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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.

UK’s largest Sari exhibition coming to the Design Museum

The UK's first ever large-scale exhibition to show off contemporary Indian sari design will be opening at the Design Museum in May

Twickenham’s Strawberry Hill House to be filled with Old Master paintings

A "little gothic castle" in southwest London is a bit more gothic now after a long term loan of artworks that helps to restore it closer to how it looked when it was built.

Make a spectacle of yourself at the Wellcome Collection

An exhibition at the Wellcome Collection is taking a look at eyesight, from how we see things to how we correct how we see things, and the cultural baggage we've wrapped that medical issue up in.

V&A Museum doubling the size of its Photography Galleries

The V&A Museum is doubling the size of its Photography Centre and has confirmed that the new galleries will open on 25th May 2023.

London exhibitions to visit in January 2023

A selection of ten excellent exhibitions to visit in January as you try to lose the Christmas excess by walking between lots of museums and galleries.

Rediscover Lucian Freud at the National Gallery

There are a few weeks left to see one of the largest collections of Lucian Freud portraits ever assembled in one place.

The women who taught hieroglyphs

To mark the 200th anniversary of the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, there's an exhibition that celebrates the female UCL teachers and students who pioneered the teaching of the ancient language.

IWM looks at computer war games with an immersive exhibition

An exhibition that looks at war games goes beyond the classic shot-em-ups, to look at how games are both an aid to war-making, but also educating people about the human suffering caused by wars.

Tutankhamun as street art at the British Museum

The British Museum has chosen an unusual way of marking the centenary of Tutankhamun's discovery, and some people will love it, and umm, some are likely to loathe it.

Digital recreation of an extinct rhino at the Natural History Museum

Four years ago, the last male northern white rhinoceros died in a zoo, but now a digital recreation has come to life in the Natural History Museum and in doing so raises questions about how we can bring extinct species back to life.

Three free exhibitions at the British Library

Nope, not a joke about buses, there really are three exhibitions at the British Library at the moment that are free to visit, although oddly, only two of them are listed on the library's own website.