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Guildhall Art Gallery & Roman Amphitheatre closing for several months

If you fancy a visit to either the Guildhall Art Gallery or to the Roman Amphitheatre, best to do so before Christmas as it's closing for several months.

See the homes of Christmas Past at the Museum of the Home

A tradition has returned as the Museum of the Home in East London puts on a display of homes decorated for Christmas as they would have been in the past.

Louis Wain’s kaleidoscopic cats fills a gallery with colour

One Christmas, a patient in a psychiatric hospital was asked to help with the decorations, and he painted Jesus on a mirror, but no ordinary Jesus, this was Jesus as a cat, and the patient was Louis Wain.

Travel to the Swiss Alps inside the British Museum

There's a little-noticed exhibition at the British Museum at the moment full of watercolours and drawings of the Swiss Alps.

Ten exhibitions to visit in London during December

My monthly roundup of ten excellent exhibitions to visit during December 2021 while you’re dodging the TV repeats and 15th serving of turkey.

Bob Marley exhibition coming to London

A brand new exhibition devoted to the lift and music of Bob Marley is being planned to open in February at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea.

Greenwich’s Advent Windows returns for December

Throughout December, a range of windows in shops, offices and homes will be lit up with displays -- a town-centre sized Advent Calendar.

For one week only – a display of rare watches in London

For one week only, a collection of rare watches owned by an anonymous collector will go on display at the Design Museum.

Graffiti covered shop shutters fills an art gallery

Chopped up shop shutters covered in graffiti are filling a Camden art gallery, as graffiti continues its transition from street art to gallery art.

It’s all Greek to the Science Museum

An exploration of how the ancient Greeks saw the convergence of art and science has opened at the Science Museum, featuring ancient Greek objects, many of which have never been seen in the UK before.

V&A’s Fabergé exhibition is so much more than just eggs

This is a big exhibition about the smallest things -- a huge space given over to tiny jewels of almost infinite fame. Over 200 treasures all by the iconic jeweller, Fabergé.

The world’s most expensive postage stamp goes on display in London

For a few weeks, an entire exhibition has been given over to a tiny piece of red paper -- the world's most expensive postage stamp.

Peru comes to the British Museum in eye opening new exhibition

If your idea of ancient Peru is all death cults, mountainous Incan cities, and that curious era where seemingly every UK high street had Peruvian pan-pipe players at weekends, then the British Museum is about to change your mind radically.

Glowing roses to fill Grosvenor Square

This December, Grosvenor Square in central London will be illuminated with thousands of white roses, in memory of people who had had cancer.

Exhibition tells the story of a foundling who fought at Trafalgar

Given away by his mother, named after a King, fought at Trafalgar and left a rare diary of the life of a sailor, this is an exhibition about the life of one man with an unusual story to tell.

Northern line inspired art exhibition

An exhibition is opening shortly in Highgate full of art inspired by the Northern line.

Ten exhibitions to visit in London during November

My monthly roundup of ten excellent exhibitions to visit during November 2021 while you're dodging the fireworks and Christmas adverts.

Noguchi at The Barbican – all lamps and sculptures

The Barbican is currently hosting an exhibition celebrating the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi, often considered to be one of the most experimental and pioneering artists of the 20th century.

London Port City – 200 years of London’s docks in a new exhibition

London was founded on the Thames nearly 2,000 years ago as it was an ideal location for sea trade, and it's still the UK's largest seaport which is now the topic of a free exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands.

From WW2 to Cold War and today – the British Army in Germany

A James Bond style armoured car and a kettle for cups of tea in a tank are the highlights of an exhibition at the moment about the role played by the British Army in West Germany from the end of WW2 to modern times.

Keats200 – an outdoor exhibition

There's an open-air exhibition at the moment to commemorate the bicentenary of the death, at just 25 of one of Britain's best-known poets, John Keats.

The world’s oldest star map is coming to the British Museum

Made some 3,600 years ago, the world's oldest known map of the night sky is coming to London to go on display in the British Museum early next year.

Hokusai – British Museum fills a room with rare Japanese drawings

For the first time since they were made around 200 years ago, a set of exceptionally rare drawings from the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai have gone on public display.

Floating aliens fills the Tate Modern

The Tate Modern's main turbine hall has been filled with large floating aliens, and it's an art installation.