First Major UK Exhibition on Francisco De Zurbarán at the National Gallery
The National Gallery is hosting the United Kingdom’s first major monographic exhibition of 17th‑century Spanish master Francisco de Zurbarán, on view from 2 May to 23 August 2026. The show assembles almost 50 paintings that trace the full arc of Zurbarán’s career, drawing from the Gallery’s own holdings and high‑profile loans from the Louvre, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Prado and other institutions. It marks the first dedicated Zurbarán presentation at the Gallery since a 1994 display of the Jacob series. The exhibition will travel to partner museums in France and the United States later in 2026‑27.
Niagara Falls: Mist and Majesty at the NGA Washington
“Niagara Falls: Mist and Majesty” opens at the National Gallery of Art in Washington from May 2 to September 20, 2026, marking the bicentennial of landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church’s birth. The show presents roughly 20 works—including 19th‑century prints, photographs, and contemporary video...
Monet and Venice at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco will host “Monet and Venice” from March 21 to July 26, 2026, showcasing more than twenty Venetian canvases by Claude Monet drawn from public and private collections worldwide. Co‑curated by Brooklyn Museum senior curator Lisa Small...
Stubbs: Portrait of a Horse at the National Gallery
From 12 March to 31 May 2026 the National Gallery will host a dedicated George Stubbs exhibition, featuring the rarely seen life‑size horse portrait “Scrub, a bay horse belonging to the Marquess of Rockingham” (c. 1762). The painting, long held in a private collection...
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller: “True to Nature” At the Belvedere
The Lower Belvedere will host “Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller: True to Nature” from 27 February to 14 June 2026, presenting the Austrian Biedermeier master’s landscape and genre works. The show places Waldmüller’s depictions of the Vienna Woods, Salzkammergut, and rural life alongside contemporaries such...