Summer 2026 exhibitions across Lombardy, Piedmont, and Swiss lakes
During the summer of 2026, a series of exhibitions featuring both historical and modern art will take place in Lombardy, Piedmont, and Switzerland. In Como, visitors can enjoy 'Turner: l’incanto del lago di Como e del paesaggio italiano' at Palazzo del Broletto and Pinacoteca Civica, showcasing seven watercolors by William Turner until September 27. Villa Olmo hosts 'Helmut Newton. Cars' (until June 30), displaying 20 panels on cars. Meanwhile, Tremezzina's Museo del Paesaggio features 'Viaggi d’autore sul Lago di Como' (until November 1) with 40 pieces from the Grand Tour to the Belle Époque. Additional exhibitions include 'Saluti da Villa Carlotta' (until December 8), 'Hokusai' in Lecco (until September 27), and 'Josef Albers' in Varese (until January 10, 2027).
Key facts
- Turner exhibition in Como until Sep 27, 2026, with seven watercolors from 1819, 1842, 1843.
- Helmut Newton. Cars at Villa Olmo, Como until Jun 30, 2026, first exhibition on this theme.
- Viaggi d’autore sul Lago di Como at Museo del Paesaggio, Tremezzina until Nov 1, 2026.
- Saluti da Villa Carlotta at Villa Carlotta, Tremezzina until Dec 8, 2026.
- Hokusai exhibition in Lecco until Sep 27, 2026, featuring 75 works including The Great Wave.
- Josef Albers. Meditations at Villa Panza, Varese until Jan 10, 2027, with 29 works.
- Arp, Cahn, Magnelli e Taeuber-Arp at Fondazione Marguerite Arp, Locarno until Nov 1, 2026.
- Arte e Sacro in Bellano until Sep 13, 2026, includes Lucio Fontana's Concetto spaziale.
- Alessandro Mendini exhibition at Villa Giulia, Verbania until Sep 27, 2026.
- Tullio Pericoli. Terre inquiete at Museo del Paesaggio, Verbania until Nov 1, 2026.
- Nostalgia del Sud in Ascona until Aug 23, 2026, with 40 works from a German private collection.
- Three exhibitions at MASI Lugano: Arte in Ticino until Nov 11, Korean Video Art until Jul 19, Schnyder until Aug 9.
Entities
Artists
- William Turner
- Helmut Newton
- Mary Shelley
- Hokusai
- Josef Albers
- Jean Arp
- Sophie Taeuber-Arp
- Marcelle Cahn
- Alberto Magnelli
- Lucio Fontana
- Alessandro Mendini
- Tullio Pericoli
- Jean-Frédéric Schnyder
- Giuseppe Panza di Biumo
- Fulvia Mendini
- Elisa Mendini
Institutions
- Tate London
- Palazzo del Broletto
- Pinacoteca Civica
- Villa Olmo
- Museo del Paesaggio (Tremezzina)
- Villa Carlotta
- Palazzo delle Paure
- Villa Panza
- Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI)
- Fondazione Marguerite Arp
- San Nicolao Arte Contemporanea
- Museo Giancarlo Vitali
- Santuario della Madonna delle Lacrime
- Chiesa di Santa Marta
- Chiesa di Sant'Andrea
- Chiesa di San Rocco
- Chiesa prepositurale dei Santi Nazaro e Celso
- Villa Giulia
- Museo del Paesaggio (Verbania)
- Museo Castello San Materno
- MASI Lugano
- Artribune
Locations
- Como
- Italy
- Tremezzina
- Lecco
- Varese
- Locarno
- Switzerland
- Bellano
- Verbania
- Ascona
- Lugano
- Lombardy
- Piedmont
- Lake Como
- Lake Maggiore
- Ticino
- Bonzeno
- Lezzeno