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The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in Mayfair, London, this May

8 May 2026 • Tabish Khan

Textiles, books, architecture, dogs and feathers.

Cave of Melting Intimacies: A Review for Devon Chen’s Solo Exhibition

8 May 2026 • Guest

In Devon Chen’s Solo Exhibition her ceramic installations interlock with rhythmic precision, carving out a cave-like sanctuary of delicate intimacy.

Thomas Houseago’s ‘Esculturas’ transforms Madrid’s Jardín Banca March into a charged sculptural garden

6 May 2026 • Martin Sexton

Thomas Houseago’s ‘Esculturas’ at Jardín Banca March stages sculpture as something alive—raw, mythic

Paulo Nimer Pjota’s whimsical paintings are a complicated paradise dream

5 May 2026 • Kate McIlwee

Paulo Nimer Pjota’s Encantados is an immersive world of folklore, surreal beauty and quiet darkness — where enchantment and unease sit side by side.

Mayday, May Day! Gallery Weekend Berlin 2026

5 May 2026 • Camille Moreno

A critical dispatch from Gallery Weekend Berlin 2026, exploring the tension between commerce, politics and artistic dissent —

The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London in May

1 May 2026 • Tabish Khan

A portal, evil eyes, sandpaper, identity and a goddess.

Yaxuan Liao: Emotional Algorithm.

24 April 2026 • Guest

Emotional Algorithm is not simply an attempt to visualise digital code but an exploration of how computer data can shape the experience itself

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The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this Spring

24 April 2026 • Tabish Khan

Photography, memories, colour, space and fabric.

Review: David Bowie: You’re Not Alone at Lightroom

24 April 2026 • Lee Sharrock

David Bowie: You’re Not Alone at Lightroom London transforms immersive exhibition into a powerful, multi-sensory journey through Bowie’s life and work.

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William Blake: The Age of Romantic Fantasy at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin

23 April 2026 • Martin Sexton

William Blake comes alive in Dublin in this powerful exhibition exploring his radical vision, influence and enduring relevance today.

Cargo ships and coffee pots: A major William Kentridge exhibition in Prague

21 April 2026 • Tabish Khan

William Kentridge’s memorable and layered drawings and films leave a mark in Prague.

A flaming locomotive and the future stars: RSA200 celebrates a bicentenary for Scottish Art

20 April 2026 • Tabish Khan

Scotland celebrates a bicentenary of art in style.

CI Bloom Istanbul: An Emerging Fair in a Decentred Art World

20 April 2026 • Camille Moreno

BLOOM, in that sense, feels less like a snapshot of an art world and more like a diagram of both un- and re-artworlding.

Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see this Spring in London

19 April 2026 • Tabish Khan

Red threads, inventive art history, mental health, Samurai and shadows.

Artists take us down the rabbit hole in this group exhibition

13 April 2026 • Tabish Khan

Over 30 artists whose work was transformed by the pandemic

The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London in April

13 April 2026 • Tabish Khan

Lost objects, colour, dystopia, plants and cats … lots of cats.

Cathrin Hoffmann: Sill at Public Gallery

13 April 2026 • Yichun Huang

Entering the exhibition, the paintings on the wall seem to grow out of the soil.

REVIEW: The Open: Odyssey at Hastings Contemporary

9 April 2026 • Meike Brunkhorst

Artists with connections to Sussex were invited to submit works that engage with ideas of marine ecology, climate change, migration, mythology and the fragile beauty of coastal life