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There’s a T-Rex dinosaur in Berkeley Square at the moment

If you head over to posh Berkley Square in Mayfair, you can see the skeleton of a juvenile T-Rex dinosaur on the street.

Pitzhanger Manor acquires Julian Opie’s walking man

A walking man who has approaching Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery since 2021 but never arriving will remain stuck in place as the digital artwork has been bought by the gallery to go on permanent display.

Ibrahim Mahama wraps the Barbican Art Centre in massive pink fabrics

The Barbican Art Centre has been covered in a gigantic bright pink wrapper providing a sharp contrast to the rest of the Brutalist estate.

A phoenix emerges: New public sculpture unveiled near Gallions Reach DLR station

A phoenix has appeared near Gallions Reach DLR station in East London as a new public sculpture for the University of East London's Docklands Campus.

Rare chance to see a Titian painting prior to sale

A date for your diaries as a painting by Titian, estimated to be worth as much as £25 million, but once stored in a plastic carrier bag, is coming to London.

Painted guide dogs popping up around Canary Wharf

If you go to Canary Wharf at the moment, you'll be able to see lots of guide dog sculptures dotted around the estate, the latest in the variant of "artists paint objects for charity" genre.

London’s Public Art: Rupert Spira’s stoneware panels

This is one of those very well-hidden works of public art that you either pass regularly because you walk down the small side street they're on or will never ever see.

London is a Forest is a weird public artwork above a pub

A Soho pub appears to have sprouted a confusion of white pipes above its roof, but it's art—and is actually related to the recently rebuilt building behind it.

National Gallery acquires Poussin’s ‘Eucharist’ in time for Easter

One of the greatest paintings of the Last Supper, by Nicolas Poussin, has been acquired by the National Gallery and went on display today, just in time for Easter.

Southbank railway arches turned into public art gallery

Four arch-shaped lightboxes have been installed on the southern wall of Bankside Yards’ run of historic Victorian railway arches,

Harrow transport worker’s art-inspired poetry at central London tube station

A poem by a creative transport worker from Harrow-on-the-Hill about a mural at Brixton station has gone on display at St James’s Park station as part of TfL’s Art on the Underground’s writer in residence scheme.

Identities of next two Trafalgar Square artworks confirmed

The names of the next two artworks to be displayed in Trafalgar Square have been confirmed following a public exhibition of the shortlisted artists.

Bronze baby animals filling a corner of Paternoster Square

Just around the corner from St Paul's Cathedral are some giant baby animals -- all frozen in bronze.

Rossetti’s “very best picture” returns to City of London’s art gallery

One of the most popular paintings at Guildhall Art Gallery will return to public view this week, after being on tour for a few years in exhibitions about the life and work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

Burtynsky industrial photos to fill the Outernet screens

Some of Edward Burtynsky's already large photos of man's industrial impact on the earth that have just been on display at the Saatchi can be seen for free even larger at the massive Outernet video screen for a few days.

Covent Garden’s market trader’s plaque

Surprisingly easy to miss considering how large it is, on a side street next to Covent Garden is a monumental plaque to the people who worked there when it was a fruit and vegetable market.

Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth shortlist unveiled

A tall woman walking, a golden head, a shard of glass or a multicoloured camper van are amongst the artworks that have been shortlisted for Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth.

From fields to factories: Burtynsky’s haunting exploration of human industry at the Saatchi Gallery

Austre's white gallery rooms filled with vast colourful photographs of mankind's impact on the world that simultaneously trigger emotions of awe and revulsion in what you see.

Tate Modern’s next monumental Turbine Hall artwork will be by Mire Lee

The cavernous Turbine Hall in the heart of Tate Modern will be filled with site-specific artwork later this year by the Korean-born artist Mire Lee.

New Elizabeth line artwork celebrates Soho’s diversity

A brand new work of video art has appeared on the Elizabeth line, at Tottenham Court Road station's Dean Street entrance.

Barbican’s brutalist building about to be covered in a giant sheet of purple fabric

The Barbican Art Centre frontage will be covered in a gigantic sheet of purple fabric this year as part of a monumental outdoor art installation.

Your home hobby could be part of a London exhibition

If you have a hobby you keep fairly private at home, it could become part of a public exhibition this summer.

Egg Whisk art outside Moorgate tube station

There's a giant egg-whisk outside Moorgate tube station, and it's art - musical art in fact.

There’s a giant jellyfish floating around the Outernet

You can stand underneath a giant jellyfish in central London for the month ahead, as one hangs over your head in the Outernet video screen.