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Visual Arts
The Barbican presents The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998, a world first exhibition charting the extraordinarily fertile artistic output of those febrile two decades
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Immersive
Children’s games bring the Barbican Art Gallery alive in Ricochets, an immersive exhibition of videos by the Mexico-based artist Francis Alÿs
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Festival
The Taiwan Festival at the Coronet Theatre is London's fist major celebration of contemporary Taiwanese arts and culture
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Jewellery
Close to Hand is a display of the best of Scottish crafts at Collect 2024, the leading international fair for contemporary crafts and design
Tried and Tested
Visual Arts
The Barbican presents a fascinating look at the place of textiles in everyday life and art history in its new exhibition Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art
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Festival
A very topical exhibition tracing the origins of Santa Claus from his earliest manifestations to the present day is now open at Wembley Park
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Visual Arts
What are the best art exhibitions in London now? This month starts with David Hockney!
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Visual Arts
The annual ING Discerning Eye Exhibition returns this November, with six small exhibitions platforming lesser known artists
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Visual Arts
From moonbathing on a beach to skiing down a mountain, a painting masterclass from Peter Doig
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Cinema
In Laura Poitras' Oscar-nominated documentary, Nan Goldin battles against big pharma and the Sackler family while examining her own upsetting background
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Visual Arts
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's wonderful exhibition of enigmatic portraits is an intensely intimate affair
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Visual Arts
Fragile, egg-like sculptures shine a light on the beautiful and evocative work of Slovakian sculptor Maria Bartuszova in Tate Modern's small exhibition
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Visual Arts
Drawings, tapestry, film, a puppet show and even an opera feature in the Royal Academy's homage to South African artist William Kentridge
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Visual Arts
Fifty Shades of Green: Josephine Trotter’s 25th Solo Exhibition opens in London
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Visual Arts
An excellent courtyard installation and over 1,200 artworks are on show – and for sale – for the Royal Academy's 2022 Summer Exhibition
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Design
Theaster Gates has designed the new Serpentine Pavilion as a black chapel – a space for convening and contemplation
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Visual Arts
This charming little exhibition is a bucolic escape into the poetic and water-coloured world of Beatrix Potter
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Visual Arts
The physical power of Francis Bacon’s paintings will haunt you for days to come
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Visual Arts
AR meets art at the Serpentine – pop artist KAWS' new exhibition is a physical and digital experience. But is it worth the hype?
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Visual Arts
Tate Modern stages a major theatrical exhibition of work by the Turner Prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid
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Visual Arts
The British Museum unveils over 100 newly rediscovered drawings by Japanese artist
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Visual Arts
With a host of exciting art exhibitions opening in London this autumn, we hone in on six shows in St James’s, all within walking distance of one another
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Best of
From Poussin's orgies of dance and revelry at the National Gallery to the beguiling drawings of Hokusai at the British Museum, here are the shows to see this autumn
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Kids
The William Morris Gallery has partnered with wetland nature reserve Walthamstow Wetlands to create a Moomin nature trail
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Visual Arts
In this series of portraits – which includes a number of new paintings of the artist’s mother Darryll – Chantal Joffe tackles issues of ageing, motherhood and invisibility
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Design
The V&A's new exhibition explores how a bag is much more than a functional object, but a statement full of symbolic meanings
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Visual Arts
The V&A's Epic Iran exhibition explores 5,000 years of Iranian art, design, and culture through 300 objects in the largest Iranian exhibition in the UK in 88 years
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Design
The heroine of Lewis Carroll’s Alice books has influenced fashion, art and even politics. This blockbuster exhibition at the V&A charts Alice’s enduring appeal
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Visual Arts
180 The Strand unveils a breathtaking immersive project by Japanese electronic composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda, taking us on a cyber-technological sensorial experience
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Visual Arts
The Whitechapel Gallery is staging the largest exhibition of Eileen Agar’s work to date
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Visual Arts
In lockdown, London-based artist Idris Khan created a new body of work reflecting the tumult of 2020. Now it's going on display at Victoria Miro London
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Visual Arts
From unprecedented access to Renaissance treasures, to a second chance to catch 2020’s most revered shows, we round up the art experiences to enjoy from home