Museum exhibitions and events

Gwen John: Strange Beauties

Until the 28th June 2026

Strange Beauties is Gwen John’s first major exhibition in almost 40 years. Considered one of Wales' most remarkable artists, she was arguably overshadowed by her older brother Augustus John, though her work is now held in collections around the world including the Tate, the Musée Rodin in Paris, and the MET in New York. The exhibition touches on her posthumous growth of appreciation and her clearly distinctive view of the world around her, acting as "an invitation — to see the world through Gwen’s eyes — to slow down, look closer and discover the wonder in her work."

Where: National Museum Cardiff.

When: From 7th Febaruary until 28th June 2026.

Tickets: Visit the National Museum Cardiff’s website to book your tickets.

Misfits: Disability as Method Through Objects

Misfits, at the Paul Mellon Centre, explores how ideas about disability have changed since the 1800s through the works by Sarah Biffin, Lorenza Böttner, Jesse Darling, Tony Heaton, Martha Ann Honeywell, Tom Olin, Donald Rodney, Michael Stahlberg and Kurt Weston. At the centre of the display is the concept of the misfit understood "as a condition produced through the interaction between bodies and environments." Included is our most important work by Sarah Biffin: A Study of Feathers, a delicate depiction of feathers painted by Biffin in 1812 and the finest surviving example of her work in this genre.

Where: Paul Mellon Centre, London.

When: From 3rd February until 9 April 2026.

Tickets: Free to all. Visit the Paul Mellon Centre's website to find out more.

Going Modern: British Art, 1900–1960

Until 9th August 2026

The Yale Center for British Art in New Haven is putting up an exhibition of works from their collection that highlights the diverse responses of British artists to the question of what it meant to be modern. The display will include paintings by Roger Fry and the Bloomsbury Group, as well as works by Ben Nicholson, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and many more.

When: From 12th February until 9th August 9 2026.

Where: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven.

Tickets: Free to all. Visit the YCBA website to find out more.