Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.

Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.

London exhibitions - Archive Articles

Reviews of the many exhibitions that take place across London.

Unleash your inner child at ‘Art of the Brick’ LEGO exhibition
Unleash your inner child at ‘Art of the Brick’ LEGO exhibition

Unleash your inner child at ‘Art of the Brick’ LEGO exhibition

Appropriately for the location, just off Brick Lane can be found an exhibition of bricks -- LEGO bricks in fact, over a million of them.

Mar
12
A feast of fabric at the Barbican
A feast of fabric at the Barbican

A feast of fabric at the Barbican

The usually brutalist Barbican is somewhat softer at the moment, as the art gallery has been filled with soft textiles, looking at how fabrics have been used in art rather than fashion.

Mar
11
London Transport Museum exhibition bridges 1940s London and 2020s Kyiv
London Transport Museum exhibition bridges 1940s London and 2020s Kyiv

London Transport Museum exhibition bridges 1940s London and 2020s Kyiv

Modern computers can colourise old WWII photos and make them seem modern, but what if colour photos of people sheltering in underground stations weren't of 1940s London but 2020s Kyiv?

Mar
07
David Bowie photos from a 1992 studio session go on display
David Bowie photos from a 1992 studio session go on display

David Bowie photos from a 1992 studio session go on display

A selection of photos taken of David Bowie that haven't been seen for over 30 years have gone on display in the glittering Fitzrovia Chapel.

Mar
01
Ten London exhibitions to visit in March 2024
Ten London exhibitions to visit in March 2024

Ten London exhibitions to visit in March 2024

A selection of ten exhibitions to visit while the shops fill up with Easter eggs and Hot Cross Buns.

Mar
01
Design Museum buys rare ‘Number 1 Barbie’ for its Barbieverse exhibition
Design Museum buys rare ‘Number 1 Barbie’ for its Barbieverse exhibition

Design Museum buys rare ‘Number 1 Barbie’ for its Barbieverse exhibition

The dolls, dresses and dreamhouses, which will be displayed in this summer’s Barbie exhibition at the Design Museum, have been revealed for the first time.

Feb
29
Michelangelo sketch and its painting reunited at the British Museum for the first time in 400 years
Michelangelo sketch and its painting reunited at the British Museum for the first time in 400 years

Michelangelo sketch and its painting reunited at the British Museum for the first time in 400 years

Following years of conservation work, one of Michelangelo's largest surviving drawings will be going on display at the British Museum for three months later this spring, alongside the painting it inspired, reunited for the first time in 400 years.

Feb
28
See the new King Charles III banknotes at the Bank of England museum
See the new King Charles III banknotes at the Bank of England museum

See the new King Charles III banknotes at the Bank of England museum

You can get a preview of the new King Charles III banknotes before they go into general distribution, as a set has gone on display at the Bank of England's museum.

Feb
27
From Foaming Troughs to Flying Jellyfish: Exploring Organic Inspirations at the Hayward Gallery
From Foaming Troughs to Flying Jellyfish: Exploring Organic Inspirations at the Hayward Gallery

From Foaming Troughs to Flying Jellyfish: Exploring Organic Inspirations at the Hayward Gallery

The brutalist Hayward Gallery on the Southbank is a bit softer at the moment, as it's been filled with artworks that look at how artists have been inspired by movement, flux and organic growth.

Feb
27
From Revisionism to Resonance: Exploring the black figure in contemporary art
From Revisionism to Resonance: Exploring the black figure in contemporary art

From Revisionism to Resonance: Exploring the black figure in contemporary art

A composite gold figure looks almost dismissively as people pass by in this new exhibition about the black figure by black artists at the National Portrait Gallery.

Feb
26
Free exhibition showcasing lost Victorian London opens this spring
Free exhibition showcasing lost Victorian London opens this spring

Free exhibition showcasing lost Victorian London opens this spring

Rarely seen photographs of Victorian London will be displayed in a free exhibition this spring, at the City of London's archives building in Clerkenwell.

Feb
26
Yoko Ono’s avant-garde journey: A dive into experimental art at Tate Modern
Yoko Ono’s avant-garde journey: A dive into experimental art at Tate Modern

Yoko Ono’s avant-garde journey: A dive into experimental art at Tate Modern

A vast white space inside Tate Modern has transformed into a hommage to one of modern art's more controversial artists - Yoko Ono, almost as famous for simply being famous as she is for marriage(s) and her art.

Feb
20
Docklands history exhibition in the local library
Docklands history exhibition in the local library

Docklands history exhibition in the local library

Canary Wharf's local library -- aka, the Idea Store -- has a small but interesting photography exhibition about the history of Docklands, mostly from the time before colour was invented.

Feb
20
From fields to factories: Burtynsky’s haunting exploration of human industry at the Saatchi Gallery
From fields to factories: Burtynsky’s haunting exploration of human industry at the Saatchi Gallery

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.

Feb
15
50 years of Hackney life in a photography exhibition
50 years of Hackney life in a photography exhibition

50 years of Hackney life in a photography exhibition

There's a large and evocative exhibition at the Hackney Museum that looks at local life from the 1970s activism and poverty and how the people have changed over the decades.

Feb
13
You can see a life-size Megalosaurus dinosaur in central London this month
You can see a life-size Megalosaurus dinosaur in central London this month

You can see a life-size Megalosaurus dinosaur in central London this month

Behind some serious looking doors on Piccadilly, you can find a full size skeleton of the first dinosaur that was officially recognised as such -- and it's free to visit.

Feb
13
Beyond Gladiators: British Museum sheds light on Roman life through the eyes of a homesick soldier
Beyond Gladiators: British Museum sheds light on Roman life through the eyes of a homesick soldier

Beyond Gladiators: British Museum sheds light on Roman life through the eyes of a homesick soldier

All too often, exhibitions about the Romans tell stories of generals and emperors, but this engrossing British Museum exhibition is led by the stories told by a homesick soldier.

Feb
08
Westminster Abbey exhibition showcases Notre-Dame de Paris’ past, present, and future
Westminster Abbey exhibition showcases Notre-Dame de Paris’ past, present, and future

Westminster Abbey exhibition showcases Notre-Dame de Paris’ past, present, and future

A travelling exhibition telling the story of fire-ravaged Notre-Dame de Paris and its restoration has landed in London, inside its London equivalent at Westminster Abbey.

Feb
06
Bells that Ring Themselves: Lavish clocks return to London in Forbidden City exhibition
Bells that Ring Themselves: Lavish clocks return to London in Forbidden City exhibition

Bells that Ring Themselves: Lavish clocks return to London in Forbidden City exhibition

Some of the most intricately decorated clocks ever made in the UK have returned to London for the first time since they were sent to the Chinese Emperor's palace centuries ago.

Feb
02
British Museum to put recovered stolen gems on display
British Museum to put recovered stolen gems on display

British Museum to put recovered stolen gems on display

Some of the objects that went missing from the British Museum but have been recovered will be displayed later this month as part of an exhibition about classical gems.

Feb
01
Ten London exhibitions to visit in February 2024
Ten London exhibitions to visit in February 2024

Ten London exhibitions to visit in February 2024

A selection of ten exhibitions to leap into visiting in London during the month that's longer than usual.

Feb
01
Exhibition shows off historical documents from Billingsgate fish market
Exhibition shows off historical documents from Billingsgate fish market

Exhibition shows off historical documents from Billingsgate fish market

The City of London's oldest official market -- the fish market at Billingsgate -- is the subject of a new exhibition at the Guildhall Art Gallery

Jan
31
Two Temple Place’s free exhibition sheds light on the artistry of glass
Two Temple Place’s free exhibition sheds light on the artistry of glass

Two Temple Place’s free exhibition sheds light on the artistry of glass

One of London's most richly decorated interiors is currently open to the public, as Two Temple Place hosts one of its occasional free exhibitions.

Jan
29
Newly discovered “Kipper Tie” goes on display in the Museum of London Docklands
Newly discovered “Kipper Tie” goes on display in the Museum of London Docklands

Newly discovered “Kipper Tie” goes on display in the Museum of London Docklands

A rare Mr Fish kipper tie discovered in a charity shop has gone on display at the Museum of London Docklands as part of its latest exhibition Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners shaped global style

Jan
29