The Van Gogh Museum has unveiled a series of major exhibitions for the upcoming cultural season, focusing on the contemporaries and influences of Vincent van Gogh. The programme will feature significant retrospectives of James McNeill Whistler, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, and Eva Gonzalès.
The exhibition Whistler. Dandy and Disruptor is scheduled to run from 16 October 2026 to 10 January 2027. Held in collaboration with The Mesdag Collection and Tate Britain, it marks the largest European retrospective of the artist’s work in thirty years and the first of its kind in the Netherlands. The exhibition examines the life of the 19th-century painter and printmaker whose emphasis on mood helped shape modern art. A related exhibition, Whistler. Loving the Netherlands, will run simultaneously at The Mesdag Collection in The Hague, highlighting works produced during the artist’s time in the country.
In conjunction with the Amsterdam Dance Event, the museum will host a special programme on 23 October 2026. This event will explore the nocturnal themes found in Whistler’s work through a combination of painting and music. The evening will feature the Amsterdam-based band Devon Rexi and a second artist, intended to recreate the atmosphere of the artist’s famous Nocturnes.
From 1 October 2026 to 4 January 2027, the museum will present Yoshitoshi. Master of the Moon. This focused presentation features one hundred prints from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon by the Japanese printmaker Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. The exhibition highlights the artist’s innovation in printmaking and his connection to Van Gogh, who was a collector of his work.
The museum’s upcoming schedule for 2027 includes the first retrospective of Eva Gonzalès, running from 12 February to 20 June. Developed in partnership with the Petit Palais in Paris, the exhibition aims to spotlight the career of the former student of Edouard Manet. The showcase will feature delicate paintings and pastels on loan from various international museums and private collectors.
