{"id":422814,"date":"2026-01-19T07:32:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/422814\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T07:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:32:27","slug":"the-top-5-museum-exhibitions-to-see-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/422814\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tabish Khan, the @LondonArtCritic<\/a>, picks his top 5 exhibitions to see in museums in London at the beginning of this year. If you are looking for more exhibitions, check out his previous top 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This is a fantastic exhibition that challenges how people living with disabilities have been stigmatised, patronised and struggled because the world isn\u2019t designed for them. It\u2019s filled with empowering activism, artwork, and designs that make the world more disability-friendly. It\u2019s an important exhibition, and excellent that those with disabilities and their companions can visit for free. Until 15th February.<\/p>\n

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Charting her phenomenal career, this exhibition features surrealist works and collaborations with Man Ray<\/a> and Jean Cocteau<\/a>, as well as one self-portrait that appears to have been chiselled from marble. It takes us right through to her harrowing war photography, including the famous shot in Hitler\u2019s bathtub and the horrific images of the Holocaust she captured. Until 15th February.<\/p>\n

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This exhibition is filled with wonderful works, including those by Vincent Van Gogh<\/a>, Camille Pissarro<\/a> and Georges Seurat<\/a>. The focus is on Pointillism (creating landscapes with just dots of paint), and what\u2019s great is discovering works by artists I didn\u2019t know much about, such as Maximilien Luce, Anna Boch and Jan Toorop. I\u2019ve never seen such an impressive collection of Pointillist paintings. Until 8th February.<\/p>\n

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It feels like we\u2019re overloaded with data today. Ryoji Ikeda <\/a>makes that visually palpable in an experience where we lie back and are bombarded with data, from numbers to climate maps and a whole load of sensory information that\u2019s too much to process and, at times, blinding. Prepare to be dazzled. Until 1st February.<\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s annual prize exhibition features powerful photographs, including one of a burns victim lit by window light. A weightlifter without legs, a surgeon coming off his shift, and a large family photo with persons of mixed races and heritages. It feels much improved over previous years, when celebrities featured heavily; even when recognisable faces appear, they are shot brilliantly, including a dynamic one of Keir Starmer from below, through a glass table. Until 8th February.<\/p>\n

All images are copyrighted and courtesy of the respective artists and galleries. Lee Miller image: copyright of the Lee Miller Archive and photo copyright of Tate, taken by Sonal Bakrania. National Gallery image: \u00a9 Collection Kr\u00f6ller-M\u00fcller Museum, Otterlo, the Netherlands. Photographer: Rik Klein Gotink. Ryoji Ikeda photo: Alice Lubbock. Taylor Wessing photo: \u00a9 Martina Holmberg.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Tabish Khan<\/a><\/p>\n

Art Critic for both FAD and Londonist. See as many exhibitions as possible and write reviews, opinion pieces and a weekly top 5 for FAD.<\/p>\n