David Hockney, HH-H

In the Mood for Love: Hockney in London, 1960–1963

The exhibition presents a remarkable selection of Hockney’s early paintings, drawings, and prints from public and private collections,

21 May 2025 - 18 July 2025

Monday – Friday 10am – 6pm Saturdays (during exhibitions) 11am – 5pm

Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, 38 Bury Street, London, SW1 6BB

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Ugo Rondinone,Sadie Coles HQ

Ugo Rondinone: the rainbow body

Ugo Rondinone’s latest exhibition at Sadie Coles HQ, the rainbow body, features a series of figurative sculptures within a fluorescent environment.

22 May 2025 - 02 August 2025

Tues - Sat 11am - 6pm

Sadie Coles (Kingly Street), 62 Kingly Street, London, W1B 5QN

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Best Self curated by Polly Morgan

Best Self: Curated by Polly Morgan

Best SelfCurated by Polly Morgan. Featuring Juno Calypso, Mat Collishaw, Polly Morgan, Christopher Page, Boo Saville, Julia Thompson & Bengt Tibet.

23 May 2025 - 28 June 2025

Thursday - Friday | 12 - 6 pm Saturday | 11 am - 5 pm

Brooke Benington, 76 Cleveland Street, London W1T 6NB, ,

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Feel the sound, Barbican Centre

Feel the Sound

Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.

22 May 2025 - 31 August 2025

Mon-Tue 11am - 7pm Wed 10am - 7pm Thu-Sat 10am - 9pm Sun 10am - 7pm

Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS

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Ancient India, British Museum

Ancient India living traditions

Reaching back more than 2,000 years, this new exhibition explores the origins of Hindu, Jain and Buddhist sacred art in India.

22 May 2025 - 19 October 2025

Daily: 10.00–17.00 (Fridays: 20.30)

British Museum, Great Russell St, London, WC1B 3DG

Cornelia Parker,Frith Street Gallery

Cornelia Parker: History Painting

For this show, Parker has created a series of paintings: seemingly abstract oil-on-canvas works inspired by historic newspaper and magazine covers and the colour analysis charts of American artist Emily Noyes Vanderpoel (1842-1939)

16 May 2025 - 05 July 2025

Tuesday–Friday: 11–6 Saturday: 11–5

Frith Street Gallery, 17-18 Golden Square, London, W1F 9JJ

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Kenwood House

Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits

Experience the power and glamour of John Singer Sargent’s portraits in Kenwood’s new exhibition, Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits.

16 May 2025 - 05 October 2025

daily 10am-5pm

Kenwood House, Hampstead Lane, London NW3 7JR, ,

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Harriet Bowman,Standpoint Gallery,Mark Tanner Sculpture Award

Harriet Bowman: Slow Puncture

Standpoint presents a solo exhibition of new work by Harriet Bowman (b.1990, N. Devon), winner of the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2024/25.

16 May 2025 - 28 June 2025

Thursday - Saturday, 12-5pm

Standpoint Gallery, 45 Coronet Street , London, N1 6HD

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Cecil Beaton,The Garden Museum

Cecil Beaton’s Garden Party

This exhibition is the first to examine the common thread weaving through Beaton’s work: gardens and flowers.

14 May 2025 - 21 September 2025

Monday to Sunday: 10am – 5pm

The Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7LB, ,

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Patrick Caulfield,Bernard Jacobson Gallery

Patrick Caulfield

Bernard Jacobson Gallery presents a bold new exhibition showcasing original prints and paintings by the British artist Patrick Caulfield

08 May 2025 - 06 June 2025

Monday - Friday: 10am - 6pm

Bernard Jacobson Gallery, 8 Golden Square, London, W1F 9HY

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Giacometti x Huma Bhabha, Barbican Art Gallery

Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha

Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha’s monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.

08 May 2025 - 10 August 2025

Tue–Sun 12-8pm

Barbican Art Gallery, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS

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Ian Hamilton Finlay,Victoria Miro

Ian Hamilton Finlay: Fragments

Victoria Miro presents an exhibition marking the centenary of the birth of one of Scotland’s greatest artists, Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006).

30 April 2025 - 24 May 2025

Tuesday–Saturday: 10am–6pm.

Victoria Miro London, 16 Wharf Road, London, N1 7RW

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Katy Moran,Pippy Houldsworth

Katy Moran: Let’s Get Some Air

The exhibition represents a shift in Moran’s practice, which has undergone striking developments in scale and technique since her last solo presentation in London.

02 May 2025 - 31 May 2025

Tuesday to Friday: 10:00-18:00 Saturday: 11:00-18:00

Pippy Houldsworth, 6 Heddon Street, London, W1B 4BT

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The Shape of Colour, Waddington Custot

The Shape of Colour

A group exhibition that explores the interplay between colour and form in artworks from the 1950s to today.

 

22 April 2025 - 29 May 2025

Monday to Friday 10:00–18:00 Saturday 11:00–18:00

Waddington Custot Galleries, 11 Cork Street, London, W1S 3LT

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Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2025

Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2025

The annual exhibition of work by the four shortlisted artists is open until 15 June.

07 March 2025 - 15 June 2025

Monday-Wednesday: 10am - 6pm Thursday-Friday: 10am - 8pm Saturday: 10am - 6pm Sunday: 11am - 6pm Bank holidays: 11am - 6pm

The Photographers' Gallery, 16 - 18 Ramillies Street, London, W1F 7LW

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Hiroshige, British Museum

Hiroshige artist of the open road

The first exhibition on Hiroshige to be held at the British Museum, and the first on the artist in London for more than a quarter of a century

01 May 2025 - 07 September 2025

Daily: 10.00–17.00 (Fridays 20.30)

British Museum, Great Russell St, London, WC1B 3DG

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Michal Rovner,Pace London

Michal Rovner: Pragim

Expanding on Rovner’s 2024 presentation, Pragim at Pace New York, the exhibition in London continues the dialogue around her long-term exploration of nature, memory, and transformation.

26 April 2025 - 28 May 2025

see website

Pace London, 5 Hanover Square, London, W1S 1HD

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The Carracci Cartoons,National Gallery

The Carracci Cartoons: Myths in the Making

Remarkable survivors of art in the making, the cartoons offer a window into the brothers’ ideas, creative process and technique.

10 April 2025 - 06 July 2025

daily 10am–6pm and Friday until 9pm

National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN

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Turner’s Kingdom: Beauty, Birds and Beasts Turner’s House, Twickenham

Turner’s Kingdom: Beauty, Birds and Beasts

For the first time in almost forty years, Turner’s rarely seen bird studies go on show.

23 April 2025 - 26 October 2025

Wednesday to Sunday – 12pm – 4pm

Turner's House , Sandycombe Lodge, 40 Sandycoombe Road, St Margarets , Twickenham TW1 2LR, ,

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Richard Wright,Camden Art Centre

Richard Wright

Camden Art Centre presents Richard Wright’s (b. 1960, London, UK) first solo exhibition at an institution in London

16 April 2025 - 22 June 2025

Tue-Sun, 11am-6pm Thur, 11am-9pm

Camden Art Centre, Arkwright Road, London, NW3 6DG

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Sketch In Bloom

Sketch In Bloom

For the highly anticipated 11th edition of Sketch in Bloom,’ the iconic Mayfair ‘destination for experimentation’ presents a floricultural tribute to Jane Austen.

01 May 2025 - 01 June 2025

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Sketch, 9 Conduit Street, London, W1S 2XG, ,

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David Salle, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac

David Salle: Some Versions of Pastoral

Thaddaeus Ropac presents Some Versions of Pastoral, the first UK exhibition of David Salle’s latest body of work

10 April 2025 - 08 June 2025

Tuesday—Saturday, 10am—6pm

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Ely House, 37 Dover Street, London, W1S 4NJ

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Cartier, V&A

Cartier

A major exhibition featuring more than 350 objects, including precious jewels, historic gemstones, iconic watches and clocks.

12 April 2025 - 16 November 2025

Daily 10:00 - 17:45 Fridays until 22:00

V&A South Kensington, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL

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