Exhibitions in Naples until January 2027: what to see

Between late October and the first half of November, quite a few exhibitions in Naples are about to close, while two more stay open until the end of November and one, the longest-running, goes on until 15 January 2027. Here's what's still worth seeing, with the real closing dates and where to find each one, from the Museo Madre to Pompeii, from the Maschio Angioino to the Reggia di Caserta.

Closing by mid-November

At the Museo Madre, on via Settembrini, two exhibitions close just days apart. Gli anni. Capitolo 3 (until 9 November) brings together works by Francesco Clemente, Pipilotti Rist, Ilya Kabakov and others, each one tied to the year it was first shown in Campania. A few steps away, Living Collapse (until 16 November) starts from Jimmie Durham's Presepio to get three Campanian artists reworking the nativity scene tradition. The museum opens 10am-7.30pm Monday to Saturday, until 8pm on Sunday, closed on Tuesday: tickets €8, €4 reduced, valid for both.

At the Maschio Angioino, in the Fondazione Valenzi's Sala Litza Cittanova, Arte e Resistenza a Napoli traces Marino Mazzacurati's creative path towards the monument to the Quattro Giornate: plaster and bronze models, drawings and a 2009 documentary. It's free to see, Monday to Friday, 11am-5pm, until 14 November. A few days later, on 18 November, Voyageur leaves piazza Municipio: three wooden boats up to 8 metres tall, built in Ghana by the artist Ibrahim Mahama, rising out of the paving in front of the port like wrecks. It's outdoors, free, and you can walk around it any time of day: coming out of the Municipio metro at sunset is still the best time to catch it.

These three, Mazzacurati, Mahama and the Cappella Tolosa, fit neatly into half a day on foot: the Maschio Angioino and piazza Municipio share the same metro stop, and from there to Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, up via Toledo and into Monteoliveto, it's about ten minutes. None of the three needs more than an hour, so there's still time for a coffee before deciding whether to carry on to the Madre.

Until the end of November, between Pompeii and Caserta

Philip Colbert's pop lobsters are still planted among the domus of the Pompeii Archaeological Park until 30 November, included in the ruins ticket: they divide opinion, but at least you form your own verdict without paying extra. Since mid-October the site has switched to winter hours, closing at 5pm with last entry at 3.30pm, an hour and a half earlier than in summer: worth remembering if you're setting off from Naples in the early afternoon. The same day also sees the close of Archetipi, over 300 photographs and installations by Antonio Biasiucci along the Gran Galleria of the Reggia di Caserta, running through steam, bread and volcanoes: it's included in the Reggia's ticket (€18), closed on Tuesdays.

The one that runs longest, until 15 January

A.D. 1656, inside Palazzo Diomede Carafa on via San Biagio dei Librai, uses a video installation to tell the story of the plague that hit Naples in 1656, drawing on a lay brother's chronicle and Micco Spadaro's painting of piazza Mercatello. Entry is free, in groups of 25, at 9.30am, 10.30am and 11.30am, Monday to Friday: it's the only one in this round-up that runs until 15 January 2027, so you can even put it off until after the festive season.

The festive-season exhibitions, still to be announced

The MANN, Capodimonte and Gallerie d'Italia usually add something for December, usually tied to the nativity scene or a big international name, but by mid-October the programmes haven't come out yet: none of the local outlets have precise dates yet. As soon as something is announced, you'll find it in What to do in Naples in November 2026 and its December companion piece, both updated week by week.

Prices, closing days and the free Sundays

Keep two dates in mind: Sunday 1 November and Sunday 6 December are Domenica al Museo, free entry at state museums, the MANN, Capodimonte, the Royal Palace, Certosa di San Martino, Castel Sant'Elmo, as well as Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Reggia di Caserta: a way to see Colbert and Biasiucci without paying for the ruins or the Reggia ticket. The Madre, on the other hand, is a municipal museum and doesn't fall under the state's free-entry scheme: the €8 ticket there is always due, except on the special days the museum announces from time to time.

For the rest of Naples's art, from the permanent masterpieces to what's opening next, What to do in Naples updates with events and exhibitions day by day, and in the Art section you'll also find guided tours of Capodimonte and the MANN with an archaeologist, Pompeii and Herculaneum included in the same visit.