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.
Rustem Skybin presents shields inspired by old Crimean Tatar designs, turning memories from coins and textiles into lively symbols of courage and identity.
Visitors can see Laura Lima’s first London show, where playful installations mix sculpture, live performances and audience participation to rethink art and the body.
Visitors can see how Tawanda Chiweshe and Francisco Gaspar turn their design ideas into real things, sharing the messy energy behind their studio work.
Visitors can walk through life-sized layouts of Renée Gailhoustet’s apartments, surrounded by drawings, models and photos showing her bold ideas on shared living.
Five grand eighteenth and nineteenth century swords from Lucknow show the Nawabs’ love of luxury, art and ceremony, mixing power and style in gold and enamel.
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.
Visitors learn how wars in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus in the 1950s reshaped lives, politics and Britain’s ties with its former colonies after the Second World War.
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.
A new film and installation by Ming Wong reimagines Saint Sebastian’s story through paintings, film and history, blending past and present with wit and style.
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.
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.
Visitors can see Caravaggio’s life-size Cupid, shown with ancient Roman sculptures once owned by Marchese Giustiniani, recreating a 17th-century Roman setting.
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.
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.
The show brings together bold new pieces and iconic works from the past 40 years, filling vast rooms with painting, sculpture and large-scale installations.
Experience the drama in Joseph Wright of Derby’s paintings, highlighting faces and objects under dramatic candlelight that echo the techniques of Caravaggio.
The show looks at Pierre Alexandre Wille’s drawings, showing how his work shifted from delicate scenes of pre-Revolution France to images shaped by war and loss.
This display shows how the Foundling Hospital Boys’ Band, begun in 1847 to teach discipline and music, grew to send most boys into military bands by World War I.
Paintings from the Barber Institute’s collection, including works by Hals, Vigée-Lebrun, Rossetti and Toulouse-Lautrec, will be shown together while its galleries are refurbished.
This exhibition merges art with themes of environmental and social justice, showcasing artists who focus on Indigenous knowledge and ecological issues.
Photographs show transgender women, non-binary and gender non-conforming people at a Tamil festival marking Mohini and Aravan’s story, mixing ritual, joy and grief.
Suzy Cornwell gives a step‑by‑step look at GRANTfinder, explaining how to search the database for grants, loans or finance options to match business needs.
This show retells the story of Hekate, a child of war who rises to power as goddess of witchcraft, helping Demeter when her daughter is taken by Hades.
A group of new print artists present work linked by shared studio life, showing how their own methods and stories connect and contrast like nearby islands.
Families can join creative sessions where children try drawing, collage and reflection activities, each inspired by the art on show and guided by friendly staff.
Visitors can chat with a real mudlark about the finds they’ve uncovered in the Thames, hear stories from the riverbank and learn what it’s like to search the city’s muddy shores.
Postgraduate students share creative projects using photos, leaflets and diaries from the Cold War to show how power and propaganda shaped everyday life.
Trace 40 years of groundbreaking art, showcasing paintings, sculptures, videos, and new works. The display highlights the artist’s use of the female form to discuss love, trauma, and healing.
Sixteen prints from Andrew Holmes’s 1980s Los Angeles polaroids show houses, trucks and signs under bright skies, turning the everyday into striking art.
Visitors can admire life-size paintings of racehorses from the 1760s, showing how George Stubbs captured their power and real character through careful study.
Paintings by two long-time friends bring nature, myth and imagination together, mixing real and dreamlike scenes full of strange creatures and shifting forms.
Visitors can see and taste samples of clay, chalk and mineral-rich earths from around the world, learning how people eat soil for health and tradition.
The exhibition shares stories of Sophia and her family, six women tied by royalty and empire, showing how they shaped their lives and identity in changing times.
Cecily Brown shows vibrant paintings mixing scenes of couples, forests and park life, linking her memories of English landscapes with fairy‑tale themes.
This event shares the story of sisters Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell, showing how their bold patterns moved from first sketches to fabric, fashion and homeware.
Anna Liber Lewis shows new paintings that move away from strict grids, using bold colours, layered brushwork and reworked surfaces to play with control and risk.
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.
A panel with Kirsty Lang, Mariam Naiem, Charlotte Higgins and Yassmin Abdel‑Magied talks about how culture shapes identity, resilience and democracy amid conflict.
