Exhibitions
Major + Regional US Art Exhibitions 2026
Updated with latest official confirmations & links – as of April 21, 2026 (always verify official sites for final dates, tickets & changes)
Blockbuster retrospectives + 50+ smaller regional, thematic, photography, craft & emerging artist exhibitions across US museums
January / February
February 14 – August 30, 2026
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone
February 2026 – long run
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Beginnings: The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages
January 27 – April 19, 2026
Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century
January 29 – April 26, 2026
Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN
March / April
Matisse’s Jazz: Rhythms in Color
March 7 – June 1, 2026
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985
February 24 – June 14, 2026
Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
May / June
May 16 – September 13, 2026
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, CA
Costume Art
May 10, 2026 – January 10, 2027
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Costume Institute), New York, NY
Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love
May 14 – August 23, 2026
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
The Etruscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy
May 2 – September 20, 2026
Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
A Nation of Artists
April 12 – (long run), 2026
Philadelphia Museum of Art & Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
July / August / September
Taryn Simon (Rotunda Project)
September 18, 2026 – March 14, 2027
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Roy Lichtenstein
October 14, 2026 – April 2027 (preview in fall)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art Across Asia
Through July 12, 2026
LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Grounded
Through June 21, 2026
LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
October / November / December
December 12, 2026 – May 30, 2027
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, CA
Keith Haring in 3D
June 6, 2026 – January 25, 2027
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
America 250: Common Threads
March 14 – July 27, 2026 (extends influence)
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Smaller / Regional / Thematic
Deep Cuts (printmaking survey)
Through September 13, 2026
LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Arp—Klee: With Selections from the Janice and Henri Lazarof Collection
Through May 31, 2026
LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Austrian Expressionism and Otto Kallir
Through May 31, 2026
LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
The One-Two Punch: 100 Years of Robert Colescott
Early 2026
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
America 250 Photography Survey
2026 (TBD)
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
AAMARP: African American Master Artists-in-Residence Program
2026 (TBD)
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Los Porfiados (The Stubborns)
June 5 – November 2026
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
The Gathering (Nengi Omuku)
June 27, 2026 – May 14, 2028
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
100 Miles: Regional Juried Exhibition
2026 (TBD)
Gallery at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
Various Regional Craft & Maker Surveys
Throughout 2026
Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC & similar venues
Emerging Artist Surveys (multiple mid-sized museums)
Spring–Fall 2026
Various US regional museums
