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‘Stopping while ahead’: London gallery Sid Motion to shut after a decade
Eponymous founder says she is winding up "while the programme and finances are still intact"
UK Ministry of Justice spent more than £85,000 removing Banksy mural from the Royal Courts of Justice
According to the BBC, Westminster council has also spent around £60,000 on security measures for a statue the street artist installed in central London in April
Office block developers fight with heritage campaigners over London’s historic Square Mile
The Liverpool Street railway hub and 1 Silk Street are two of the latest contested developments in the heart of the capital, where new skyscrapers are clamouring to be built
London mayor Sadiq Khan calls for city's public museums to remain free to enter
‘Free museums and galleries are a fundamental part of London life’, says the long-serving Labour mayor in a new op-ed
Royal Museums Greenwich workers vote to strike over pay and working conditions
The strike across the east London museums will occur on 11 and 12 August as Prospect union pledges to step up industrial action across the heritage sector this summer
‘Amazon-style’ conditions: Prospect union members overwhelmingly vote to strike at London's V&A museums
V&A staff represented by the Public and Commercial Services Union are also considering industrial action
Banksy statue in central London could become permanent as Westminster council deliberates
The statue, which has drawn hordes of onlookers, will remain in St James's for at least the next few weeks, with the council aiming to make a decision on its longevity by the end of summer
A fresh appreciation of Victorian painter Richard Dadd, who was haunted by mental illness
The most comprehensive show of the artist since the 1970s brings together more than 100 works at the Royal Academy of Arts in London
Tower of London’s architectural archive to be opened up to public as part of planned £70m revamp
A new Archive Study Centre will open as part of a multi-year programme by Historic Royal Palaces
Ana Mendieta’s ‘Neolithic art’ recreated for major Tate Modern survey
London exhibition explores how ancient sites informed the work of the late Cuban American artist, who was best known for her performance and land art
The ‘stuff’ of life tells the story of Audrey Amiss, whose promising career was derailed by mental illness
Wellcome Collection’s exhibition includes paintings and drawings by the prolific artist, as well as the ephemera through which she chronicled her life
Comment | Why should artists stay in cities like London and New York when financial pressures are making it harder than ever?
Josh Kline’s viral essay highlights how creative people lose gumption in the face of financial burden, but we should all strive for community instead of competing for the wealthy’s attention
London Library, a favourite haunt of the art and literary crowds, celebrates its 185th birthday
The historic lending library has an extensive collection, including a large selection of art books
Women auto workers who helped inspire UK's Equal Pay Act honoured in east London public sculpture
Made in collaboration with local students, Ruth Ewan's sculpture will mark the beginning of a heritage trail at the redeveloped Dagenham Green site
A Palais de Tokyo for London? Hypha Studios to open major exhibition and studio space near Tate Modern
Opening to the public on 25 June, Hypha Gallery South Bank will feature 800 sq. m of gallery space
Come together: how London galleries are making it work in the capital
As rising costs and a softer market force dealers to rethink their strategies, galleries across the capital are experimenting with new business models
London Gallery Weekend 2026: our critics pick their top shows
With over 120 galleries across the UK capital participating in this year's London Gallery Weekend, our critics have chosen their top 20 shows to guide you through the weekend
Lisson Grove's galleries collaborate to promote London's unsung art district
New initiative led by Lisson, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, Palmer Gallery, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art and The Showroom will launch during London Gallery Weekend in June
Hole in one: artist-designed mini golf course heads to London
British artist and game designer Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley will design the ninth hole on this summer's putt-putt course in Battersea
British MPs face Hobson’s Choice for restoration of the crumbling, unsafe Palace of Westminster
It is crunch time for the home of the UK Parliament—after decades of neglect, it is structurally unsound and barely fit for purpose. But even the most basic option for fixing it will cost billions and take decades
Pioneering British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron honoured with a blue plaque in London
Descendants of the 19th-century photographer, who captured Tennyson and Darwin, celebrated her life and work at the unveiling
Famous Cranach painting spotted in rare photograph of Hitler’s apartment
Now owned by London’s National Gallery, “Cupid complaining to Venus” once hung in the Führer’s private living room and was later smuggled to the US by an American journalist—but how exactly it ended up in Munich remains a mystery
New Banksy statue appears in central London
Banksy has confirmed, via his Instagram page, that the sculpture of a man with his face obscured by a flag is his work
At London’s Freud Museum, the artist Cathie Pilkington has made a ghostly intervention
The British artist’s exhibition explores Freud’s housekeeper as a poltergeist figure
Serpentine announces 25th pavilion artists—and anniversary project honouring Zaha Hadid
Mexico's Lanza atelier to design 2026 Serpentine Pavilion inspired by curved English garden walls
Cubitt Artists, ‘important’ London gallery and studio space, set to lose home of more than 25 years
The artists-run, non-profit space says its lease had not been renewed
We are all in the gutter but Banksy’s Christmas kids are looking at the stars
The same work has appeared in west London and under the Centre Point tower in the city centre
London's Brutalist Barbican Centre to close for £240m renovation
The building, which houses three gallery spaces, will close for a year from June 2028
Inside Lambeth Palace, the historic building that will be home to the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury
Sarah Mullally, who was appointed to the role last month, will be the first occupant of the palace following its £40m renovation
A brief history of the British Museum's central London home
The redesign of the Western Range of the British Museum, announced earlier this year, is the latest stage of a 272-year-long history