Turner Prize 2024
This year’s four shortlisted artists are Pio Abad, Claudette Johnson, Jasleen Kaur and Delaine Le Bas.
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
Tate Britain
Ten Unmissable London Art Exhibitions Autumn 2024 – Artlyst
Autumn will bring significant exhibitions to the major museums and galleries in London.
28 August 2024
The 80s: Photographing Britain Tate Announces Major New Exhibition
Tate Britain is set to host “The 80s: Photographing Britain,” a landmark exhibition that delves into the transformative decade of the 1980s through the lens of photography.
6 August 2024
Now You See Us Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920 Tate Britain – Sue Hubbard
The title of this show of British women artists from 1520-1920 at Tate Britain is highly apt. ‘Now You See Us’ contains just the right amount of ironic sang-froid
16 May 2024
Victorian Painter Louise Jopling: Portrait Acquired By Tate Britain
Tate Britain has made an exceptional acquisition, bringing to light the often-overlooked brilliance of Louise Jopling, a pioneering English artist… Read More
13 May 2024
Now You See Us: Women Artists In Britain 1520-1920
Spanning 400 years, this exhibition follows women on their journeys to becoming professional artists.
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
Artist Keith Piper Unveils His Retort To Tate’s Racist Rex Whistler Mural
Rex Whistler’s mural, titled “The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats,” is his most significant artwork, created when the artist was just 21….
11 March 2024
John Singer Sargent: A Dedicated Follower Of Fashion – Nico Kos-Earle
In 1881, the artist John Singer Sargent was commissioned to paint his first large portrait of a male subject, the charismatic Parisian surgeon Dr Samuel-Jean Pozzi.
7 March 2024
Sargent and Fashion
Celebrated for his striking portrait paintings, this exhibition sheds new light on John Singer Sargent’s acclaimed works.
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
Ten London Art Exhibitions Winter/Spring 2024 – Recommended By Artlyst
In February, most major galleries are launching their new season’s exhibitions. From solo shows featuring contemporary artists Barbara Kruger and Yoko Ono to group shows on the subjects of colonialism, contemporary artists…
2 January 2024
Women In Revolt Tate Britain – A Brilliantly Curated Archive – Sue Hubbard
Brilliantly curated and one of the largest shows mounted by Tate Britain, Women in Revolt is a complete archive of the period.
16 November 2023
Women in Revolt! Hidden Narratives Of Feminist Art At Tate Britain
In a groundbreaking exhibition opening this week (8 November), Tate Britain will spotlight the trailblazing work of over 100 women… Read More
6 November 2023
Women In Revolt! Art And Activism In The UK 1970-1990
Art, Activism and the Women’s movement in the UK 1970–1990
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
Happy Gas: Sarah Lucas’ Tate Britain Show A Laugh Out Loud Experience
To get into Happy Gas, Sarah Lucas’ new solo show at Tate Britain, you have to walk through a gift shop; floating on the sugary peach wallpaper
3 October 2023
Two Fried Eggs And A Kebab 1992 Sarah Lucas – Significant Works – Sue Hubbard
Sarah Lucas’s solo show has just opened at Tate Britain. So, I thought it would be interesting to revisit one of her earlier works from 1992, Two Fried Eggs and a Kebab.
26 September 2023
Sarah Lucas Retrospective Set To Awe Tate Britain
Tate Britain is mounting a major survey of the work of Sarah Lucas. One of the leading figures of her generation.
21 September 2023
Twelve London Art Exhibitions Autumn 2023
Several exciting art exhibitions will open in London’s major museums and galleries this Autumn.
22 August 2023
Sarah Lucas: Happy Gas
This exhibition presents Sarah Lucas’ practice in all its diversity across sculpture, installation and photography.
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
Chris Ofili Exploring Sin At Victoria Miro – Rev Jonathan Evens
Chris Ofili shows a series of etchings entitled Pink Daydreams of a Faun alongside his paintings about The Seven Deadly Sins.
13 June 2023
Tate Britain Rehangs Worlds Greatest British Art Collection
Tate Britain opens a complete rehang of the world’s greatest collection of British art, the first time in ten years that the gallery’s free displays have been presented anew.
23 May 2023
Isaac Julien: Mesmerising Black Heroism At Tate Britain – Sue Hubbard
I first came across the work of Isaac Julien when I was doing my MA in Creative Writing at UEA and did a module on black British film.
30 April 2023
Isaac Julien: What Freedom Is To Me
The first major UK exhibition by one of today’s most compelling artists and filmmakers
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
Why Critics Have A Problem With The Pre-Raphaelites? – Revd Jonathan Evens
Critics have a problem with the Pre-Raphaelites. Reviews to date, of The Rossettis exhibition at Tate Britain, until 24 September
16 April 2023
Isaac Julien: First Major UK Exhibition Unveiled At Tate Britain
Celebrated for his compelling lyrical films and video art installations, Isaac Julien….
13 April 2023
The Rossettis
This exhibition follows the romance and radicalism of the Rossetti generation, through and beyond the Pre-Raphaelite years: Dante Gabriel, Christina and Elizabeth (née Siddal).
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
Bill Brandt: Tate Britain Launches Free Photography Exhibition
Tate Britain opens a free new exhibition dedicated to celebrated British photographer Bill Brandt (1904-83).
24 October 2022
Cornelia Parker A Conceptual And Sculptural Vision Tate Britain – Lee Sharrock
Cornelia Parker’s inaugural survey show in London spans a 35-year period, from the 1980s through to 2022…
5 June 2022
Hew Locke And The Christian Roots Of Carnival – Tate Britain – Revd Jonathan Evens
The word carnival derives from Latin expressions meaning either to remove meat or say farewell to meat. These indicate the Christian roots of carnival which are to be found in the period leading up the fasts of Lent.
2 June 2022
Sensuous Sickert and Philpot Two Major UK Solo Exhibitions – Rev Jonathan Evens
The first major exhibition of Glyn Philpot R.A. (1884-1937) in almost 40 years is currently at Pallant House Gallery, while Tate Britain has the first major retrospective of Walter Sickert at Tate in over 60 years. The differences and similarities between these two artists whose careers overlapped are instructive.
18 May 2022
Cornelia Parker To Mount Major Survey Of Her Work At Tate Britain
This May, Tate Britain will present the first significant survey of work by Cornelia Parker in London. Parker is one of Britain’s leading contemporary artists.
14 April 2022
Walter Sickert A Complex Personality Evolved On Canvas – Tate Britain
Tate Britain will present London’s biggest retrospective of Walter Sickert (1860-1942) in almost 30 years.
5 April 2022
Cornelia Parker
Using transformation, playfulness and storytelling, Cornelia Parker engages with important issues of our time, be it violence, ecology or human rights.
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00