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.
British Museum’s richly decorated look at China’s final century of imperial rule
A huge map of the known world at the time opens an exhibition about China's "hidden century", but unlike any map you might have seen before as it shows country size by their importance, so China dominates and Europe is a small insignificant blob in the far corner.
Video art installation illuminates Peckham Rye station’s hidden Victorian waiting room
The rarely seen huge unrestored waiting room at Peckham Rye station is open to the public at the moment, as it's hosting a large video art installation, which is free to visit.
Mondrian meets Af Klint at the Tate Modern
Tate Modern's latest exhibition pairs two artists who never met and likely didn't know about each other's work, but in their own ways were contemporaries, even if they themselves didn't know it.
A display of coronations from ancient to the most recent at Lambeth Palace Library
Coronations have been held pretty much since we invented the idea of a monarchy, and there's a topical exhibition about the coronations of the past, ranging from 900 years ago to the one that happened just a few days ago.
England’s oldest hospital gets a central London exhibition
To mark its 900th anniversary, an exhibition about Barts Hospital has opened that tells the history of the organisation, from its early religious foundation to a charity and now a major NHS hospital.
Sir Christopher Wren tricentenary exhibition opens in St Paul’s Cathedral
This year marks the 300th anniversary of the death of Sir Christopher Wren, and to mark the tricentenary, an exhibition has opened in the building most closely associated with him - St Paul's Cathedral.
A troubled look at Milk at the Wellcome Collection
An exhibition about milk should be fresh and inviting and wholesome, a bit like the product itself, but somehow this exhibition leaves you feeling like the milk's gone off.
The unforgotten Londoners exposed in this archival exhibition
The lives of Londoners who rarely feature in the history books, despite being a regular sight on the streets is the topic of a new exhibition at the London Metropolitan Archives.
A fresh look at the Rossettis at Tate Britain goes beyond big hair and big lips
Tate Britain's latest major exhibition charts the romance and radicalism of the Rossetti generation – Dante Gabriel, Christina and Elizabeth (neé Siddal) – showcasing their revolutionary approach to life, love and art.
Persia to Greece at the British Museum challenges the clash of cultures
An exhibition opens with the two cultures facing each other, a Persian facing off against a Greek, but rather than rivals as is usually portrayed in the history books, both statues come from Cyprus, where they were jointly worshiped.
See a Japanese float on display in the British Museum
A scale model of a Japanese festival float that was donated to the British Museum to mark the 1908 London Olympics has gone on display for a few weeks.
Dennis Severs House fills its rooms with a young man’s ceramics
Dennis Severs' House in Spitalfields, the remarkable time capsule of Georgian life, has become an unusual setting for a display of unusual chinaware.
London exhibitions to visit in May 2023
A selection of ten excellent exhibitions to visit in a month with three bank holidays to enjoy.
The 300th anniversary of the Constitutions of the Freemasons
In 1723, the newly formed Grand Lodge of England decided to write a set of rules to govern Freemasonry, and 300 years later, there's an exhibition to celebrate their impact.
See the animator behind the Watership Down and Animal Farm films
A basement space is currently filled with childhood delights, with an exhibition about Arthur Humberstone, the man who created Watership Down and Animal Farm, amongst many other films and credits to his name.
New exhibition tells the story of fashion during the reign of the Four Georges
A new summer exhibition has opened at the Queen's Gallery that takes a long and richly decorated look at Georgian-era clothing fashions.
Exhibition shows off King Charles III’s 43 years at Highgrove
Ahead of his Coronation, an exhibition has opened looking at how the then Prince of Wales has remodelled his home at Highgrove, with a lot of focus on its work with local crafts and the Prince's Trust.
Portraits from Backstage – an exhibition at the National Theatre
The people who work behind the scenes to make a theatre production shine are rarely seen, but there's currently an exhibition at the National Theatre that draws them out into the limelight.
Ai Weiwei fills the Design Museum with bricks and stones
The Design Museum has opened its much anticipated exhibition of works by the Chinese dissident artist, Ai Weiwei and filled not just their exhibition space, but also outside the museum itself with his art.
The National Army Museum’s revamped Conflict in Europe exhibition
Unfortunately topical, as war has returned to Europe, the National Army Museum has revamped its conflicts in Europe gallery to put more objects on display and bring it up to date.
David Bowie exhibition opens at the Southbank Centre
This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of music's great album covers, and the Southbank Centre is taking a look at the creative process that went into making it.
Exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of the Green Party
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first meeting of a group that was, with a few name changes, to emerge as the Green Party of England and Wales.
Filthy fogs fills the Charles Dickens Museum
Almost any classic image of Victorian London requires fog, the concealer of cheap film sets that wafts atmospherically around people as they carry out their nefarious deeds.
London exhibitions to visit in April 2023
A selection of ten excellent exhibitions to visit in April, while munching on Easter eggs and avoiding the April showers.
