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Anish Kapoor
Mirrors, dark surfaces and large sculptural forms at the Hayward. An exhibition to approach with your eyes and your sense of space.
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Art worth making time for
Current exhibitions and a look ahead at what is opening next.
Current exhibitions and a look ahead at what is opening next. Explore our growing London selection, with checked practical details and official sources.
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Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art
Fashion as a way of making art, from Elsa Schiaparelli’s experiments to the house today. A separately ticketed exhibition at the V&A.
On the house
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Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation
A painting and its sculptural response meet in one room. This free National Gallery exhibition opens on 15 October.
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Ana Mendieta
Body, landscape and belonging through Ana Mendieta’s photographs, films and sculpture at Tate Modern.
On the house
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Cecilia Vicuña: Foraging Quipu
A free stop in Whitechapel Gallery’s autumn programme, showing Cecilia Vicuña’s Foraging Quipu in Gallery 4.
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The Photographers’ Gallery
Photography exhibitions, a print-sales gallery and a bookshop make this Soho address a focused stop for contemporary image-making.
Free entry
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Serpentine North
Contemporary art and a café sit beside Kensington Gardens at Serpentine North, a free gallery visit that combines easily with a park walk.
Free entry
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London Museum Docklands
A former dockside warehouse tells the story of London’s port, including trade, slavery, wartime Docklands and the transformation of Canary Wharf.
Free entry
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Royal Air Force Museum London
Aircraft and aviation stories fill the RAF Museum’s north London site, with enough ground to cover for a longer museum outing.
Free entry
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Queen’s House
Art, architecture and the Tulip Stairs make the Queen’s House a quieter Greenwich visit beside the larger maritime museums.
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Robert Ryman: The Real Thing
More than 60 works invite a slow look at white paint, square supports, brushwork and the way a painting occupies a room.
On the house
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Yuko Mohri: In Concert
The Curve becomes a changing environment of light, sound and kinetic sculpture in Yuko Mohri’s free exhibition.
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Royal Academy of Arts
Artist-led exhibitions and free displays share the Royal Academy’s Piccadilly home, with a programme spanning historic art and contemporary practice.
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Queer Britain
LGBTQ+ histories, objects and personal stories are the focus of this museum at Granary Square, close to King’s Cross.
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Museum of Brands
Packaging, advertising and everyday products trace changing consumer culture at this Notting Hill museum, where familiar objects can be as revealing as famous designs.
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Fashion and Textile Museum
Fashion and textile exhibitions occupy the brightly coloured Bermondsey Street museum, with a programme focused on changing displays rather than a permanent collection.
Free entry
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White Cube Bermondsey
Expansive rooms, a courtyard and a specialist bookshop give contemporary art space to breathe at White Cube’s Bermondsey gallery.
Free entry
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White Cube Mason’s Yard
A compact St James’s courtyard leads to White Cube’s two-level gallery, a useful contemporary-art stop within a West End walk.
Free entry
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Drawing Room
Drawing in its broadest sense is the subject of this Bermondsey gallery, from works on paper to installations and experiments with material.
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Keats House
The house where John Keats lived connects the poet’s work with rooms, objects and a garden in Hampstead.
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Crossness Pumping Station
Victorian engineering and richly decorated ironwork make Crossness a distinctive heritage visit on London’s eastern edge.
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Brunel Museum
Rotherhithe’s Brunel Museum tells the story of the Thames Tunnel and the engineering work that changed what could be built beneath the river.
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Fulham Palace
A historic bishop’s residence, museum and garden offer a slower cultural afternoon beside the Thames in Fulham.
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Garden Museum
Garden history, contemporary art and the plants around us meet in a former church beside Lambeth Palace, with a courtyard garden and café.