Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.
Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.
Reviews of the many exhibitions that take place across London.
Rediscovering Tropical Modernism: From colonial imposition to sustainable architecture
A style of architecture born in damp Britain for use in hot colonies would have been expected to die off when independence arrived, but it flourished until it was killed off by something we're trying to get rid of today.
South by Southwest (SXSW) is coming to London
America's world famous festival, South by Southwest (SXSW), will be coming to London next year.
Ham House’s rare opening of their cabinets to show off their interiors
This weekend, loads of highly decorated doors will be unlocked for a rare chance to see what's behind their ornate panels.
Nick Waplington’s photography explores the private lives of 1980s Britain
If you want a glimpse of late 1980s Britain, visit an art gallery in Mayfair, where huge photographs of ordinary households are on display.
Uncovering Michelangelo at the British Museum: From bums and willies to spiritual redemption
A man who was rather fond of drawing men's bums and willies has filled a room in the British Museum with drawings of bums and crosses.
From Tudor Trumpets to Modern Beats: A journey through Black British music history
Libraries are places of quiet, reflective study, but not the British Library at the moment, which thumps to the sound of music in an exhibition that spans 500 years of black music in the UK.
Tate Modern’s Blue Rider exhibition chronicles the pioneers of the avant-garde
Just before the advent of WWI, a group of artists came together in Germany to break almost every rule that existed about art -- and became the Expressionists.
London exhibitions to visit in May 2024
Here is a selection of ten excellent exhibitions to visit in a month that has two bank holidays to spend in the museums.
Take a journey into the brain at this King’s Cross exhibition
The complexities of the brain are being explored through the medium of knitting in a new exhibition at the Francis Crick Institute in King's Cross.
From timeless to trendy: Exploring 80 brand histories at the Museum of Brands
The Museum of Brands has dusted off an exhibition that hasn't been seen for nearly a decade -- showing the changing face of the many company logos we think we're familiar with.
Wooden kaleidoscopes filling the Guildhall Art Gallery
The Guildhall Art Gallery's temporary exhibition space is currently filled with kaleidoscope-inspired art, which is a bit marmite — you'll either love it or be indifferent to it.
Pioneering female painter’s portraits return to their Pall Mall birthplace
When a gallery decided to put on an exhibition about one of Britain's earliest female portrait painters, they had no idea that their galley sits on the same spot where many of the portraits were originally painted.
Royal School of Needlework launches an online archive of embroidery history
The Royal School of Needlework, founded in 1872, has started putting some of its archives online, with an initial launch of the first 100 items to start the collection.
Vivienne Westwood exhibition coming to London
A free exhibition of Vivienne Westwood's clothes and possessions is coming to London in June, ahead of a sale of the collection.
Tim Hetherington’s lens reveals the human stories of war at IWM exhibition
There's an exhibition of war photography at the IWM that isn't the sort of photography you might be expecting.
Charing Cross Library’s “Matteotti Affair” exhibition revisits 1924’s anti-fascist movement
A century ago, the kidnapping and murder of an Italian politician could have prevented the rise of Mussolini, and there's currently an exhibition about the man in Charing Cross.
Murder, Mystery, and Masterpiece: Caravaggio’s last painting arrives in London
A dark, brooding painting dominates a dark room in the National Gallery at the moment, sitting next to the fragile document that only recently confirmed that this is indeed the last painting by the brilliant but flawed artist Caravaggio.
Discovering Britain’s cultural tapestry at UAL’s folk costume exhibition
A horse's skull on a pole sits in a room with pearly queens and morris dancers as part of an exhibition looking at England's rich traditions of folk dance.
Entente Cordiale exhibition shows off the secret pact between Britain and France
As you might have seen in the news recently, it's the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, when Britain and France signed several agreements to stop bothering each other.
Umbro 100: Exhibition looks at sports clothing’s cultural impact
Down a goods delivery ramp and past the bins is an unexpected location for an exhibition about football shirts -- but that's what you can find underneath a Marylebone building at the moment.
Exploring Ranjit Singh: A warrior King’s exhibition at the Wallace Collection
Shining brightly in the middle of an atmospheric exhibition is a gold lotus flower throne, on a rare loan that, for the first time, lets us see the intricately decorated back, which is even more impressive than the front.
Holy Crispiness! Worship at a stained glass window shrine to fried chicken
In north London there's a very unusual stained glass window - where you can pray to the god of fried chicken nuggets.
A 120 year old electric carriage goes on display at the Science Museum
What looks like an old horse-drawn carriage has appeared in the Science Museum, but looks are deceptive, for this was an exceptionally early electric car.
Enzo Mari – the Marxist materialist at the Design Museum
One of the most important designers of the modern interior world that you've never heard of is headlining the Design Museum this summer with a large exhibition showing off his handiwork.
