New openings, festivals and cultural moments that deserve the spotlight in 2026

Michaelina Wautier is one of the most compelling rediscoveries in Baroque painting. Working in 17th-century Brussels, she tackled subjects usually reserved for men, producing still lifes, portraits an

As we are ramshackle ramblers, Dieppe distracts us from our art tour of southwest France’s Languedoc-Roussillon. As if that’s not enough, we then border-hop between Catalonia and France, before detour

14 March to 28 June 2026 A selection of 64 Dutch and Flemish drawings from the 16th and 17th centuries will be on display, featuring works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Rembrandt, Rubens, Jacob Jordaen

Exaggerating her beetling monobrow and wispy dark moustache in self-portraits, the artist Frida Kahlo was a female force to be reckoned with, unafraid to pour her heart onto the canvas. Only last autu

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