Renoir and Love
The first exhibition devoted to the artist at the National Gallery since 2007, ‘Renoir and Love’ features some of his most experimental, ambitious and admired canvases including the iconic ‘Dance at the Moulin de la Galette’ (1876, Musée d’Orsay, Paris), exhibited in the UK for the first time.
Organised in partnership with the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, ‘Renoir and Love’ focuses on the crucial years of the artist’s career, from the mid-1860s to the mid-1880s. More than one third of the canvasses he painted in these two pivotal decades are scenes of modern love and social interactions. Often staged in Paris’s new public spaces, these depictions are remarkable for their embrace of human sociability.
The exhibition traces the evolution of the imagery of love, desire, affection, flirtation, friendship and family bonds in Renoir’s art.
Exhibition co-curator Chiara Di Stefano says: ‘Eschewing anecdote, drama or sentimentality, Renoir sketches a joyful and light-hearted portrait of modern romance in 19th-century Paris, where the celebration of youth, beauty and sensual pleasure takes centre stage.’
Renoir and Love
The National Gallery, Sainsbury Wing, London WC2N 5DN
3 October 2026 — 31 January 2027
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