Monya Riachi is one of six emerging artists in What Holds Us Together, the group exhibition at Radiant House that closes Fitzrovia Quarter’s inaugural four-month studio residency. Born in Lebanon and now based in London, Riachi trained as an architect before turning to sculpture, installation, sound and performance.
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 MoreThere is a live band at Village Underground, a late night in a corner of Somerset House most people walk past, a Berlin-based producer playing a full night on his own in New Cross, and two of the biggest Saturday line-ups of the autumn go head to head in Camden and the Royal Docks. One of them is already sold out. Here is what to book.
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 MoreThis year Wheely, the luxury services company and Official VIP Chauffeur Partner of Frieze, partnered with French artist Guillaume Sardin to unveil its very first artist collaboration for the fair…
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 MoreFew things are more English than afternoon tea, and Frieze week is as good a time as any to book one. It has been part of English life since the 1840s, when the Duchess of Bedford started asking for tea and bread and butter to fill the long gap between lunch and dinner. It moved from a private habit to a social occasion to a national one, and nearly two centuries on it is booked more than ever…
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 MoreThe busiest week in London's art calendar is back. Frieze London and Frieze Masters open in The Regent's Park from 14 to 18 October. Outside of the fairs, the gallery hopping, the drinks and the dinners, here is your guide to where you are going after, from a fabric birthday weekender…
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 MoreFrieze London and Frieze Masters return to The Regent's Park from 14 to 18 October. Here are fifteen places to eat, and the art to see within walking distance of each table…
Read MoreFour nights, six postcodes, and not a single one of them in zone 1 until Sunday. An opera rebuilt as a club record in a Tottenham warehouse, a 2010s fever dream in New Cross, Eric Prydz back in the city after six years away, and six uninterrupted hours of the Martinez Brothers at fabric to finish. Below are all the music events we'd go to in London this weekend.
Read MoreThis week in London (5 to 11 October 2026), the BFI London Film Festival opens its 70th edition, Dance Umbrella returns, and Murakami's End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland reaches the Barbican. Robert Ryman and Sabine Moritz open new shows, Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy closes, and Oktoberfest lands across four sites…
Read MoreThere are 18-hour marathons in Canning Town, a new riverside warehouse opening its doors, an ambient night in a Hackney church and a sweaty basement for hard house heads. Here are the music events to book this weekend…
Read MoreSince April, Winsor & Newton's Art Mail has gathered over 6,000 postcards from artists in more than 40 countries, set to go on show at Saatchi Gallery, with a New York edition at Drawing Room in Brooklyn and an auction to follow in aid of Hospital Rooms. We spoke to Holly Shires, Global Head of Creative at Winsor & Newton and the mind behind the project…
Read MoreThe first Oktoberfest was held in Munich in October 1810 to mark the wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. It has since become a two-week festival drawing around six million visitors a year, and has been copied in cities around the world. London has been holding its own version since 2011.
Read MoreIdentical twin sisters Kristina and Sadé Alleyne founded Alleyne Dance in South London in 2014, and have since built the multi-award-winning company into one of the most distinctive voices in British contemporary dance. Winners of Best Independent Company at the National Dance Awards and recently appointed…
Read MoreTechno among the rum stills in Tottenham, a free party in Axel Arigato's half-packed office, and a brand-new club running a sound system from the Plastic People team. Throw in ŌKAMI pairing dubstep with temple sounds in Hackney Wick…
Read MoreOctober is London's busiest month for culture, and this year the calendar is crowded with anniversaries. Frieze returns to The Regent's Park with almost 300 galleries, the BFI London Film Festival reaches its 70th edition, and Bloomsbury Festival turns 20 with more than 150 events across the neighbourhood…
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