Selected exhibitions, not a scraped calendar

This table is a curated selected group rather than a complete global events feed. The focus is on exhibitions with clear art-historical value, strong museum context, significant artists or subjects, useful reader interest and enough public information to support a reliable page. Major exhibitions are marked, but smaller focused shows can still be valuable when they help a reader understand an artist, period, museum or artwork more clearly.

The selection currently favours Europe and the United States and visual art from roughly 1500 to 1970, with some modern and contemporary entries where they connect strongly to the museum project. Each exhibition page aims to answer practical and editorial questions: what is it, where is it, why might it matter, how does it connect to the museum, and which related artist or artwork pages should a reader open next?

Dates, ticketing, access and opening hours can change, so official museum links remain essential before travel. This guide avoids precise pricing for that reason. The stable value is context: whether an exhibition is current, upcoming or ended; whether it is part of a tour; which museum hosts it; and why it belongs in an art-history-led guide.

How to read the list

The “major” star is an editorial signal, not a claim that every other exhibition is minor or unimportant. It reflects factors such as rarity, scale, loan quality, artist recognition, number of works, institutional importance and whether the show is likely to justify travel. A focused display can still be worth a visit if it opens up an artist, a single artwork, a collection history or a topic that is otherwise hard to see clearly.

Current exhibitions are most useful for planning. Upcoming exhibitions help readers spot travel opportunities before dates become urgent. Ended exhibitions remain useful as archive records when they connect to museum pages, artist pages or future touring venues. The table is therefore both a visitor tool and an internal map of the guide: it shows where fresh museum content, evergreen artist research and artwork pages can support each other.

Use the search field broadly. Mediums are included in the searchable data even when the medium column is hidden, so a search for painting, sculpture, drawing, photography or decorative arts can still surface relevant shows. The column selector is there for practical use: some readers need the cleanest possible list, while others may want extra fields such as medium, student discount or future distance-to-me information.