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.
All the latest arts news from across London
Houses “for sale” signs as a Brixton art exhibition
A street in Brixton is currently lined with "for sale" style signs, as an art exhibition. Not just art though, but photographs of people who have worked through the pandemic and the exhibition tells their story.
Get up close to some masterpieces from Buckingham Palace
The refurbishment of Buckingham Palace has given the nearby Queen's Gallery a rare opportunity to put a range of Masters on display in a gallery setting for the first time.
Rabbitwoman and Dogman come to Spitalfields
Two favourite characters of a pair of New York-based artists have arrived in London - a rabbit-headed woman and a dog-headed man.
Winter lights festival coming to the South Bank
While the SouthBank Centre remains closed, they are putting on some outdoor events, and this year that will include a winter lights festival.
Huge ceiling mural shown off at Sudbury Town tube station
A permanent artwork has been unveiled inside the waiting rooms at Sudbury Town tube station, featuring restyled maps of the surrounding areas, highlighting local landmarks from the past and present.
Emptying Buckingham Palace’s long art gallery
The long gallery inside Buckingham Palace has been emptied of its treasures for the first time since the 1970s, so that most of them can on public display.
Tate Britain covers its building in winter illuminations
Tate Britain has shown off it's annual outdoor Christmas commission - a festive display that makes the gallery look a bit like an American house.
A multicoloured makeover for Crossrail Place footbridge
The airport-style footbridge at Canary Wharf connecting to the future Elizabeth line station has been given a brightly coloured makeover.
Margart Calvert – a retropective and a new railway design
The work of the iconic designers of post-war Britain is the topic of a new exhibition, not just looking back at her work, but forward as she has designed a new font to be used by Network Rail.
The V&A’s Raphael Court is to reopen soon
During the lockdown, the huge Raphael Cartoons which are on display in a dedicated gallery within the V&A were given a rare refurbishment.
The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman at the British Museum
A sculpture of an iron ship, sailing into the afterlife has appeared in the British Museum, a work of art by Grayson Perry.
There are sharks in the Regents Canal
If you take a walk along the Regent's Canal at the moment, look out for sharks.
Pay a visit to East Dulwich’s House of Dreams
There is an outwardly unremarkable terraced house in South London that conceals an explosion of colour and art within - the House of Dreams.
Festival of Britain scultpure reappears in Waterloo Station.
Two sunbathers have appeared in Waterloo station - and they tell a story of a lost sculpture, discovery, restoration, and return.
A dollop of ice cream is art in Trafalgar Square
Unveiled recently, Trafalgar Square has gained a giant dollop of ice cream with a cherry on top as the latest modern art installation for the 4th plinth.
Tate Modern’s slavery judging fountain
A gigantic, and I mean, monumentally gigantic, fountain currently fills the main hall of the Tate Modern, and is accidentally far more topical than it had expected to be
Public Street Art: Antony Gormley’s Resolution
A collection of rusting steel blocks piled up to look like a man, this 8-bit computer graphic of a statue is another of Antony Gormley's human expressions.
A tribute to William Blake under the railway arches
The memory of the poet William Blake can be found, maybe slightly oddly underneath the railway arches in Waterloo
New home for the House of Illustration
Currently based in Kings Cross, the House of Illustration is set to move to a restored New River Head building in Islington. It's also changing its name to the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.
Hayward Gallery reopens in August with deals for NHS and locals
The Southbank Centre's Hayward Gallery has announced that it will reopen from this Saturday (1st August), with discounts for NHS workers and local residents.
Find the Dorothy Annan murals in the Barbican
It looks like it's been there since the Barbican was built, but this long row of 1960s ceramic art only arrived at the Barbican in 2013.
Tickets Alert: Art Tour of the Belmond Cadogan Hotel
As part of London Craft Week, delayed this year, the Belmond Cadogan Hotel is offering tours to view many of the original pieces on display throughout the hotel, by mainly British artists
This tall grey lady just outside London City Airport is Athena, and she's also the tallest bronze sculpture in the UK.s
Tickets Alert: Tours of a 250-year old embroidery house
As part of London Craft Week, there's a chance to go on a tour of a 250-year old embroidery house in a converted Victorian school in central London.
