I didn't know what to expect from Ramses and the Pharaohs' Gold at Battersea Power Station. I had the vague sense of a school trip – educational, earnest, slightly dull. I was completely wrong. The exhibition opens in near-darkness. Then a colossal stone head emerges from the shadows, flanked by illuminated cartouches. It takes a moment to process the scale of it. This is a man who ruled Egypt for almost 70 years. He built half of what tourists now fly to Egypt to see. He was

He won medals at the Royal Academy, killed his father in 1843 and painted for forty-two years in Bethlem and Broadmoor. The first Dadd retrospective in fifty years, the painting Freddie Mercury named a song after, and where his pictures live in London once the show closes.

An exhibition titled Andy Warhol, Beyond the Brand runs until March 24th at 148 and 29 New Bond Street, London. This show honours Andy Warhol's life and contributions to the art scene, bringing together his most famous pieces to showcase the remarkable force of his artistic vision. Warhol altered celebrity photos and advertising designs into some of the most renowned and audacious pictures in art history. ‘The reason I’m painting this way is that I want to be a machine, and I

Discover the rich spectrum of Japanese graphic arts in a daring show that crosses the boundaries of fine art, commercial illustration, and counterculture. Japan House London displays works of 60 Japanese artists, including pioneers of the late 20th century Tanaami Keiichi and Yumura Teruhiko, as well as a number of up-and-coming creators whose works are on display for the first time in the UK. Pop art, surrealism, and illustration are among the graphic arts styles exhibited i

Between 23 and 25th September 2022, Projekt Mkt’s Vintage Poster Market brings unique vintage art to one of Peckham’s most charming industrial galleries. The 3-day pop-up will take place at Copeland Gallery in South London. Entry is £2 and the price for an original retro poster starts from just £10 and could go up to £1000+ for rare collector’s pieces. It’s an exclusive chance for Londoners to bring their walls to life with lovingly sourced antique treasures. Harriet + Sylwia

The painting behind Van Gogh's most famous self-portrait, and the 2022 exhibition that reunited it with fifteen more from around the world.

A Century of the Artist's Studio: 1920–2020 ran at the Whitechapel Gallery from 24 February to 5 June 2022. A record of the show, its recreated studios and the artists in it.

Test Specimens was a week-long show of Thom Yorke's drawings from 1999 to 2001 at 8 Duke Street, St James's, from 25 to 29 May 2022. A record of the exhibition.

The Hayward Gallery showed Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child from 9 February to 15 May 2022. A record of the fabric figures, the cages and where to see her work in London.

Francis Bacon: Man and Beast ran at the Royal Academy from 29 January to 17 April 2022. A record of the paintings, the sources behind them and where to see Bacon in London.

Isamu Noguchi: A New Nature was a free show at White Cube Bermondsey from 4 February to 3 April 2022. A record of Ceiling and Waterfall, the Akari clouds and Octetra.

Noguchi at the Barbican was the Barbican Art Gallery's Isamu Noguchi retrospective, 30 September 2021 to 23 January 2022. A record of the show, the Akari lamps and where it toured.

Inside Chandelier of Grief and Filled with the Brilliance of Life at Tate Modern, why the show closed in April 2024, and where to see Kusama's work in London.

As Pace Gallery opens a new home in London and shifts the current Burlington Gardens space "to another use," what better way to celebrate than with an exclusive Mark Rothko Exhibition? Marc Glimcher, the chief executive and president of Pace Gallery has also represented the Rothko estate since 1978, therefore inaugurating the future 8,600 sq ft street-level Mayfair exhibition space at 4 Hanover Square with a poignant show of Rothko artworks seems the best thing to do. Pace’s

Did you know there’s a free public outdoor exhibition across Piccadilly this summer? The Royal Academy of Arts has teamed up with Art of London to spark Londoners’ imagination by transforming the area surrounding Picadilly Circus into a huge pop-up exhibition space. Passers-by are invited to discover 13 zebra crossings, 30 colourful floating canvases, and even a 780-metre film, all created by some of the UK’s most original and inspiring artists working today, exclusively pick

Redoubt is Matthew Barney’s newest body of work centred around the eponymous feature-length film. The show also includes a series of complex and striking sculptures cast from burned/fallen trees, more than 40 electroplated copper plates and engravings and marks a major new course for the renowned artist and film-maker. Redoubt addresses universal themes like ecology, cosmology, the role of artistic creation, interweaved with modern American political narratives. “Redoubt” is

Last 2 days to visit Igshaan Adams’ “Kicking Dust” exhibition at Hayward Gallery. The cross-disciplinary artist’s first solo exhibition in the UK combines aspects of sculpture, weaving, and installation in a single immersive environment that explores concepts linked to related race, religion, and sexuality. Why “Kicking Dust”? The title of the exhibition is a reference to Adams’ roots. His grandparents are Nama and one of the oldest indigenous dancing styles in Northern Cape,

Be part of a global premiere as a rare collection of rediscovered drawings by Hokusai will be on display at the British Museum between 30 September 2021 – 30 January 2022. The exhibition, called “Hokusai The Great Picture Book of Everything,” features 103 recently acquired drawings produced between the 1820s–1840s by the creator of the iconic Great Wave. The sketches were initially commissioned for an illustrated encyclopaedia titled “The Great Picture Book of Everything” tha

London’s most talked-about tourist attraction opens to the public. Tickets for the showstopping 25-metre-high mound located next to Marble Arch are already available and they include access to the spectacular light display featured inside the Mound. “Now more than ever, public art projects occupy an important place in society. They provide opportunity for all to enjoy and discover art, they also encourage much needed footfall back to London. The Marble Arch Mound is the perfe

Only two weeks left to visit the God's Own Junkyard's Electric City pop-up exhibition of iconic neon signs at Leadenhall Market!