Exhibitions in London

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.

National Portrait Gallery · Past

Over 80 photographs spanning studio portraiture, LGBTQ+ portraiture, and documentary photography.

The Photographers' Gallery · Past

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

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.

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.

Serpentine Gallery

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Royal Academy of Arts · Past

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

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

An immersive labyrinth of painted cardboard panels depicting a fantastical world of creatures, commissioned for the gallery. Free.

Whitechapel Gallery · Past

First major survey spanning four decades of Joy Gregory's photography, film, and textiles exploring identity, race, and beauty.

Whitechapel Gallery · Free · Past

An immersive textile installation of printed and embroidered panels celebrating women in folklore and myth, with participatory storytelling. Free.

Saatchi Gallery · Free · Past

Six recent Royal College of Art and Slade graduates explore gender, the body, and identity through figurative painting. Free entry.

Barbican Centre · Past

A major survey of the German sculptor's visceral, body-centred practice exploring power, care, and institutional systems.

Royal Academy of Arts · Past

The largest ever UK survey of Rose Wylie's vibrant figurative paintings spanning art history, cinema, and celebrity culture.

Saatchi Gallery · Past

A landmark group show celebrating 40 years of the gallery, featuring new commissions and Richard Wilson's iconic oil-filled room, 20:50.

Hayward Gallery · Past

Large-scale intricate web-like installations woven floor-to-ceiling, alongside drawings, videos, and photographs.

Hayward Gallery · Past

The first major UK survey of the Chinese artist's immersive installations and sculptures.

National Portrait Gallery · Past

The first major UK exhibition of the celebrated portrait artist's works on paper, with rarely shown preparatory studies.

British Museum · Past

The reality of Japan's armour-clad warriors over 1,000 years, with around 280 items many shown for the first time.

Barbican Centre · Past

A retrospective charting the Colombian artist's prolific six-decade practice exploring the politics of everyday images.

Courtauld Gallery · Past

The first exhibition dedicated to Georges Seurat's seascapes, and the first UK Seurat show in almost 30 years.

Barbican Centre · Free · Past

Never-before-shown sculptures by Lynda Benglis paired with historic works by Alberto Giacometti.

Science Museum · Free · Past

Photography revealing the fragile beauty of the world's largest wetland and the threats to its wildlife.

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.

British Museum · Free · Past

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.