November Art Exhibitions Calendar 2026

November is a strong month for art worldwide. The key events include Paris Photo, Salon Art + Design and ADAA The Art Show in New York, alongside major museum openings in London, Paris and New York.c

Major art fairs

Paris

Paris in November is centred on photography, with Paris Photo returning to the Grand Palais from November 12 to 15.culturalsignal+1

Key exhibitions include:

• Louvre Photo at the Louvre, opening November 4, with more than 300 photographs tracing the museum’s history through photography.

• Gustave Le Gray, Painter and Photographer at the Musée d’Orsay, opening November 10 as part of the bicentenary of photography.

• Silent Violence: Through the Eyes of Romeo Mivekannin at the Musée du quai Branly–Jacques Chirac, opening November 10.

• Révéler. Collection de photographie du Centre Pompidou at the Grand Palais, opening November 12 during Paris Photo.

• Street art and contemporary art festival at La Poste du Louvre, free and open from November 14 to 22.

• We, the Grotesques by Guillermo Forchino at Galerie Joseph, free, from November 6 to 29.

New York

New York’s November calendar includes major openings at MoMA PS1, David Zwirner, the Frick, the Neue Galerie and the Whitney.

Key exhibitions include:

• Yoshitomo Nara at David Zwirner, opening November 5 and running to December 12.davidzwirner+1

• Hard Art at MoMA PS1, opening November 5, examining abstract painting by Black artists in the United States from 1969 to today.

• Zeng Fanzhi at Hauser & Wirth, opening November 5.

• Masao Gozu: Windows and Bars at MoMA PS1, opening November 5.

• New York Fashion at PS1, 1980–1984, also opening November 5.

• Na Mira: NO SMOKING at MoMA, opening November 14.

• artport: A History of Internet Art at the Whitney, opening November 21.

• Kent Monkman at the Frick and the Neue Galerie’s 25th-anniversary programme, both beginning November 12.

London

London’s November programme is especially strong for photography, contemporary art, design and historical painting.

Key exhibitions include:

• Through Our Eyes: Sámi Art and Culture at Somerset House, opening November 6.

• Arcadia by John Akomfrah at the Natural History Museum, opening November 6.

• Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires at the V&A, opening November 7.

• Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury at Tate Britain, opening November 12.

• Beyond the Streets at Saatchi Gallery, opening November 11.

• Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a Collector at the Royal Academy, opening November 21.

• Van Eyck: The Portraits at the National Gallery, opening November 21.

• Nan Goldin: You Never Did Anything Wrong at the Hayward Gallery, opening November 24.culturalsignal+1

• Peter Blake: In The Studio at Pitzhanger, opening November 25.

Sydney

Sydney’s November programme continues several of the exhibitions already on view in October, making it a good month for contemporary Australian art, ceramics and drawing.

Key exhibitions include:

• Nolan: Origins at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, on view until February 7, 2027.

• Near at Hand: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2026 at the Art Gallery of NSW, on view until March 7, 2027.

• And Still I Rise at the Art Gallery of NSW, on view until November 8.

• Connections: MCA x Tate at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.

• Ai Weiwei: Mushrooms at the MCA.

• Robyn Kahukiwa: My Ancestors Are Always With Me at the MCA, on view until February 7, 2027.

Tokyo

Tokyo’s November calendar is shaped by photography, Japanese art and major international exhibitions.

Key exhibitions include:

• Turner: Painting the Sublime, in Dialogue with Contemporary Art at the National Museum of Western Art, on view from October 24 to February 21, 2027.

• Duet: Asian Contemporary at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, on view until January 17, 2027.

• Hiroshige: New Perspectives on Edo Japan at the Tokyo National Museum, with its second part beginning October 27.

• Marie Antoinette Style at the Yokohama Museum of Art, on view until November 23.

• The Strangers’ Gaze: Japanese Artists in Europe at the Artizon Museum, opening October 24.

Themes to follow in November

• Photography takes centre stage: Paris Photo, the Louvre’s photography exhibition, Gustave Le Gray at the Musée d’Orsay, Nan Goldin in London, and contemporary photography in Tokyo.culturalsignal+2

• Modern and historical art returns: Van Eyck, Peggy Guggenheim, the Bloomsbury group, Hiroshige, Turner and Marie Antoinette.

• Contemporary voices and identity: Hard Art at MoMA PS1, Romeo Mivekannin in Paris, Sámi art in London, and contemporary Australian art in Sydney.

• Art and design overlap: Fashion, design, street art, craft and decorative arts appear across London, Paris and New York.