From institutional retrospectives to gallery debuts, from postwar masters to living voices reshaping the present, March 2026 offers one of the densest exhibition calendars in recent memory. London, New York, Florence, Berlin, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Paris. Here is what we are watching.
National Portrait Gallery, London
Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting
Feb 12 – May 4
The first major exhibition dedicated to Lucian Freud's drawing practice. Over 100 works reveal the connection between his precise draftsmanship and his commanding portraits.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Danh Vo: πνεῦμα (Ἔλισσα)
Feb 14 – Aug 2
The most comprehensive European survey to date of Danh Vo. Spanning sculpture, found objects, and installations, the exhibition explores history, intimacy, and the lingering traces of empire.
Tate Modern, London
Tracey Emin: A Second Life
Feb 27 – Aug 31
A landmark exhibition spanning over 40 years of work. Raw, intimate, and unapologetically honest, Emin's practice confronts themes of love, loss, trauma, and the body.
Royal Academy of Arts, London
Rose Wylie: The Picture Comes First
Feb 28 – Apr 19
The first British female artist to occupy all of the Royal Academy's main galleries. Over 90 works inspired by cinema, celebrity culture, the Blitz, and Snow White.
Whitney Museum, New York
Whitney Biennial 2026
Mar 8 – Aug 23
The 82nd edition, featuring 56 artists, curated by Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer. Mood over manifesto.
Serpentine North, London
David Hockney: A Year in Normandie
Mar 12 – Aug 23
A monumental 90-metre iPad frieze, capturing the shifting seasons of his Normandy studio in one continuous, immersive landscape.
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
Rothko in Florence
Mar 14 – Aug 23
Over 70 works curated by Christopher Rothko, extending into the Museo di San Marco and Michelangelo's Biblioteca Laurenziana. American abstraction meets the Renaissance that inspired it.
David Zwirner, New York
Elizabeth Peyton: mountains in my heart
Mar 19 – May 2
Peyton's first New York solo with David Zwirner. New paintings and works on paper extending her intimate portrait practice.
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Brancusi
Mar 20 – Aug 9
Over 150 works. His first major exhibition in Germany in more than 50 years, featuring a partial reconstruction of his Paris studio — shown outside France for the first time since 1957.
Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
Julie Mehretu: Kairos / Hauntological Variations
Mar 20 – Aug 30
A major solo survey in Warsaw's new museum. Layered abstractions exploring geopolitical rupture, migration, and the weight of history.
Almine Rech, Paris
Forming the Monochrome: Masters of Dansaekhwa
Mar 21 – May 23
Ha Chong-Hyun, Lee Ufan, Park Seo-Bo, Yun Hyong-Keun, and Chung Sang-Hwa. Key figures of Dansaekhwa in Paris, marking the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and Korea.
Eleven exhibitions across seven cities. What connects them is not geography or generation, but a shared sense of timeliness — each show arriving at a moment when its subject demands renewed attention. The season is open.