A solo exhibition by Italian artist Nicoletta Gatti, A Trace to Start, will open at Robertaebasta London on 5 November. The exhibition will focus on Gatti’s exploration of line, gesture and material through 15 important paintings and textile works. This will be the most extensive presentation of the artist in London to date and will run until 15 December…
Read MoreAn exhibition of recent paintings by the Jamaican-born British artist Anthony Daley is set to open at Varvara Roza Galleries on Duke Street in St James's from 10 to 28 November 2026. Curated by Isabel de Vasconcellos, Resonance brings together paintings made between 2023 and 2025..
Read MoreEngland's quietly revolutionary city, Derby, rarely shouts about itself – but it has shaped the modern world. Set on the River Derwent at the edge of the Peak District, it is compact, walkable and rich in stories, with the Peaks and their great country houses close by.
Read MoreAfter what has been a troubling few years for the art market (at home and abroad), Frieze London & Frieze Masters have brought a sense of unexpected joy and magic both in the art on the wall and in the sales that have followed. We’ve compiled a compact shopping list filled with all the art we can't stop thinking about….
Read MoreFrieze London and Frieze Masters closed on 18 October after five days at The Regent's Park, with both fairs reporting sales from four figures to seven…
Read MoreLondon has one of the largest collections of free museums and galleries in the world, and a lot of its most interesting shows cost nothing to see. Each month we pick two free exhibitions worth making time for. Here are our highlights for October.
Read MoreThis week in London (19 - 25 October 2026), Hokusai opens at Dulwich Picture Gallery and Freddie Mercury's wardrobe goes on free display at the V&A. Spiritland opens in the Barbican and Bubala opens in Covent Garden. Plus Critical Sound at Fabric, Carl Stone at Café OTO, two UK premieres at Sadler's Wells, and the clocks go back on Sunday.
Read MoreWith 172 exhibitors at Frieze London alone, that’s a lot of booths, and you only have so many hours to spend time in them all. Our top ten ranges from the heavyweight blue chips to younger galleries, and from big-ticket showstoppers to the stands that literally made us stop mid-sentence…
Read MoreYou have your Frieze Exhibitions Guide. You have your Frieze Music Nightlife Guide. But what about all the other collateral events and activations around the city? Lo and behold, there are many. Luckily for you, we’ve compiled a separate list of events to keep on your radar this Frieze Week, from a knit-and-sip crochet club to the Frieze London opening parties everyone is invited to.
Read MoreLondon is one of the cities she keeps coming back to, which is why we asked her for thirteen places in it, one for every ROOM, to fill the hours around Frieze London and Frieze Masters in The Regent's Park from 14 - 18 October. Here are her thirteen, in her order, in her words.
Read MoreMorus Art Group, a London cultural initiative founded by Alya Entts, makes its first public appearance in the city on 15 October with Out of the Blue, an exhibition that follows an artistic career through its first phases, from early promise to a first award, guidance from others and the point at which an artist begins working independently…
Read MoreCelebrating its 21st edition in 2026, Darbar Festival is the leading festival of Indian classical music in the UK. The five-day celebration of Hindustani and Carnatic music is themed The Shock of the New, and will feature many artists never heard before in the UK…
Read MoreIronworks is the latest venture from LWE and PROJEKT, transforming a historic industrial warehouse on the banks of the Thames in East London into a next-generation electronic music venue. Spanning more than 150,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space, Ironworks has the capacity for 7,000 people…
Read MoreThe Hayward Gallery has announced the largest UK solo exhibition to date by Chinese multimedia artist Cao Fei, which is to open in April 2027. The survey will chart her practice from the early 2000s to the present…
Read MoreKistefos, an hour north west of Oslo in Jevnaker, pairs a preserved wood pulp mill with one of Europe's most ambitious sculpture parks. The industrial museum keeps its machinery turning, while 60 works, almost all of them site specific, are spread along the Randselva river. Here is a guide to the sculptures not to miss…
Read MoreFrieze London and Frieze Masters run from 14 to 18 October 2026 in The Regent's Park, marking the 24th edition of the contemporary fair and the 14th of its historical counterpart. Between them they bring 318 galleries to north London for five days, and with them the annual reordering of the city's cultural calendar that is Frieze Week…
Read MoreOlympia has announced a 12-month partnership with the Design Museum, bringing a programme of free cultural activations to the West London destination across 2026 and 2027. Announced on 24 September, the collaboration draws on the museum's exhibitions and creative programme, positioning the 140-year-old site as one of the capital's newest cultural hubs…
Read MoreTickets are now on sale for Skate at Somerset House with Virgin Atlantic Holidays, which returns to the Strand courtyard from 11 November 2026 until 10 January 2027.
Read MoreAlice Delhanty's first solo exhibition, Invented Fire, opened at Tache on Newman Street in Fitzrovia on 24 September 2026. The show presents fifteen new paintings in acrylic, among them large triptychs measuring more than three metres across, all made over the past year.
Read MoreApple has opened Apple Music Hall, a new live music venue inside London's Battersea Power Station, aimed at bringing artists and fans together through small, one-of-a-kind performances…
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