FAD NEWS: Rare Picasso, Monet & Hartley Works Arrive at the National Gallery this Summer
3 August 2026 • Mark Westall
Visitors to the National Gallery will have the chance to experience three exceptional paintings on loan this summer
Art News London
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.
National Portrait Gallery launches new contemporary programme with Issy Wood exhibition
30 July 2026 • Mark Westall
The National Portrait Gallery has launched Artist Focus, a new free programme championing contemporary portraiture
FAD NEWS: Refusés opens first permanent space
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.
FAD NEWS: Cass Art opens new concept store at Coal Drops Yard
29 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Introducing a redesigned retail format in one of London’s fastest-growing creative districts.
FAD NEWS: Mr Doodle transforms London’s West End with free public art trail
28 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Mr Doodle has taken over London’s West End
FAD NEWS: Luke Jerram’s GAIA to transform the Royal Festival Hall for BBC Concert Orchestra performances
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.
Jessica Morgan appointed Director of Tate
22 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Jessica Morgan will become the tenth Director of Tate in January 2027
FAD NEWS: National Portrait Gallery extends summer opening hours for Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait
22 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Due to popular demand, the National Portrait Gallery is extending Thursday opening hours for Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait
Frieze Sculpture unveils 2026 artist line-up for Regent’s Park
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.
Trent Park House of Secrets opens, revealing one of Britain’s greatest wartime intelligence operations
21 July 2026 • Mark Westall
A new museum in North London uncovers the hidden history of Trent Park
Serpentine opens its archive of art and advanced technologies
20 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Serpentine unveils processing…, a new archive display charting its pioneering work with AI, digital culture and advanced technologies
Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor & Grayson Perry unite for Hospital Rooms’ 10th anniversary campaign
17 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Hospital Rooms is celebrating its tenth anniversary with 10 Posters for 10 Years, a fundraising campaign
FAD NEWS: National Portrait Gallery launches free membership scheme for 16 to 25-year-olds
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.
FAD NEWS: Robert Rauschenberg Foundation donates three major sculptures to ARTIST ROOMS
14 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Three major Robert Rauschenberg sculptures have been donated to ARTIST ROOMS by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
FAD NEWS: Jenkin van Zyl to transform Somerset House Studios with new immersive film installation Enclosure
14 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Jenkin van Zyl premieres Enclosure, a large-scale film and installation set to transform Somerset House Studios
FAD NEWS: Park Royal launches Manufactory, a new festival where art meets industry
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.
FAD NEWS: London Invitational launches invitation-only boutique art fair for Frieze Week
13 July 2026 • Mark Westall
London Invitational launches during Frieze Week, bringing fifteen international galleries together for a new invitation-only boutique art fair
FAD NEWS: Tschabalala Self’s Lady in Blue to take over London’s Fourth Plinth
10 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Tschabalala Self will bring a contemporary ‘everywoman’ Lady in Blue to Trafalgar Square this September
Formafantasma to rethink how Serpentine works from the inside
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
FAD NEWS: Theo Triantafyllidis wins Frieze London Artist Award with climbable multiplayer sculpture
9 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Climbable multiplayer sculpture wins Frieze London Artist Award
FAD NEWS: Jemma Appleby wins £35,000 prize at Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
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.
David Hockney’s Bigger & Closer returns for special 89th birthday screenings
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
Paul McCarthy returns to London with rare film screenings and experimental music residency
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.
FAD NEWS: Es Devlin to unveil first European retrospective at the Design Museum
3 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Es Devlin will open her first European retrospective at the Design Museum this autumn, bringing together three decades of work