August is the interval of the exhibition year. Much of the continent goes on holiday, so museums plan around it, clearing their walls and saving the premieres for September. This issue of Kunsti Radar lists just twelve openings across five countries.
At the British Museum, a Chinese scroll painted more than a thousand years ago is on view for six weeks. The show closes on 24 August. It is one of 117 across thirteen countries in this issue, the rest ending on their own dates through the month. Some fill a whole museum; others, a single room.
In Salzburg this festival summer, the sculptor Stephan Balkenhol fills the Residenzplatz with a crowd of wooden figures in their opera best. They open an issue in which the art keeps stepping outside. Most of the exhibitions opening in July run well into the autumn, so there is no need to rush.
Four centuries separate Michelangelo and Rodin, yet the Louvre has put the two sculptors in the same rooms for the first time, both of them treating the human body as the vessel of an inner life.
Two openings at the Albertina mark its 250th anniversary, and a few streets away the Secession opens summer shows by Katherine Hubbard, Onyeka Igwe and Mire Lee. Vienna leads the count in this issue, which lists seventy openings across eleven countries.
Eighty exhibitions across twelve countries close their doors before the end of June, and this issue is the prompt to catch the ones still on your list. Kunsti Radar asks where you might still find a free Saturday before the summer travel begins in earnest.
This issue of Kunsti Radar brings together exhibitions opening in May 2026 across twelve countries in Europe — the kind of selection that makes a good argument for keeping a flexible travel budget.
Every two weeks, Kunsti Radar newsletter maps a different slice of the European exhibition calendar. This issue is devoted to exhibitions closing in May — a prompt to plan ahead, book a train, and see what is still on before the museums and galleries move on to the next thing.
April is a good time to be in Europe with plenty of new exhibitions. In this issue we cover 70 openings across 13 countries — and no two shows are much alike.
The following weeks present a final window to catch several discussed exhibitions across Europe before their galleries are cleared. Highlights include Messerschmidt’s sculptures in Vienna and the Turner and Constable rivalry at Tate Britain.
The arrival of March brings a notably busier schedule to the European cultural calendar, as many major institutions debut their primary spring programmes.
This issue of Kunsti Radar focuses on the diverse range of 104 art exhibitions set to close across Europe and the United Kingdom in March 2026.
Upcoming exhibitions
February 2026 brings a wave of fresh energy to museums across Europe, featuring everything from grand historical surveys to bold contemporary projects. This month is defined by a deep look at how we see the world, whether through the “photographic clarity” of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller’s landscapes in Vienna or
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This issue of Kunsti Radar focuses on the diverse range of 100 art exhibitions set to close across Europe and the United Kingdom in February 2026.
Upcoming exhibitions
As we prepare to step into 2026, the art world is taking a moment to catch its breath. The first half of January will remain relatively quiet, offering a brief pause before the cultural calendar accelerates. But as the month progresses, the season wakes up with a remarkable run of
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On this Christmas Day, the Kunsti team is excited to announce the launch of Kunsti Radar, a bi-weekly newsletter designed to help you navigate the art world with precision — and have fun along the way. As we build the Kunsti.art platform (more on that in future announcements), we