Exhibitions
British Art Show names Ekow Eshun as curator for upcoming 10th edition
Staring in September 2026, the contemporary art exhibition will tour five UK cities including Swansea and Sheffield
‘It was absolutely terrifying’: Thom Yorke on his long journey back to becoming a visual artist
The Radiohead frontman and his long-time collaborator Stanley Donwood give an exclusive interview ahead of their first museum show opening this week
Saatchi Yates raises a glass to London
The gallery has launched an exhibition dedicated to the capital, featuring artists including Jenny Saville and Peter Doig
‘Slowing the process down’: how a bohemian Somerset art gallery is forging its own path
Close gallery is expanding with a project space in London and exhibitions of the late Jane Harris and “the new Land Artists”
‘Even late in life, recognition is possible’: photographer Paz Errázuriz opens long overdue UK retrospective
The 81-year-old image maker, known for documenting marginalised communities in Chile, recently opened a show at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes
4,000-year-old Ancient Egyptian handprint discovered by Cambridge museum
Researchers at the Fitzwilliam Museum, UK, found the marking on an artefact due to go on display in an exhibition this autumn
Folkestone Triennial 2025 review: environmental catastrophe—but also hope, joy and a jolly salamander
The sixth edition of the sprawling exhibition on the English coast includes sculptures, immersive installations and films by 18 artists
Van Gogh was not fantasising when he painted mountain landscapes with ‘The Two Holes’
A pair of pictures with this bizarre geological feature both ended up in New York
Jenny Saville: ‘You are having a conversation with the paint, as well as with the sitter’
The artist’s large-scale paintings caught the eye of Charles Saatchi when she was just out of art school. Three decades on, with a solo show at the National Portrait Gallery, Saville discusses her unique take on portraiture
Right royal style: 90 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s fashion to go on show at Buckingham Palace
The late monarch's wedding and coronation dresses will form part of a 200-piece exhibition at the King's Gallery, opening in Spring 2026
The Big Review | David Hockney 25 at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris ★★★★
The largest ever exhibition on the British artist takes over the entire Fondation Louis Vuitton building with works that go back to the very beginning
Artists travel back in time with work created from ancient wood discovered at site of lost London river
Jane and Louise Wilson’s work will go on show at site of Roman temple in the heart of London
Christie’s celebrates the late Syrian artist Marwan with non-selling London show
The exhibition is auction house’s third dedicated to Middle Eastern art, part of a strategy to support the region
Millais treasure trove goes on long-term loan to Scottish gallery
The Raphaelite figure's great-grandson has loaned over 150 works on paper
Blood, skeletons and syphilis: the story of Edvard Munch’s obsession with health
An exhibition at the Munch museum in Oslo shows how the artist’s fascination with medicine, bodies and mental illness was reflected in his art
Vandalised portraits of Windrush generation restored and reinstated in London square
Twenty photographs in the ‘Windrush Untold Stories’ exhibition were daubed with paint earlier this month while on display in London
Capitalism, cityscapes and the climate crisis take centre stage at Luma Arles
Shows by Peter Fischli, Bas Smets and Wael Shawky explore reflection, urban ecologies and the mythology of Pompeii
Ancient art on wheels: how Mumbai's leading museum is sending miniature exhibitions by bus into the Indian countryside
CSMVS's mobile museum venture, created in collaboration with an exhibition it curated with the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Berlin State Museums and the British Museum, examines the underlying connections between ancient civilisations
Resistance is febrile at this summer's Rencontres d’Arles
The 56th edition of the photography festival asserts the medium’s disobedient streak
Anonymous image makers, New York nights and confronting the colonial: three photography shows to see at Les Rencontres d'Arles
Our selection from the sprawling festival in the south of France
Sunstroke and protocol faux pas: works by royal tour artists go on show at Buckingham Palace
Since 1985, 43 artists have visited 95 countries and produced 300 paintings for the personal collection of the King—but it hasn't always been smooth sailing
Kew Gardens to host largest-ever open-air Henry Moore show
Opening in May 2026, thirty works will be dotted around the 320-acre Unesco World Heritage site
‘Our pattern, our document’: this Indigenous Australian community is using design to assert its rights
An exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney is showing how Yolŋu people in the Northern Territory have employed sacred imagery in the fight to retain ownership of their land
Bayeux Tapestry to return to UK for first time in almost 1,000 years
The tapestry will be displayed at the British Museum from September 2026, as part of a bilateral season of culture between the UK and France
A blockbuster Gerhard Richter retrospective, co-organised by Nicholas Serota, is coming to Paris
The German blue-chip artist will show more than 250 works at Fondation Louis Vuitton from October
‘An act of solidarity’: exhibitions raising funds and awareness for Palestinians open in London
One show presents works by over 200 artists, while another focuses on protests across the UK
As an Emily Kam Kngwarray survey opens at Tate Modern this week, contemporary Indigenous artists are finally taking centre stage in the UK
Other landmark shows of First Nation artists this summer include Duane Linklater at Camden Art Centre and Santiago Yahuarcani at the Whitworth
Somerset House to mark 25 years as a public space with weekend of free events
London centre for innovation and contemporary art will feature work by Tai Shani, Nick Ryan and Gaika during “Step Inside 25 Weekend”, alongside a pop-up basketball installation, drawing workshops and an immersive disco experience
Gustave Caillebotte blockbuster that sparked controversy in France opens in Chicago—with one key difference
The show launched in Paris to claims that it was a tainted exercise in queering the French artist
From a football feast to deceitful dolphins: three art exhibitions not to miss at the Manchester International Festival
The art event takes place across the northern UK city this month