The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in Central London this Summer
24 July 2026 • Tabish Khan
Air, baubles, fish hooks, domesticity and dips.
REVIEWS
Art reviews, The most interesting art exhibitions reviewed by FAD magazine.
Can you have a world-class museum and a five-star hotel in one? MACAM says you can in Lisbon
21 July 2026 • Tabish Khan
MACAM in Lisbon reimagines the museum experience by combining a contemporary art museum with a luxury hotel
The Most Wholesome 10 Tonnes of Broken Glass in Wales
17 July 2026 • Hannah Hayes-Westall
Rafael Pérez Evans transforms Mostyn Cymru with an emotionally charged installation exploring vulnerability, social fracture and the power of collective care
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London in late July
17 July 2026 • Tabish Khan
AI, desert, caves, mental health and seasons.
Hasan Yigit: Redefining the Language of Monotype
14 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Hasan Yigit works at the intersection of abstract painting and experimental printmaking, creating monotypes that possess the energy, movement and… Read More
Tish Murtha & Kuba Ryniewicz: Close to Home
13 July 2026 • Yichun Huang
Yichun Liu reviews Close to Home at Baltic, where Tish Murtha’s powerful documentary photography is placed in conversation with Kuba Ryniewicz’s intimate contemporary portraits of Newcastle.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London in July
12 July 2026 • Tabish Khan
Drama, racism, masculinity, versatility and heritage.
Paul’s Show of the Month – Chico da Silva: And the Soul Is for the Birds at Nottingham Contemporary
8 July 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent
Paul Carey-Kent reviews Chico da Silva’s first European institutional solo exhibition, where 36 paintings reveal a vivid cosmology of hybrid creatures..
Swoon: The Life of the Work review – from the streets to a life lived
6 July 2026 • Meike Brunkhorst
Swoon’s The Life of the Work looks back at more than a decade of work, tracing Caledonia Curry’s journey from the streets into an expansive practice
Catherine Goodman: In the House of Tapestries at Boughton House
5 July 2026 • Yichun Huang
Catherine Goodman at Boughton House, where monumental paintings and tapestries explore fire, grief, hope and renewal.
– 320°F: Hideki Noda at Sadler’s Wells
3 July 2026 • Jasper Spires
Hideki Noda’s ?320°F is an overwhelming and thrilling collision of absurdist humour and feverish philosophy
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in Central London in July
3 July 2026 • Tabish Khan
Animal-human hybrids, colour, forests, geometry and steel meets landscapes.
The Top 5 exhibitions to see in South London this Summer
28 June 2026 • Tabish Khan
A ship, water, plants, sheep and heads.
There was only one Frida Kahlo
26 June 2026 • Lee Sharrock
Frida Kahlo’s paintings remain extraordinary, but does Tate Modern devote too much space to the icon that emerged after her death?
Paul’s Fairs: Art Basel | Basel 2026
24 June 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent
From Louise Bourgeois and Taryn Simon to Bruce Nauman and Ana Mendieta, Paul Carey-Kent selects his standout discoveries from Art Basel 2026.
Working It
23 June 2026 • Hannah Hayes-Westall
Augustas Serapinas transforms Nottingham Contemporary into a living gym where classical ideals, body politics and contemporary culture collide.
Inside Basquiat’s Head: the drawings that reveal the artist’s inner world
22 June 2026 • Shireen Ikramullah
Basquiat – Headstrong at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art brought together 50 works focused on the human head
The Top 5 museum exhibitions to see in London this Summer
19 June 2026 • Tabish Khan
From Hurvin Anderson at Tate Britain to David Hockney at Serpentine North, Tabish Khan selects the top exhibitions to see in London
This text is not a cop out; this year’s Art Basel | Basel was a poor show, except for one artwork
17 June 2026 • Toby Üpson
Art Basel | Basel – this year’s edition of the fair was rather subdued
two”sooo fucking good”at Liste 2026
16 June 2026 • Toby Üpson
Among the discoveries at Liste Art Fair 2026, two artists stood out. Kemil Bekteši and Coco Klockner
Noisy Room Projects gives emerging artists space to run Free in Peckham
16 June 2026 • Madeleine Clark
Run Pony Run marked the debut exhibition of Noisy Room Projects, an artist-led curatorial collective creating space for emerging artists
Beasts, Couples and Geometry: Lynn Chadwick Takes Over Houghton Hall
15 June 2026 • Mark Westall
30+ sculptures spanning 40 years of Lynn Chadwick’s career at Houghton Hall, one of the most significant British sculpture exhibitions of the summer.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in Central London in June
12 June 2026 • Tabish Khan
Fashion, animals, Venice, photography and emotions.
Sculpture, poetry and plenty of chairs: Phyllida Barlow and Daisy Parris at Wolterton
11 June 2026 • Tabish Khan
The teetering sculpture of Phyllida Barlow meets the textile poetry of Daisy Parris.