🇬🇧London

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.

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Kyotographie: Kawada Kikuji x Iwane Ai
Japan House London

Kyotographie: Kawada Kikuji x Iwane Ai

Until Oct 18

FreePhotography

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

James McNeill WhistlerEnds today
Tate Britain

James McNeill Whistler

Until Sep 27

PrintsPainting

First major European Whistler retrospective in 30 years at Tate Britain

Portrait of a City: A Century of American PhotographyEnds in 7 days
Dulwich Picture Gallery

Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography

Until Oct 4

Photography

A century of American urban life through 34 photographers, from Stieglitz and Lange to Arbus and Davidson.

Anish Kapoor
Hayward Gallery

Anish Kapoor

Until Oct 18

InstallationSculpture

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

Musquiqui Chihying: A Life of Navigation
Hayward Gallery

Musquiqui Chihying: A Life of Navigation

Until Oct 18

FreeVideo & Moving ImageInstallation

Four works of humour and critique on urban life and technology

Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam
Royal Academy

Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam

Until Oct 25

Drawing & Works on PaperPainting

Dadd's intricate Victorian fairy paintings made during 42 years in Bethlem and Broadmoor

Hepworth and Nicholson: The Hampstead Studio PhotographsEnds in 7 days
Courtauld Gallery

Hepworth and Nicholson: The Hampstead Studio Photographs

Until Oct 4

Photography

Paul Laib’s 1930s photographs of a shared Hampstead studio

Ha Chong-Hyun
Lisson Gallery Bell Street

Ha Chong-Hyun

Until Nov 1

Mixed MediaPainting

Six-decade survey of Korean abstract painter Ha Chong-Hyun's Conjunction series

Japanese Women Photographers: From 1950s to NowEnds today
The Photographers' Gallery

Japanese Women Photographers: From 1950s to Now

Until Sep 27

PhotographyVideo & Moving ImageInstallation

27 groundbreaking Japanese women photographers from the 1950s to today

British Art Fair 2026Ends today
Saatchi Gallery

British Art Fair 2026

Until Sep 27

Digital ArtPaintingSculpture

Modern and contemporary British art from leading specialist dealers

HeathboundEnds today
Burgh House

Heathbound

Until Sep 27

FreePhotographyMixed MediaTextiles

Seventeen artists respond to Hampstead Heath, London's urban wilderness

Reviving Craft: Reflection of the MindEnds today
Somerset House

Reviving Craft: Reflection of the Mind

Until Sep 27

FreeCeramicsTextilesDesign

China’s living craft heritage, from stoneware and silk to digital immersion

Like Music in the BloodEnds in 4 days
Thaddaeus Ropac London

Like Music in the Blood

Until Oct 1

Mixed MediaTextilesInstallation

Eight artists explore the body through omission, displacement and abstraction

Emma ReyesEnds in 6 days
White Cube Mason's Yard

Emma Reyes

Until Oct 3

Painting

Solo survey of Colombian self-taught painter Emma Reyes (1919–2003)

Krzysztof Grzybacz: HaruspexEnds in 6 days
Pace Gallery London

Krzysztof Grzybacz: Haruspex

Until Oct 3

Painting

Eight new paintings peel back skin, textile and landscape

NIGO: From Japan with LoveEnds in 7 days
Design Museum

NIGO: From Japan with Love

Until Oct 4

CeramicsTextilesDesign

First UK retrospective of NIGO — streetwear pioneer, KENZO director and cultural polymath

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026Ends in 10 days
National Portrait Gallery

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026

Until Oct 7

Painting

44th edition of the UK's most prestigious contemporary portrait painting prize

Peter Beard: The Long Practice of ChangeEnds in 13 days
Contemporary Ceramics

Peter Beard: The Long Practice of Change

Until Oct 10

Ceramics

New porcelain work born from two ceramic residencies in China

Louis Fratino
David Zwirner London

Louis Fratino

Until Oct 31

Painting

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

Daichi Takagi: Suchness
David Zwirner London

Daichi Takagi: Suchness

Until Oct 31

Painting

New paintings blurring figuration and abstraction through everyday motifs.

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