Harry Styles has been announced as the curator of the 2026 Meltdown festival, marking a landmark edition of the world’s longest-running artist-curated music festival. Taking place from 11–21 June 2026…
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Somerset House Studios returns with Assembly 2026, a three-day festival of experimental sound, music, and performance from 26–28 March. The event features UK premieres, live experiments, and immersive installations by artists including Jasleen Kaur, Laurel Halo & Hanne Lippard, felicita, Onyeka Igwe, Ellen Arkbro, Hannan Jones & Samir Kennedy, and DeForrest Brown, Jr…
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This week brings fresh details from some of the UK’s most anticipated exhibitions and events, from Tate Modern’s Ana Mendieta retrospective and David Hockney’s presentation at Serpentine North to the British Museum’s acquisition of a £35 million Tudor pendant…
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V&A East has announced that tickets are now on sale for its inaugural exhibition, The Music is Black: A British Story, opening on Saturday 18 April 2026 at the new V&A East Museum on East Bank in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park…
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The Courtauld has announced a major new development at Somerset House with the creation of two galleries dedicated to contemporary art…
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Croydon is set to make history as the first London borough to host The National Gallery: Art On Your Doorstep, a major free outdoor exhibition bringing life-sized reproductions of world-famous paintings into public spaces…
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The Southbank Centre has announced the full line-up for the return of Multitudes, its ambitious multi-arts festival powered by orchestral music, running from 16–30 April 2026 as part of the centre’s 75th anniversary celebrations…
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Sadler’s Wells has unveiled an ambitious programme for 2026, reaffirming its position as a global home for dance in all its forms. The new season brings together world-class ballet, pioneering contemporary work, family productions and excellent collaborations with music and digital art…
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Serpentine has announced that Mexican architecture studio LANZA atelier, founded by Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo, has been selected to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2026. Sponsored by Goldman Sachs, the Pavilion will open to the public at Serpentine South…
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Tate Britain will stage Europe’s largest retrospective of James McNeill Whistler in more than three decades, bringing together around 150 works that span painting, drawing, printmaking, and design…
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Brixton House launches its 2026 season with an ambitious programme that continues its commitment to championing underrepresented voices, global perspectives and deep community connection. Following the sold-out success of Black Power Desk, Limp Wrist & The Iron Fist…
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Discover a guide to some of the artist talks, as well as curator- and architecture-led discussions, to be on your radar in London in early 2026…
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Camden Art Centre will present a strong programme of contemporary art across 2026 and 2027, bringing together both emerging and established artists…
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The Southbank Centre has announced Classical Mixtape: A Live Takeover, a one-night-only, multi-venue event taking place in February 2026, bringing together more than 200 musicians from six orchestras across its riverside site…
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Nnena Kalu has won the Turner Prize 2025, taking home the £25,000 award at a lively ceremony in Bradford, the UK’s City of Culture this year…
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Marking her largest UK project to date, Sedira’s work will respond to the unique architectural and historical context of the iconic Duveen Galleries, offering audiences an experience that merges the political, poetic, and personal…
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Serpentine and The FLAG Art Foundation have announced a landmark transatlantic partnership that will introduce the largest contemporary art prize ever awarded to a single artist in the United Kingdom.
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The National Gallery will host the first ever UK exhibition dedicated solely to Catharina van Hemessen (1527/28 – after 1565), one of Europe’s earliest female painters, in 2027…
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In the summer of 2026, the Hayward Gallery at London’s Southbank Centre will present a major exhibition of Anish Kapoor’s work, marking the artist’s first UK show at the gallery since his landmark retrospective in 1998. Curated by Ralph Rugoff, the exhibition will bring together new and seminal works…
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If you’re after something bold, queer and completely uncategorisable this November, you need to know about KUNSTY, the Southbank Centre’s brand new four day performance series running from 5-8 November 2025…
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