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...
Artemisia Exhibition
The National Gallery’s fascinating new Artemisia exhibition will showcase the work of the ground-breaking Italian artist during a period when major female artists were few and far between. The first m...
Photo London
This article describes Photo London 2019. More information on Photo London 2020 will appear here shortly. A special exhibition by Edward Burtynsky, a Discovery section featuring a variety of new and e...
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...
Masterpiece London
This article relates to the cancelled 2020 festival. We will have information on the 2021 festival as soon as it is available. Masterpiece London is a world leading art fair which gives collectors an ...
Impressionist Decorations: The Birth of Modern Décor
More than 80 works by the world’s greatest artists are to go on show in London next year as part of a major new exhibition on Impressionism. Impressionist Decorations: The Birth of Modern Décor will s...
Aubrey Beardsley
Often salacious, frequently scandalous and always shocking, Aubrey Beardsley is a name that has struck fear into the hearts of puritanical art lovers for over a century. Now, over a century after his ...
The London Design Festival
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 17th year and the festival continues to get...
Gauguin and the Impressionists
Drawn from the vaults of Denmark’s Ordrupgaard Collection, Gauguin and the Impressionists showcases a series of works by the masters of the movement. Manet, Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Morisot and Degas ...
Among The Trees
Bringing together a disparate collection of artists, periods, styles and disciplines, Among The Trees sets out to explore our relationship with one of the natural world’s most ubiquitous elements. Wit...
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’...
Titian: Love, Desire, Death
If any artist could achieve genuine poetry in his or her work, then it is surely Titian. The artist’s sense of the dramatic, his storytelling ability, his mastering of composition, and his ability to ...
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 ...
Museums at Night Festival
Museums at Night is a twice-yearly festival of culture hosted in museums and galleries up and down the UK. The event, produced by the Brighton based arts charity Culture24, is committed to s...
Franz West at Tate Modern
This first posthumous retrospective of Franz West will attempt to offer a comprehensive overview of the artist’s work. West is best known for his unconventional approach to the creation of objects, sc...
Phyllida Barlow: Cul De Sac
Royal Academician Phyllida Barlow brings her unique brand of monumental sculpture to the Royal Academy this February for a new show. Cul-de-sac will give newcomers to the British artist a chance to ge...
