This week’s art news roundup (20–26 April 2026) covers the announcement of the Museum of the Year finalists, fresh details on summer exhibitions at Dulwich Picture Gallery and the Saatchi Gallery, and updates on upcoming art fairs and events across London. Our art visit spotlight also heads to South Africa, where we explore the remarkable collection at Ellerman House Hotel in Cape Town…
Read MoreThis week in art (13–20 April) is marked by major cultural events across London and Europe. The Southbank Centre has shared new details on Harry Styles’ Meltdown Festival, which he is curating as part of its 75th anniversary celebrations, alongside new announcements for May exhibitions and film programming across London…
Read MoreAs the 61st Venice Biennale returns from May to November 2026, the city will see a dense network of exhibitions staged across historic palazzi, museums, and foundations, extending far beyond the central exhibition and national pavilions. This is our guide to the must-see exhibitions to in Venice during the 2026 Biennale...
Read MoreThe Barbican Centre has officially announced the full programme for its anyone can dance series, a year-long run of late-night parties dedicated to global dance music and the UK’s diasporic culture. Following the success of its sold-out debut event with Eastern Margins, the series returns with four dates across 2026…
Read MoreArt news to be on your radar this week includes a selection of exhibitions, fairs, and cultural programmes shaping the current moment across the global art scene. From major international events such as Art Paris and Abidjan Art Week to upcoming openings in London, Venice, and New York, alongside expanded public programmes at institutions such as…
Read MoreEaster Weekend 2026 in London is from Friday 3rd to Monday 6th April, offering the perfect long weekend to make the most of the capital. Fancy mastering your own hot cross buns, enjoying a moving Easter concert, or discovering Soho’s newest underground jazz club? Here is our guide to the best things to do over Easter Weekend 2026…
Read MoreArt news to be on your radar this week includes Hulda Guzmán’s first European institutional exhibition at Turner Contemporary, Art Basel Hong Kong’s record-breaking edition, Saatchi Gallery revealing details of their installation at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, a review of Michaelina Wautier at the Royal Academy of Arts, and a new installation by TAELON7 at Limbo Museum in Accra…
Read MoreThis week in London (30 March – 5 April 2026) sees a strong line-up of art, performance and cultural events unfolding across the capital. Highlights include late-night access to the Hayward Gallery, and the return of The Boat Race with a lively fan zone at Fulham Pier…
Read MoreIt’s an ideal exhibition to learn about Michaelina Wautier as a painter, but it is also an exhibition incorporating a multitude of artistic movements and contexts within art history, a woman’s position in art historical discourse, and technical processes like pigment usage and theories of colour….
Read MoreThis week in London (23–29 March): discover everything from major festivals like Assembly at Somerset House to theatre openings like Choir Boy and new exhibitions across the city…
Read MoreTate unveils its first garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the Estorick Collection is set to open Emilio Isgrò: Erasing to Create, and Ibraaz announces their spring and summer exhibitions with the first show, Hrair Sarkissian’s Stolen Past, opening this week at 93 Mortimer Street…
Read MoreCannon Fodder is Branconi’s first solo exhibition in an institutional space. For the show, she created a series of new paintings, including a large installation that visitors can physically walk through...
Read MoreLondon’s cultural line-up this week (16–22 March 2026) includes Alexander Whitley Dance Company’s contemporary dance double bill at Sadler’s Wells East, a new production at the National Theatre, and new exhibitions also open across the city, including the Museum of Edible Earth at Somerset House…
Read MoreFrom Thomas J Price’s monumental bronze figure outside the V&A East Museum, Dana-Fiona Armour’s illuminated installation at Somerset House, and David Hockney’s large-scale mural at Serpentine North…
Read MoreThis week in London (9 -15 March 2026) offers a mix of music, art, theatre, and culture. From jazz-electronic at the ICA, comedy at Morocco Bound, classical discussions at the Southbank Centre, to exhibitions openings from David Hockney to George Stubbs…
Read MoreArt news to be on your radar this week (9 - 15 March 2025) range from Tate Modern’s anniversary celebration of Gustav Metzger’s Remember Nature, to further details revealed for the Barbican’s…
Read MoreEurope’s summer festival season is one of the best times to travel, with long days, warm nights and a packed calendar of music festivals across the continent. From the woodland stages of Dekmantel in the Netherlands and sunrise sets at Anjunadeep Explorations…
Read MoreCarlotta is one of several Italian restaurants from the Paris-based Big Mamma group’s Italian restaurants, of which there now six here in London. The group has a knack of creating spaces that feel like they have always been there…
Read MoreLe Nusa is a modern Indonesian restaurant on the Strand in London, founded by an Indonesian celebrity couple. Originally launched in Paris before expanding to Jakarta, it brings refined Indonesian cuisine to the capital in an elegant two-floor setting…
Read MoreArt news to be on your radar the first week of March 2026 comes from both London and across the globe. From Kahlil Joseph’s debut feature at London’s 180 Studios and Ain Bailey’s exhibition at Camden Art Centre, to the announcement of 111 artists for the Venice Biennale…
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