The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in Central London this Summer
24 July 2026 • Tabish Khan
Air, baubles, fish hooks, domesticity and dips.
Tag: london art
Bharti Kher’s intervention is changing how visitors experience the V&A
19 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Bharti Kher’s four-sculpture intervention at the V&A transforms the visitor experience, creating fresh conversations
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London in late July
17 July 2026 • Tabish Khan
AI, desert, caves, mental health and seasons.
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.
Paul’s Work of the Month
16 July 2026 • Paul Carey-Kent
Paul Carey-Kent chooses Kenjiro Okazaki’s richly layered abstract painting at Pace Gallery as his Work of the Month.
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
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London in July
12 July 2026 • Tabish Khan
Drama, racism, masculinity, versatility and heritage.
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: Gasworks goes even more global
6 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Gasworks is going even more global, expanding its international residencies programme with artists from Palestine, Iran, the Caribbean, Canada and beyond.
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.
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
FAD NEWS: Bharti Kher brings monumental new sculpture to the V&A
3 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Bharti Kher will unveil a monumental new bronze sculpture at the V&A this summer, alongside three major works
EndlessLY London
30 June 2026 • Mark Westall
Endless’s recent exhibition at Cris Contini Contemporary examined London through the visual language of branding, celebrity, street culture
Helen Cammock withdraws National Portrait Gallery installation after controversy over Churchill and the Bengal famine
23 June 2026 • Mark Westall
Helen Cammock has withdrawn her National Portrait Gallery installation Persistence following controversy
Club Unity launches with a call for connection in an age of disconnection
17 June 2026 • Mark Westall
Founded by Dan Pearce, Maxim and Takiro, Club Unity launches with a mission to promote connection through art, music, film and culture
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
Interview: Ashley Cluer on sculpting with carbon-captured near-zero cement
16 June 2026 • Tabish Khan
An artist bringing sustainability to sculpture.
FAD NEWS: Frida Kahlo Takes Over London
16 June 2026 • Mark Westall
Frida Kahlo’s influence spreads across London this summer with public murals, and city-wide activations accompanying Tate Modern’s major exhibition.