These are all the upcoming exhibitions and things to do in London’s museums and art galleries, happening
within the next eight weeks. The descriptions have been summarised with AI, I’m hoping to cut down on this
in the future as I visit more of them personally.
Kat Kristof presents layered paintings where shifting figures move through dreamlike settings, using colour and form to explore memory, identity and emotion.
The show presents ideas for turning polluted land near Venice into a lively neighbourhood, mixing homes with workspaces and raising questions about industry’s impact.
Ben Edge’s new works bring old British stories and myths to life through paintings, sculptures and film, showing how these traditions still shape today’s world.
This event shares twelve cartoons by Samuel Ojo, showing his life as a migrant in the UK. It highlights his hopes, struggles and views on moving to Birmingham from Nigeria.
Thirteen Asian diaspora artists share dreamlike paintings, sculptures and tapestries, weaving myths, folklore and personal history into new visions of identity.
This exhibition shows how fashion shaped royal life, with outfits worn by Princess Diana, Princess Margaret and designers like Vivienne Westwood, plus rare pieces such as a 1920s court dress and a Japanese court suit.
Writers are invited to send in short futuristic tales that use quantum ideas, with the winner later reading their piece aloud after the prize is announced.
The exhibit shows how early nurses cared for children at the Foundling Hospital, through photos, letters, and artifacts that reveal their role as the first foster families.
This exhibition merges art with themes of environmental and social justice, showcasing artists who focus on Indigenous knowledge and ecological issues.
Visitors follow the real stories of famous pirates like Blackbeard and Anne Bonny, see how pirates are shown in films, and find out about piracy today.
Letters once sent between plantation owners now help reveal the bravery of enslaved people, with a new film honouring the coal workers who kept ships moving.
Artist Tanoa Sasraku shares films that reflect on oil, war and politics, showing how crude oil shapes power, greed and global struggles in striking ways.
The show presents Gilbert & George’s bold works from 2001 onwards, filled with striking images and vivid colours on themes of hope, fear, sex and death.
Tanoa Sasraku presents works using paper, objects and sculpture to show how oil links to war, nationhood and memory through striking symbols and materials.
Visitors join Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley’s imagined world after the Day of Division, where gaming and theatre meet to show how split societies try to rebuild.
Two glowing sculptures use shifting lights and gentle sound to show how people connect, highlighting shared human stories and fresh ideas about identity.
This event looks at Edward Allington’s playful yet thoughtful work, showing how his sculptures and drawings reworked everyday objects and classical forms.
Two recently acquired 17th‑century drawings show touching portraits of family and friends, including Samuel Cooper’s moving study of his cousin’s infant son.
The event shows how freshwater has shaped health and communities across history, with 125 objects, artworks, and new commissions on global water issues.
Peter Doig’s new project turns the gallery into a relaxed listening space with his recent paintings, classic cinema speakers and music from his own vinyl collection.
A wide mix of new and past works are shown together, ending with a vast pool of engine oil that reflects the room and hints at today’s climate worries.
New works from artists across the Middle East and North Africa show how heritage, memory and identity shape today’s art through vivid collage and digital design.
Over 150 works by Nordic artists show themes from Munch’s prints to Cold War angst, Norse myths, mental health struggles and the need to protect nature.
This show looks at three wars in the 1950s in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus, with stories from those involved and how these struggles changed Britain and beyond.
Visitors can step back into the early 1980s, seeing how daring fashion, bold music and wild creativity shaped young artists who changed pop culture forever.
Máret Ánne Sara brings together reindeer hides, bones, wood, sound and scent to show how energy connects people, animals and the land as one living force.
This event looks at how sign language has shaped identity, showing work by Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader while highlighting the long fight to protect it.
Picasso found real inspiration in people like dancers and bullfighters, using their world to shape his own image, as shown through over 45 of his works.
Experience the drama in Joseph Wright of Derby’s paintings, highlighting faces and objects under dramatic candlelight that echo the techniques of Caravaggio.
Attendees learn how to manage risk and reward, set clear financial targets, assess crowdfunding options, and create an investor pitch deck to attract the right funding.
The story follows American artist Edwin Austin Abbey, showing his huge study for ‘The Hours’, painted in Gloucestershire for the Pennsylvania State Capitol.
Nicola Millington shares hands-on PR advice, showing business owners how to boost brand visibility, handle media, and manage crises for lasting growth.
Howardena Pindell presents paintings, sculpture and works on paper from the 1960s to today, showing how she breaks up the grid to question race and gender.
Artworks by Corrina Eastwood, Delaine Le Bas and Dan Turner show Romani life, linking personal stories with London’s industrial past and social struggles.
Visitors can see Caravaggio’s life-size Cupid from Berlin, shown with two Roman statues once owned by Giustiniani, echoing the artistic life of 17th‑century Rome.
Five ornate swords from eighteenth and nineteenth century Lucknow show the Nawabs’ lavish taste, cultural ties and how such weapons became prized collectors’ pieces in Europe.
This show sets out how Turner and Constable turned the countryside and sea into art full of feeling, capturing storms, skies and sunlight in very different ways.
Crayons, glue and broken crafts fill a room that looks like a child’s play area, hinting at London’s housing struggle, youth issues and fading honesty in art.
Chris Ofili’s mural is a vivid dream-inspired tribute, centred around a poignant image of artist Khadija Saye, reflecting themes of transformation and memory.
