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Art deco: the golden age of poster design
Getting on the tube these days means being bombarded with dozens of ugly advertisements, selling you everything from whisky, to electric toothbrushes and LED...
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Candice Lin: g/hosti
At first sight, Candice Lin’s g/hosti, a new commission from the Whitechapel Gallery, evokes a childlike playfulness. At its centre is a maze of...
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The Long Now: Saatchi Gallery at 40
‘Fun’ is a quality which seems to be all too frequently forgotten by curatorial teams. But it certainly takes pride of place at the Saatchi...
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Wayne McGregor: Infinite Bodies
Somerset House’s mesmeric dance exhibition explores the relationship between the body and technology
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Peter Doig: ‘House of Music’
House of Music, the latest solo exhibition by Peter Doig, marks new territory for the artist who is increasingly known for being Europe’s most...
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London art museum The Courtauld is opening two new galleries of contemporary art
The Strand museum’s Blavatnik galleries will have dedicated spaces for working artists and students
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Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall has announced its next major new artwork for autumn 2026
Lebanese artist and composer Tarek Atoui will create the next immersive installation at the Bankside art gallery
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A landmark David Hockney exhibition is coming to London this spring – here’s why it will be one of the city’s best art shows in 2026
His digital artwork ‘A Year in Normandie’ will be on display in the capital for the very first time this spring
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Barbican Centre
The Barbican Centre, a vast concrete estate of 2,000 flats and a leading arts complex, is a prime example of brutalist architecture, softened a little by time...
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National Gallery
Founded in 1824 to display a collection of just 36 paintings, today the National Gallery is home to more than 2,000 works. There are masterpieces from...
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National Portrait Gallery
Portraits don't have to be stuffy. The National Portrait Gallery has everything from oil paintings of stiff-backed royals to photos of soccer stars and...
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Tate Britain
Tate Modern gets all the attention, but the original Tate Gallery, founded by sugar magnate Sir Henry Tate, has a broader and more inclusive brief. Housed in a...
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Tate Modern
The permanent collection draws from the Tate’s collections of modern art (international works from 1900) and features heavy hitters such as Matisse,...
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Whitechapel Gallery
This East End stalwart reopened in 2009 following a major redesign and expansion that saw the Grade II listed building transformed into a vibrant, holistic...