The Art Exhibitions Blog

Another superb portrait by Michaelina Wautier in the wonderful exhibition @royalacademy in London. This is Portrait of a Military Commander (Pierre Wautier?), about 1660, Private collection. Read about the show on our blog: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2026/05/too-bo…

Michaelina Wautier @royalacademy in London: Is the hype about this recently rediscovered artist justified? Absolutely! Read about the show on our blog: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2026/05/too-bo…. Pictured: Portrait of Martino Martini, 1654, The Klesch Collection.

Jan Steen casts his eye over the trials and tribulations of the schoolroom: This is The Strict Schoolmaster (c. 1658-70, Private collection) in the Steen anniversary show @DeLakenhal in Leiden: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2026/05/men-be…. Now, who's next for the wooden-spoon treatment?

She's dressed very respectably, very soberly, hair covered by a hood. That coy smile, though, is rather provocative, isn't it? This is Jan Steen's Woman Playing the Cittern (c. 1662, @mauritshuis) in the 400th-anniversary Steen show @DeLakenhal in Leiden: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2026/05/men-be…

Entre imaginaire collectif et réalité scientifique, le #CollègedeFrance analyse de manière très didactique le regard que nous portons depuis les années 1850 sur la Préhistoire. Une exposition captivante qui en dit plus sur nous-mêmes que sur les hommes du Paléolithique. A voir !

Hey kids - leave that poor cat alone! Jan Steen, master of the moral tale, has his eye on you... Children Teaching a Cat to Dance (c. 1660-79, @rijksmuseum) is in the 400th-anniversary Steen exhibition @DeLakenhal in Leiden: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2026/05/men-be…

Painting herself into art history: Judith Leyster's Self-Portrait (c. 1630, @ngadc, Washington), now to be seen in the Unforgettable exhibition of Dutch & Flemish women artists at the MSK in Ghent. Read about the show on our blog: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2026/04/gone-b…

Last chance to see the excellent Anders Zorn retrospective @ArteyCulturaFM in Madrid, ending May 17. This is Summer Holiday (1886, Private collection). Read about the exhibition on our blog: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-swed…

@AlegraGarciaGar We wrote about the original exhibition at the British Museum: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2018/12/ashurb…

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Men - and women - behaving badly: in the Jan Steen exhibition @DeLakenhal in Leiden: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2026/05/men-be…. This is The Merry Threesome (c. 1670-72, Private collection); the rather more appropriate Dutch title translates as The Robbed Violinist.

New exhibitions of women artists in May: Asta Nørregaard @nasjonalmuseet, Oslo Hilma af Klint @GrandPalaisRmn, Paris Gladys Hynes at Charleston, Lewes More at art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2026/04/new-ex… Pic: Nørregaard's Marthine Cappelen Hjort, née Kiær, 1897. Photo: Nasjonalmuseet/Anne Hansteen

Among the Unforgettable women artists at the MSK in Ghent, this is Johanna Vergouwen. Portrait of Two Children, Possibly the Twins Everhard and Hendrik Kockman, 1668, is from a private collection. Read about the show on our blog: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2026/04/gone-b… #artherstory