Art news London is where you can find all the cool art stuff: exhibitions, and events we have found coming out of London. Interviews and thought pieces.
4 August 2026 • Mark Westall
The Photographers’ Gallery presents an outdoor afternoon of live music, film and photography in Soho Photography Quarter.
3 August 2026 • Mark Westall
Visitors to the National Gallery will have the chance to experience three exceptional paintings on loan this summer
30 July 2026 • Mark Westall
The National Portrait Gallery has launched Artist Focus, a new free programme championing contemporary portraiture
29 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Refusés is opening its first permanent space at Queensrollahouse, expanding its artist-led programme with a solo exhibition by Elspeth Vince.
29 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Introducing a redesigned retail format in one of London’s fastest-growing creative districts.
28 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Mr Doodle has taken over London’s West End
27 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Luke Jerram’s seven-metre Earth artwork GAIA will transform the Royal Festival Hall during a weekend of BBC Concert Orchestra performances.
22 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Jessica Morgan will become the tenth Director of Tate in January 2027
22 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Due to popular demand, the National Portrait Gallery is extending Thursday opening hours for Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait
21 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Frieze Sculpture returns to London’s Regent’s Park this autumn with 11 international artists, new commissions and a programme of free public art.
21 July 2026 • Mark Westall
A new museum in North London uncovers the hidden history of Trent Park
20 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Serpentine unveils processing…, a new archive display charting its pioneering work with AI, digital culture and advanced technologies
17 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Hospital Rooms is celebrating its tenth anniversary with 10 Posters for 10 Years, a fundraising campaign
16 July 2026 • Mark Westall
CLUB NPG gives 16 to 25-year-olds £5 exhibition tickets, discounted events and exclusive access at the National Portrait Gallery.
14 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Three major Robert Rauschenberg sculptures have been donated to ARTIST ROOMS by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
14 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Jenkin van Zyl premieres Enclosure, a large-scale film and installation set to transform Somerset House Studios
14 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Manufactory launches this September, transforming London’s largest industrial district into a festival of contemporary art, design, performance and making.
13 July 2026 • Mark Westall
London Invitational launches during Frieze Week, bringing fifteen international galleries together for a new invitation-only boutique art fair
10 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Tschabalala Self will bring a contemporary ‘everywoman’ Lady in Blue to Trafalgar Square this September
9 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Formafantasma has been appointed Serpentine’s Lead R&D Fellows, Ecology, beginning a multi-year project to rethink how the institution works
9 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Climbable multiplayer sculpture wins Frieze London Artist Award
7 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Jemma Appleby has won the Royal Academy’s £35,000 Charles Wollaston Award for the most distinguished work in the Summer Exhibition 2026.
6 July 2026 • Mark Westall
David Hockney’s Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away) returns to Lightroom for one evening only, marking what would have been his 89th birthday
6 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Four nights of rare video screenings and experimental music, including the UK premiere of Mother and a three-night Cafe OTO residency.
