All the latest arts news from across London
See the “Glimpses of Eternity” in Westminster Abbey
A series of stunning watercolours of Westminster Abbey have gone on display, inside the Abbey they depict, and unlike the main building, they're in a part that few realise is free to visit.
Under the Microscope – science as art
A notable scientist has been remembered in an exhibition that is half artwork and half science display.
An art gallery in an old railway station
Ongar station, once part of the Central line has a small art gallery inside it now, and their first exhibition of the year is appropriately about trains.
Arty dog kennels on display at St Pancras station
One of the "get celebrities to paint things then sell them for charity" displays has arrived at St Pancras Station for a few weeks.
Yto Barrada’s bizarre exhibition at the Barbican
The curve, that wonderful massive space for art at the Barbican sometimes has queues around the block so good is the art on display. And sometimes, you're left scratching your head in bewilderment.
Science as art at the Wellcome Collection
Is it science, art, or maybe both. An art exhibition seeks to explore the connection that sees science turned into art, with rather variable end results.
Join a mass participation artwork to mark 100 years of woman’s suffrage
Later this year, there will be a mass participation art event taking place later this year, and the organisers are calling for participants.
A decade of roundels in Stanmore tube station
A decade ago, in 2008, posters lining the staircase at Stanmore tube station were replaced with art. And it's still there.
Crossrail art exhibition opens in Whitechapel
Each of the main stations for the future Elizabeth line will have their own monumental art installations, and a display has opened showing some of them off to the public.
Steampunk visions of London’s future
A series of images are on display at the Museum of London, offering a futurist look at what a possible, or in at least one case, utterly impossible, future for London might look like.
Animal fats and testicles turned into art
A print of a cow's rectum. some glowing sheep's testicles, pig's fat as lamps, a levitating cow stomach, all mark an exhibition of art made from often discarded animal parts.
Tickets Alert: Interactive art thingy on the Barbican Highwalks
Next weekend there's free interactive art thing happening, and its set among the Barbican Highwalks, that optimistic, or infuriatingly complex, set of elevated pedestrian passages in the City of London.
Tickets Alert – Light and music show in a road tunnel
A road tunnel running underneath the Barbican estate is to be closed to traffic for a weekend next month, and turned into a light and sound installation.
Exhibition looks at when the railways delivered coal with style
Open for just four days - and closing on Monday - this is a chance to see one of the more forgotten aspects of railway design, the time when freight got an iconic makeover.
Lettering reflecting the personalities of the London Underground lines
Here's something for both tube and font geeks -- a series of 13 hand lettering illustrations that visually celebrates the 13 London Underground tube lines.
Cheaper entry to Westminster Abbey during Lumiere London
During the Lumiere London festival of light around central London, one of the venues, Westminster Abbey will be opening its doors in the evening as well.
The photography of Anthony Crickmay at the V&A
Lurking in one of the corners of the V&A museum is a large exhibition devoted to a famous photographer of famous people -- Anthony Crickmay.
Limited edition Oyster card holders giveaway
On Monday morning, there will be a chance to get a limited-edition Oyster card holder, with the cover designed by the artist, Marc Camille Chaimowicz.
A glass room full of jewels at the V&A museum
There's a room in the VA& museum that was refurbished a shade under a decade ago, and banned photography -- but not any more.
Tate Britain goes Kitsch for Christmas
The suburban fight for the most over the top Christmas decorations has a new rival, in the central London figure of Tate Britain.
Student art goes on display in a train station
A train station near a famous art gallery has gained its own art display, courtesy of the local school.
One of London’s largest ever artworks installed at Paddington station
A giant work of art is being installed at the future Elizabeth line station in Paddington -- the huge glass roof which will be decorated with clouds.
The naked lady who drew the Moomins
An exhibition about the Moomins opens with a painting of a naked lady, and she's the real topic of the exhibition, not the cute Finnish cartoons.
See the poster girls of London Transport’s artistic heritage
A new exhibition has opened that celebrates the often unsung heroines of London Transport's poster heritage -- the female artists.
