The exhibition
you missed, on a big screen.
One-off cinema screenings of major exhibitions — mostly from the long-running Exhibition on Screen series — for shows that sold out, closed, or were never coming to your city.
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
The Rijksmuseum's sold-out-within-days Vermeer show, 28 of his 37 surviving works in one room, walked through by the museum's own director and curators.
Good for: a show you'll never get another chance atVan Gogh: Poets & Lovers
Built around the National Gallery's blockbuster late-period Van Gogh show, with close-up camerawork no gallery rope ever lets you get.
Good for: getting closer than the barrier allowsDawn of Impressionism: Paris, 1874
The 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist show — the one the critics mocked on the way to it becoming the most famous movement in art history.
Good for: watching a scandal turn into a canonCaravaggio
Violence, chiaroscuro and a murder charge — Caravaggio's paintings get the close-up treatment they've always demanded but rarely receive under gallery lighting.
Good for: the drama behind the darknessFrida Kahlo
The original 2020 film, now back in cinemas with new footage from Tate Britain and MFA Houston's 2026 exhibition. Two versions of "who was Frida Kahlo," six years apart.
Good for: how a retrospective changes a story