London art events
This is your guide to the London art events to watch out for in the coming months
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Open House London
Ok, admit it. We’ve all done it. Who amongst us hasn’t taken a cheeky peak into someone else’s house as we’ve walked past a row of residential building? The urge to look is almost irresistible, ...
Marina Abramović After Life
The first large scale retrospective of her work to be staged in the UK, Marina Abramović After Life will showcase the artistic achievements of one of the towering figures of performance art. The exhib...
Frieze London
The daddy of all art fairs returns to Regents Park this October as Frieze London prepares to offer Londoners another bumper helping of contemporary art. Over 160 of the world’s most prestigious galler...
Russia: Royalty & the Romanovs
From Peter the Great to Nicholas II, this new exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery in London, tells the story of the relationship between two of the great powers of European history. Through a variety of...
Pierre Bonnard – The Colour of Memory
This timely exhibition at the Tate Modern will enable a whole new generation of art lovers to fall under the spell of French master Pierre Bonnard. The artist is well known for his remarkable treatmen...
Sorolla – Spanish Master of Light
Often overlooked in favour of his countrymen, Picasso, Goya and Velázquez, this new exhibition at the National Gallery attempts to finally put Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida in the spotlight. It’s appropri...
Photo London 2019
This article describes Photo London 2018. More information on Photo London 2019 will appear here shortly. A special exhibition by Edward Burtynsky, a Discovery section featuring a variety of new and e...
Frank Bowling at Tate Britain
This new retrospective of the artist is the first major show to cover the many different phases of Bowling’s distinguished career. The exhibition is arranged chronologically beginning in the 1960’s wi...
Masterpiece London 2019
Masterpiece London is a world leading art fair which gives collectors an opportunity to view, examine and buy works of art, antiques and jewellery from over 160 international exhibitors in the beautif...
The London Design Festival 2019
The London Design Festival is a showcase that draws on and celebrates the immense creativity of the capital’s design community. The initiative is now in its 16th year and the festival continues to get...
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Tate Modern’s forthcoming Magdalena Abakanowicz exhibition will offer visitors a rare opportunity to get to know the work of this ground-breaking master. Widely regarded as one of Poland’s most ...
Andy Warhol Virtual Tour
It might seem like a game of now you see him, now you don’t, but Andy Warhol’s Tate Modern exhibition is back again. The show, which represents the first large scale retrospective of the artist’...
Faces of Frida
Faces of Frida presents an exciting new vision of what an art exhibition could be. The largest undertaking yet from the Google Art & Culture project, the exhibition presents the most comprehensive...
London’s Best Virtual Museum Tours
Who said you needed to get off the sofa to enjoy London’s best art and culture? Many of London’s cultural institutions provide virtual tours of their collections, so now you can get your cultural fix ...
The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom
The tag line for the British Library’s new exhibition, Anglo-Saxon Kingdom, says: “600 years. 180 spectacular treasures. A once-in-a-generation exhibition” and that nicely sums up what’s on offe...
Tania Bruguera – Tate Modern
Tate Modern recently announced that the Cuban artist Tania Bruguera had won the commission to present a work in the galleries massive Turbine Hall. No information about the new project has been reveal...
Edward Burne-Jones Exhibition, Tate Britain
This forthcoming exhibition marks the first major London retrospective of the Victorian artist Edward Burne-Jones in nearly fifty years. Burne-Jones, often known as the last of the Pre-Raphaelites, is...
Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt at the V&A
A museum show entirely devoted to video games? Not being a gamer, I was initially turned off by the prospect, but having now seen the show myself, I can confidently give Design/Play/Disrupt a resoundi...
