
Kyotographie: Kawada Kikuji x Iwane Ai
Until Oct 18
Two generations of Japanese photography, from postwar history to diaspora life
46 museums · 47 exhibitions on now · 66 coming soon
London is one of the world's great art capitals. Few cities cover as much ground: old master paintings at the National Gallery, decorative arts and design at the V&A, world antiquities at the British Museum, and contemporary work at Tate Modern, all within a few miles of each other. As with most major public museums in London, permanent collections are free to enter.

Until Oct 18
Two generations of Japanese photography, from postwar history to diaspora life
Ends todayUntil Sep 27
First major European Whistler retrospective in 30 years at Tate Britain
Ends in 7 daysUntil Oct 4
A century of American urban life through 34 photographers, from Stieglitz and Lange to Arbus and Davidson.

Until Oct 18
Kapoor fills the Hayward Gallery with mirror sculptures, Vantablack works and three new monumental installations

Until Oct 18
Four works of humour and critique on urban life and technology

Until Oct 25
Dadd's intricate Victorian fairy paintings made during 42 years in Bethlem and Broadmoor
Ends in 7 daysUntil Oct 4
Paul Laib’s 1930s photographs of a shared Hampstead studio

Until Nov 1
Six-decade survey of Korean abstract painter Ha Chong-Hyun's Conjunction series
Ends todayUntil Sep 27
27 groundbreaking Japanese women photographers from the 1950s to today
Ends todayUntil Sep 27
Modern and contemporary British art from leading specialist dealers
Ends todayUntil Sep 27
Seventeen artists respond to Hampstead Heath, London's urban wilderness
Ends todayUntil Sep 27
China’s living craft heritage, from stoneware and silk to digital immersion
Ends in 4 daysUntil Oct 1
Eight artists explore the body through omission, displacement and abstraction
Ends in 6 daysUntil Oct 3
Solo survey of Colombian self-taught painter Emma Reyes (1919–2003)
Ends in 6 daysUntil Oct 3
Eight new paintings peel back skin, textile and landscape
Ends in 7 daysUntil Oct 4
First UK retrospective of NIGO — streetwear pioneer, KENZO director and cultural polymath
Ends in 10 daysUntil Oct 7
44th edition of the UK's most prestigious contemporary portrait painting prize
Ends in 13 daysUntil Oct 10
New porcelain work born from two ceramic residencies in China

Until Oct 31
New paintings expanding Fratino's intimate, queer-centered figuration

Until Oct 31
New paintings blurring figuration and abstraction through everyday motifs.

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Ends todayUntil Sep 27
First major European Whistler retrospective in 30 years at Tate Britain
Ends todayUntil Sep 27
27 groundbreaking Japanese women photographers from the 1950s to today
Ends todayUntil Sep 27
Modern and contemporary British art from leading specialist dealers
Ends todayUntil Sep 27
Seventeen artists respond to Hampstead Heath, London's urban wilderness
Ends todayUntil Sep 27
China’s living craft heritage, from stoneware and silk to digital immersion
Ends in 4 daysUntil Oct 1
Eight artists explore the body through omission, displacement and abstraction
Ends in 6 daysUntil Oct 3
Solo survey of Colombian self-taught painter Emma Reyes (1919–2003)
Ends in 6 daysUntil Oct 3
Eight new paintings peel back skin, textile and landscape
Coming SoonStarting Sep 30
Four decades of paintings built on colour harmony and tonal subtlety
Coming SoonStarting Oct 15
A global art fair of artists from across Asia and the Asian diaspora
Coming SoonStarting Oct 8
New paintings drawn from a Brooklyn artist's family photo archive
Coming SoonStarting Oct 15
Fragile, imperfect forms exploring quiet equilibrium and delicate imbalance
Coming SoonStarting Oct 1
Debut solo show tracing a Georgian townhouse's hidden history of shame
Coming SoonStarting Oct 7
Twenty-four international painters, all works for sale to support the gallery
Coming SoonStarting Oct 13
Debut UK show of new paintings by Hong Kong-born artist Firenze Lai
Coming SoonStarting Sep 29
Solo show exploring the pleasures and politics of everyday complaining
Ends todayUntil Sep 27
First major European Whistler retrospective in 30 years at Tate Britain

Until Oct 18
Kapoor fills the Hayward Gallery with mirror sculptures, Vantablack works and three new monumental installations
Ends in 7 daysUntil Oct 4
Paul Laib’s 1930s photographs of a shared Hampstead studio

Until Nov 1
Six-decade survey of Korean abstract painter Ha Chong-Hyun's Conjunction series
Tate Modern
Bankside, London
Tate Britain
Millbank, London
Burgh House
Hampstead, London
Royal Academy
Mayfair, London
Somerset House
Strand, London
The Photographers' Gallery
Soho, London
Design Museum
Kensington, London
Hayward Gallery
Southbank Centre, London
National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place, London
Victoria Miro London
King's Cross, London