibition
Exhibition Period: October 15, 2025 - January 26, 2026
Location: Louvre Museum, France
The Abduction of Sabine Women
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."
Sargent – Paris Years (1874–1884)
Exhibition Period: September 23, 2025 - January 11, 2026
Location: Musée d'Orsay, France
Self-portrait
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.
Rodin: Infinity Sketch
Exhibition period: December 13, 2025 - March 1, 2026
Location: Rodin Museum, Paris
If you want to gain a deeper understanding of Rodin in Paris, this exhibition and the Rodin Museum are well worth a special trip. Located in the Hôtel Billund, a Rococo building that served as Rodin's studio and is itself an art heritage site, the Rodin Museum boasts an extremely rich collection, including approximately 6,600 sculptures and 8,000 drawings donated by Rodin, as well as works by painters such as Van Gogh and Renoir from his personal collection. The exhibition features about 70 selected drawings from the museum's collection, revealing how he used sketches to create sculptures and showcasing his little-known explorations of the two-dimensional world.
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.
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.
George Condo Retrospective
Exhibition period: October 10, 2025 - February 8, 2026
Location: Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
The Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris's grand finale exhibition this year focuses on American artist George Condo, a versatile painter, drawer, and sculptor.
Condot's work is extremely unique, blending classical techniques with avant-garde concepts. His figures often possess distorted features and expressions that are both elegant and distorted, with wild lines and a sense of mystery. His creations cleverly combine the fragmented feel of Cubism with cartoonish absurd humor, forming a visual language that appears mad but actually possesses complex spiritual connotations.
The Renaissance of Fontainebleau
Exhibition period: October 22, 2025 - February 1, 2026
Location: École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
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 works, highlighting outstanding drawings and prints from the Fontainebleau School collection at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. The exhibition focuses on two of the founders of the 16th-century Fontainebleau School—the Italian Mannerist painters Rosso Fiorentino and Francesco Primaticcio. The exhibition showcases drawings, prints, decorative murals, and sculptures, demonstrating how they blended Italian Mannerism with French court aesthetics to create an elegant, refined, and highly decorative artistic style.
Fan Mania
Exhibition period: December 11, 2025 - May 12, 2026
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art
In the 19th century, fans became incredibly popular in European society. This object, combining practicality and decoration, was not only a fashionable everyday accessory but also an important symbol in social settings. It was popular not only across different social classes but also inspired many artists—Impressionist painters such as Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro not only frequently depicted fans in their paintings but also used them directly as a medium for artistic creation.
This exhibition brings together 75 fan-themed works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, encompassing hand-painted fans, printed fans, and artworks depicting women holding fans, vividly showcasing the art world's historical passion for fans. The exhibits cover a wide range of themes, including consumerism and cultural appropriation, inviting viewers to step into this small world of art.
The use of color: Enamel in Chinese decorative art (1300-1900)
Exhibition period: Until June 28, 2026
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Enamel is an important element of Chinese decorative art, but it has long been overlooked. This exhibition will showcase more than 100 Ming and Qing dynasty enamel treasures from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection in four rotating batches, revealing their aesthetic, technical, and cultural connotations.
The exhibition focuses on two major transformation periods in the history of Chinese enamel: in the 14th and 15th centuries, the combination of local overglaze enamel and foreign cloisonné enamel initiated a leap from monochrome to polychrome; in the 17th and 18th centuries, European techniques were introduced to the Qing court, giving rise to more delicate and richer enamel colors.
Picasso's drama
Exhibition Period: September 17, 2025 - April 12, 2026
Location: Tate Modern, London
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.
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 births of British landscape painters Turner and Constable, Tate Britain will jointly exhibit paintings, drawings, and personal manuscripts by the two masters. Turner (1775-1843), born in a London slum, achieved early fame; Constable (1776-1837), the son of a wealthy merchant, experienced a much longer road to fame. Despite coming from different social classes, both reshaped landscape painting with an innovative spirit—Turner traveled extensively, 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 realism 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, through its comparative presentation, also bears witness to the golden age of British landscape painting.
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.
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.
Depicting the Italian Renaissance
Location: King's Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Exhibition period: October 17, 2025 to March 8, 2026
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.
Renoir's sketches
Exhibition period: October 17, 2025 - February 8, 2026
Location: Morgan Library and Museum, New York
Study for Dancers, 1883, Yale University Art Museum.
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.”
"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.
Untitled (USA): Whitney Museum Collection Exhibition
Exhibition Dates: July 5, 2025 - To be determined
Location: Whitney Museum, New York
This exhibition primarily features the Whitney Museum's collection, focusing on American art from 1900 to the 1980s. The exhibition's origins are closely linked to the Whitney Museum's mission. Founded in 1930 by art patron Gertrude Whitney, the museum's initial aim was to support and showcase contemporary American art. Today, its ever-growing collection itself serves as a testament to the evolving concept of "America."
The exhibition, titled "Untitled" (USA), pays homage to artist Felix González-Torres's light bulb installation of the same name. Placed in front of the gallery window, its light connects the museum's interior and exterior. In the exhibition, viewers will see how artists respond to core themes of their time, including the search for American landscapes and memories, examinations of popular culture and consumerism, revelations of the illusions of mass media, and cultural explorations of abstract art.
In the spotlight: Loves Collint, the National Gallery, and the movement to ban decadent art.
Exhibition Period: July 18, 2025 - January 25, 2026
Location: Old German National Gallery
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of Lovis Corinth, a leading German Impressionist painter, this exhibition will focus on works by Lovis Corinth and his wife Charlotte Berend-Corinth from the Berlin National Gallery and other collections, highlighting their turbulent fate during the Nazi era.
The more than twenty paintings by Klint in the collection of the Berlin National Gallery have diverse origins: some have been kept by the gallery since they were acquired, some were confiscated by the Nazis as "degenerate art" and then returned, and others were originally part of the collection but were forcibly dispersed to other institutions and are now on loan for this exhibition.
Ziguang Pavilion: Banquet hall, portraits of meritorious officials, and battle maps.
Exhibition Period: August 28, 2024 - August 31, 2026
Location: Berlin State Museum
Ziguang Pavilion is a building within Zhongnanhai in Beijing. Originally a platform for Ming Dynasty emperors to review troops, it was continued in the Qing Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, it was renovated to commemorate his "Ten Great Campaigns." He ordered the painting of a total of 280 portraits of meritorious officials, which were hung in the pavilion in four installments. These portraits were not created independently by traditional Chinese painters, but rather were the result of collaboration between Chinese and Western court painters. During the invasion of Beijing by the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1900, almost all the portraits in Ziguang Pavilion were looted and scattered overseas. As far as is known, fewer than 30 original works survive, with only two remaining in China.
The Pazzi Conspiracy: Power, Violence, and Art in Renaissance Florence
Exhibition period: October 24, 2025 to September 20, 2026
Location: Bode Museum, Germany
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.
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.
