Italy’s winter art season offers travelers another reason to explore the country’s museums, historic palaces and contemporary cultural spaces. From Renaissance masters in Florence to modern art in Milan and immersive installations in Turin, exhibitions across Italy are creating new conversations between art, history and place.
While Italy’s permanent collections remain among the world’s greatest cultural attractions, temporary exhibitions offer a different perspective. They introduce international artists to historic settings, revisit important chapters of Italian art history and encourage visitors to discover cities beyond the traditional tourist itinerary.
Beyond Italy, the international art fair season provides another opportunity to follow the country’s artistic influence, from historic masters to contemporary artists represented on the global stage.
Whether planning a winter escape to Venice, a weekend in Bologna or an extended stay in Florence, here are some art exhibitions in Italy worth adding to your travel plans for winter 2026–2027.
Keith Haring | Rome
Museo di Roma – Palazzo Braschi
Until April 11, 2027
More than 140 works and archival materials trace Keith Haring’s evolution from the streets and subway stations of 1980s New York to an international visual language instantly recognizable today. Drawn largely from the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection, the exhibition explores Haring’s street art, political and social imagery, sculpture and painting. An Italian connection emerges through his relationships with Naples, Milan, Pisa and Rome. The setting provides a striking contrast: Haring’s energetic figures and bold lines occupy Palazzo Braschi, overlooking Piazza Navona in the heart of Rome.
Website: https://www.museodiroma.it/
Da Gaudí a Picasso: Capolavori dalla Collezione Carmen Thyssen | Bologna
Palazzo Albergati
Until March 29, 2027
Barcelona’s artistic transformation comes to Bologna through more than 100 works from the Carmen Thyssen Collection. Spanning the late 19th century through the 1930s, the exhibition explores the creative environment that helped shape Catalan Modernism and the European avant-garde. Gaudí, Picasso, Dalí and Miró appear alongside Santiago Rusiñol, Joaquim Mir, Isidre Nonell and Julio González. Rather than focusing exclusively on individual masterpieces, the exhibition examines the cultural exchanges and artistic experimentation that made Barcelona an important center of modern art. For travelers, Palazzo Albergati adds another cultural destination to Bologna’s celebrated historic center.
Website: https://www.palazzoalbergati.com/
Artemisia Gentileschi a Firenze | Florence
Museo degli Innocenti
Until April 4, 2027
Artemisia Gentileschi’s years in Florence take center stage in an exhibition devoted to a defining period of her artistic career. Arriving in the city in the early 17th century, Gentileschi became the first woman admitted to Florence’s Accademia delle Arti del Disegno. She received commissions from the Medici family, developed relationships within the city’s intellectual circles and established herself as one of the leading painters of the Baroque period. The exhibition places her work alongside Florentine contemporaries and includes two paintings by Caravaggio. Visitors can continue exploring Gentileschi’s legacy elsewhere in Florence, including Palazzo Pitti.
Website: https://www.museodeglinnocenti.it/en/
Oltre il Rinascimento: Tra Dürer e Parmigianino | Florence
Palazzo Medici Riccardi
Until January 5, 2027
Inside one of Florence’s great Renaissance palaces, approximately 150 works explore European drawing and printmaking from the late 15th through early 17th centuries. Works from the private collection of contemporary German artist Georg Baselitz and the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest reveal how artists experimented with the human figure, classical traditions and graphic techniques. Albrecht Dürer and Francesco Mazzola, better known as Parmigianino, provide two important points of reference, while Baselitz’s fascination with the period creates an unexpected dialogue between Old Masters and contemporary artistic thought.
Website: https://musefirenze.it/
Carla Cerati: Plurale femminile | Milan
Palazzo Reale
Until January 10, 2027
Marking the centenary of Carla Cerati’s birth, this retrospective examines the work of an Italian photographer and writer whose camera documented the social transformations of the 20th century. Photographs, books, archival documents and video trace Cerati’s explorations of Milan, theater, portraiture, the human body and memory. The exhibition also revisits Morire di Classe, the landmark photographic investigation of psychiatric institutions she created with Gianni Berengo Gardin. Through Cerati’s perspective, visitors encounter postwar Italy and its changing social landscape, making this exhibition particularly compelling for those interested in photography, Italian history and cultural identity.
Picabia: Aprire le porte della notte | Milan
Palazzo Reale
January 24, 2027
Francis Picabia defied artistic categorization throughout his career, moving between Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Dada and abstraction. Palazzo Reale brings together more than 170 paintings, drawings, photographs and archival materials in the largest exhibition devoted to the artist ever presented in Italy. The concept of night becomes a metaphor for freedom, transformation and reinvention, reflecting Picabia’s continual experimentation with artistic language. Rather than following a conventional retrospective format, the exhibition explores the contradictions and creative shifts that made Picabia one of modernism’s most unpredictable figures.
Website: https://www.palazzorealemilano.it/
Matisse: The World in a Room | Milan
MUDEC – Museo delle Culture
Until February 21, 2027
Henri Matisse’s encounters with cultures beyond Europe provide the foundation for this exhibition at Milan’s Museo delle Culture. Bringing together approximately 100 works and objects, The World in a Room explores how African, Islamic, Russian, Chinese and Pacific artistic traditions influenced Matisse’s use of color, pattern and composition. Paintings, drawings, sculptures and textiles reveal the relationships between travel, collecting and artistic experimentation. Presented at MUDEC, a museum dedicated to cultural exchange, the exhibition offers a broader perspective on one of the defining artists of the 20th century and the international influences that shaped modernism.
Website: https://www.mudec.it/en/matisse/
Fucina degli Angeli: Peggy Guggenheim and 20th-Century Artistic Glass | Venice
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
November 14, 2026–March 29, 2027
Venice’s centuries-old glassmaking heritage meets the international avant-garde in an exhibition exploring the remarkable story of Fucina degli Angeli. Founded by Egidio Costantini in the 1950s, the initiative brought major modern artists into collaboration with Murano’s master glassmakers, transforming drawings and artistic concepts into three-dimensional glass works. More than 100 objects, drawings and archival materials document collaborations involving Georges Braque, Alexander Calder, Lucio Fontana, Fernand Léger and Pablo Picasso. Peggy Guggenheim played an important role in expanding Costantini’s international connections. The exhibition celebrates both artistic innovation and the craftsmanship that remains central to Venice’s cultural identity.
Website: https://www.guggenheim-venice.it/
Yayoi Kusama | Turin
OGR Torino
Until February 25, 2027
Light, mirrors and repetition transform the industrial architecture of OGR Torino through Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room – The Eternally Infinite Light of the Universe Illuminating the Quest for Truth. The immersive installation surrounds visitors with reflected points of light that appear to extend infinitely beyond the physical boundaries of the room. Kusama has spent decades exploring repetition, perception and the relationship between individuals and their surroundings. Presented alongside The Quantum Effect, an exhibition examining space and time through contemporary visual culture, the installation introduces another dimension to Turin’s growing reputation as a destination for contemporary art.
Website: https://ogrtorino.it/
Beyond Italy: The International Art Fair Season
Italy’s artistic influence extends far beyond its museums and historic collections. From contemporary Italian galleries participating in international fairs to the country’s enduring traditions in design, sculpture and craftsmanship, Italian art remains part of a global conversation.
The winter art season coincides with major international fairs, including Art Basel Miami Beach, where we’ll be looking beyond the fair’s international presentations to discover museum-quality works by Italian artists and explore how Italy’s artistic legacy continues to evolve.
For collectors, art enthusiasts and culturally curious travelers, the following fairs offer opportunities to encounter established artists, discover emerging talent and experience some of the world’s most active art destinations.
November 2026
Artissima | Turin, Italy
October 30–November 1, 2026
Website: https://www.artissima.art/
Salon Art + Design | New York, USA
November 4–8, 2026
Website: https://www.thesalonny.com/
Art Cologne | Cologne, Germany
November 5–8, 2026
Website: https://www.artcologne.com/
Paris Photo | Paris, France
November 12–15, 2026
Website: https://www.parisphoto.com/
ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair | Shanghai, China
November 12–15, 2026
Website: https://www.art021.org/
Frieze Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi, UAE
November 20–22, 2026
Website: https://www.frieze.com/
December 2026
NADA Miami | Miami, USA
December 1–5, 2026
Website: https://www.newartdealers.org/
Art Miami | Miami, USA
December 1–6, 2026
Website: https://www.artmiami.com/
Design Miami | Miami Beach, USA
December 1–6, 2026
Website: https://www.designmiami.com/
Untitled Art | Miami Beach, USA
December 2–6, 2026
Website: https://www.untitledartfairs.com/
Art Basel Miami Beach | Miami Beach, USA
December 4–6, 2026
Website: https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beach
Art Antwerp | Antwerp, Belgium
December 10–13, 2026
Website: https://www.artantwerp.com/
January 2027
London Art Fair | London, United Kingdom
January 20–24, 2027 (VIP preview January 19)
Website: https://www.londonartfair.co.uk/
ART SG | Singapore
January 22–24, 2027 (preview January 21)
Website: https://artsg.com/
Exhibition and art fair dates are subject to change. Visitors should consult official websites for opening hours, ticket availability and updated programming before traveling.
