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.
From chamber pots to commemorative busts: The eclectic world of Victorian pottery at the V&A
A collection of "ordinary china" is currently filling a distant corner of the V&A museum, and its ordinariness is why it's an exhibition worth finding.
The Linbury Prize – an exhibition of theatre stage design
Inside the National Theatre at the moment is a large exhibition about the art of designing stage sets for theatre plays, showing off ideas from award-winning designers.
Ten free London exhibitions to visit in January 2024
A selection of ten exhibitions to visit in London that are free because you've just spent all your money on an annual subscription to a gym that you won't visit again after 17th January.
Young V&A’s Manga exhibition feels rather thin
For its first exhibition after reopening, Young V&A is looking at the Japanese legends underpinning many of its Anime and Manga stories.
Duke of Wellington’s uniforms to go on display for the first time in new Apsley House exhibition
Apsley House, the home of the Duke of Wellington, has announced that several of the 1st Duke's military dress uniforms will be displayed for the first time in a new exhibition opening next year.
The Radiant Resurrection: National Gallery shines light on Pesellino’s Renaissance masterpieces
There's a darkened room in the National Gallery that is glowing with two exceptional paintings that are nearly 600 years old.
Ten London exhibitions to visit in December 2023
A selection of ten exhibitions to visit in London while the Easter Eggs start appearing on the supermarket shelves next to the Santa Clauses.
Ranjani Shettar’s floating sculptures grace London’s second-largest conservatory
In the heart of the City of London is a large heated conservatory that's occasionally open to the public, and at the moment, also home to an art exhibition.
Recline and relax on Sigmund Freud’s consulting couch
For the next few months, there will be a chance to sit on Sigmund Freud's consulting couch -- or at least, a replica of it -- as the original is too important a relic to let people sit on for real.
In 1754, an artist painted a family breakfast scene in pastels. Nearly two decades later, he painted it again in oils, but the two paintings have never been in the same room - until now.
More tickets released for the V&A’s sold-out Chanel exhibition
The V&A Museum's exhibition dedicated to Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel sold out in a snap as soon as tickets went on sale, but they've released more tickets for selected dates in December and January.
Saatchi Gallery’s retrospective showcases Christo’s monumental wrappings and architectural marvels
The Saatchi Gallery has opened an exhibition of art that is almost as good as an exhibition of architecture - as it's a retrospective look at the artist duo who made their name with monumental wrappings around large buildings.
A large art exhibition is coming to Waterloo station
Eight weeks of art and events are coming to Waterloo railway station - hosted in The Sidings, the shopping centre built underneath the platforms.
A group of hauntingly beautiful, large-scale portrait heads in charcoal by London based artist, Frank Auerbach will be presented together for the first time in an exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery next year.
There’s a field of glowing roses in Central London
Grosvenor Square in central London is home to a field of glowing roses, as a charity fundraiser for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity
Ink and Friendship: Exploring the Dickens-Collins connection at the Charles Dickens Museum
An exhibition that's the first to explore one of the great literary friendships between Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, has opened at the museum dedicated to the author of A Christmas Carol.
Sit on some giant Yeti feet in Covent Garden
It's probably aimed at children, but there's a chance to sit on the giant furry feet of a Yeti and take a selfie or group photo.
Holbein’s secret strokes: Exhibition shows rarely seen sketches of the Tudor Court
A collection of sketches that haven't been seen for over 15 years are on display in an exhibition that looks at the movers and shakers of the Tudor court of King Henry VIII.
Garrison Chapel exhibition blends traditional art with baffling description
An exhibition of modern interpretations of religious art manages to be both really enjoyable to look at and utterly baffling if you read the description.
An exhibition of one artist's lifetime of work opens appropriately with two self-portraits of him as a young man and a recent one as a rather older man.
Ten London exhibitions to visit in November 2023
A selection of ten exhibitions to visit in London while dodging the Christmas carol signers and Father Christmases popping up all over the place.
Georgian Glamour: Rediscovering the extravagant light displays of the past at Sir John Soane Museum
If you walk past the Sir John Soane Museum in Holborn in the evenings, you'll see a series of geometric patterns projected onto the museum, and if you go inside, you can learn about how the Georgians did similar if grander things in their time.
From faeries to forests, castles to cthulhu, and hobbits to the holy grail, the British Library takes a look at the lore of fantasy writing from the ancient to the modern day.
Skateboard’s 70-year evolution unveiled at the Design Museum’s new exhibition
There aren't many exhibitions where you can try out the product, but the Design Museum has built a skateboard ramp inside its new exhibition about the history and culture of skateboarding.
