Art Events & Exhibitions in London

Kew’s New Carbon Garden

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 · All day

Kew Gardens

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Kew Gardens in London unveils the Carbon Garden, a permanent outdoor installation that blends planting and innovative design to showcase sustainable urban gardening.

Titanic Exhibition London

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 · All day

Olympia London

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Titanic Exhibition London at Olympia London offers a rich, immersive journey through the famed voyage. View meticulously curated artifacts, reconstructed scenes, and interactive displays that bring maritime history to life for adults and families alike in an iconic West London venue.

Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 · All day

Dulwich Picture Gallery

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Step into a century of American urban life through iconic photographs at Dulwich Picture Gallery. Portrait of a City traces how photographers captured people and spaces that built modern cities, offering a vivid, immersive view of American urban life.

Queer Diary: Zine-Making Evening

Thu, 6 Aug 2026 at 19:00

London LGBTQ+ Community Centre

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Join the Queer Diary team for an evening of nostalgia, collage, and zine-making at the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre. Create your own personal Queer Teenage History zine, doodle your coming-of-age story, and share space with a friendly queer crowd while a throwback soundtrack plays.

Hurvin Anderson

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 · All day

Tate Britain

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Experience Hurvin Anderson's intensely colourful paintings at Tate Britain. This exhibition surveys his vibrant explorations of memory and identity, blending bold palettes with nuanced landscapes in a striking gallery setting.

Paulo Nimer Pjota: Encantados

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 · All day

South London Gallery

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Free contemporary art exhibition Encantados by Paulo Nimer Pjota at South London Gallery. The indoor show features immersive installations and sculptural works blending magical realism with contemporary practice, opening Aug 23, 2026.

Tracey Emin: A Second Life

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 · All day

Tate Modern

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Explore Tracey Emin's intimate, confessional universe in a wide-ranging exhibition at Tate Modern. Tracey Emin: A Second Life surveys provocative installations and text works, inviting reflection on memory, vulnerability, and identity in a landmark London show.

Cleopatra: The Experience

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 · All day

ExCeL London

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An immersive Cleopatra experience at ExCeL London that transports visitors to ancient Egypt with interactive displays, atmospheric rooms, and storyteller-led scenes. A cinematic, photo-friendly exhibit celebrating Cleopatra's history and allure.

Paper & Tissue Show

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 · All day

ExCeL London

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Experience the Paper & Tissue Show at ExCeL London, a design-forward art exhibition highlighting innovative paper crafts, tissue art, and packaging ideas. Discover immersive installations, live demonstrations, and designer talks that celebrate material versatility within a bright, modern expo hall.

Grand Designs Live London

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 · All day

ExCeL London

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Grand Designs Live London at ExCeL invites design and home-improvement enthusiasts to explore the latest in architecture, interiors and renovation. Expect expert talks, live demos, and showroom booths from top brands, making it a must-see for homeowners and designers alike.

The Jewellery Show

Wed, 2 Sept 2026 · All day

Olympia London

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The Jewellery Show arrives at Olympia London on 2 September 2026, opening at 9:00, a premier trade exhibition for jewelry designers, retailers, and makers. Explore hundreds of collections, meet suppliers, and gain industry insights in this dynamic indoor venue.

Beyond the body: From drawing to sculpture summer school

Fri, 4 Sept 2026

The National Gallery

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Beyond the body: From drawing to sculpture summer school at MATERIAL Gallery in London offers hands‑on art making for everyone, guiding curious creators from sketch to sculpture in a welcoming space.

Acton Depot Open Weekend

Fri, 18 Sept 2026 · All day

Acton, London

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Not normally open to the public, Acton Depot Open Weekend invites visitors behind the scenes of a working museum storehouse, revealing hundreds of thousands of treasures tucked away in the depot’s sprawling archive.

Marie Antoinette Style at the V&A

Sun, 20 Sept 2026 · All day

South Kensington

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Sweep into the V&A South Kensington for the UKs first Marie Antoinette exhibition, tracing origins and revivals of the queen style through opulent gowns, shimmering silks, and dazzling period rooms.

Sabine Moritz

Wed, 7 Oct 2026 · All day

Garden Museum

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A solo exhibition by Sabine Moritz at the Garden Museum from 7 October to 20 December 2026. The show presents Moritz's distinctive artworks in a garden-adjacent museum setting, offering a fresh look at contemporary art through botanical-inspired spaces.

The 90s

Thu, 8 Oct 2026 · All day

Tate Britain

Art

The 90s at Tate Britain invites you into a decade of bold creativity and rebellious spirit, weaving provocative art with Tate’s grand spaces into a tactile, time-traveling stroll.

Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 · All day

Tate Modern

Art

Step into Tate Modern for Light and Magic, a vivid tour of pictorialism—the birth of art photography—tracing its globe-spanning rise from 1880s studios to 1960s galleries, with lush textures, daring visual poetry, and iconic moments.

Anish Kapoor

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 · All day

Hayward Gallery

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Anish Kapoor's imposing, velvet-dark forms fill the Hayward Gallery's luminous spaces in London, turning color and scale into a meditative, awe-filled encounter with contemporary sculpture.

Hokusai: Thirty-six views of Mt. Fuji from the Iuchi Collection

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 · All day

Dulwich Picture Gallery

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Explore Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji from the Iuchi Collection at Dulwich Picture Gallery. This focused exhibition reunites the complete series, inviting visitors to study Fuji’s changing moods, the precision of line, and the drama of seasonal landscapes in a world-class display.

Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Fox, the Mole, the Horse... And You

Tue, 3 Nov 2026 · All day

Dulwich Picture Gallery

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Explore Charlie Mackesy's magical drawings in a dedicated one-room exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery. This intimate display brings together iconic scenes from his books and invites reflection on kindness and courage, included with standard gallery admission.

Queer Diary: Zine-Making Evening

Thu, 5 Nov 2026 at 18:00

London LGBTQ+ Community Centre

Art

Join the Queer Diary team for an evening of nostalgia and hands-on crafting at the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre. Create your own personal zine—collage, letters, drawings, and a coming-of-age theme—while a friendly queer crowd shares a throwback soundtrack. No prior experience needed; all supplies provided.

The Land Carries

Sat, 7 Nov 2026 · Time TBD

University College London (UCL)

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Explore landscape, memory, and material traces in a major UCL Museums and Collections exhibition. The Land Carries runs from 7 November 2026 to 16 May 2027, presenting works across sculpture, photography, and installation media in the university’s museum spaces.

Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 · All day

Tate Britain

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Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant spark Tate Britain with a Bloomsbury duet show, a vivid exploration of color, pattern, and intimate dialogue between two artists from the famed group.

Hyakkō: 100+ Makers from Japan

Thu, 3 Dec 2026 · All day

The Kensington

Art

Hyakkō lands in Kensington, a vibrant celebration of contemporary Japanese craft, where clay, glass, wood, leather, metal and bamboo converge in a living mosaic from 120+ artists, craftspeople and designers, in a Kensington gallery glowing with warm spotlights and tactile install

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