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As London’s galleries gear up for their big summer exhibitions, they’re closing the doors on their spring shows. Which is a shame, because it’s been a pretty special season in the art world. Small gallery shows like Nick Waplington’s amazing ‘Living Room’ jostled for space with major institutions’ exhibitions like the Hayward’s huge sculpture show ‘When Forms Come Alive’ and big in-depth historical extravaganzas like Raven Row’s Brazilian art rundown ‘Some May Work As Symbols’. There was photography, painting, sculpture, immersive installations, the whole shebang, and you’ve only got a couple of weeks to catch them. Last chance to see these 7 London exhibitions Tara Donovan, Untitled (Mylar), 2011/2018. Installation view, MCA Denver. Photo: Christopher Burke. Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery. ‘When Forms Come Alive: 60 Years of Restless Sculpture’ at the Hayward Gallery This show looks at 60 years of artists hellbent on the impossible: creating sculptures that ooze and bulge and throb and breathe. It’s all bodily and undulating, implying movement and growth and change and guts.  It’s just about ooze, about seeping and twisting and morphing, about form and structure. And that’s a pretty good thing. Because when it works, the illusion of transformation is so real it makes your brain feel floppy. Closing May 5, more details here.  . Thjorsá River #1, Iceland, 2012 photo © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Flowers Gallery, London * Edward Burtynsky: ‘Abstraction/Extraction’ at

We hope you’ve registered to vote (don’t forget you need photo ID), because the London Mayor election us coming up next week (on May 2, to be exact). The mayoral hopefuls have all pledged different things for London, from more public toilets to building affordable homes and tackling violent crime. But what have they said about London’s public transport? Current London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who is hoping to be elected for a third term, has said he wants to run more commuter trains into the city. Khan says he wants TfL to take control of services operated by Southeastern into Victoria, Charing Cross and Cannon Street stations, and the Great Northern services between Hertfordshire and Moorgate. This could even mean extending Oyster card use to far away stations like Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire. Khan also wants these services to run more frequently, with a train at least every 15 minutes. This isn’t the first time Sadiq Khan has pledged this. In his 2021 mayoral campaign he said he wanted to transfer the Great Northern services contract from GoVia Thameslink to TfL, but this never happened.  Khan has been campaigning for all of London’s train services to be operated by TfL, taking the contracts out of the hands of private rail firms. The likelihood of this happening is up in the air – Khan would have to rely on a Labour government being elected in the next general election. Labour has now pledged to ‘renationalise’ the rail services within five years if elected.  Khan’s manif

Just a few days after the ASLEF union announced several days of train strikes throughout the UK for next month, now more industrial action has been announced for London – and it’s taking place today (April 26) The strike is from customer service managers who are members of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) and it’s taking place today, Friday April 26. On top of that, those same employees will not work overtime until May 5.  Before you panic about getting about town this weekend, it’s worth noting that the TSSA strike is unlikely to cause major disruption across the entire London Underground network. Instead, individual stations will shut shut at short notice – that’s what happened when TSSA members walked out as part of the same dispute on April 10. Here’s everything you need to know about the strikes.  How long will the tube strike last? The strike will last from 12:01am to 11:59pm on April 26,. However, it will also impact April 27, due to employees whose shifts start before 11.59pm the night before. The overtime ban will last until May 5.  Which tube stations are affected? This morning, TfL has confirmed that nine stations are closed across London due to strike action. Those are:  Barbican Bermondsey Caledonian Road Highgate Pimlico Regent’s Park Temple Vauxhall You can check for further disruption and closures on the TfL website here.    Why are tube workers striking?  TSSA customer service managers are striking over the terms and conditions of their jo