A museum, a gallery, a new exhibition or a cultural event – festival, concert, performance – often serve as the trigger for a short excursion, they motivate us for a different city break or long weekend, they become a reason for choosing a destination or a reason to return to it and ultimately they can upgrade travel moments into unforgettable cultural experiences, with depth, inspiration and meaning. In this article we present, always in our opinion, the most important art exhibitions on offer:
- MILAN – ITALY (EU)
Exhibition: Over, Under And In Between, Mona Hatoum
“Over, under and in between” is a site-specific project conceived by artist Mona Hatoum for Fondazione Prada in Milan that reflect on the turmoil of our times and the precariousness of our existence.
The three installations comprising this solo presentation explore archetypal elements of Hatoum’s artistic vocabulary: the web, the map, and the grid. Their presence reactivates the space of the Cisterna building, which housed the silos and tanks of the former alcohol distillery, once located on the Fondazione Prada’s compound. The three independent works embody ideas of instability, danger, and fragility to varying degrees of intensity and sensibility, creating a dialogue with the space and, in particular, the viewer’s physical experience.
January 29 – November 9, 2026
- BERLIN – GERMANY (EU)
Exhibition: David Lynch
Lynch, one of the foremost creative thinkers of our time, considered himself a visual artist first, studying painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, in the late 1960s. During this period, he conceived his first “moving painting,” Six Men Getting Sick (Six Times) (1967), a multimedia work that fused painting and projection. This approach to image-making, rooted in material experimentation, remained central to his artistic practice. Pace Gallery is pleased to announce a presentation of work by David Lynch at its gallery in Berlin from January 29 to March 29, 2026. The exhibition will highlight his vision across media, bringing together a select group of paintings, sculptures, watercolors, and early short films. It will also include a series of photographs taken in Berlin, touching on Lynch’s history with the German capital and Europe at large. The show precedes a major exhibition of Lynch’s work slated for fall 2026 at Pace’s gallery in the artist’s hometown of Los Angeles.
January 29 – March 29, 2026
- KUNSTSILO, KRISTIANSAND – NORWAY
Exhibition: Edvard Munch Portraits
Edvard Munch created portraits of family, friends, lovers, writers, artists, patrons, and collectors – as well as a wide range of self-portraits. With energetic brushstrokes, bold color, and great variation in format, framing, and background, Munch approached the portrait genre in an exploratory and expressive way. Still, portraits have often remained in the background when Munch’s work is presented to the public. When Kunstsilo now presents the exhibition in a new version here in Norway, it is precisely because it offers a slightly different perspective on the artist than we are used to.
By telling the stories of the people Munch portrayed – and his relationships to them – the exhibition reveals Munch’s life in a broader social context. Instead of repeating the familiar myth of the solitary artist, the exhibition highlights how Munch was surrounded by close family, friends, and dedicated supporters, and how, as a professional artist, he undertook commissions and was an active part of an intellectual bourgeoisie in both the Nordic countries and across Europe.
February 5 – May 10, 2026
- AMSTERDAM – HOLLAND (EU)
Exhibition: “Metamorphoses” with works by Caravaggio, Titian, Rodin, Bourgeois and more
Metamorphoses brings together over 80 masterpieces from museums and collections around the world. From Titian, Correggio, and Caravaggio to Rodin, Brancusi, Magritte, and Bourgeois. The exhibition features paintings, sculptures, goldsmith’s work, and ceramics, alongside contemporary photography and video art. It is a special collaboration with the Galleria Borghese in Rome. Historic masterpieces and contemporary works come together in this exhibition. Alongside iconic works such as Correggio’s Jupiter and Io and Titian’s Danaë, you will also encounter modern interpretations of Ovid’s stories. These include the boundary-pushing work of Ulay and a video installation by Juul Kraijer, inspired by the myth of Medusa. The 80-plus works depict themes of transformation, the fluidity of identity and the relationship between humanity and nature and include Titian’s Danae, Caravaggio’s Narcissus, Arcimboldo’s signature figures and the contemporary photographic gaze of Ulay and Juul Kraijer. Rijksmuseum
February 6 – May 25, 2026
