
The Top Art Books to read this Summer
14 July 2026 • Tabish Khan
Theft, sculpture, The Bayeux Tapestry, careers in art, printmaking, space, symbolism, Queer artists, gold, plants, and interpreting art

14 July 2026 • Tabish Khan
Theft, sculpture, The Bayeux Tapestry, careers in art, printmaking, space, symbolism, Queer artists, gold, plants, and interpreting art

26 June 2026 • Mark Westall
The British Museum will mark the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence with a new display examining… Read More

15 May 2026 • Tabish Khan
Mirrors, photography, colonialism, heavy metal, and horses.

19 April 2026 • Tabish Khan
Red threads, inventive art history, mental health, Samurai and shadows.

27 February 2026 • Tabish Khan
Colonialism, mental health, African folklore, Burma and Nordic prints.

27 February 2026 • Mark Westall
Belarus-born, US-based hedge fund billionaire Igor Tulchinsky will sponsor the British Museum’s display of the Bayeux Tapestry

6 February 2026 • Mark Westall
Running until 11th May, the offer allows Londoners and visitors to save up to £18 on standard adult tickets

10 November 2025 • Mark Westall
A major new exhibition at the British Museum, Samurai, will trace the evolution of these remarkable figures over the past 1,000 years

3 September 2025 • Mark Westall
Nordic noir: is the culmination of a five-year programme dedicated to building the Museum’s collection of post-war Nordic artwork

23 August 2025 • Tabish Khan
Grayson Perry, colourful architecture, religion, civil war and agriculture.

21 February 2025 • Mark Westall
Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture (LG—A) will redesign Western Range galleries. A pivotal moment in the project to transform the Museum’s historic building

27 January 2025 • Mark Westall
Young people based in London who are aged 18-24 can now apply to join the programme, with applications open until… Read More

14 November 2024 • Mark Westall
The British Museum has received a historic gift: a private collection of Chinese ceramics valued at around £1 billion

7 November 2024 • Meike Brunkhorst
Picasso: Printmaker – reached via a golden lift in the Living and Dying section – a fitting route to an exhibition chronicling the modern master’s life in works on paper.

22 October 2024 • Meike Brunkhorst
There are close to a hundred rooms at the British Museum, grouped by region and period and filled with objects… Read More

10 September 2024 • Mark Westall
100 prints from one of the world’s best-known artists – Pablo Picasso

3 September 2024 • Mark Westall
Major new exhibition by the renowned Guyanese-British artist Hew Locke to open at the British Museum

14 May 2024 • Mark Westall
Partners announced for British Museum’s youth-led arts and culture programme.- Youth-led British Museum programme Where we are… has today announced its Key… Read More

28 March 2024 • Mark Westall
Dr Nicholas Cullinan OBE has been appointed as the new Director of the British Museum, following the unanimous approval of the Board of Trustees and the agreement of the Prime Minister.

3 May 2023 • Mark Westall
A major exhibition exploring the relationship between luxury and power in the Middle East and southeast Europe between 550-30 BC, Luxury and power: Persia to Greece, is now open at the British Museum until 13th August 2023.

22 December 2022 • Mark Westall
Here are eight museum exhibitions we are looking forward to in 2023

20 December 2022 • Mark Westall
This major exhibition at the British Museum will explore the relationship between luxury and power in the Middle East and southeast Europe between 550-30 BC.

22 August 2022 • Mark Westall
The British Museum is to exhibit eight ancient glass vessels which were damaged in the 2020 Beirut port explosion and… Read More

10 July 2022 • Tabish Khan
Raphael, the climate, Stonehenge, flowers and the news in a museum-fest of a top 5.