🇬🇧London

46 museums · 46 exhibitions on now · 78 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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James McNeill Whistler
Tate Britain

James McNeill Whistler

Until Sep 27

PrintsPainting

First major European Whistler retrospective in 30 years at Tate Britain

Constable in HampsteadEnds in 9 days
Burgh House

Constable in Hampstead

Until Sep 20

PrintsPainting

Constable's Hampstead years explored through paintings, prints and letters

Paint! Pattern! Print! The Textiles of Susan Collier and Sarah CampbellEnds in 2 days
Fashion and Textile Museum

Paint! Pattern! Print! The Textiles of Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell

Until Sep 13

TextilesDesign

Fifty years of Collier Campbell's pioneering painterly textile design

Benton End: A Paradise of Pollen and PaintEnds in 9 days
Garden Museum

Benton End: A Paradise of Pollen and Paint

Until Sep 20

PhotographyDrawing & Works on PaperPainting

Paintings, photos and objects from Cedric Morris's radical 1950s Suffolk art school

Waldmüller: LandscapesEnds in 9 days
National Gallery

Waldmüller: Landscapes

Until Sep 20

FreePainting

First exhibition dedicated to Waldmüller's landscapes of Austria and Sicily

THESE THOUGHTS MAY DISAPPEAREnds in 2 days
Newport Street Gallery

THESE THOUGHTS MAY DISAPPEAR

Until Sep 13

DesignInstallationSculpture

Jack White's debut art show: found-object sculpture and installations

RPS International Photography Exhibition 167Ends today
Saatchi Gallery

RPS International Photography Exhibition 167

Until Sep 11

FreePhotography

The world's longest-running photography exhibition, now in its 167th edition.

The Raw & The CookedEnds today
Saatchi Gallery

The Raw & The Cooked

Until Sep 11

FreeCeramicsMixed MediaPainting

Eleven artists channel medieval craft and myth to mirror modern upheaval

Helen Marten - This WeatherEnds tomorrow
Sadie Coles HQ Savile Row

Helen Marten - This Weather

Until Sep 12

Video & Moving Image

Five-film meditation on life stages, with animation and composed sound

John Currin: Opening CreditsEnds tomorrow
Sadie Coles HQ Savile Row

John Currin: Opening Credits

Until Sep 12

Drawing & Works on PaperPainting

John Currin returns with new paintings of women in Arcadian landscapes

MaterialityEnds tomorrow
Saatchi Gallery

Materiality

Until Sep 12

FreeMixed MediaTextilesInstallation

Contemporary artists turn materiality itself into the subject of their work

Sophie MacCarthy: Accidental CompositionsEnds tomorrow
Contemporary Ceramics

Sophie MacCarthy: Accidental Compositions

Until Sep 12

Ceramics

Coloured-slip vessels finding beauty in nature's accidental compositions

Hospital Rooms: Host|GuestEnds tomorrow
Victoria Miro London

Hospital Rooms: Host|Guest

Until Sep 12

Mixed Media

Contemporary artists mark 10 years of art in NHS mental health wards

Sayuri Ichida: Playing the Piano UpstairsEnds in 2 days
The Photographers' Gallery

Sayuri Ichida: Playing the Piano Upstairs

Until Sep 13

FreePhotographyPrints

Handcrafted photogravure prints exploring grief, memory and sisterhood in Japan

Studio Prints: An Artists’ WorkshopEnds in 2 days
Courtauld Gallery

Studio Prints: An Artists’ Workshop

Until Sep 13

Prints

Prints by Freud, Auerbach and Rego from a legendary London workshop

Heidi Ferid and Roy Powers-Clark: Faraway NearbyEnds in 2 days
Burgh House

Heidi Ferid and Roy Powers-Clark: Faraway Nearby

Until Sep 13

FreePhotographyPaintingSculpture

Painting, sculpture and photography charting our bond with the land

David and Yuko Juda Art Foundation Award: Selected and curated by Alyce MahonEnds in 8 days
Annely Juda Fine Art

David and Yuko Juda Art Foundation Award: Selected and curated by Alyce Mahon

Until Sep 19

PhotographyTextilesPainting

Seven shortlisted artists show new work, with a £50,000 grant at stake

Early Netherlandish drawingsEnds in 9 days
British Museum

Early Netherlandish drawings

Until Sep 20

FreeDrawing & Works on Paper

Around 120 rare sheets from the Low Countries, made before 1600

Japanese Women Photographers: From 1950s to Now
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

Like Music in the Blood
Thaddaeus Ropac London

Like Music in the Blood

Until Oct 1

Mixed MediaTextilesInstallation

Eight artists explore the body through omission, displacement and abstraction

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