The Month
A rolling record of openings worth noting, month by month, across Europe.
- 2026-07
July 2026
Arles in the first week, Mendieta in the second, Venice Danza in the third.
5 entries
- 2026-06
June 2026
Basel fills the first half, the Ruhr opens churches in the second.
7 entries
- 2026-05
May 2026
Berlin opens the month, Venice takes over in the second week, and New York holds the third.
7 entries
- 2026-04
April 2026
Milan owns April: Salone opens the fairgrounds in Rho, miart runs in MiCo, and the city's installations eat the rest of the month.
8 entries
- Past months
- 2026-03
March 2026
TEFAF draws the week in Maastricht, ARCO pulls the Spanish spring, and Paris reopens with Nan Goldin and late Matisse in the same building.
8 entries
- 2026-02
February 2026
February opens the London season hard, with Tate Modern giving Tracey Emin her largest survey and the galleries falling in behind.
8 entries
- 2026-01
January 2026
London pulls rank: Condo in 23 spaces, the Fair in Islington, the Barbican's Curve.
8 entries
- 2025-12
December 2025
Quiet month, mostly. Milan picks up the slack with two openings that matter.
8 entries
- 2025-11
November 2025
Post-Frieze-Paris hangover, Grand Palais packed with photographers, Basel in polka dots.
8 entries - 2025-10
October 2025
Frieze in the Park, Art Basel at the Grand Palais, and three major retrospectives opening in one week. The busiest October in a while.
8 entries
- 2025-09
September 2025
The season starts again. Berlin goes first, the rest of the continent follows by the middle of the month.
8 entries - 2025-08
August 2025
Europe half-empties. The shows that matter in August are the ones you have to take a boat to.
8 entries
- 2025-07
July 2025
Europe empties out; the work stays installed and is easier to see without the crowds.
8 entries
- 2025-06
June 2025
Basel in June: the fair is a week, the art stays longer.
8 entries
- 2025-05
May 2025
Venice opens its architecture biennale, and the rest of Europe gets out of the way.
8 entries