EIGHT KEY LATIN AMERICAN ART EXHIBITIONS TO SEE ACROSS EUROPE IN 2026

Through 2026, European institutions will present a rich program of exhibitions dedicated to Latin American artists, tracing experimental practices, political engagement, and enduring artistic legacies.

Laura Lima at London, United Kingdom

The Institute of Contemporary Arts presents from January 27 until March 29, 2026, The Drawing Drawing, the first London solo exhibition by Brazilian multidisciplinary artist Laura Lima (b. 1971, Minas Gerais). Taking place in the Lower Galleries, Lima’s new commission will upend the traditional format of the life drawing class, blurring the lines between audience and artwork. As a whole, the exhibition will be characterised by movement, poetic discovery and unpredictability. 

Alberto Greco at Madrid, España

From February 11 to June 8, 2026, the Museo Reina Sofía will host a retrospective dedicated to the informalist painter Alberto Greco (Buenos Aires, 1931–Barcelona, 1965). The exhibition Viva el arte vivo traces Greco’s life and artistic journey, from his early writings and informalist painting—through which he pushed the possibilities of matter, agitating it with tensions and spills—to his actions and objets vivants; his Madrid drawings; the collages he referred to as “self-promotion”; and, finally, the novel Besos brujos, written shortly before his death.

Beatriz González at London, United Kingdom

The first UK retrospective of the groundbreaking Colombian artist Beatriz González (1932- 2026) will take place from February 25 until May 10, 2026, at Art Gallery, Silk Street, London. Her bold work explores the power and impact of the images we encounter every day. Bringing together over 150 artworks, many showing in the UK for the first time, this major exhibition explores her influential practice from the 1960s to now. In her distinctive graphic style and vivid palette, she transformed images, playfully questioning ideas of taste, critiquing power structures, bearing witness to violence and offering moving reflections on grief, displacement and community.

Delcy Morelos at Brussels, Belgium

In the summer of 2026, Colombian artist Delcy Morelos (1967) creates a new monumental installation for Bozar’s Horta Hall. During the week of June 6, 2026, the public will encounter a dialogue between South American ancestral building techniques and European vernacular architecture. Using local, bio-sourced materials such as earth, clay, and fibres, her sensory works highlight the fundamental role of indigenous knowledge in maintaining both an ecological and spiritual balance.

Julio Le Parc at London, United Kingdom

Colourful and seductive, this immersive exhibition at Tate Modern celebrates the visionary work of Julio Le Parc (1928). From June 11, 2026, until May 3, 2027, the show spans an extraordinary career from the 1950s to the 2010s, featuring his iconic interactive installations, striking sculptures, and large-scale op art paintings. The exhibition also explores the depth and diversity of Le Parc’s talent, revealing him to be a politically engaged artist and highly skilled painter with a passion for colour.

Frida Kahlo at London, United Kingdom

Frida: The Making of an Icon, at Tate Modern, will showcase over 30 of Frida Kahlo’s most iconic works that introduce her ‘many selves’ – the dedicated wife, the intellectual, the modern artist, and the political activist. From June 25, 2026, until January 3, 2027,–alongside treasured garments, jewellery, photographs and memorabilia–  there will be over 200 works by her contemporaries and the artists she inspired from later generations. The show will culminate by exploring ‘Fridamania’, Kahlo’s transformation into a global brand will feature more than 200 commercial objects that encompass her art, image, style and persona.

Ana Mendieta at London, United Kingdom

A major exhibition dedicated to Ana Mendieta at Tate Modern presents her iconic works alongside newly remastered films, early paintings, and late sculptural pieces, many of which have never been seen in the UK before. Active in the 1970s and early 80s, the Cuban-born American artist posed profound questions throughout her work around displacement and identity, which remain highly relevant today. This exhibition, from July 15, 2026, until January 2027, is the first in-depth UK show of her work in over ten Years; it shines a light on Mendieta’s trailblazing practice, reinforcing her standing as one of the most important artists of the 20th century.

Remedios Varo at Humlebæk, Denmark

Louisiana presents from September 18 until January 10, 2027, the first major exhibition in Scandinavia of the surrealist Spanish-Mexican painter Remedios Varo (1908-1961). The museum will focus on and unfold her entire and fascinating life’s work. Here one will be able to experience some of her most iconic paintings, on loan from museums in Mexico and the United States, as well as important works from private collections that are only very rarely shown to the public.