London
Never before exhibited, Francis Bacon’s first screaming Pope goes on show at London’s Gagosian gallery
Sinister besuited figure, painted in Monaco in 1946, was only recently rediscovered
What will happen to Russia's treasures on loan in London and Paris?
Imperial Fabergé eggs and Impressionist masterpieces are some of the works currently in shows in Europe
How an artist’s East London studio threatened by developers turned into an experimental space of queer solidarity
Ridley Road Project Space, which ran for six months in Dalston, will close in March
UK arts 'levelling up' plan—designed to redirect funding outside of London—blasted by city's mayor
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries wants to redress "huge historic imbalance" in regional investment but mayor Sadiq Khan says it is "a devastating blow" to the creative sector
Intricate Roman mosaic is largest to be found in London in half a century
The “once-in-a-lifetime” discovery took place on a building site across the river from what would have been ancient Londinium
Warhol and Basquiat on the stage in London and Faith Ringgold's retrospective at New York's New Museum
Plus, Betye Saar remakes a mural in Los Angeles
London's National Maritime Museum launches campaign to rescue giant decaying tapestry—unseen for decades
Commissioned by Charles II, the work depicts the 1672 Battle of Solebay between the English and Dutch in which the 1st Earl of Sandwich drowned
Rejected in 1862, Whistler’s woman in white finally has her day at the Royal Academy of Arts in London
The artist’s portrait of Joanna Hiffernan—once turned down for the RA's Summer Exhibition—is the centrepiece of an exhibition in London, while important works from New York’s Frick Collection head to Paris
Edel Assanti launches new London gallery in former Fitzrovia haberdashery
Gallery co-founders Jeremy Epstein and Charlie Fellowes discuss renovating the Grade II-listed Arts and Crafts building which opens this week with a show of new work by Noémie Goudal
'Business is good and I need more space': Ben Brown opens pop-up gallery in London with Vik Muniz show
The Mayfair-based dealer has taken the space on Grosvenor Street until the end of May, but might extend
UK’s first LGBTQ museum to open in London this spring
Queer Britain charity pledges new institution will be free of charge
Power to the people: London’s new public art gives a glimmer of hope in gloomy times
A colourful playground, giant vegetable sculptures and an elegant etched glass installation have all brightened up the capital this year
The Big Review: 'Dürer’s Journeys: Travels of a Renaissance Artist' at the National Gallery in London
Does a show focusing on the German artist’s European trips illuminate his genius?
Museums in London start to shut down as Omicron wave sweeps capital
Natural History Museum closes due to front-of-house staff shortages caused by Covid-19
Psychedelic sculpture—an ode to Alice in Wonderland, steampunk and Gothic Revival architecture—to be installed at St Pancras in London next year
Shezad Dawood is the eighth artist to be selected for the Terrace Wires public commission, following in the footsteps of Tracey Emin
How Walt Disney’s love of Rococo transformed animation
An exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York explores how the legendary film-maker came to be inspired by French decorative arts
In his new show, Kehinde Wiley ‘both admires and seeks to challenge’ artists in the National Gallery collection
The American artist's first exhibition at a major UK museum presents new paintings and a film responding to the Romantic movement
Pet project: the life and work of Louis Wain, eccentric painter of cats, explored in new London show
Exhibition at Bethlem Museum of the Mind reveals the vivid imagination and wit of artist, who spent time in psychiatric hospitals
As interest in artists of Caribbean heritage grows, Tate Britain show aims to create 'landmark' moment
“Rich and fascinating” connections explored in Life Between Islands: British-Caribbean Art 1950s-Now
Apocalyptic beach performance that took top Venice Biennale prize is coming to London
Sun & Sea (Marina) will be staged next summer at the Albany arts centre in Deptford as part of Lewisham’s year as London Borough of Culture
Hottest emerging art exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Ally Rosenberg's disarming parquet puddles to an African diaspora group show
A director’s tour of London’s revamped Courtauld Gallery
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces are back on view after a major building transformation and “looking better than ever”
Going underground: English poet Alexander Pope’s hidden grotto to be saved
A relic of national importance, the man-made cave is all that remains of his villa and gardens—and is only accessible through a school dining hall
Hottest emerging art exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Marina González Guerreiro's wax-encased craft tables to George Henry Longly's gogo mirrors
Remembering Owen Luder, architect whose gifts ran far wider than the Brutalist landmarks he is known for
Two of his most famous buildings, the Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth and the Trinity Car Park and Shopping Centre in Gateshead, were demolished earlier this century
Fragonard’s The Swing has been restored—and it's saucier than ever
The great Rococo painting in the Wallace Collection in London has been cleaned, revealing some mischievous details
Andrew Lloyd-Webber on why he commissioned eight monumental Shakespearian paintings for a London theatre
Artist Maria Kreyn’s depictions of King Lear and Othello go on show as part of Theatre Royal Drury Lane's £60m revamp