Caravaggio’s Cupid
November 26-April 12, 2026
The Wallace Collection, London
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A celebrated painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is taking a rare holiday from its home at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin to visit the U.K. for the first time. “Cupid as Victor,” 1601-02, which shows the Roman god of desire holding two arrows, is the centerpiece of a new exhibition at London’s Wallace Collection. It is displayed alongside the museum’s own marble statue “Love Triumphant,” 1871, made after an 18th-century original by Jean-Pierre Tassaert. Part of the show will examine Caravaggio’s relationship with the patron who commissioned the painting, Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani, an architect and musician from a Genoese banking family.
"This exhibition will see one of the most significant paintings of the Baroque era make its public debut in England. The show at London’s beloved Wallace Collection will explore the theme of the paragone—the historic debate on the superiority of painting or sculpture. For art lovers, this will be an extraordinary opportunity to experience this masterpiece in an entirely new context, making this landmark exhibition one that we will all undoubtedly remember for years to come." –Elisabeth Lobkowicz
Turner and Constable
November 27-April 12, 2026
Tate Britain, London
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Tate Britain is marking 250 years since the births of J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) and John Constable (1776-1837) with a landmark exhibition exploring the intertwined lives and legacies of these two outstanding British artists, both of whom used landscape painting to reflect the changing world around them. Highlights of the show include Turner’s dynamic later paintings and Constable’s cloud sketches, which beautifully captured England’s changeable skies. The painters took different but equally bold approaches—described by one critic as a clash of “fire and water”—in a rivalry that changed the course of British art.
"While the past decade has seen masterworks by Turner and Constable individually triumph in our saleroom, this exhibition will present these artists as they were often seen in their own time—side by side. The two titans powered British painting to the forefront of European art in their lifetimes, but the long-running debate about their respective technical merits has at times stifled an appreciation of their distinct artistic visions. This exhibition aims to remedy the oversimplification with its scale and scholarship. That said, I hope it will also echo the dynamism that accompanied their infamously competitive annual unveilings at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition." –Alex Bell
Art X Lagos
November 6-9
The Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria
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Art x Lagos, the leading art fair in West Africa, presents contemporary art from the continent and its diaspora. Launched in 2016, the fair draws artists and galleries from more than 70 countries, and its program features immersive experiences spanning music, film, design and art. The annual Access Art X Prize supports early-career artists with grants, exhibitions and residencies.
Art Cologne
November 6-9
Koelnmesse, Cologne
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Around 170 German and international galleries are represented at the 58th edition of Art Cologne, one of the world’s oldest art fairs. Its sections include Neumarkt, dedicated to emerging galleries less than 10 years old, and Art + Object, a category launched in 2022 for modern and contemporary design as well as pre-1900 works.
Banner: John Constable, “The White Horse” (detail), 1819. © The Frick Collection, New York. Photo: Joseph Coscia Jr.
