🇬🇧London

45 museums · 50 exhibitions on now · 41 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.

ON NOW

Georg Baselitz: Back Again
White Cube Bermondsey

Georg Baselitz: Back Again

Until Aug 30

FreePainting

Baselitz's final paintings series, a posthumous career summation

Hepworth in Colour
Courtauld Gallery

Hepworth in Colour

Until Sep 6

SculptureDrawing & Works on Paper

First exhibition dedicated to Hepworth's pioneering use of colour in sculpture

Christo: AirEnds in 9 days
Gagosian Grosvenor Hill

Christo: Air

Until Aug 21

InstallationDrawing & Works on PaperSculpture

First presentation of Christo's 1968 unrealized air installation

Donald Locke: Resistant Forms
Camden Art Centre

Donald Locke: Resistant Forms

Until Aug 30

PaintingSculptureMixed Media

London's first survey of Windrush Generation sculptor Donald Locke

Tracey Emin: A Second Life
Tate Modern

Tracey Emin: A Second Life

Until Aug 31

PaintingInstallation

40-year Tracey Emin retrospective: 90+ works including My Bed and new paintings

ZurbaránEnds in 11 days
National Gallery

Zurbarán

Until Aug 23

Painting

First ever UK exhibition of Zurbarán: altarpieces, still lifes and monastic robes from Seville

David Hockney: A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts About PaintingEnds in 11 days
Serpentine North Gallery

David Hockney: A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts About Painting

Until Aug 23

FreePainting

Hockney's 90-metre Normandy frieze and new paintings at Serpentine North

Hurvin AndersonEnds in 11 days
Tate Britain

Hurvin Anderson

Until Aug 23

Painting

First major solo show of over 80 paintings spanning Anderson's full career

Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica
Barbican Art Gallery

Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica

Until Sep 6

PaintingVideo & Moving ImageInstallation

First major survey of Pan-Africanism's influence on visual art, 1920s–now

Summer Exhibition 2026Ends in 11 days
Royal Academy

Summer Exhibition 2026

Until Aug 23

Mixed Media

Annual open exhibition coordinated by Ryan Gander on Interconnectedness

Lisson Street: Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska – ZanzibarEnds in 10 days
Lisson Gallery London

Lisson Street: Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska – Zanzibar

Until Aug 22

PaintingInstallationSound Art

Nine diptychs and a sound libretto evoking memory, loss and belonging

Lisson Street: Daniel Buren – Pages in situEnds in 10 days
Lisson Gallery London

Lisson Street: Daniel Buren – Pages in situ

Until Aug 22

PrintsInstallation

Six decades of Buren's iconic stripe across print and publications

TARWUKEnds in 3 days
White Cube Mason's Yard

TARWUK

Until Aug 15

FreeInstallationPaintingDrawing & Works on Paper

Artist duo TARWUK debut a major site-specific installation at Mason's Yard

Jenny Southam: A Brush with ClayEnds in 3 days
Contemporary Ceramics

Jenny Southam: A Brush with Clay

Until Aug 15

CeramicsSculpture

Hand-built terracotta figures with painterly, mythology-inspired surfaces

Ugo Rondinone: more lightEnds in 10 days
Sadie Coles HQ Bury Street

Ugo Rondinone: more light

Until Aug 22

Painting

New paintings by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone

Yu Nishimura: DislocationEnds in 10 days
Sadie Coles HQ Kingly Street

Yu Nishimura: Dislocation

Until Aug 22

Painting

Yu Nishimura's layered paintings of memory, displacement, and uncertain space

Vestiges
Annely Juda Fine Art

Vestiges

Until Aug 28

Painting

Five painters explore memory, inheritance and vestiges of the past

Young Artists' Summer Show 2026
Royal Academy

Young Artists' Summer Show 2026

Until Aug 30

Mixed Media

Free open-submission exhibition for UK students aged 4–18, now in its 8th year

Alex Israel: Upside Down
Gagosian Davies Street

Alex Israel: Upside Down

Until Sep 5

Sculpture

Reflective Plexiglas fin sculptures, ceiling-hung, evoking LA surf nostalgia

Gabriel Chaile: Archaeology of Memory
Whitechapel Gallery

Gabriel Chaile: Archaeology of Memory

Until Sep 6

SculptureInstallation

Monumental adobe sculptures by Argentine artist exploring indigenous cultural memory

COLLECTIONS

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FEATURED ARTISTS

Georg Baselitz: Back Again
White Cube Bermondsey

Georg Baselitz: Back Again

Until Aug 30

FreeGeorg Baselitz

Baselitz's final paintings series, a posthumous career summation

Hepworth in Colour
Courtauld Gallery

Hepworth in Colour

Until Sep 6

Barbara Hepworth

First exhibition dedicated to Hepworth's pioneering use of colour in sculpture

Tracey Emin: A Second Life
Tate Modern

Tracey Emin: A Second Life

Until Aug 31

Tracey Emin

40-year Tracey Emin retrospective: 90+ works including My Bed and new paintings

ZurbaránEnds in 11 days
National Gallery

Zurbarán

Until Aug 23

Francisco de Zurbarán

First ever UK exhibition of Zurbarán: altarpieces, still lifes and monastic robes from Seville

David Hockney: A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts About PaintingEnds in 11 days
Serpentine North Gallery

David Hockney: A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts About Painting

Until Aug 23

FreeDavid Hockney

Hockney's 90-metre Normandy frieze and new paintings at Serpentine North

Hurvin AndersonEnds in 11 days
Tate Britain

Hurvin Anderson

Until Aug 23

Hurvin Anderson

First major solo show of over 80 paintings spanning Anderson's full career

Lisson Street: Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska – ZanzibarEnds in 10 days
Lisson Gallery London

Lisson Street: Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska – Zanzibar

Until Aug 22

Lubaina Himid

Nine diptychs and a sound libretto evoking memory, loss and belonging

Lisson Street: Daniel Buren – Pages in situEnds in 10 days
Lisson Gallery London

Lisson Street: Daniel Buren – Pages in situ

Until Aug 22

Daniel Buren

Six decades of Buren's iconic stripe across print and publications

Ha Chong-HyunComing Soon
Lisson Gallery Bell Street

Ha Chong-Hyun

Starting Sep 24

Ha Chong-Hyun

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

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