From intimate solo shows and immersive installations to landmark museum retrospectives and cutting-edge fairs, this guide highlights the exhibitions and events you won’t want to miss. Whether you’re exploring familiar favourites or discovering fresh voices, get ready to fill your calendar with unforgettable experiences across the continents.
Your 2026 art adventure starts here: explore all the must-see exhibitions around the world on our interactive map.
THE NORDICS
Mosquito Coil, 1982 © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York
Jean Michel Basquiat – Louisiana
- 30 Jan – 17 May ‘26
- Gl Strandvej 13, Humlebæk, Denmark
- louisiana.dk
Revealing some of Basquiat’s rarely seen drawings, this exhibition brings together his detailed studies of the human head, illuminating a central theme in his art.
New Skyspace by James Turrell | ARoS
- Opening 19 Jun ’26
- Aros Allé 2, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
- aros.dk
James Turrell’s largest museum-based Skyspace is opening this year: a monumental dome where light and open sky become the artwork itself, offering a meditative experience of colour and perception.
Paula Rego, The Little Murderess, 1987. Private Collection. Courtesy The Estate of Paula Rego and Victoria Miro © The Estate of Paula Rego
Paula Rego | Munch Museum
- 24 Apr – 2 Aug ‘26
- Edvard Munchs Plass 1, 0194 Oslo, Norway
- munch.no
100 vividly coloured, imaginative figurative works by Paula Rego – from early abstract pieces to striking textile sculptures that confront power and desire with levity.
Sarah Lucas | Kiasma
- Until 8 Mar ‘26
- Mannerheiminaukio 2, Helsinki, Finland
- kiasma.fi
The Naked Eye spans four decades of sculpture, photography, and installation, bringing together iconic readymades and new works in which sharp wit and everyday materials interrogate the body, gender, sexuality, class, and power.
Leandro Erlich, Bâtiment, Photo: Tuomas Uusheimo / Amos Rex
Leandro Erlich | Amos Rex
- Until 6 Apr ‘26
- Mannerheimintie 22-24, Helsinki, Finland
- amosrex.fi
In Erlich’s playful world, you can climb the façade of a typical Helsinki building, take a seat as a pupil in a ghostly classroom, or investigate a strange elevator lobby to nowhere. Here, the laws of physics do not apply, and those who enter can no longer trust what they see.
