Renoir and Love opens at London’s National Gallery on Friday 3 October 2026 and runs through Sunday 31 January 2027—the gallery’s first major Renoir exhibition since 2007 and, in its own framing, the most significant UK survey of the French Impressionist in 20 years. This ADVANCE Art guide locks dates, ticket bands, the UK debut of Bal au Moulin de la Galette, and tour partners before opening-week search spikes—deepening Art exhibitions beside live Gemäldegalerie Portraits and De Kooning Rijksmuseum without twinning those hubs.

Exhibition dates, tickets, and venue

Exhibition: Renoir and Love Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) Venue: National Gallery, London (Sainsbury Wing programme) Dates: 3 October 2026 – 31 January 2027 Press view: Wednesday 30 September 2026 Standard tickets: £20 off-peak (Sunday–Thursday); £25 Friday and Saturday, and all days in the first two weeks Under 18s: free Pay What You Wish: Friday evenings 23 October 2026 – 15 January 2027 (from £1 upward)

Book via nationalgallery.org.uk; the gallery warns against unofficial secondary sellers.

What you’ll see: Moulin de la Galette and the love theme

The show focuses on Renoir’s crucial mid-1860s to mid-1880s years—affection, flirtation, café and theatre sociability, male camaraderie, courtship, and child-rearing. Headline loans include the iconic Bal au Moulin de la Galette (1876, Musée d’Orsay), exhibited in the UK for the first time. Exhibition copy also points to roughly 40–50+ paintings drawn from collections worldwide; the press release cites over 50 works.

Other published highlights include *Dance at Bougival* (1883, MFA Boston), *The Umbrellas* (National Gallery), *Lunch at Restaurant Fournaise*, *Young Mother* (Barnes), and a mid-1870s self-portrait from the Clark Art Institute. Co-curator Christopher Riopelle frames Renoir as uniquely committed to chronicling love and friendship as keys to modern life—“as fleeting… as his other great and transitory subject, sunlight itself.”

Partners, tour, and curators

Initiated by the Musée d’Orsay, the exhibition is organised with the National Gallery and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston:

Orsay, Paris: 17 March – 19 July 2026 (already shown) • National Gallery, London: 3 October 2026 – 31 January 2027 • MFA Boston: 20 February – 13 June 2027

London curators: Riopelle with Chiara Di Stefano. Paris: Paul Perrin (with Lucie Lachenal-Tabellet). Boston: Katie Hanson (with Julia Welch). Lead philanthropic support named on the London pages includes the Thompson Family Charitable Trust and, in the earlier press note, Kenneth C. Griffin.

People also ask: is Moulin de la Galette really in London?

Yes—for this exhibition window. Orsay’s 1876 *Dance at the Moulin de la Galette* travels as the UK debut centrepiece; it is not a permanent National Gallery holding. After London it continues with the touring partnership logic toward Boston—check each venue’s own ticket site rather than assuming the painting stays in Trafalgar Square beyond 31 January 2027.

Why ADVANCE now (spike ~3 October)

“Renoir and Love,” “National Gallery Renoir tickets,” and “Moulin de la Galette London” queries climb hard in the final days before 3 October—especially with Press View on 30 September. Publishing verified dates, £20/£25 bands, Pay What You Wish Fridays, and UK-debut loan facts ranks ahead of thin opening-day recaps.

Related Sunday Profile Art exhibitions

Deepen the cluster with live Gemäldegalerie Portraits 2026 (https://www.thesundayprofile.com/gemaldegalerie-portraits-2026) (opens 16 Oct Berlin) and Willem de Kooning at work — Rijksmuseum (https://www.thesundayprofile.com/de-kooning-rijksmuseum-2026) (opens 9 Oct)—October museum-calendar pieces without twinning this Renoir primary keyword.

Sources and caveats

Dates, ticket prices, Pay What You Wish window, Moulin de la Galette UK first, partnership language, and highlight works: National Gallery exhibition page. “Over 50 works,” first NG Renoir since 2007 / most significant UK Renoir in 20 years, mid-1860s–mid-1880s focus, Riopelle quote, curator list, tour dates Orsay→London→Boston, Press View 30 Sept: National Gallery press release. Sainsbury Wing / listing corroboration: Art Fund. Hang lists and last-minute loan swaps can still move—recheck nationalgallery.org.uk in the week of 3 October.