The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in London in August
6 August 2023 • Tabish Khan
Impressionism, gold, family, space and museums galore.
Tag: The British Museum
The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in London in Feb
5 February 2023 • Tabish Khan
Iranian women, children of colour, Hieroglyphs, horror and Japan.
Major exhibition Luxury and power: Persia to Greece to open 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.
British Museum to display newly conserved ancient glass vessels damaged in 2020 Beirut port explosion.
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
The British Museum to present its first exhibition of emerging British artists.
4 March 2022 • Mark Westall
In a first for the British Museum, a series of exciting new acquisitions by emerging British artists, will be the focus of… Read More
The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in London in 2022
15 January 2022 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his favourite exhibitions to see this month – this time they’re all in museums. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you
The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see this Winter
27 November 2021 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his top museum exhibitions to see this winter – all closing soon. Each one comes with a… Read More
New NFT platform launches featuring works of Katsushika Hokusai in exclusive partnership with British Museum
24 September 2021 • Mark Westall
LaCollection, a new NFT art platform dedicated to museum and institutional collections, launches with an exclusive partnership with the British… Read More
The Top 5 Online Art Exhibitions to see Right Now
21 February 2021 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks five art exhibitions to see online this month. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you.
New project launched to engage youth in arts & culture across the UK.
11 February 2021 • Mark Westall
Where we are… is a new innovative national programme for young people aged 16–24 to co-design meaningful local arts and cultural projects around the UK.
British Museum receives its largest single grant (£8.8 million) in a decade from Arcadia
11 November 2020 • Mark Westall
The British Museum has announced it has been awarded a grant of £8.8 million from Arcadia to extend the EMKP for a further 7 years
Major million-dollar artwork by celebrated American artist Jasper Johns donated to the British Museum
2 November 2020 • Mark Westall
With just one day to go until the 2020 US Presidential election, the British Museum announces that it has acquired… Read More
The Top 6 Exhibitions to see in London in late January
19 January 2020 • Tabish Khan
String Theory, Pre-Raphaelites, a black eye, Sultans, fashion and bright lights.
‘Becket2020’ A year-long programme of events marking the 850th anniversary of one of the most shocking crimes in European history, the murder of Thomas Becket.
28 December 2019 • Mark Westall
A year-long programme of events marking the 850th anniversary of one of the most shocking crimes in European history, the murder of Thomas Becket, are unveiled today. ‘Becket2020’
The Top 5 Exhibitions to see in London in the New Year
28 December 2019 • Tabish Khan
Anti-US propaganda, lots of sand, maternal grief, a memory palace and a wave of lights.
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London in August
4 August 2019 • Tabish Khan
Destruction of heritage, explosions of colour, Manga, dark matter, writing, moon meditation and giant headphones.
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this Summer
21 July 2019 • Tabish Khan
A cathedral in Ghana, a scorpion / sphinx, Rembrandt, graffiti, urban exploring and stars.
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London in July
7 July 2019 • Tabish Khan
A scream, denim landscapes, spiritual art, feathered entities, alone in an office and chunks of wood.
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London in February
3 February 2019 • Tabish Khan
Killing lions, Medusa, a Gothic castle, Swastikas, a creepy house, glowing slugs and mountains.
Biggest UK exhibition of Edvard Munch prints in 45 years in new exhibition
11 January 2019 • Mark Westall
This April, the British Museum will present a major new exhibition on the work of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944). Edvard Munch: love and angst will focus on Munch’s remarkable and experimental prints
Islam Expanded: Idris Khan at the British Museum
9 January 2019 • Paul Carey-Kent
The dominant contemporary feature of the British Museum’s well-received received new Islamic Gallery* is a site-specific work by Idris Khan.
Dissent, subversion and satire at the British Museum
28 August 2018 • Mark Westall
Ian Hislop has been on a mission to find stories of dissent, subversion and satire hidden within the vast collections of the British Museum, for a new exhibition this autumn.
Completely Coconuts at the British Museum
22 August 2018 • Paul Carey-Kent
It’s not easy to get a grip on the boggling scale of the British Museum: it has around 8,000,000 items.
The Top 8 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
22 July 2018 • Tabish Khan
The Top 8 Art events to visit this week include: Monet, The Kiss, Hitchcock, ice cream, a boudoir, femininity, a ruin and summer.
