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Drawing & Works on Paper

“A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.” — Paul Klee

Explore 15 drawing & works on paper exhibitions on now and 8 coming soon in London & the UK.

Liza Lou: FAQEnding Soon

Liza Lou: FAQ

Until May 23

Drawing & Works on Paper

Liza Lou combines glass beads and oil paint to interrogate gestural abstraction

Paula Rego: Story LineEnding Soon

Paula Rego: Story Line

Until May 23

Drawing & Works on Paper

Rego's most comprehensive drawings survey, from the 1950s to her final years

"It's the little gestures that linger in my mind. A bent eyebrow. Curled fingers. The childlike twist of a toe. Even in the most disturbing works, feeling is conveyed not through terrible acts but expressions."

— The Guardian

Stubbs: Portrait of a HorseEnding Soon

Stubbs: Portrait of a Horse

Until May 31

Drawing & Works on Paper

Rare life-size Stubbs horse portrait 'Scrub' shown with key studies.

"A display case of Stubbs’s anatomical drawings are ghostly and strange. Here are spectral stallions, every, nerve, tendon and sinew turned inside out. More of these, please, and less of the tidy parade-ground pictures on the opposite wall."

— The Times

Delaine Le Bas: Un-Fair-GroundEnding Soon

Delaine Le Bas: Un-Fair-Ground

Until May 31

Drawing & Works on Paper

Turner Prize-nominated Romany artist's first Manchester solo — immersive feminist mixed-media world

"The Romany artist takes a mural she made for Glastonbury as a starting point, then builds a dizzying series of rooms exploring connection and exclusion"

— The Guardian

Veronica Ryan: Multiple Conversations

Veronica Ryan: Multiple Conversations

Until Jun 14

Drawing & Works on Paper

A 40-year survey of Turner Prize winner Veronica Ryan's sculpture, textiles and drawing

"But the more things are wrapped up and obscured, the more the work holds you at arm's length. Dangling sacks filled with plastic or objects wrapped in twine just look like bits of rubbish. You can only really untangle their meaning with a list of materials in your hand – oh it's not just some trash, there's a mango pod inside, got it."

— The Guardian

PAT SUET-BIK HUI & THE THREE PERFECTIONS

PAT SUET-BIK HUI & THE THREE PERFECTIONS

Until Jun 28

Drawing & Works on Paper

Ink, calligraphy, and poetry unite in Hui's Three Perfections dialogue.

Gwen John: Strange Beauties

Gwen John: Strange Beauties

Until Jun 28

Drawing & Works on Paper

A once-in-a-generation retrospective marking Gwen John's 150th birthday

"She returned repeatedly to the same subjects and compositions – contemplative women, sparsely furnished interiors, still lifes, devoted churchgoers – and each time saw them through fresh and attentive eyes. The result is art that's sensitive but unsentimental, studious, and, yes, strangely beautiful."

— The Independent

Wes Anderson: The Archives

Wes Anderson: The Archives

Until Jul 26

Drawing & Works on Paper

First retrospective of Wes Anderson's cinematic archive — 700+ objects across 30 years

"The Texan is the third film-maker to be given a retrospective at the Design Museum, following Stanley Kubrick and Tim Burton, and this is the pick of the three. Cinema like this can feel incredibly extravagant — some canine puppets for Isle of Dogs took three years to make and were on screen for a matter of seconds. Here, though, you can spend time with it all."

— The Times

Roni Horn

Roni Horn

Until Aug 1

Drawing & Works on Paper

First London show in a decade — new drawings and a rare cast-glass sculpture

From Bawden to Hockney: The Dennis Andrews and Christopher Whelen Collection

From Bawden to Hockney: The Dennis Andrews and Christopher Whelen Collection

Until Aug 9

Drawing & Works on Paper

Prints spanning Bawden to Hockney, shaped by collectors' artistic friendships

IN BLOOM: How Plants Changed Our World

IN BLOOM: How Plants Changed Our World

Until Aug 16

Drawing & Works on Paper

Global stories behind beloved blooms, from exploration to trade.

"There are some lovely works of art here but I couldn\’t escape the thought that all of art and science are helpless before the mystery and beauty of a single living daisy."

— The Guardian

Hepworth in ColourComing Soon

Hepworth in Colour

Starting Jun 12

Drawing & Works on Paper

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

Michaela Yearwood-Dan

Michaela Yearwood-Dan

Until Oct 18

Drawing & Works on Paper

First UK institutional show — lush, queer, multi-sensory commission celebrating Blackness and healing

Richard Dadd: Beyond BedlamComing Soon

Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam

Starting Jul 25

Drawing & Works on Paper

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

Haroun Hayward: Path through TreesComing Soon

Haroun Hayward: Path through Trees

Starting May 30

Drawing & Works on Paper

Haroun Hayward blends abstract expressionism with British landscape tradition

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Until Nov 1

Drawing & Works on Paper

First UK retrospective of Indian modernist sculptor Mukherjee — fibre, bronze, ceramic across 40 years

ASHMOLEAN NOW: SOMA SUROVI JANNAT

ASHMOLEAN NOW: SOMA SUROVI JANNAT

Until Nov 1

Drawing & Works on Paper

Soma Surovi Jannat maps climate crisis through new Ashmolean works.

Gwen John | Strange BeautiesComing Soon

Gwen John | Strange Beauties

Starting Aug 1

Drawing & Works on Paper

First major Gwen John retrospective in 40 years — intimate portraits and rarely seen works on paper

Salman Toor: Someone Like YouComing Soon

Salman Toor: Someone Like You

Starting Oct 2

Drawing & Works on Paper

Toor's first European solo: 20 paintings on queer identity, belonging and community

Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Fox, the Mole, the Horse... And YouComing Soon

Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Fox, the Mole, the Horse... And You

Starting Nov 3

Drawing & Works on Paper

Never-before-seen sketches and originals from the creator of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.

Performing Trees

Performing Trees

Until Apr 4, 2027

Drawing & Works on Paper

50+ works from the Whitworth collection reimagining trees as active storytellers across art history

Wilhelmina Barns-GrahamComing Soon

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

Starting Oct 24

Drawing & Works on Paper

First full retrospective of one of Britain's most innovative 20th-century abstractionists

Es DevlinComing Soon

Es Devlin

Starting Sep 18

Drawing & Works on Paper

First UK show dedicated to Es Devlin's 30 years of stage sculpture and light installations

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