Culture-loving Londoners have been treated to a string of excellent exhibitions this year. From Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style at The King’s Gallery to The Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum, there has been no shortage of showcases to capture our imaginations.
As summer draws to a close, more details about the exhibitions we can look forward to next year are emerging. The latest? Tate Modern’s first-ever exhibition focused on the world-renowned work of French painter Claude Monet, of course.
Set to open its doors on 25 February 2027 and run until 27 June 2027, the exhibition will feature more than 60 paintings in what’s said to be the UK’s largest presentation of the Impressionist’s work in nearly a decade.
Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of Monet’s death, Monet: Painting Time will span masterpieces from the 1870s to the 1920s, tracing the artist’s lifelong entanglement with nature.
Highlights to see along the gallery walls will include iconic paintings such as Cathédrale de Rouen, effet de soleil, fin de journée (1892) and a selection of rarely exhibited loans from private collections like Branch of the Seine near Giverny (Sunrise) (1897).
In a statement announcing the exhibition, Sasha de Marigny, Anthropic’s chief brand and communications officer, said: “Alive to colour, light, and shimmering motion, Monet uniquely captured a mood and a moment in a world that never held still. A century on, his work asks us to slow down, notice each carefully placed brushstroke and dash of colour, and find the world more vivid for it. Anthropic is proud to support Tate Modern’s first solo exhibition dedicated to his work.”
Monet transformed the way artists painted modern life, capturing the effects of light, atmosphere and time through rapid, expressive brushstrokes.
The master artist repeatedly returned to the same subjects, including haystacks, cathedrals, poplars and the Seine, painting them at different times of day and year to reveal nature’s constant transformation. At Giverny, where he settled in 1883, his garden and pond inspired his monumental Water Lily series, which occupied the final three decades of his career.
As museums and galleries continue to announce their 2027 programmes, we’re all eyes and ears, anticipating the year’s hottest tickets.