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Chiharu Shiota: Threads of Life / Yin Xiuzhen: Heart to Heart
There’s a double bill going on at the Hayward Gallery, and the theme is fabrics: whether it’s what we wear or the fabric of life itself. One...
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Beatriz González
In a season of London exhibition openings dominated by major retrospectives of trailblazing female artists, the Barbican’s Beatriz González show...
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Conceptual Art and Christine Kozlov
Conceptual art, eh? It’s not for everyone. First emerging in the 1960s as a reaction against the commodification of art, at its core is the belief that...
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Catherine Opie: To Be Seen
The National Portrait Gallery is as much a monument to national identity as it is an art gallery. Walk through its hallowed halls, and you’ll witness...
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Tracey Emin: A Second Life
A stroll through Tracey Emin: A Second Life is an evocative experience. Positioned as a 40-year retrospective through the pioneering artist’s vast and...
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Rose Wylie: The Picture Comes First
‘Exuberance’ is the word of the day at the opening of The Picture Comes First, Rose Wylie’s marvellous retrospective at the Royal Academy....
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A landmark free David Hockney exhibition is opening in London this week – 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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London’s Barbican will be transformed by a vast immersive exhibition this summer
‘In Other Worlds’ will see the Barbican Centre taken over by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Liam Young
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Everything you need to know about the huge £231 million makeover of London’s Barbican, from accessibility upgrades to a year-long closure
Changes will be made to the arts institution’s beloved Conservatory, with a new multi-faith prayer room and ‘improved wayfinding’ throughout the labyrinthine...
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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...