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.
Reviews of the many exhibitions that take place across London.
Winslow Homer: The sea and the war at the National Gallery
An illustrator who recorded the USA's civil war and later turned from drawings to painting to become one of America's preeminent artists is the subject of a large exhibition at the National Gallery.
Charles Dickens and Professor Pepper’s ghost at the Dickens museum
One December evening 160 years ago, during a stage performance of one of Dickens's plays, the London audience was startled to see a ghost walk across the stage.
Frameless – immersive art fills a cavernous Marble Arch basement
A vast empty basement space at Marble Arch opens today, filled with cathedral-sized 360-degree animated artworks.
Japan’s woodworking skills shown off in Kensington
For over 1,300 years, the carpenters of Japan's densely forested Hida region have been crafting from wood, and now there's an exhibition about their work in London.
Science Museum offers a space trip to a science fiction spacecraft
An artificial intelligence has been collecting species from Planet Earth in its spacecraft, and you're now about to take a walk through the warehouse -- is how a new science-fiction inspired exhibition at the Science Museum is presented.
Costume design exhibition opens at the BFI Southbank
A rich costume for King Henry VIII sits next to designs for Egyptian mummies and Robin Hood -- all costumes designed by the same couple, who are considered to be amongst the UK's most successful designers.
New exhibition tells the lost story of London’s African orphans
When the Foundling Hospital was set up nearly 300 years ago to care for London's orphans, what few could have expected is how many children would come from Africa and Asia.
Tate’s Cezanne blockbuster is full of fruit and fruity paintings
One of the largest collections of Cezanne paintings ever assembled has arrived in London, and filled a whole series of rooms at the Tate with his signature still lifes, landscapes, and nudes.
There’s a Doctor Who Cyberman in the Science Museum
If you look carefully, next to the Science Museum's space exhibition there's a Doctor Who Cyberman standing guard.
London’s free exhibitions to visit in October 2022
A selection of ten excellent (and free) exhibitions to visit in October so you can turn the heating off at home and keep warm in London's museums and galleries instead.
The beauty of the Apollo moon landing photos at the Royal Albert Hall
A number of recently restored photos from the Apollo moon landings have gone on display in the Royal Albert Hall to coincide with the release of a book about the photos and their restoration.
See the Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies
A document that is so rare and fragile that it can only be seen for a few weeks each year will go on display next week at the British Museum.
The City of London’s oldest document is currently on public display
A document that was written just a year after William the Conquer did his conquering has gone on display in the City of London.
Apollo moon landing photos on display at the Royal Albert Hall
A number of recently restored photos from the Apollo moon landings have gone on display in the Royal Albert Hall to coincide with the release of a book about the photos and their restoration.
Sound and colour dazzle the senses as the V&A explores the Korean Wave
A joyful explosion of sound and colour marks the arrival of K-everything at the V&A Museum as it takes a look at modern Korean culture.
Yinka Ilori’s bold patterned colours celebrated at Design Museum
A new exhibition has opened at the Design Museum showing off a body of work that you will probably recognise, but probably didn't know that they were all the work of one man.
Exhibition in a fire station shows off the London Fire Brigade’s new typeface
Shoreditch fire station is the topical location for an exhibition of posters and artwork inspired by the London Fire Brigade's (LFB) new typeface
The delayed Maria Bartuszová exhibition opens at the Tate Modern
A relatively little known Slovakian sculptor, Maria Bartuszová has been given an entire exhibition in the Tate Modern as the art world increasingly recognises her work.
Old Brompton bikes turned into furniture
A group of design students have turned parts of old Brompton bikes that would be scrapped into new products, ranging from a table football game to a coffee table.
Pay a visit to Bloomsbury’s “Museum of Sex Objects”
An open door in a Bloomsbury backstreet leads you down a dark narrow stone-paved passage into a basement to visit The Museum of Sex Objects.
Visiting the derelict New River Head buildings
A 300-year-old former waterworks in Clerkenwell is currently open to the public to visit before conversion works start on turning them into a new museum.
Jurassic World exhibition opens at the ExCeL London
Based on the movie franchise, Jurassic World: The Exhibition is an immersive experience that will bring you face-to-face with life-size dinosaurs, brought to life like never before.
A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain coming to Somerset House
Just in time for Halloween, an exhibition opens exploring how ideas rooted in horror have informed the last 50 years of creative rebellion.
London exhibitions to visit in September 2022
A selection of ten excellent exhibitions to visit in September while you’re avoiding the Christmas and Halloween decorations that are already going up in the shops.
