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Art Exhibitions

We’ve ranked all the galleries in our Top 10 list, but our favourites are the National Gallery, Courtauld Gallery and Tate Britain. Contemporary art can be found at the Tate Modern and Hayward Gallery. Search for art exhibitions today, art exhibitions tomorrow, art exhibitions this weekend, art exhibitions in May and art exhibitions in June

May 2024Van Gogh The Immersive Experience

Van Gogh: The Immersive 360-degree VR Experience Step inside Van Goghs paintings as theyre projected onto the walls through the magic of VR

Antelope

Samson Kambalu sculpture - Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth The fourth plinth art project currently houses a statue of Baptist preacher John Chilembwe

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2023 100 of the best nature photos from this years prestigious wildlife photography competition2

East London Street Art Tour & Spray Painting Session

East London Street Art Tour + Spray Painting Session See some graffiti in the East End and then attend a spray painting workshop

The Life of Forms

The Life of Forms at the Hayward Gallery A group exhibition by 21 different artists spanning 50 years of contemporary art

Frank Auerbach The Charcoal Heads

Frank Auerbachs Charcoal Heads at the Courtauld Frank Auerbachs drawings will be shown together for the first time as a group

Yoko Ono Music Of The Mind

Yoko Onos Music Of The Mind at the Tate Modern Key moments from Yoko Onos career including her years with John Lennon

Sargent And Fashion

Sargent & Fashion exhibition at Tate Britain Sixty portrait paintings by John Singer Sargent highlighting his use of fashion

The Time is Always Now - Artists Reframe the Black Figure

The Time is Always Now – Artists Reframe The Black Figure An exhibition that explores how the Black figure has been represented in contemporary Western art

From the Baroque to Today New Acquisitions of Works on Paper

Courtauld Gallery: From the Baroque to Today A collection of drawings and prints acquired by the Courtauld since 2018

Angelica Kauffman

Angelica Kauffman exhibition at the Royal Academy See some of Kauffmans finest celebrity portraits and history paintings

The Art of the Brick An Exhibition of LEGO Art

The Art of the Brick: An Exhibition of LEGO Artworks Over 100 amazing artworks and sculptures created out of millions of LEGO bricks

Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron - Portraits to Dream In

Portraits To Dream In at the National Portrait Gallery Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron were two of the most influential women in photography

Ranjit Singh Sikh Warrior King

Ranjit Singh: Sikh Warrior King at the Wallace Collection 19th-century artworks and jewellery from the court of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh

The Last Caravaggio

The Last Caravaggio at the National Gallery A display about Caravaggios final painting - The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula

Expressionists Kandinsky Munter And The Blue Rider

Expressionists: Kandinsky Munter & The Blue Rider The Blue Riders were a circle of friends who transformed modern art

Marc Quinn Light into Life

Marc Quinn: Light into Life at Kew Gardens Contemporary sculptures and artworks inspired by Kew Gardens collection of plants

Women Artists In Britain 1520-1920

Women Artists in Britain (1520-1920) at Tate Britain 150 works by women who overcame obstacles and taboos to become artists

Vanessa Bell A Pioneer of Modern Art

Vanessa Bell: A Pioneer of Modern Art at the Courtauld Bell was one of the leading figures in the avant-garde Bloomsbury Group

June 2024Discover Degas & Miss La La

Discover Degas & Miss La La at the National Gallery The story behind Degass Impressionist painting Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando

Zanele Muholi

Zanele Muholi exhibition at the Tate Modern A major survey of the acclaimed South African photographer Zanele Muholi

Henry Moore Shadows on the Wall

Henry Moore exhibition: Shadows on the Wall An exhibition focusing on Henry Moores celebrated Shelter drawings

Roger Mayne Youth

Youth: Photographer Roger Mayne at the Courtauld Fifty pictures by the acclaimed British photographer Roger Mayne

Summer Exhibition 2024

Summer Exhibition 2024 at the Royal Academy of Arts The RAs annual Summer Exhibition is the largest open art exhibition in the world2

Anthony McCall

Anthony McCalls immersive arts at the Tate Modern An exhibition of large-scale immersive artworks that visitors can enter and explore

In the Eye of the Storm - Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s

In the Eye of the Storm – Modernist Art in Ukraine A comprehensive exhibition about Ukraines modernist art movement

September 2024Van Gogh Poets and Lovers

Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers at the National Gallery A once-in-a-lifetime exhibition bringing together Van Goghs most beloved paintings

Michael Craig-Martin

Michael Craig-Martin exhibition at the Royal Academy An exhibition looking back at the career of the British conceptual artist

Turner Prize 2024

Turner Prize 2024 exhibition at Tate Britain The annual Turner Prize exhibition showcasing the work of the shortlisted artists

Monet and London Views of the Thames

Monet & London: Views of the Thames at the Courtauld Its been 120 years since Monets Thames views were last seen together

October 2024Drawn to Blue Artists' use of blue paper

Drawn to Blue: Artists use of blue paper at the Courtauld Drawings made on blue paper from the Courtauld Gallerys own collection

Mike Kelley Ghost And Spirit

Mike Kelley: Ghost & Spirit at the Tate Modern The first major UK exhibition by American artist Mike Kelley at the Tate Modern

Discover Constable & The Hay Wain

Discover Constables The Hay Wain at the National Gallery Explore the making of Constables famous English countryside landscape

November 2024Michelangelo Leonardo Raphael

Michelangelo Leonardo Raphael at the Royal Academy A major new exhibition about three titans of the Italian Renaissance

Photographing 80s Britain A Critical Decade

Photographing 1980s Britain: A Critical Decade An exhibition of photographs taken during the turbulent Thatcher years