What to See in January:
A Cross-City Art Guide
LONDON — January 2026
Art Fairs and Citywide Programmes
London Art Fair
Business Design Centre, Islington
21–25 January 2026 (VIP preview 20 January)
Modern and contemporary art fair with UK and international galleries.Condo London 2026
Multiple gallery locations across London
Approximately mid-January to mid-February 2026
International gallery-sharing exhibition programme.
Museum and Institutional Openings
Julia Phillips: Inside, Before They Speak
The Curve, Barbican Centre
Opens 30 January 2026Hawaiʻi: A Kingdom Crossing Oceans
British Museum
Opens mid-January 2026
Gallery Exhibitions
Joseph Beuys: Bathtub for a Heroine
Thaddaeus Ropac, London
Opens 13 January 2026Jane Hayes Greenwood: Weird Weather
Ione & Mann / Castor
Opens 23 January 2026Umi Ishihara: Nocturnal Melody
Gasworks
Opens 22 January 2026
Continuing Into January
Lee Miller retrospective, Tate Britain
Nan Goldin and Richard Avedon exhibitions, Gagosian London
Various shows at the Courtauld, National Portrait Gallery, and ICA
PARIS — January 2026
Museum Exhibitions
Jo Ractliffe: En ces lieux
Jeu de Paume
Opens 30 January 2026Beyond Our Horizons
Galerie du 19M
Opens late January 2026Mark Rothko
Foundation Louis Vuitton
Open now
Gallery Exhibitions
JonOne: Mini Me
Goldshteyn-Saatort Gallery
On view through mid-January 2026
Continuing From Late 2025
Major fashion and decorative arts exhibitions at Palais Galliera
Photography and contemporary art shows at Centre Pompidou, Fondation Cartier, Palais de Tokyo
NEW YORK — January 2026
Art Fairs
The Winter Show
Park Avenue Armory
23 January – 1 February 2026
Fine art, antiques, and design.
Gallery Openings
Elisheva Biernoff: Elsewhere
David Zwirner, New York
Opens 8 January 2026Multiple concurrent January openings at David Zwirner, Pace, Hauser & Wirth, and Lisson Gallery, typically mid-month.
Museum Exhibitions Active in January
Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream, MoMA
Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination, MoMA
Rotating exhibitions at Whitney Museum, MoMA PS1, New Museum, and The Met
LOS ANGELES — January 2026
Art Fairs
LA Art Show 2026
Los Angeles Convention Center
7–11 January 2026
Gallery Exhibitions
L.A. Open 2026
TAG Gallery
7–23 January 2026Sachiko Bradley: Is Reality Real?
Taylor Fine Art
3–31 January 2026Ron Jude: Low Tide
Gallery Luisotti
Opens 17 January 2026Group exhibitions and solo shows at La Luz de Jesus Gallery opening early January.
Museums and Institutions
Ongoing exhibitions at LACMA, The Broad, MOCA, Hammer Museum, and Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles.