Free Exhibitions in London

This is a running list of the free art exhibitions on show in London right now, updated as exhibitions open and close. From major loan shows at museums like the National Gallery and Tate to gallery exhibitions that never charge for entry, there's always something to see.

In addition to this list, most of London's major museums also hold their permanent collections free year-round. And beyond the museum walls, the city is full of free public sculptures and installations. See the full guide at artclub.club/collections/public-sculptures-installations-london.

Showing 16 exhibitions

Experiencing Together: Daphne Moncrieff Cousins 1946 - 2025Ends today
Burgh House

Experiencing Together: Daphne Moncrieff Cousins 1946 - 2025

Until Oct 4

FreePainting

Four decades of paintings built on colour harmony and tonal subtlety

Kyotographie: Kawada Kikuji x Iwane AiEnds in 14 days
Japan House London

Kyotographie: Kawada Kikuji x Iwane Ai

Until Oct 18

FreePhotographyContemporary Art

Two generations of Japanese photography, from postwar history to diaspora life

5/5 from 1 rating

"These were revolutionary photographs at the time – and they still feel new in their search to express the inexpressible. The dimly lit, subterranean gallery keeps you cocooned in this elegiac, brooding atmosphere. Kawada is drawn to images that trace the extremities of the Earth, the visible outer edges of our existence – the sky, the horizon, water, burning suns and scorching fires."

The Guardian
Musquiqui Chihying: A Life of NavigationEnds in 14 days
Hayward Gallery

Musquiqui Chihying: A Life of Navigation

Until Oct 18

FreeVideo & Moving ImageInstallationContemporary Art

Four works of humour and critique on urban life and technology

4/5 from 1 rating

"Across the four works, Chihying's humour keeps some pretty knotty ideas about labour, consumerism and technology from getting bogged down in theory. However, it is a small show. Some would say too small."

TimeOut
There Are No Honest Poems About Dead Women: Jemma Desai
Somerset House

There Are No Honest Poems About Dead Women: Jemma Desai

Until Nov 1

FreeVideo & Moving ImageInstallationContemporary Art

A 54 minute film collaging archive, song and new 16mm material

Art Now: Mohammed Z Rahman
Tate Britain

Art Now: Mohammed Z Rahman

Until Nov 8

FreePaintingContemporary Art

New paintings on home and love, staged in two theatrical acts

Manasa Chitra: the Art of Mental Health from Bengaluru to Bethlem
Bethlem Museum of the Mind

Manasa Chitra: the Art of Mental Health from Bengaluru to Bethlem

Until Nov 14

FreeDrawing & Works on PaperPainting

Indian art on mental health, from 1950s Bangalore to contemporary Bengaluru

Roots
The Photographers' Gallery

Roots

Until Nov 15

FreePhotographyMixed MediaContemporary Art

Eight photographers on trees as keepers of memory, heritage and belonging

Jenkin van Zyl: Enclosure
Somerset House

Jenkin van Zyl: Enclosure

Until Nov 29

FreePerformanceVideo & Moving ImageInstallationSculptureContemporary Art

A newly commissioned film and immersive installation about doubles

Women Artists of Hampstead
Burgh House

Women Artists of Hampstead

Until Dec 13

FreeDrawing & Works on Paper

Victorian illustrators who reached wide audiences as art opened up to women

Amongst the Trees and Terraces: Donald Chisholm Towner (1903 - 1985)
Burgh House

Amongst the Trees and Terraces: Donald Chisholm Towner (1903 - 1985)

Until Dec 13

FreePainting

First show in decades for the Hampstead painter of postwar Britain

Burgh House Young Curators’ Club
Burgh House

Burgh House Young Curators’ Club

Until Dec 13

FreeDrawing & Works on Paper

Home Guard archive papers, selected and labelled by local school students

Hampstead Artists, Residents, and History
Burgh House

Hampstead Artists, Residents, and History

Until Dec 13

FreePainting

Local residents and artists from the 19th to 21st century, women to the fore

Hampstead Vanished and Imagined
Burgh House

Hampstead Vanished and Imagined

Until Dec 13

FreeDrawing & Works on Paper

Lost local landmarks and the Hampstead that was planned but never built

Liz Larner: A hard line to bend
Camden Art Centre

Liz Larner: A hard line to bend

Until Jan 17, 2027

FreeCeramicsSculptureContemporary Art

Radical sculpture in clay, bronze and salvaged plastic, from myth to the cosmos

3/5 from 1 rating

"Choosing to focus on new ceramic works instead of properly introducing this relatively little-known American artist with a survey or retrospective is a strange choice that doesn't service the audience. This result is a muddled, disparate, confusing mishmash of an introduction to an artist whose career deserved a simpler, easier way in."

The Guardian
Zineb Sedira: When Words Fall Silent, Cinema Speaks
Tate Britain

Zineb Sedira: When Words Fall Silent, Cinema Speaks

Until Jan 17, 2027

FreeVideo & Moving ImageInstallationContemporary Art

A major site-specific commission for the neo-classical Duveen Galleries

Yuko Mohri: In Concert
Barbican Art Gallery

Yuko Mohri: In Concert

Until Jan 24, 2027

FreeSound ArtInstallationSculptureContemporary Art

A site-responsive commission of light, sound and kinetic sculpture

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