Exhibitions in London — November 2026 & Beyond

From 21 November the National Gallery brings together every surviving Van Eyck portrait, and three days later Nan Goldin opens at the Hayward. The V&A traces Constantinople through its Byzantine and Ottoman centuries, and Tate Britain recreates Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant's Charleston studio: Sussex without the rail replacement bus. Wellcome Collection's The Coming of Age closes on the 29th.

National Gallery · Opens 21 November

Van Eyck: The Portraits

Every surviving painted portrait by Jan van Eyck, shown together for the first time. A complete set, which is rarer for a 15th-century painter than for a sticker album.

Victoria and Albert Museum · Opens 7 November

Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires

A UK first: 1,600 years of art and design from one city, across its Byzantine and Ottoman centuries, as Constantinople became Istanbul.

Tate Britain · Opens 12 November

Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury

Over 300 works from the fifty-year partnership of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, with a recreation of their studio at Charleston in Sussex.

Hayward Gallery · Opens 24 November

Nan Goldin: You Never Did Anything Wrong

Five decades of Goldin's photographs of relationships, addiction and queer subcultures, plus four recent films, one of them shown publicly for the first time.

Design Museum · Opens 6 November

The Nue Black Aesthetic

Furniture, architecture, fashion and installation by contemporary Black designers reshaping British design.

Wellcome Collection · Closes 29 November

The Coming of Age

Over 150 artworks and objects on how environment, culture and society shape ageing at every stage of life. Entry is free.

Royal Academy of Arts · Opens 21 November

Peggy Guggenheim in London

Before Venice and before New York, Peggy Guggenheim ran a gallery in London: Guggenheim Jeune, open for barely two years from 1938. The RA looks at what it showed and how it brought avant-garde art to the city.

Tate Modern · Until 17 January

Ana Mendieta

Gunpowder figures burned onto tree trunks, remastered films and the Silueta photographs of her outline pressed into earth and mud. The Guardian, Independent and Standard all gave it five stars. Blood recurs throughout, so know that going in.

Wallace Collection · Opens 18 November

Cosimo I de' Medici: Art and Dynasty

A monumental wine cooler bearing his emblem and a ceremonial sword tying him to Hercules: the first Grand Duke of Tuscany built his authority out of objects like these. Entry is free.

Dulwich Picture Gallery · Opens 3 November

Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse...and You

Messy early sketches hang beside the finished pages, so you watch the boy and the fox find their lines. One room, with unpublished studies and a new drawing made for Dulwich. Mostly for people who already love the book.