The Top 5 Exhibitions to see in Central London in September
18 September 2026 • Tabish Khan
A world on fire, an alphabet, family, pigments and a studio.
EXHIBITIONS
Monumental Monet: Tate Modern Announces Major 2027 Exhibition
17 September 2026 • Mark Westall
More than 60 Monet paintings, including 20 Water Lilies, are coming to Tate Modern.
Reviving Craft brings contemporary Chinese craft to Somerset House
17 September 2026 • Mark Westall
More than 60 artists bring contemporary Chinese craft and design to Somerset House.
Hayward Gallery to present Cao Fei’s largest UK exhibition ever
17 September 2026 • Mark Westall
Cao Fei brings more than two decades of virtual worlds and digital art to Hayward Gallery.
Skepta takes over Piccadilly Lights with new CIRCA artwork DILIGENT
17 September 2026 • Mark Westall
Skepta takes 24 statements about identity, ambition and perception onto public screens around the world.
REVIEW: Michael Wilkinson’s Fluorochiaroscuro at P·P·O·W
16 September 2026 • Rayya Fadlo Khuri
Rayya encounters Michael Wilkinson’s fluorescent still lifes and their play with light, time and nature.
Do the Crossing Currents of Hamburg’s debut art week flow together?
16 September 2026 • Tabish Khan
A verdict on the inaugural Hamburg Art Week and its attempt to bring the city’s art scene together.
Paul’s Show of the Month: Ali Kazim – Alphabets
16 September 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent
Paul Carey-Kent explores Ali Kazim’s richly layered watercolours and etchings at Cristea Roberts.
THREE FLOORS, THREE WAYS OF LOOKING — Nikki Maloof, Aryo Toh Djojo and Young-Il Ahn at Perrotin New York
16 September 2026 • Kun Sok
Kun Sok encounters three artists and three very different ways of looking at Perrotin New York.
Berlin Art Week 2026: Eight Things That Stayed With Me
15 September 2026 • Mark Westall
Eight exhibitions, artworks and encounters that stayed with me after two frantic days at Berlin Art Week 2026.
FAD NEWS: Sacred treasures from Kyiv go on display in the UK for the first time
14 September 2026 • Mark Westall
Seven sacred treasures from Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra are on display in the UK for the first time.
Thinking Hands: What Does the Body Know That Technology Doesn’t?
14 September 2026 • Mark Westall
As technology increasingly thinks for us, Thinking Hands asks what knowledge remains embedded in our bodies, hands and gestures.
REVIEW: The shamanistic symbolic abstraction of Hijo Nam at Space 776
14 September 2026 • Chunbum Park
Chunbum Park reviews Hijo Nam at Space 776, exploring shamanistic abstraction, memory and cyclical time.
The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in London this Autumn
13 September 2026 • Tabish Khan
Music, ageing, Ancient Egypt, dinosaurs and animation.
Disco Balls & Water Nymphs at Temporary Gallery in Cologne
12 September 2026 • Tabish Khan
A critical and humorous exhibition exploring disability justice, accessibility and ecology at Temporary Gallery in Cologne.
7 design highlights from Paris Design Week 2026
12 September 2026 • Lee Sharrock
Lee Sharrock selects six must-see highlights from Paris Design Week 2026, spanning collectible design, craft, sculpture and sustainability.
A not-so-comprehensive guide to a Week of Art in Berlin (WAB).
10 September 2026 • Camille Moreno
A not-so-comprehensive guide to Berlin Art Week, where diaspora, migration, memory and belonging emerge across the city.
When Digital Art Goes Physical: Inside HALLEN 07
9 September 2026 • Mark Westall
4 digital art presentations at HALLEN 07 create an unexpected conversation around software, NFTs, Web3 & what happens when digital art enters physical space.
Sophia Süßmilch on Performance, Rage, and Politics of the Body
7 September 2026 • Camille Moreno
Sophia Süßmilch talks female rage, naked bodies, suffering and why performance art doesn’t always need pain to test its boundaries.
Alexis Bamforth Is Giving Away £1 Million to Visitors in New London Exhibition
7 September 2026 • Mark Westall
Alexis Bamforth puts £1 million in a London gallery — then gives it away £1,000 at a time in an exhibition asking what we really value.
The Top 5 Exhibitions to see in West London in September
4 September 2026 • Tabish Khan
Photography, fashion, calligraphy, architecture and film.
Snoopy in Style NYC: Why Peanuts Still Matters
4 September 2026 • Chunbum Park
From fashion and tennis to jazz and childhood memories, Chunbum Park explores why Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the Peanuts crew still resonate.
Forget the AA: Libby Bove’s Roadwytches Bring Roadside Magic to Peckham
4 September 2026 • Mark Westall
Libby Bove brings Roadwytches, mechanical spells and roadside folklore to Peckham for her first London solo exhibition.
From Van Gogh to Star Wars: George Lucas’s Museum of Narrative Art opens in LA
3 September 2026 • Mark Westall
From Van Gogh to Star Wars, George Lucas’s new LA museum brings fine art, comics, cinema and popular culture under one roof.