This week in art, there’s plenty to get excited about. The V&A has acquired a historic YouTube watch page, while more details have been revealed about what Lubaina Himid is presenting for the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2026…
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The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has added a landmark piece of internet history to its collection with the acquisition of a reconstructed early YouTube watch page, featuring the first video ever uploaded to the platform, Me at the zoo by Jawed Karim….
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The National Gallery has announced a new monthly series called Picture This, hosted by broadcaster John Wilson, known for the BBC’s This Cultural Life. The series will feature leading figures from fashion, science, music, literature, gastronomy, and film, who will reflect on their life and work through the lens of a painting from the Gallery’s collection…
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Art Basel has revealed the 290 galleries set to participate in its 2026 flagship fair in Basel, Switzerland, alongside the first highlights of this year’s edition…
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The British Pavilion has announced the exhibition details and title for Lubaina Himid CBE RA’s solo presentation at the 2026 Venice Biennale. The exhibition, Predicting History: Testing Translation, will showcase a major new body of work exploring the complexities of belonging and the meaning of home…
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The 2026 edition of Art Basel Hong Kong marks a bold new chapter for the fair as it returns to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 27 to 29 March. Bringing together 240 galleries from 41 countries and territories, more than half of which operate across the Asia Pacific…
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On Sunday 29 March, the Barbican Centre will host the return of Young Barbican Takeover, a one-day festival curated for and by young people, celebrating creativity in all its forms. Running from 12pm to 6pm, the festival transforms the iconic Barbican spaces…
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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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Paris Internationale will hold its first international edition in Milan, taking place during Milano Art Week and the opening days of Milano Design Week in April 2026…
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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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Tate Modern has announced that Tarek Atoui will create the next Hyundai Commission for the Turbine Hall. The artist and composer is known for works that explore sound as a physical and spatial experience…
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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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