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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.

50th anniversary of David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane at the SouthBank Centre

An exhibition is opening at the South Bank that'll look back at perhaps the most iconic portrait of the transgressive pop star, the Aladdin Sane record cover, exploring the relationship between Bowie and photographer Brian Duffy.

Alice Neel at the Barbican Arts Gallery

The Barbican has given over its entire art gallery to one person, a woman who painted provocate nudes and was investigated by the FBI for her communist sympathies.

Photography from the Ukraine war at the Imperial War Museum

A year on from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a photography exhibition at the Imperial War Museum seeks to shine a light on the years leading up to the invasion, and its bloody aftermath.

There’s a Status Quo exhibition at the Barbican

The gold disc and original lyrics to Status Quo's Caroline are on display in the Barbican, as part of an exhibition celebrating seven decades of the rock band.

An immersive lights display coming to east London

A large warehouse in East London is to be filled with a huge light and sound exhibition next month.

The Big City: London painted on a grand scale

Over the centuries, the City of London has collected some massive paintings of the city and its events, and now an exhibition shows off these monumental sized works of art.

See LEGO dinosaurs at the Horniman Museum

Dinosaurs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous have arrived at the Horniman Museum in south London - as LEGO models.

Peter Doig’s monumental portaits in the Courtauld

One of the world's most expensive living painters has recently moved to London, and as a welcoming present, the Courtauld has given over two of its refurbished galleries to show off his art.

Donatello delights at the V&A

Half a dozen Davids, enough Virgin Marys to fill a convent, Jesus from crib to crucified and hosts of cherubs to sing you to heaven - this is the V&A's spring blockbuster devoted to the renaissance sculptor, Donatello.

Leda in Soho: An Exhibition

A new exhibition tells the story of "Love, Leda", a newly discovered, never-before-published novel set in and around the streets of Soho in the years before the 1967 Sexual Offences Act that decriminalised homosexual acts between men.

London exhibitions to visit in February 2023

A selection of ten excellent exhibitions to visit in February, the Roman month of purification as you choose to purify by gladly reaching for a glass of wine after suffering dry January.

Ai Weiwei takes over the Design Museum with major exhibition

The largest exhibition in the UK in nearly a decade by the artist Ai Weiwei will open at the Design Museum later this year.

The Queen and her Corgis coming to the Wallace Collection

A photography exhibition featuring the late Queen and her long association with Pembroke Welsh corgis will be opening in March at the Wallace Collection in central London.

Canary Wharf’s Winter Lights festival has opened

If you fancy a couple of hours of free enjoyment and delight, then a visit to Canary Wharf is in order, as the whole estate has been lit up with 22 large light installations, including a huge floating planet earth.

Rare display of clown costumes in central London

The atmospheric Horse Hospital in Bloomsbury has turned its basement space into a clowns paradise, with an exhibition of costumes and memorabilia.

Georgian fashion to be explored by The Queen’s Gallery

The Queen's Gallery next to Buckingham Palace will be taking a look at the fashions of the Georgian era in a new exhibition opening this spring.

Exhibition looks at the 670 year history of High Treason

An exhibition about the act of treason opens with a large vellum scroll that's been partly unrolled. This is the document that in 1352 created the legal basis for treason, and over the centuries was to be used to put hundreds of people on trial, and at times, to death.

Church of England’s slave trading profits examined in new exhibition

An exhibition that looks at how the Church of England profited from the slave trade has opened at Lambeth Palace Library to accompany the Church Commissioners' report into the same issue.