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.
Coming up in London
November 2026
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.
Permanent guide to November 2026 →
Editor's picks for November 2026
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.
Opening in November
Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Fox, the Mole, the Horse... And You3 NovDulwich Picture Gallery
The first UK museum show by author-illustrator Charlie Mackesy: never-before-seen early sketches and original works from The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.
Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 20265 NovNational Portrait Gallery
The Gallery's flagship photography prize — now sponsored by Winston Taylor and renamed the Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026 — returns with the best contemporary portrait photography from emerging talents and established names.
The Nue Black Aesthetic6 NovDesign Museum
Major exhibition celebrating contemporary Black designers reshaping British design across furniture, architecture, fashion and installation.
Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury12 NovTate Britain
The 50-year creative partnership of Bloomsbury artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, with over 300 works and a recreation of their studio at Charleston in Sussex.
The Film London Jarman Award 202617 NovWhitechapel Gallery · Free
Work from the four shortlisted artists for the Film London Jarman Award, which recognises and supports UK artists working with moving image. The winner is announced 24 November 2026.
Cosimo I de' Medici: Art and Dynasty18 NovWallace Collection · Free
A free display showing how Cosimo I de' Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany, used art to build his authority and secure his dynasty, from a monumental wine cooler bearing his emblem to a ceremonial sword linking him to Hercules.
Peggy Guggenheim in London21 NovRoyal Academy of Arts
Explores Guggenheim's short-lived Guggenheim Jeune gallery (1938-39) and how it introduced avant-garde art to London.
Van Eyck: The Portraits21 NovNational Gallery
For the first time in history, all of Jan van Eyck's surviving painted portraits brought together in one exhibition.
Andrius Arutiunian: They Tried to Count Us24 NovHayward Gallery · Free
The Armenian-Lithuanian artist's first UK solo show, reconstructing a fragment of an unfinished radio anechoic chamber from an Armenian radio telescope alongside sculptures and a new sound piece exploring myth and cosmic phenomena.
Nan Goldin: You Never Did Anything Wrong24 NovHayward Gallery
A major solo show by the American photographer and activist, spanning five decades of intimate work on relationships, addiction and queer subcultures, alongside four recent films including the public debut of a new work.
Christmas at the Tower27 NovTower of London · Free
Victorian Christmas traditions at the Tower, from Christmas cards to gift giving. Included in palace admission (Members go free).
Closing in November
Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in Art1 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.
Halloween at the Tower of London1 NovTower of London · Free
October half-term event: step into a world of chilling tales and dare to face the spirits that roam the Tower. Included in palace admission.
Art Now: Mohammed Z Rahman8 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.
Day8 NovRoyal Academy of Arts · Free
A free exhibition by current RA Schools students Anna Metzger, Sam Tromp and Joel Wycherley, exploring fractured narratives across bodily and architectural scales.
- This Must Be the Place: Artists for Whitechapel Gallery8 Nov
Whitechapel Gallery
A special exhibition and sale marking the gallery's 125th anniversary, featuring 24 international artists working primarily in painting, with proceeds supporting the gallery and artists.
Roots15 NovThe Photographers' Gallery · Free
Group exhibition in the Print Sales Gallery exploring trees, memory and culture through photography and mixed media across global landscapes.
Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art15 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.
Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends15 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.
Winston Churchill: The Painter29 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 Age29 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 25029 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.
Also on through November
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.
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.
Sir Richard Owen: A Natural Legacyto 4 Jan 2027Natural 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.
Justin Caguiat: Change Ringingto 10 Jan 2027Serpentine Gallery · Free
Justin Caguiat's first major UK exhibition brings together painting, sculpture, printmaking, sound and film in a site-responsive installation, including thermochromic paintings that shift with heat and light and bronze bells that ring in continually changing sequences.
Salman Toor: Someone Like Youto 10 Jan 2027Courtauld Gallery
The New York painter's first European solo museum show, around 20 paintings exploring queer and immigrant life, with a companion drawings display.
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.
- Salman Toor: Drawingsto 10 Jan 2027
Courtauld Gallery
A focused display of works on paper — ink, charcoal, gouache — showing how drawing is central to Toor's practice: border checkpoints, still-life compositions, and reinterpretations of historical paintings. Shown in the Drawings Gallery alongside the main solo show.
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 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.
Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji from the Iuchi Collectionto 17 Jan 2027Dulwich Picture Gallery
Hokusai's complete Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji, shown in the UK for the first time courtesy of the Iuchi Collection, including the iconic Great Wave.
Michael Landy: Future Ruinsto 17 Jan 2027Sir John Soane's Museum · Free
Michael Landy's meticulous watercolour and pen drawings imagining iconic buildings, including Soane's own museum, as overgrown future ruins.
Ana Mendietato 17 Jan 2027Tate Modern
Newly remastered films, early paintings and late sculptures by the Cuban-American artist, including her Silueta series, many never seen in the UK.
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.
Winifred Gill: A Bloomsbury Pioneerto 20 Jan 2027Courtauld Gallery
The overlooked contributions of Winifred Gill (1891–1981), central figure at Roger Fry's Omega Workshops — toy designs, still life painting, and prints tracing her work as an arts and crafts educator.
Yuko Mohri: In Concertto 24 Jan 2027Barbican Centre · Free
Japanese artist Yuko Mohri transforms The Curve with a site-responsive commission exploring states of flux and acts of repair via light, sound and kinetic sculpture featuring Barbican objects.
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.
Amar Kanwarto 31 Jan 2027Serpentine Gallery · Free
A major solo exhibition of new and existing films by New Delhi-based artist Amar Kanwar, transforming Serpentine North into a meditative visual and sonic environment exploring displacement, nationalism and memory.
Renoir and Loveto 31 Jan 2027National Gallery
The most significant UK exhibition of Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 20 years, tracing love and affection in his art, including 'Dance at the Moulin de la Galette'.
Koreato 31 Jan 2027British Museum
Two thousand years of Korean creativity in sculpture, painting and decorative arts, from around 300 BC to today, the most comprehensive survey seen in Europe in 40 years.
Painting the French Rivierato 31 Jan 2027Royal Academy of Arts
Monet, Matisse, Dufy and others capture the light and colour of the Cote d'Azur in this survey of the French Riviera's pull on modern painters.
Nicole Eisenmanto 5 Feb 2027Royal Academy of Arts · Free
A major new courtyard sculpture by New York-based artist Nicole Eisenman, installed in front of Burlington House.
Audrey Amiss: The Surviving Exhibitionsto 7 Feb 2027Wellcome 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.
Rudy Loewe: Intimacies of Care – Spaces of Grief and Possibilityto 7 Feb 2027Wellcome 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.
Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversationto 7 Feb 2027National Gallery · Free
Yinka Shonibare's contemporary response shown alongside Thomas Gainsborough's 'Mr and Mrs Andrews'. Free to all visitors.
Tim Walker's Fairyland: Love and Legendsto 7 Feb 2027National Portrait Gallery
Photographer Tim Walker celebrates the UK's LGBTQ+ trailblazers in a fantastical exploration of queer identity, community and love.
Cecilia Vicuña: Living Threadsto 14 Feb 2027Whitechapel Gallery
The first major UK survey of the Chilean artist, poet and activist, spanning six decades of work that dissolves boundaries between art, poetry, performance and ritual. Includes a companion participatory installation, Foraging Quipu.
- Cecilia Vicuña: Foraging Quiputo 14 Feb 2027
Whitechapel Gallery · Free
A free participatory installation in Gallery 4, running alongside Cecilia Vicuña: Living Threads. Visitors contribute to a collective quipu — the Andean knotted-cord form central to Vicuña's practice.
The 90s: Art and Fashionto 14 Feb 2027Tate Britain
Curated by Edward Enninful, a major show on how 1990s British art, fashion and photography fused into one cultural force, with Hirst, Lucas, McQueen, Westwood and Teller.
British Wildlife Photography Awardsto 21 Feb 2027Horniman Museum · Free
Award-winning British wildlife photography spanning animal behaviour, botanical subjects, urban wildlife and marine life, with captions giving context for each image.
William Eggleston: All that goes unnoticedto 21 Feb 2027The Photographers' Gallery
Major exhibition celebrating 50 years since William Eggleston's Guide (1976), the book that helped establish colour photography as fine art.
Sanlé Sory: Colour Yearsto 21 Feb 2027The Photographers' Gallery
Sanlé Sory's rarely seen colour photographs shown together for the first time, capturing youth culture and fashion in Burkina Faso.
Snap Happy! How Children Became Photographersto 21 Feb 2027The Photographers' Gallery
Through photographs and archives, celebrates the creativity and curiosity of children as photographers.
Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photographyto 21 Feb 2027Tate Modern
Around 200 prints by more than 80 artists trace pictorialism, the first international art photography movement, across the globe.
Childhood in Warto 28 Feb 2027Imperial 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.
Robert Ryman: The Real Thingto 28 Feb 2027Barbican Centre
Major retrospective of over 60 works by American painter Robert Ryman, whose largely white, square canvases invite a closer look at materials and surface.
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.
Es Devlinto 4 Apr 2027Design Museum
The first UK retrospective of artist-designer Es Devlin's 30-year practice in sculpture, performance, language and light, with maquettes and new commissions.
Hyundai Commission: Tarek Atouito 11 Apr 2027Tate Modern · Free
The 11th annual Hyundai Commission fills the Turbine Hall with a site-specific installation by artist and composer Tarek Atoui, blending music, technology, sculpture and performance into multisensory environments.
Becoming America: How Science Shaped a Nationto 25 Apr 2027Science Museum · Free
Marking 250 years since US independence, this exhibition reveals the science behind the nation's founding through maps, paintings and instruments from the 1760s to 1790s.
Metamorphoses: Porcelain Sculpture by Rachel Kneeboneto 25 Apr 2027Wallace Collection · Free
Acclaimed artist Rachel Kneebone presents nine white porcelain sculptures throughout the Wallace Collection's galleries, including two newly created works, in dialogue with the museum's historic decorative arts.
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.
The Bayeux Tapestryto 11 Jul 2027British Museum
The 70-metre tapestry depicting the 1066 Norman invasion, shown in the UK for the first time in almost 1,000 years.
Wildlife Photographer of the Yearto 11 Jul 2027Natural History Museum
Back for another year with 100 new images: the world's best nature photography, from polar landscapes to tropical rainforests, displayed in an immersive exhibition of award-winning shots.
Further ahead
Jacqueline MarvalFeb 2027Dulwich Picture Gallery
The first UK museum exhibition dedicated to French painter Jacqueline Marval (1866-1932), bringing together over 40 paintings and lithographs, many never before exhibited, including one of the earliest known female nude self-portraits.
Sahara LongeFeb 2027Dulwich Picture Gallery
A solo display responding to Van Dyck's Venetia, Lady Digby on her Deathbed: new figurative paintings by Sahara Longe exploring love, loss, grief and heartbreak.
Monet: Painting TimeFeb 2027Tate Modern
Tate's first exhibition devoted exclusively to Claude Monet, bringing together paintings from lenders worldwide to explore his engagement with time, from instantaneous Impressionist moments to the Water Lilies series.
Catharina van Hemessen: Signature WorksMar 2027National Gallery · Free
The first exhibition devoted to Catharina van Hemessen, the Renaissance artist who painted herself into history. Free to all visitors.
Dayanita SinghMar 2027Barbican Centre
Photographer Dayanita Singh transforms The Curve into an evolving landscape of "mobile museums" and newly commissioned prints, drawing on her four-decade relationship with tabla maestro Zakir Hussain and the impact of Indian classical music on her practice.
Punk to PopMar 2027Victoria and Albert Museum
Explores the explosion of music, art and fashion from 1972–85, tracing how a generation of self-determined artists responded to austerity, boredom and political turbulence to spark seismic cultural change.
German Expressionism: Modern Painting 1900-1918Mar 2027National Gallery
Around 50 German Expressionist paintings from collections worldwide, revealing an alternative story of modern art, 1900–1918.
Horrible Science: Cosmic ChaosMar 2027Science Museum
Blast off into the Solar System in this interactive family show, packed with surprising space science, hands-on experiments and characters from the Horrible Science TV series.
Sonia BoyceMar 2027Tate Britain
The artist's first major survey: four decades of installation, photography, collage, film and sculpture exploring collective memory, collaboration and authorship.
Cao FeiApr 2027Hayward Gallery
The Chinese multimedia artist's largest UK solo exhibition to date, tracing her practice from the early 2000s to the present across five thematic chapters, including Whose Utopia, RMB City, Asia One and the new work The Birth.
InkApr 2027Tate Modern
Tate's inaugural exhibition devoted to ink painting, bringing together around 80 works by artists from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, organised around the themes of life, the garden and breath.
South Asia Now: Fashion. Art. Design.Apr 2027V&A East Museum · Free
A landmark exhibition of over 200 works across art, fashion, architecture and design, showcasing the creativity, innovation and global influence emerging from South Asia today.
Thomas GainsboroughMay 2027Tate Britain
Marking the 300th anniversary of his birth, 120 paintings and drawings contrast Gainsborough's polished society portraits with the creative chaos of his studio.
David ShrigleyMay 2027Dulwich Picture Gallery
Contemporary artist David Shrigley's specially commissioned works enter into conversation with Dutch and Flemish 17th-century painters including Jan Steen, Rembrandt and Brueghel the Younger, exploring humour across centuries.
BayaJun 2027Tate Modern
The UK's first solo exhibition of Algerian artist Baya, featuring over 100 gouache watercolours and ceramic sculptures that trace her impact across North Africa and Europe in the 20th century.
Nalini MalaniJul 2027Tate Modern
A major survey of six decades of work by Nalini Malani, featuring monumental multi-media installations, animations, films and newly commissioned pieces exploring history, mythology and lived experience.
Gavin Turk: Domestic ArchaeologyJul 2027Sir John Soane's Museum · Free
Contemporary artist Gavin Turk responds to the Museum's Building Archive with new sculptural works, including a major installation, "Looking Glass," in the Foyle Space.
Simone LeighSept 2027Royal Academy of Arts
The largest exhibition to date of sculptor Simone Leigh, her first major UK show, bringing bronze and ceramic sculpture together with film in monumental new installations drawing on African cultures and their diasporas.
Anwar Jalal Shemza: A Circle, A Square, A PuzzleSept 2027Dulwich Picture Gallery
The first major museum retrospective of post-war modernist Anwar Jalal Shemza (1928-1985) in over 30 years, featuring more than 80 works across painting, printmaking, textiles and archival material.
Lynda BenglisSept 2027Tate Modern
A retrospective of over 50 works by American artist Lynda Benglis, spanning the late 1960s to the present across video, photography, sculpture and installation.
David HockneyOct 2027Tate Britain
A retrospective celebrating the British artist's 90th birthday with over 200 works spanning seven decades, tracing how love, friendship and human connection have shaped his art.
Caroline WalkerOct 2027Dulwich Picture Gallery
New paintings by Caroline Walker documenting two years of daily life at Dulwich Picture Gallery, celebrating the staff, encounters and unseen moments behind the institution.
Edvard MunchNov 2027Tate Modern
An exploration of Edvard Munch's "soul paintings" through cinema and visual storytelling, featuring key works from The Frieze of Life alongside large-scale paintings, prints and archival material.
The TudorsNov 2027Tate Britain
Tate's first Tudor art presentation in 30 years, featuring around 150 paintings, miniatures, sculptures and decorative arts by masters including Holbein, Hilliard and Oliver.
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