What's on in London on Sunday 17th May 2020

An ambitious and wide-spanning survey of the origins of surrealist art in Britain, and the first to trace its roots back to 1620 through supporting archive material.

£17  Masculinities - Liberation through Photography

Through the medium of film and photography, this major exhibition considers how masculinity has been coded, performed, and socially constructed from the 1960s to the present day.

Free  Exquisite Patterns: Japanese Textile Design

An exhibition of superb images reproduced from the British Library’s collection of Japanese pattern books.

£16  Among the Trees

This exhibition brings together artworks that explore our relationships with trees and forests.

Free  Nicolaes Maes: Dutch Master of the Golden Age

Featuring over 35 paintings and drawings from collections across the world, the exhibition spans Maes’s whole career, spent in Dordrecht and Amsterdam.

£20  Cecil Beaton’s Bright Young Things

This exhibition explores the extravagant world of the glamorous and stylish ‘Bright Young Things’ of the twenties and thirties, seen through the eye of renowned British photographer Cecil Beaton.

£20  David Hockney: Drawing from Life

The first major exhibition devoted to David Hockney’s drawings in over twenty years.

£27  ABBA: Super Troupers The Exhibition

This immersive experience charts their music, lyrics, creative process and influence as one of the most iconic pop bands of the modern age.

£14  Spilliaert

This is the first monographic exhibition of Spilliaert’s work in the UK and will showcase some 90 works on paper.

£16  Gauguin and the Impressionists

This exhibition is a unique opportunity to view the Ordupgaard Collection’s treasure trove of Impressionist works, from Monet and Degas, to pre-Impressionist artists like Corot and Courbet.