Exhibitions in London
July 2026
July 2026 at a glance: 29 exhibitions opened, 4 closed, and 70 more were on view across the city.
Opened in July
Waldmüller: Landscapes2 JulNational Gallery · Free · Past
The first ever UK exhibition of paintings by Austrian 19th-century artist Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, focusing on his landscapes. Free to all visitors.
Sayuri Ichida: Playing the Piano Upstairs3 JulThe Photographers' Gallery · Free · Past
Luminous handcrafted photogravure prints on washi paper exploring memory, grief and the photographer's relationship with her sister through snowy rural Japan.
Rudy Loewe: Intimacies of Care – Spaces of Grief and Possibility10 JulWellcome Collection · Free
Multidisciplinary artworks by Rudy Loewe reimagine mental healthcare, centring the lived experience of Black people whose UK care is shaped by racist discrimination.
Audrey Amiss: The Surviving Exhibitions10 JulWellcome Collection · Free
The first museum show of Audrey Amiss (1933-2013): drawings, paintings and other works through which she spoke out against harmful treatment within the mental health system.
Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies13 JulBritish Museum · Free · Past
A masterpiece of early Chinese figure painting, dating from the fifth to seventh century AD, displayed annually for a limited period in Room 91a with free timed-entry booking.
Young Artists' Summer Show 202614 JulRoyal Academy of Arts · Free · Past
A free exhibition of work by young artists aged 5 to 19 from across the UK, selected from open submissions and shown in the Weston Studio.
The Ropery15 JulWhitechapel Gallery · Free · Past
A participatory exhibition exploring the history of rope making in East London, with hands-on activities in rope making, spinning and knot tying.
- Backyard Biennial: East15 Jul
Whitechapel Gallery · Free · Past
An eight-week, free summer festival across East London with exhibitions, installations, performances, workshops and residencies celebrating the region's creative communities.
Common Rooms Displays15 JulWhitechapel Gallery · Free · Past
A free communal space with three interactive displays: the Migration Museum's story-sharing installation, a Material Crimes podcast listening station, and a special edition of Whitechapel Radio Station.
John Smith Film Programme15 JulWhitechapel Gallery · Free · Past
A daily screening of films spanning five decades by artist John Smith, whose genre-defying work challenges the line between documentary, fiction and abstraction, drawing on East London locations and personal experience.
East End Voices Film Programme15 JulWhitechapel Gallery · Free · Past
Hour-long film blocks showcasing East London communities, drawn from Four Corners, the London Community Video Archive and OITIJ-JO Collective, spanning radical histories, community arts legacies and contemporary womxnhood.
Fozia Ismail: A Song for the Xeedho – The Knot Makers15 JulWhitechapel Gallery · Free · Past
An interactive installation centred on the Xeedho, a climate-threatened Somali wedding basket, exploring knots as bonds and how memory passes among nomadic women.
Madelon Vriesendorp: Mind Games15 JulSir John Soane's Museum · Free · Past
A retrospective of the surreal, playful work of 2025 Soane Medal winner Madelon Vriesendorp, with over 50 pieces including her psychoanalytic boardgame, the Mind Game.
OITIJ-JO Collective: TUFAN15 JulWhitechapel Gallery · Free · Past
Named after the Bangla word for storm, this seven-artist show explores upheaval and renewal through the lens of Begum Rokeya's feminist sci-fi vision.
East of the Aldgate Pump15 JulWhitechapel Gallery · Free · Past
Twelve local, national and international artists respond to East London's historic and cultural identity across painting, sculpture, photography, film and installation, organised around migration, city life, and food and heritage.
Ana Mendieta15 JulTate Modern
Newly remastered films, early paintings and late sculptures by the Cuban-American artist, including her Silueta series, many never seen in the UK.
British Wildlife Photography Awards17 JulHorniman Museum · Free
Award-winning British wildlife photography spanning animal behaviour, botanical subjects, urban wildlife and marine life, with captions giving context for each image.
processing…20 JulSerpentine Gallery · Free · Past
Serpentine's Education Space becomes an open archive of the gallery's work at the intersection of art and advanced technologies — audio recordings, photographs, publications and digital commissions exploring blockchain, AI and game engines.
Sir Richard Owen: A Natural Legacy24 JulNatural History Museum · Free
A free display on the life of Sir Richard Owen, the Victorian zoologist and palaeontologist whose vision led to the creation of the Natural History Museum, featuring previously unseen artworks, personal publications, and archival photographs.
Boleyn is Back25 JulTower of London · Free · Past
Queen Anne Boleyn returns to the Tower this summer with two costumed courtiers, meeting visitors on the South Lawn as preparations for her coronation get underway.
HEARD, Rene Matić25 JulV&A East Museum · Free · Past
A sound-system-shaped sculpture of photographs taken across east London, Plymouth and Peterborough, tracing Black British music as connective tissue through which communities gather, remember and move together.
Towards A Civic Museum, Tania Bruguera25 JulV&A East Museum · Free · Past
A commissioned work developed through conversations between artist Tania Bruguera and east London youth, presented as a stained-glass statement of shared principles about what it means for a museum to serve its community.
Dispersal: Picturing urban change in east London25 JulV&A East Museum · Free · Past
Documents 80 businesses relocated from the Lea Valley to make way for the 2012 Olympic Games. Photographers Marion Davies and Debra Rapp systematically recorded these spaces between 2005-2007, preserving a record of East London's industrial heritage before its erasure.
Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam25 JulRoyal Academy of Arts
The first major survey in over 50 years of the Victorian painter, who created intricate fairy worlds, including The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke, from within an asylum.
Tom Hunter Selects25 JulV&A East Museum · Free · Past
A co-curated display exploring photographer Tom Hunter's 40+ year relationship with east London through selections from the V&A's collections and his personal archive, examining the area as a place of radical thinking and resilience.
Heads! Look To The Workers, Laura Wilson25 JulV&A East Museum · Free · Past
Laura Wilson's commissioned sculptures honour East London's workers and makers through a poem inscribed into three pieces, activated with the call "Heads!" and raised/lowered by a fly system echoing dock and theatre shift patterns.
Monet and Renoir: Painting Side by Side27 JulNational Gallery · Free · Past
Two celebrated paintings from La Grenouillère, made by Monet and Renoir working side by side in 1869, reunited for the first time in nearly twenty years. Free to all visitors.
Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography28 JulDulwich Picture Gallery · Past
Urban America through 34 photographers, from Stieglitz and Lange to Arbus and Winogrand, charting the rise of street photography from 1907 to 2012.
Childhood in War31 JulImperial War Museum · Free
The UK's first exhibition on how war has shaped children's lives from 1914 to today, told through personal objects, immersive set pieces and much-loved children's books.
Closed in July
Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce5 JulLondon Transport Museum · Past
Celebrates the contribution Caribbean people have made to London's transport and British culture since the 1950s, through personal stories, photography, posters and film.
Konrad Mägi12 JulDulwich Picture Gallery · Past
First major UK exhibition of Estonian modernist Konrad Mägi (1878-1925): over 60 luminous landscapes and portraits, plus a new Kristina Ollek commission.
Sufi: life and art26 JulBritish Museum · Free · Past
Explore this mystical Islamic movement through objects ranging from alms bowls to calligraphic works, miniature paintings and wall tiles.
Delcy Morelos: origo31 JulBarbican Centre · Free · Past
Colombian artist Delcy Morelos's monumental 24m site-specific installation of soil, clay and fragrant spices, with tunnels to walk through, exploring our bond with the earth.
Was on view in July
- Inflorescenceto 2 Aug
Saatchi Gallery · Past
New works by contemporary artists previously shown in the 2025 Flowers exhibition, celebrating the beauty and significance of flowers.
Kulpreet Singh: Indelible Black Marksto 2 AugHayward Gallery · Free · Past
The Indian artist's first UK solo show: a film and fire-and-ash paintings on stubble-burning and the link between climate change and agricultural crisis.
RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show 2026to 2 AugSaatchi Gallery · Past
The annual RHS exhibition returns for a sixth year, presenting botanical art and photography from around the world, from wildflowers to fungi, across three galleries.
ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Yearto 3 AugNational Maritime Museum · Past
Over 100 of the world's best space photographs - galaxies, auroras, the Moon and more - shown on glowing lightboxes, from the 17th annual competition.
Wes Anderson: The Archivesto 16 AugDesign Museum · Past
The first retrospective of filmmaker Wes Anderson, with over 700 storyboards, sketches, puppets, costumes and props spanning three decades of his films.
Zurbaránto 23 AugNational Gallery · Past
The first major UK monographic exhibition devoted to Francisco de Zurbarán, master of the Spanish Golden Age, with visions from Baroque Seville.
nora chipaumire: Gadzito 23 AugTate Modern · Free · Past
An Infinities Commission installation in the East Tank: handmade sculptures of wood, wire and cardboard, with film and mbira-based sound design, exploring Zimbabwean mythology and ancestral resilience.
Hurvin Andersonto 23 AugTate Britain · Past
British-Jamaican painter Hurvin Anderson's first major solo show: over 80 colour-drenched landscapes and interiors exploring memory, place and belonging.
David Hockney: A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts about Paintingto 23 AugSerpentine Gallery · Free · Past
In his first Serpentine exhibition, David Hockney invites viewers to slow down and notice the extraordinary in the everyday, including the 90-metre frieze A Year in Normandy.
Summer Exhibition 2026to 23 AugRoyal Academy of Arts · Past
The 258th annual open-submission show fills the Main Galleries with works in every medium by famous names and unknowns alike, coordinated by Ryan Gander.
Tracey Emin: A Second Lifeto 31 AugTate Modern · Past
A major survey of four decades of Tracey Emin's work across painting, video, textiles, neons, sculpture and installation, with works never shown before.
The Barber in London: Highlights from a Remarkable Collectionto 31 AugCourtauld Gallery · Past
Masterpieces from Birmingham's Barber Institute, including works by Hals, Rubens, Turner, Rossetti and Degas, on extended loan during its refurbishment.
Take One Picture 2026to 31 AugNational Gallery · Free · Past
Children's artworks from across the UK inspired by Canaletto's 'A Regatta on the Grand Canal'. Free to all visitors.
Future of Foodto 1 SeptScience Museum · Free · Past
Explore how science could transform the way we grow, cook and eat, from a 3,500-year-old loaf to lab-grown meat, across 100+ objects in this family-friendly exhibition.
To the Stars: Illuminating the Art Collection in 50 Worksto 1 SeptRAF Museum · Free · Past
Fifty key works by 20th-century British and European artists, marking the museum's 50th anniversary and exploring flight, conflict and RAF operations through art.
Cecily Brown: Picture Makingto 6 SeptSerpentine Gallery · Free · Past
Cecily Brown presents new paintings inspired by Serpentine's location in Kensington Gardens, a site of personal significance to the artist.
Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafricato 6 SeptBarbican Centre · Past
Over 300 works tracing Pan-Africanism's influence on art and culture from the 1920s to today, featuring artists including Chris Ofili, Marlene Dumas and Claudette Johnson.
Hepworth in Colourto 6 SeptCourtauld Gallery · Past
The first exhibition exploring Barbara Hepworth's pioneering use of colour, uniting around 20 sculptures and 30 drawings spanning her career.
Gabriel Chaile: Archaeology of Memoryto 6 SeptWhitechapel Gallery · Free · Past
Argentinian artist Gabriel Chaile's site-specific installation of adobe sculptures holds objects sourced from the East End, evoking an archaeological dig into local memory and identity.
In Other Worldsto 6 SeptBarbican Centre · Past
Speculative architect Liam Young's immersive exhibition of films, soundscapes, costumes and installations imagining hopeful future worlds shaped by technology and climate.
Marilyn Monroe: A Portraitto 6 SeptNational Portrait Gallery · Past
Celebrating the Hollywood icon's 100th birthday through portraits by the greatest photographers and artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
The Sun and The Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestialto 8 SeptSaatchi Gallery · Past
A major exhibition exploring how the sun and moon have inspired creativity and belief across cultures and history, with artworks, monumental sculptures and immersive installations.
Studio Prints: An Artists' Workshopto 13 SeptCourtauld Gallery · Past
Prints by Lucian Freud, Frank Auerbach and Paula Rego from Studio Prints, the legendary London printmaking workshop founded in 1968 by Dorothea Wight.
- David Hockney: A Year in Normandie (Detail)to 20 Sept
Serpentine Gallery · Past
A public art mural by David Hockney presented in Serpentine North Garden, shown alongside his Serpentine North exhibition. Free.
Future Observatory: Tools for Transitionto 20 SeptDesign Museum · Free · Past
Free display of four UK research projects showing how design-led innovation tackles housing, healthcare and resources for a sustainable green transition.
Early Netherlandish drawingsto 20 SeptBritish Museum · Free · Past
Around 120 rare drawings from the 15th and 16th century Low Countries, including Bruegel and van der Weyden, tracing how drawing became an art in its own right.
Design Researchers in Residence: 2025/26 Mineralto 20 SeptDesign Museum · Free · Past
Free display of new work by the 2025/26 Design Researchers in Residence, responding to the theme of 'mineral'.
Lasting Impressions: Women Printmakers 1900 – Nowto 27 SeptVictoria and Albert Museum · Free · Past
A free display celebrating the innovative techniques and bold visions of 25 women printmakers working from 1900 to the present day.
James McNeill Whistlerto 27 SeptTate Britain · Past
The first major European retrospective in 30 years of the rule-breaking American painter, with celebrated and rarely seen works from his teens to his late self-portraits.
Japanese Women Photographers: From 1950s to Nowto 27 SeptThe Photographers' Gallery · Past
Landmark survey of 27 groundbreaking Japanese women photographers from the 1950s to today, with over 200 photographs, videos, installations and rare photobooks.
NIGO: From Japan with Loveto 4 OctDesign Museum · Past
The first UK retrospective of Japanese creative director NIGO, with over 700 objects spanning fashion, ceramics and vintage Americana from his 30-year career.
John Constable: views of natureto 4 OctBritish Museum · Free · Past
Marking the 250th anniversary of Constable's birth, this display in Room 90a presents drawings, sketches and mezzotints from his late career, drawn largely from an 1888 donation by his daughter Isabel — showing his lifelong engagement with the landscapes of rural England.
Hepworth and Nicholson: The Hampstead Studio Photographsto 4 OctCourtauld Gallery · Past
Paul Laib's evocative early-1930s photographs of Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson's shared Hampstead studio at 7 The Mall.
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026to 7 OctNational Portrait Gallery · Free · Past
Free annual exhibition celebrating the very best in contemporary portraiture painting, with works selected from this year's open competition.
Voices on Stage: Women in Yiddish Theatre @ Bradford Reform Synagogueto 8 OctJewish Museum London · Free · Past
A display at Bradford Reform Synagogue celebrating Yiddish Theatre in London's East End through two of its stars, Clara Meisels and Anna Tzelniker.
Through a Queer Lens @ Manchester Jewish Museumto 11 OctJewish Museum London · Past
Photographic portraits and personal stories celebrating LGBTQ+ Jewish life, developed by Jewish Museum London and shown at Manchester Jewish Museum.
The Echoes and Shadows of Identity – Art Installationto 16 OctRAF Museum · Free · Past
Veteran artist David Tovey and LGBT+ military communities create a steel prison-cell installation and soundscape confronting the Armed Forces 'gay ban'.
Anish Kapoorto 18 OctHayward Gallery · Past
One of the most influential artists of our time returns to the Hayward, filling the entire building with awe-inspiring sculptures, paintings and immersive installations.
On the Sly, Justinien Tribillonto 18 OctV&A East Museum · Free · Past
A new commission for V&A East's New Work programme by Justinien Tribillon, exploring the theme Making East London.
Legacy: The Story of the Jewish Family who Founded J. Lyons and Fed Britainto 18 OctJewish Museum London · Free · Past
Room Two of the Two Rooms space at JW3 tells the story of the German-Jewish family behind J. Lyons, from Corner Houses and Wimpy to the pioneering LEO computer.
Tree of Life: Stories from Jewish Museum London's Collectionto 18 OctJewish Museum London · Free · Past
Room One of the museum's new Two Rooms space at JW3: a collection display tracing Jewish life in Britain from the 1656 readmission to today, framed by the Tree of Life.
New Work: Making East Londonto 18 OctV&A East Museum · Free · Past
The first edition of V&A East's twice-yearly New Work programme, inviting artists to make site-specific works responding to the making of east London.
The Wallace Collection at Warto 25 OctWallace Collection · Free
A free display on how Hertford House became a stage for Anglo-Soviet cultural diplomacy in wartime Britain, hosting major 1942 exhibitions to aid Russia.
Jesús Rafael Soto: Pénétrable BBL Jauneto 25 OctSerpentine Gallery · Free
A 10-metre kinetic sculpture of 4,000 suspended yellow PVC tubes in Kensington Gardens, inviting visitors to walk through and activate the work with their movement.
Curtain Up!to 25 OctDulwich Picture Gallery · Free
A display exploring theatre portraits in the Gallery's Collection — costume, performance, and queerness and gender identity on and off stage — pairing historic works with contemporary artists.
Serpentine Pavilion 2026 by LANZA atelierto 25 OctSerpentine Gallery · Free
'a serpentine', the 2026 Serpentine Pavilion by Mexico City studio LANZA atelier, is a brick structure based on the English serpentine (crinkle-crankle) wall.
Art in the Gardens: 125th Anniversaryto 31 OctHorniman Museum · Free
Artwork by Year 9 students from Conisborough College, made with a Goldsmiths graduate, celebrating the museum's 125th anniversary and the Gardens' biodiversity.
Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in Artto 1 NovImperial War Museum · Free
As bombs fell on 1940s London, artists responded. Over 45 paintings and drawings, with photographs, film and oral histories, capture a city both familiar and strange.
- Things I Lied to My Parents Aboutto 1 Nov
Museum of Youth Culture · Free
Real confessions of what people lied to their parents about as teenagers, with space to add your own, in the Youth Club Gallery.
Art Now: Mohammed Z Rahmanto 8 NovTate Britain · Free
British-Bengali artist Mohammed Z Rahman presents a two-act display exploring home, love and connection through paintings inspired by personal stories and memories, shown alongside works from the Tate collection.
Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friendsto 15 NovVictoria and Albert Museum
A behind-the-scenes look at Aardman's stop-motion animation, revisiting Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Morph. At Young V&A.
Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Artto 15 NovVictoria and Albert Museum
The UK's first exhibition on Elsa Schiaparelli, tracing the surrealist designer's influence from the 1920s to today and the house's revival under Daniel Roseberry.
Winston Churchill: The Painterto 29 NovWallace Collection
A major retrospective of over 50 of Sir Winston Churchill's paintings, from wartime scenes and Mediterranean landscapes to intimate views of his home at Chartwell.
The Coming of Ageto 29 NovWellcome Collection · Free
Over 150 artworks and objects explore how experiences of ageing across all life stages are shaped by environment, culture and society, and what greater longevity means.
Declaring Independence: USA 250to 29 NovBritish Museum · Free
Marking 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, this Room 3 display uncovers the Indigenous and global histories behind the founding of the United States through treaties, diplomatic gifts and resistance.
Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the Deepto 3 Jan 2027Natural History Museum
Dive back in time to meet the fiercest marine reptiles ever to swim the oceans, from giant ichthyosaurs to plesiosaurs, in this immersive deep-sea exhibition.
Frida: The Making of an Iconto 3 Jan 2027Tate Modern
Over 30 iconic works by Frida Kahlo alongside contemporary pieces, exploring her rise into a global cultural and commercial phenomenon.
The Music is Black: A British Storyto 10 Jan 2027V&A East Museum
125 years of Black music-making in Britain. An immersive audio experience spanning four continents, telling a story of excellence, struggle, resilience and joy.
Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacificto 10 Jan 2027Victoria and Albert Museum
A landmark V&A collaboration with Brisbane's QAGOMA, showcasing over 40 contemporary artists and First Nations perspectives from across Asia, Australia and the Pacific.
The Music is Black: A British Storyto 10 Jan 2027Victoria and Albert Museum
An immersive sound exhibition spanning 125 years of Black music-making in Britain, with over 120 tracks tracing excellence, struggle, resilience and joy.
Tate Britain Commission 2026: Zineb Sedirato 17 Jan 2027Tate Britain · Free
British-French-Algerian artist Zineb Sedira creates a major site-specific installation for the Duveen Galleries, exploring memory, migration and displacement through photography, performance, video and installation.
The RA Collectionto 29 Jan 2027Royal Academy of Arts · Free
Diploma Works and treasures from the RA Collection spanning over 300 years, shown free in the historic John Madejski Fine Rooms while the main Collections Gallery is expanded. Closed on select dates (21 Jul, 11 Aug, 4 Sep, 2 Oct, 6 Nov, 4 Dec 2026).
By Appointment Only: Romani Art, Culture & Heritageto 31 Jan 2027London Museum · Free
A rotating display in the Reflections Room featuring British Romani artists Corrina Eastwood, Delaine Le Bas and Dan Turner, celebrating the livelihoods, creativity and craft of Romani communities alongside a historical timeline from 500 CE to 2022.
Gathering Groundto 7 Mar 2027Tate Modern · Free
A collection display bringing together works by artists including Abbas Akhavan, Abel Rodríguez and Zheng Bo, exploring the connection between environmental and social justice.
Dame Vera Lynn Collectionto 2 Apr 2027Imperial War Museum
A selection of Dame Vera Lynn's personal objects, including letters, correspondence and uniform items from her recently acquired Second World War archive, on display for 12 months near the entrance to the Second World War Galleries.
Art deco: the golden age of poster designto 30 Apr 2027London Transport Museum
Over 100 original London Transport posters mark the centenary of art deco, with work by design greats like McKnight Kauffer and Jean Dupas, plus Charles Holden's Tube architecture.
Julio Le Parc: Light. Colour. Action.to 3 May 2027Tate Modern
An immersive retrospective of seven decades of kinetic and interactive works, with light sculptures and geometric paintings that turn viewers into participants.
American Photographsto 16 May 2027Victoria and Albert Museum · Free
A free display drawn from the V&A's US photography collection, revealing the breadth of the country's photographic traditions from early prints to contemporary work.
Tenderness and Rageto 30 May 2027Wellcome Collection · Free
A display exploring HIV and AIDS through stories of protest and care, from the UK's 1980s-90s epidemic to global activism today, via photography, film and archives.
NINAGAWA Mika: Captive Bloomsto 1 Jun 2027The Photographers' Gallery · Free
A free outdoor exhibition of Mika Ninagawa's vibrant, dream-like photographs of blooming flowers and goldfish that dissolve the boundary between real and imagined.
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- Waldmüller: LandscapesCourtesy of National Gallery
- Sayuri Ichida: Playing the Piano UpstairsCourtesy of The Photographers' Gallery
- Rudy Loewe: Intimacies of Care – Spaces of Grief and PossibilityCourtesy of Wellcome Collection
- Audrey Amiss: The Surviving ExhibitionsCourtesy of Wellcome Collection
- Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court LadiesCourtesy of British Museum
- Young Artists' Summer Show 2026Courtesy of Royal Academy of Arts
- The RoperyPhoto: Rocio Chacon
- Common Rooms DisplaysCourtesy Migration Museum. Photo Hamish Irivine.
- John Smith Film ProgrammeCourtesy the artist.
- East End Voices Film ProgrammeCourtesy of the London Community Video Archive (LCVA)
- Fozia Ismail: A Song for the Xeedho – The Knot MakersPhoto by Lisa Whiting for Spike Studio Open 2026
- Madelon Vriesendorp: Mind GamesCourtesy of Sir John Soane's Museum
- OITIJ-JO Collective: TUFANCourtesy the artist
- East of the Aldgate Pump© Jyll Bradley. Courtesy The Collection of Sir Elton John & David Furnish. Photo Leandro Justen
- Ana Mendieta©The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, 2026 / Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery and Alison Jacques, London.
- British Wildlife Photography AwardsCourtesy of Horniman Museum
- processing…© Photography: Hugo Glendinning
- Sir Richard Owen: A Natural LegacyCourtesy of Natural History Museum
- Boleyn is BackCourtesy of Tower of London
- HEARD, Rene MatićCourtesy of V&A East Museum
- Towards A Civic Museum, Tania BrugueraCourtesy of V&A East Museum
- Dispersal: Picturing urban change in east LondonCourtesy of V&A East Museum
- Richard Dadd: Beyond BedlamCourtesy of Royal Academy of Arts
- Tom Hunter SelectsCourtesy of Tom Hunter
- Heads! Look To The Workers, Laura Wilson© David Parry for the V&A
- Monet and Renoir: Painting Side by SideCourtesy of National Gallery
- Portrait of a City: A Century of American PhotographyCourtesy of Dulwich Picture Gallery
- Childhood in War© IWM (Art. IWM PST 8105)
- Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean WorkforceCourtesy of London Transport Museum
- Konrad MägiCourtesy of Dulwich Picture Gallery
- Sufi: life and artCourtesy of British Museum
- Delcy Morelos: origoCourtesy of Barbican Centre
- Kulpreet Singh: Indelible Black MarksCourtesy of Hayward Gallery
- RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show 2026Courtesy of Saatchi Gallery
- ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the YearCourtesy of National Maritime Museum
- Wes Anderson: The Archives© Luke Hayes for the Design Museum
- ZurbaránCourtesy of National Gallery
- nora chipaumire: GadziCourtesy of Tate Modern
- Hurvin Anderson© Hurvin Anderson. Courtesy the artist, Thomas Dane Gallery and VeneKlasen
- David Hockney: A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts about Painting© David Hockney. Photo: George Darrell
- Summer Exhibition 2026Courtesy of Royal Academy of Arts
- Tracey Emin: A Second Life© Tracey Emin. Photo credit: Courtesy The Saatchi Gallery, London / Photograph by Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd. Lent by The Duerckheim Collection
- The Barber in London: Highlights from a Remarkable CollectionCourtesy of Courtauld Gallery
- Take One Picture 2026Courtesy of National Gallery
- Future of FoodCourtesy of Science Museum
- To the Stars: Illuminating the Art Collection in 50 WorksCourtesy of RAF Museum
- Cecily Brown: Picture Making© Cecily Brown. Photo: © Jo Underhill
- Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of PanafricaCourtesy of Barbican Centre
- Hepworth in ColourBarbara Hepworth © Bowness, Image © The Hepworth Wakefield. Photo: Mark Heathcote.
- Gabriel Chaile: Archaeology of MemoryCourtesy of Whitechapel Gallery
- In Other WorldsCourtesy of Barbican Centre
- Marilyn Monroe: A PortraitCourtesy of National Portrait Gallery
- The Sun and The Moon: Art Inspired by the CelestialCourtesy of Saatchi Gallery
- Studio Prints: An Artists' Workshop©The Balakjian Estate. Photo © Courtauld Gallery. Richard Valencia Photography.
- Future Observatory: Tools for TransitionPhotos Luke Hayes
- Early Netherlandish drawingsCourtesy of British Museum
- Design Researchers in Residence: 2025/26 MineralPhotos by Henry Woide
- Lasting Impressions: Women Printmakers 1900 – NowCourtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum
- James McNeill WhistlerCourtesy of Tate Britain
- Japanese Women Photographers: From 1950s to NowCourtesy of The Photographers' Gallery
- NIGO: From Japan with LovePhoto Luke Hayes
- John Constable: views of natureCourtesy of British Museum
- Hepworth and Nicholson: The Hampstead Studio PhotographsBen Nicholson © All rights reserved, DACS; Paul Laib ©️The de Laszlo Foundation
- Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery
- Voices on Stage: Women in Yiddish Theatre @ Bradford Reform SynagogueCourtesy of Jewish Museum London
- Through a Queer Lens @ Manchester Jewish MuseumCourtesy of Jewish Museum London
- The Echoes and Shadows of Identity – Art InstallationCourtesy of RAF Museum
- Anish KapoorCourtesy of Hayward Gallery
- On the Sly, Justinien Tribillon© David Parry for the V&A
- Legacy: The Story of the Jewish Family who Founded J. Lyons and Fed BritainCourtesy of Jewish Museum London
- Tree of Life: Stories from Jewish Museum London's CollectionCourtesy of Jewish Museum London
- New Work: Making East LondonCourtesy of V&A East Museum
- The Wallace Collection at WarCourtesy of Wallace Collection
- Jesús Rafael Soto: Pénétrable BBL Jaune© Jesús Rafael Soto / ADAGP, Paris 2026. Courtesy Atelier Soto, Paris and Galerie Perrotin. Photo: George Darrell. Courtesy Serpentine
- Curtain Up!Courtesy of Dulwich Picture Gallery
- Serpentine Pavilion 2026 by LANZA atelier© LANZA atelier. Photo: Iwan Baan. Courtesy Serpentine.
- Art in the Gardens: 125th AnniversaryCourtesy of Horniman Museum
- Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in ArtCourtesy of Imperial War Museum
- Art Now: Mohammed Z RahmanTate. © reserved.
- Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and FriendsCourtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum
- Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes ArtCourtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum
- Winston Churchill: The Painter© Churchill Heritage Ltd. Photo: ©Royal Academy of Arts, London; photographer: John Hammond.
- The Coming of AgePhoto: Steven Pocock. Source: Wellcome Collection
- Declaring Independence: USA 250Courtesy of British Museum
- Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the DeepCourtesy of Natural History Museum
- Frida: The Making of an IconCourtesy of Tate Modern
- The Music is Black: A British StoryCourtesy of V&A East Museum
- Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the PacificCourtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum
- The Music is Black: A British StoryCourtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum
- Tate Britain Commission 2026: Zineb SediraPhoto © Tate (Joe Humphrys)
- The RA CollectionCourtesy of Royal Academy of Arts
- By Appointment Only: Romani Art, Culture & Heritage© London Museum
- Gathering Ground© Abel Rodriguez, courtesy of the artist and Instituto de Vision
- Dame Vera Lynn CollectionCourtesy of Imperial War Museum
- Art deco: the golden age of poster designCourtesy of London Transport Museum
- Julio Le Parc: Light. Colour. Action.Lent by the Atelier Le Parc 2026 © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2026
- American PhotographsCourtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum
- Tenderness and RageGallery Photo: Benjamin Gilbert. © Wellcome Collection
- NINAGAWA Mika: Captive BloomsCourtesy of The Photographers' Gallery
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