London art events
This is your guide to the London art events to watch out for in the coming months
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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 Art of Banksy Exhibition
It has wowed art lovers the world over, and now The Art of Banksy Exhibition is set to do the same thing in London when it opens in Covent Garden in March next year. The exhibition, which has not been...
Wander Art Trail
London’s galleries may be closed but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a bit of socially distanced fun on the streets of the capital. And if your idea of fun is discovering new works of art, then Mayfai...
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...
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
It’s been denounced over the years as an irrelevance and derided more recently by one particular newspaper for being ‘a glorified car boot sale’ but for over 250 years the Royal Academy Su...
Tantra – Enlightenment to Revolution
Not as naughty as it sounds, the British Museum’s Tantra – Enlightenment to Revolution exhibition explores “the radical force that transformed the religious, cultural and political landscape of ...
Damien Hirst Exhibition – End of a Century
Charting his progression from eager student to leading artist, the Newport Street Gallery’s End of A Century will explore the formative years of one of the UK’s favourite sons, Damien Hurst. Featuring...
Bruce Nauman Exhibition
Multi-disciplinary American artist Bruce Nauman is the subject of a major new show at Tate Modern this autumn. The first large scale exhibition of his work in over 20 years, the event will showcase a ...
Sin at the National Gallery
The National Gallery’s latest exhibition explores the concept of sin as it relates to art. With work by artists as diverse as Bruegel, William Hogarth, Andy Warhol and Tracey Emin, the exh...
Stephen Friedman Gallery 25th Anniversary Exhibition
In a special event to mark its 25th anniversary, the Stephen Friedman Gallery will host a month long exhibition at both of its Old Burlington Street venues. The exhibition will showcase the diversity ...
Ai Weiwei comes to Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly Circus’s famous billboards will be transformed into a giant digital canvas this October for a display showcasing the works of some of the world’s top artists. Entitled the Circa project, th...
Banksy Artwork on the London Underground
With London’s art galleries closed, us Londoners are having to get our art fix wherever we can find it. That’s why it was so heartening to hear about the Banksy artwork on the London Underground. The ...
The Google Arts & Culture Project
Of the many critical conversations that the world’s academics, decision makers and thinkers are engaged in right now, in the midst of this unprecedented global crisis, one of the most important ...
Supporting The Arts in London During The Coronavirus Crisis
It’s easy to take the arts for granted in London. The city is so choc a bloc full of world class institutions that we can sometimes forget just how good our cultural sector is. Or, gripe at minor issu...
Léon Spilliaert at the RA
Visionary artist Léon Spilliaert is the subject of an intriguing new show at the Royal Academy of Arts this spring. The painter’s name may be relatively unfamiliar here, but Spilliaert’s best work wit...
George Him Exhibition
His name might not be widely known, but Polish-Jewish émigré George Him was an influential figure in the world of graphic design. Working both independently and as part of the esteemed Lewitt-Him part...
