It's not opening until September 10, but tickets to see The Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum go on sale at 1000 on July 1, so if you want to see it this year you'll probably need to get in early. Follow the link for details. Booking for the rest of the run, from January 1 through to July 11, 2027, will open later in 2026. If you've never seen this most astounding of historical artefacts in its natural habitat in Normandy, you'll want to seize the chance in London. But what about this month? Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793-1865) is regarded as one of Austria's finest 19th-century painters, and there's a free single-room show devoted to his views of the Alps, Vienna and Sicily from July 2 at the National Gallery. Waldmüller: Landscapes is on till September 20. Richard Dadd (1817-1886) was already known as a successful painter of Shakespearean fairy scenes before he began experiencing delusions, leading him to kill his father. Confined to Bethlem and Broa...
A lot of new shows to tell you about this month as the summer holidays end and autumn arrives, all across Europe, from medieval to digital.
The big event at the National Gallery in London is Radical Harmony: Helene Kröller-Müller's Neo-Impressionists, running from September 13 to February 8. Kröller-Müller was a major early collector of work by the likes of Signac, Seurat, van Gogh and van Rysselberghe, and the bulk of the exhibits here come from the museum she opened in 1938 in the eastern Netherlands.
The big event at the National Gallery in London is Radical Harmony: Helene Kröller-Müller's Neo-Impressionists, running from September 13 to February 8. Kröller-Müller was a major early collector of work by the likes of Signac, Seurat, van Gogh and van Rysselberghe, and the bulk of the exhibits here come from the museum she opened in 1938 in the eastern Netherlands.
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The most fashionable queen in history? That'll be Marie Antoinette, according to the Victoria & Albert Museum. And from September 20 to March 22, you can see Marie Antoinette Style at the V&A, exploring how she became a fashion icon whose influence has lasted for more than two centuries -- down to Dior, Chanel and Manolo Blahnik. The exhibition will have more than 250 objects, some of which have never been seen before outside Versailles.
There are three exhibitions on our Paris visit list for September, starting at the Musée d'Orsay with John Singer Sargent: The Paris Years (1874-1884). The great portraitist is relatively little-known in France, despite his fame in Britain and America. This show, featuring more than 90 of his works, comes to Paris after drawing crowds and critical praise at the Met in New York. You can expect to see both the daringly dressed Madame X and the gorgeously attired Dr Pozzi. September 23 to January 11.
After Artemisia Gentileschi, another Baroque painter is on show at the Musée Jacquemart-André, but a rather less flamboyant one. Subtle lighting effects and restrained emotions are more the hallmark of Georges de la Tour: From Shadow to Light. This exhibition runs from September 11 to January 25.
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Late last year, we saw the visions of Finland created by Akseli Gallen-Kallela at the Belvedere in Vienna. Now the Ateneum in Helsinki is showing how his work developed alongside that of his Central European contemporaries, including Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Ferdinand Hodler. Gallen-Kallela, Klimt & Wien runs from September 26 to February 1.
And coming up in Vienna from September 30, a chance to get to know a 17th-century woman artist whose work was long forgotten: Michaelina Wautier, Painter at the Kunsthistorisches Museum features almost the entire oeuvre of the Flemish Baroque artist, who's been rediscovered in recent years. It's on until February 22 and then moves on to the Royal Academy in London just over a month later.
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To Florence now, where the Palazzo Strozzi and the Museo di San Marco are devoting a big exhibition to Fra Angelico, the friar who was one of the great names of early Florentine Renaissance painting. More than 140 works will be featured, including reassembled altarpieces that were taken apart and dispersed centuries ago. They've got loans from all over, and the show runs from September 26 to January 25.
A less stellar (and relatively unknown) name but some intriguing-looking pictures on offer at the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice from September 19. Amazement, Reality, Enigma: Pietro Bellotti and the Painting of the 17th Century in Venice centres on an artist born in Brescia in 1625 who produced genre paintings and character studies. On until January 18.
The new show at the Kunsthalle in Hamburg shines a light on one of the big names in Scandinavian art at the turn of the 20th century, Anders Zorn: Swedish Superstar. His art isn't particularly easy to categorise, and this exhibition will illustrate that broad range of genres, with some 150 works. September 26 to January 25.
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Nuremberg, the birthplace of Albrecht Dürer, was a city at the heart of medieval and Renaissance Europe. It grew prosperous on trade, in items such as luxury goods and arms. This history is explored from September 25 to March 22 in Global Nuremberg 1300-1600 at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, with loans from across the continent.
We came across Miguel Chevalier's work in the Flowers exhibition at London's Saatchi Gallery in the shape of a massive interactive virtual-reality garden. Digital by Nature: The Art of Miguel Chevalier at the Kunsthalle in Munich is the largest ever solo show by the French artist in Europe, with around 120 works. It runs from September 12 to March 1.
Queer Modernism 1900 to 1950 at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Dusseldorf offers an alternative version of the history of art in the first half of the 20th century. It features over 130 works by more than 30 artists exploring themes such as gender, sexuality and self-representation. This one runs from September 27 to February 15.
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That Dutch Golden Age master of enigmatic genre scenes and gorgeous fabrics, Gerard ter Borch, wasn't the only talented member of the family. At least three other siblings, including his sister and frequent model, Gesina, drew and painted. Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle, the city where he was born, is bringing together 35 paintings and more than 70 works on paper from September 6 to February 1 for At Home with Ter Borch -- A Family of Artists in Zwolle.
And our last new show this month features a forgotten woman artist born 150 years ago next year: Coba Ritsema. The Frans Hals Museum in her home city of Haarlem is celebrating a painter who enjoyed much success in her lifetime with portraits and still lifes, but many of her works have never been shown to the public before. Coba Ritsema: An Eye for Colour can be seen from September 19 to March 1.
Last chance to see....
The summer run of Flowers -- Flora in Contemporary Art & Culture at the Saatchi Gallery was due to end in August, but it's now been extended to September 9. A big, bold, brash show that's been very popular.
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September 14 is the very last day to see the superb Maximilien Luce exhibition at the Musée de Montmartre in Paris, featuring luminous Pointillist landscapes -- and some grim industrial scenes too; note that Luce also features in the new National Gallery Neo-Impressionists show.
Images
Georges Seurat (1859-1891), Le Chahut, 1889-90, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, NetherlandsGeorges de La Tour (1593-1652), The Repentant Magdalen, c. 1635/40, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Michaelina Wautier (1604-1689), Two Girls as Saints Agnes and Dorothy, c. 1655, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp -- Flemish Community. Photo: Rik Klein Gotink
Anders Zorn (1860-1920), Self-Portrait in Red, 1915, Zornmuseet, Mora, Sweden. © Zornmuseet, Mora
Gluck (1895-1978), Bank Holiday Monday, c. 1937, Private collection, Courtesy of The Fine Art Society Ltd. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Miguel Chevalier (b. 1959), Extra-Natural, 2025, Courtesy of the Mayor Gallery, London. Photo: Matt Chung
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