The Ugly Duchess, National Gallery
The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance will be on view at the National Gallery from 16 March. This show will provide fresh insights on An Old Woman…
Angela Heisch: Low Speed Highs
Angela Heisch: Low Speed Highs Low Speed Highs, the second solo show in London by Angela Heisch, is being presented by Pippy Houldsworth Gallery in March and April. This fresh…
Whorled (Here After Here After Here)
Whorled (Here After Here After Here), an installation by Mumbai-based artist, Jitish Kallat, will be on display at Somerset House from 16 February to 23 April, 2023. The installation cocsists…
Nalini Malani: My Reality Is Different
Nalini Malani: My Reality Is Different will show at the National Gallery’s Sunley Room from 2 March to 11 June, 2023. The exhibition is free to enter. My Reality Is Different…
Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction
More than 150 paintings by 80 underrepresented worldwide women painters are on display in a major new show – Action, Gesture, Paint …
David Hockney: Drawing from Life
David Hockney: Drawing from Life, which was staged for just 20 days before the National Portrait Gallery’s closure due to the Covid pandemic in March 2020 returns this November. Read…
C’est La Vie by Scott Covert, Studio Voltaire
C’est La Vie, Scott Covert’s first major solo show outside the US, is exhibited at Studio Voltaire from 25 January to 23 April. Covert’s Monument paintings — carefully produced tombstone rubbings…
Dust Bathers by Rafael Pérez Evans, QUEERCIRCLE
QUEERCIRCLE presents Rafael Pérez Evans’ large-scale, site-specific installation Dust Bathers. Dust Bathers borrows the methods of groups trying to survive…
Eugène Leroy: The Materiality of Light
Eugène Leroy: The Materiality of Light, Paintings 1950-1999 will be on display from 9 February through to 15 April 2023 at the Michael Werner Gallery, London. The first extensive exhibition…
Alice Neel: Hot Off The Griddle, Barbican Art Gallery
Alice Neel: Hot Off The Griddle at The Barbican is the largest exhibition of the work of the US artist to be seen in the United Kingdom. Alice Neel, who…
Spain and the Hispanic World, RA Exhibition
Spain and the Hispanic World will be on display at the Royal Academy of Arts in January 2023. A visual history of Spain, this historic exhibition brings together notable works from …
Frieze Art Fair London, 2023
Frieze Art Fair London is one of the most influential contemporary art fairs in the world. It is held in October in The Regent’s Park. It only focuses on living artists and contemporary art…
David Remfry: Watercolour
Neil Hennessy-Vass takes a look at the new exhibition of David Remfry: Watercolour now showing at the Royal Watercolour Society in London. David Remfry is in his 80th year, I…
Whistler’s Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan
Whistler’s Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan will be the first exhibition to examine the important role played by the Irish-born model Joanna Hiffernan (1839?–1886) in establishing the reputation of the…
Bob Marley One Love Experience at Saatchi Gallery
London Begins at 40 Music Editor Robert Spellman reviews the new Bob Marley exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery. The best experience to be had at the Bob Marley One Love…
Late Constable and Brown’s Hotel London
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise pay a visit to the UK capital to stay at Brown’s hotel, and pop into a Late Constable exhibition at the Royal Academy. Emperors, kings…
Light Lines: Architectural Photos of Hélène Binet
In October 2021, the Royal Academy of Arts will present Light Lines: The Architectural Photographs of Hélène Binet, an intimate unveiling of architecture through the lens of the renowned Swiss-French…
A Walk On the Streets London’s East End
Mark Bibby Jackson experiences street life in London’s East End discovering arguably the best samosas in London. The East End of London has always been one of my favourite parts…
Sky-high Cocktails at Hyatt Place London City East
On his visit to London’s East End, Mark Bibby Jackson stays at the Hyatt Place London City East, and discovers a wonderful new hotel with breath-taking views and excellent cocktails…
RA Summer Exhibition 2024
British artist and Royal Academician Ann Christopher, will oversee the 256th RA Summer Exhibition. Since its inception in 1769, the The Royal Academy‘s Summer Exhibition has been the largest open submission…
Art in the City: Dancing, Sailing and Making Waves
London Begins at 40 arts columnist Irene Caswell takes a look at the London art openings in September. The cooler temperatures and shortening days signify a move into autumn which…
August Art in the City: Blake, Beckett and Binet
In the absence of new exhibitions this month London Begins at 40’s art columnist Irene Caswell roundups the ‘last chance to see’ fabulous summer shows to ensure you don’t miss…
Paddington: The Story of a Bear, British Library
The world’s favourite bear returns to London from the depths of darkest Peru for an exhibition at the British Library to celebrate his 60th birthday. Paddington: The Story of a Bear, featuring…
Art in the City: Bellotto, Taeuber-Arp and Emin
In the second of her regular arts columns, Irene Caswell takes a look at the new July art exhibitions in London, as well as one coming to a close. Summer…