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.
Two copies of Shakespeare’s First Folio on display in London
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first publication of William Shakespeare's plays, and two surviving copies of the first folio are going on display in London.
A huge Titanosaur goes on display this weekend
A dinosaur that’s four times heavier than Dippy the Diplodocus is going on display at the Natural History Museum this weekend, filling one of the museum's larger galleries.
Boris Johnson in cartoons – at the Cartoon Museum
The former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson is one of those larger than life personalities that is a gift to cartoonists, and there's a display of the cartoonist's work at the moment.
Monumental display of British maritime art at Queen’s House
Paintings of large British warships at sea are a classic in any art gallery, but the seemingly British tradition owes its origins to a Dutch father and son who emigrated to the UK.
Nalini Malani subverts the Old Masters into a huge video display
A large void within the National Gallery fills with noise and vast walls as grand master paintings are ripped apart and twisted into new meanings.
HS2 archaeology exhibition opens in central London
The clearance of the burial site for Euston's new HS2 railway station is the topic of a new exhibition that's opened in Piccadilly.
Tower of London revamping its Crown Jewels display
The home of the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London is missing a couple of crowns at the moment, but when they return, it'll be to a different space, as the Jewel House is being refurbished as well.
A spiral of motorway road signs in Somerset House
There's a long swirl of road signs filling the courtyard at Somerset House at the moment, as an art installation by Jitish Kallat.
The Ugly Duchess is shown off at the National Gallery
A painting you are unlikely to have seen, and yet will somehow recognise instantly has just gone on display at the National Gallery -- and this is An Old Woman by the painter, Quinten Massys.
Exhibition looks at the design of Japanese braided cords
Japan House in Kensington has brought together a display of something most of us barely think about and probably have no idea is an art form - braided cords.
There’s a small Spitting Image exhibition in central London
It can be a bit of a shock to be walking along posh Jermyn Street and suddenly see the latex image of Margaret Thatcher staring back at you from a shop window.
Sigmund Freud’s clutter excavated to reveal its treasures
During his life, Sigmund Freud loved to collect and fill his house with antiquities, and a new exhibition at his London home is highlighting some of the more insightful items in his collection.
British Museum to look at China’s “long” 19th-century of conflicts and change
China's long 19th century is the topic of the British Museum's summer blockbuster exhibition, looking at the lives of the last line of China's emperors.
There’s a James Bond props exhibition in Harrods
For the next couple of weeks, there's a display of James Bond props including Little Nellie, the gyrocopter made famous in You Only Live Twice.
London exhibitions to visit in March 2023
A selection of ten excellent exhibitions to visit in March, while you're abstaining from all the nice things for Lent -- or not as the case is more likely to be.
Saatchi Gallery fills its entire building with Street Art
The large Saatchi Gallery in posh Chelsea has filled its galleries with the sort of artwork usually seen on the sides of walls in derelict and regenerating areas.
The Beauty of Transience – at the Japanese Embassy
There's a charming exhibition looking at Japan's changing seasons and how artists have responded to them at the Japanese Embassy at the moment.
James Bond photographs go on display
An exhibition of photographs taken during the filming of James Bond movies has opened at the Leica Camera store just around the corner from Selfridges.