Exhibitions in London

British Museum · Free

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.

Tate 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.

National Portrait Gallery · Past

Celebrating the Hollywood icon's 100th birthday through portraits by the greatest photographers and artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

National Gallery · Free · Past

Children's artworks from across the UK inspired by Canaletto's 'A Regatta on the Grand Canal'. Free to all visitors.

Saatchi 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.

Tate 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.

Barbican Centre · Past

An immersive installation and unique soundscape exploring dub legend Lee "Scratch" Perry and electronic duo Mouse on Mars's new album.

Courtauld Gallery

Prints by Lucian Freud, Frank Auerbach and Paula Rego from Studio Prints, the legendary London printmaking workshop founded in 1968 by Dorothea Wight.

Courtauld Gallery

Paul Laib's evocative early-1930s photographs of Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson's shared Hampstead studio at 7 The Mall.

Serpentine 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.

Barbican 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.

Tate Modern

An immersive retrospective of seven decades of kinetic and interactive works, with light sculptures and geometric paintings that turn viewers into participants.

Royal Academy of Arts · Free · Past

The free annual graduation show of the RA Schools, presenting new work across painting, sculpture, film and installation by the postgraduate class of 2026.

Courtauld Gallery · Past

The first exhibition exploring Barbara Hepworth's pioneering use of colour, uniting around 20 sculptures and 30 drawings spanning her career.

Design Museum · Free

Free display of new work by the 2025/26 Design Researchers in Residence, responding to the theme of 'mineral'.

Jewish Museum London

Photographic portraits and personal stories celebrating LGBTQ+ Jewish life, developed by Jewish Museum London and shown at Manchester Jewish Museum.

Hayward 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.

Royal 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.

Hayward Gallery

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.

Serpentine 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.

Jewish Museum London · Free

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.

Jewish Museum London · Free

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.

Saatchi 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.

The 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.

Jewish Museum London · Free

A display at Bradford Reform Synagogue celebrating Yiddish Theatre in London's East End through two of its stars, Clara Meisels and Anna Tzelniker.

The Photographers' Gallery

Landmark survey of 27 groundbreaking Japanese women photographers from the 1950s to today, with over 200 photographs, videos, installations and rare photobooks.

National Portrait Gallery · Free

Free annual exhibition celebrating the very best in contemporary portraiture painting, with works selected from this year's open competition.

Tate Modern

Over 30 iconic works by Frida Kahlo alongside contemporary pieces, exploring her rise into a global cultural and commercial phenomenon.

Horniman 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.

British 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.

The Photographers' Gallery · Past

Four shortlisted artists — Jane Evelyn Atwood, Weronika Gesicka, Amak Mahmoodian, Rene Matic — explore memory, identity, and displacement.

Royal Academy of Arts · Past

The first UK exhibition of the Flemish painter's wide-ranging oeuvre, including grand history paintings and portraiture.

The Photographers' Gallery · Free · Past

Layered landscape photographs by Nicholas Hughes, made via a hybrid analogue-digital process, exploring the beauty and quiet fragility of the natural world.

Sir John Soane's Museum · Free · Past

Marking 300 years since the death of English Baroque architect Sir John Vanbrugh, designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard, with rarely seen drawings in his own hand.

Whitechapel Gallery · Free · Past

A film programme for the gallery's 125th anniversary, screening rarely seen films on artists who exhibited here, from Barbara Hepworth and David Hockney to Frida Kahlo.

London 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.

Dulwich 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.

British Museum · Free · Past

Explore this mystical Islamic movement through objects ranging from alms bowls to calligraphic works, miniature paintings and wall tiles.

Barbican 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.

Saatchi Gallery · Past

New works by contemporary artists previously shown in the 2025 Flowers exhibition, celebrating the beauty and significance of flowers.

National 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.

Design Museum · Past

The first retrospective of filmmaker Wes Anderson, with over 700 storyboards, sketches, puppets, costumes and props spanning three decades of his films.

Serpentine 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.

Tate Britain · Past

British-Jamaican painter Hurvin Anderson's first major solo show: over 80 colour-drenched landscapes and interiors exploring memory, place and belonging.

National Gallery · Past

The first major UK monographic exhibition devoted to Francisco de Zurbarán, master of the Spanish Golden Age, with visions from Baroque Seville.

Tate 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.

Courtauld Gallery · Past

Masterpieces from Birmingham's Barber Institute, including works by Hals, Rubens, Turner, Rossetti and Degas, on extended loan during its refurbishment.

Science 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.

RAF 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.

Serpentine Gallery · Free · Past

Cecily Brown presents new paintings inspired by Serpentine's location in Kensington Gardens, a site of personal significance to the artist.

Whitechapel 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.

Barbican Centre · Past

Speculative architect Liam Young's immersive exhibition of films, soundscapes, costumes and installations imagining hopeful future worlds shaped by technology and climate.

British Museum · Free

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 Museum · Free

Free display of four UK research projects showing how design-led innovation tackles housing, healthcare and resources for a sustainable green transition.

Serpentine Gallery

A public art mural by David Hockney presented in Serpentine North Garden, shown alongside his Serpentine North exhibition. Free.

Tate Britain

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.

Victoria and Albert Museum · Free

A free display celebrating the innovative techniques and bold visions of 25 women printmakers working from 1900 to the present day.

Design Museum

The first UK retrospective of Japanese creative director NIGO, with over 700 objects spanning fashion, ceramics and vintage Americana from his 30-year career.

RAF Museum · Free

Veteran artist David Tovey and LGBT+ military communities create a steel prison-cell installation and soundscape confronting the Armed Forces 'gay ban'.

V&A East Museum · Free

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.

Wallace 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.

Dulwich 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.

Imperial 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.

Victoria 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.

Victoria 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.

Wallace 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.

Wellcome 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.

Natural 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.

Victoria 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.

Victoria 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.

V&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.

Tate 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.

Royal 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).

London 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.

Tate 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.

Imperial 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.

London 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.

Victoria 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.

Wellcome 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.