Our nine favourite young artists in the city
London Art Galleries
Discover reviews and listings for all of the best London art galleries and museum exhibitions.
Support Time Out
We see you’re using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue is Time Out’s main source of income. The content you’re reading is made by independent, expert local journalists.
Support Time Out directly today and help us champion the people and places which make the city tick. Cheers!
Donate now![Nine art exhibitions and events we can't wait to see in October 2023 Nine art exhibitions and events we can't wait to see in October 2023](https://media.timeout.com/images/106048578/750/562/image.jpg)
Nine art exhibitions and events we can't wait to see in October 2023
October is the biggest month in the art calendar. You can blame Frieze for that, because literally every museum and gallery times its big autumn shows to...
![Frieze Sculpture 2023 is the best outdoor art you’ll see this autumn Frieze Sculpture 2023 is the best outdoor art you’ll see this autumn](https://media.timeout.com/images/106045139/750/562/image.jpg)
Frieze Sculpture 2023 is the best outdoor art you’ll see this autumn
You might think autumn would be a stupid time to open an outdoor sculpture exhibition. And you’d think right.
![The National Portrait Gallery has reopened, and it looks fantastic The National Portrait Gallery has reopened, and it looks fantastic](https://media.timeout.com/images/106018851/750/562/image.jpg)
The National Portrait Gallery has reopened, and it looks fantastic
If you took three years off and spent millions on cosmetic surgery you’d probably look pretty damn sharp too. That’s what the National Portrait...
![Top 10 art exhibitions in London Top 10 art exhibitions in London](https://media.timeout.com/images/106028627/750/562/image.jpg)
Top 10 art exhibitions in London
Check out our critics' pick of the best art shows
Latest art reviews
The Cult of Beauty
The Cult of Beauty
Beauty’s a pretty big topic. Almost all of art history, up until postmodernism, dealt with it in some way, whether that’s the divine kind, the...
Zach Blas: ‘Cultus’
Zach Blas: ‘Cultus’
We might just be designing our own doom. With the pursuit of AI, the creation of ultra-powerful machine intelligences, we’re engaging in the kind of...
Claudette Johnson: ‘Presence’
Claudette Johnson: ‘Presence’
It’s rare that the title of an exhibition carries as much weight as this. But with her show of paintings of Black figures, Claudette Johnson is giving...
Lutz Bacher: Aye!
Lutz Bacher: Aye!
The whole gallery screams and screeches with fragments of clashing sound. A room is filled with sand and blankTV screens, robotic fingers play dissonant chords...
Christina Quarles: Tripping Over My Joy
Christina Quarles: Tripping Over My Joy
Twisting bodies and undulating flesh, all smooshing and sploodging into half-abstract semi-chaos: you know what you’re getting with Christina Quarles....
Anna Uddenberg: Home Wreckers
Anna Uddenberg: Home Wreckers
If you get caught smoking as a kid, the best punishment is to be locked in a closet and forced to smoke a whole pack. It’ll put you off for life. Swedish...
Read the latest art news
![Two more tube stations now have these iconic maze designs Two more tube stations now have these iconic maze designs](https://media.timeout.com/images/106055826/750/562/image.jpg)
Two more tube stations now have these iconic maze designs
Each of Mark Wallinger’s ‘Labyrinths’ is unique to its location
![You can get your portrait taken by legendary photographer Rankin in London this weekend You can get your portrait taken by legendary photographer Rankin in London this weekend](https://media.timeout.com/images/106054749/750/562/image.jpg)
You can get your portrait taken by legendary photographer Rankin in London this weekend
We’re ready for our close up
![These spectacular shots triumphed at the 2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards These spectacular shots triumphed at the 2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards](https://media.timeout.com/images/106052240/750/562/image.jpg)
These spectacular shots triumphed at the 2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards
Head this way for some of the year’s most glorious nature snaps
![This extremely rare Picasso is now on display in London This extremely rare Picasso is now on display in London](https://media.timeout.com/images/106051410/750/562/image.jpg)
This extremely rare Picasso is now on display in London
It’s part of a travelling exhibition reportedly worth around £327 million
See more art in London
![The 40 best photos of London ever taken The 40 best photos of London ever taken](https://media.timeout.com/images/103164102/750/562/image.jpg)
The 40 best photos of London ever taken
Our (almost) definitive list of the best photographs ever taken of the capital
![Latest art interviews Latest art interviews](https://media.timeout.com/images/103195254/750/562/image.jpg)
Latest art interviews
We speak to the biggest names and emerging talent in the art world
![The 100 best paintings in London The 100 best paintings in London](https://media.timeout.com/images/102272937/750/562/image.jpg)
The 100 best paintings in London
Our expert guide to the best paintings in the capital
![Photography in London Photography in London](https://media.timeout.com/images/103267278/750/562/image.jpg)
Photography in London
Get in the picture with our guide to the capital's best photography
The best London galleries
Barbican Centre
Barbican Centre
The Barbican Centre, a vast concrete estate of 2,000 flats and a leading arts complex, is a prime example of brutalist architecture, softened a little by time...
National Gallery
National Gallery
Founded in 1824 to display a collection of just 36 paintings, today the National Gallery is home to more than 2,000 works. There are masterpieces from...
National Portrait Gallery
National Portrait Gallery
Portraits don't have to be stuffy. The National Portrait Gallery has everything from oil paintings of stiff-backed royals to photos of soccer stars and...
Tate Britain
Tate Britain
Tate Modern gets all the attention, but the original Tate Gallery, founded by sugar magnate Sir Henry Tate, has a broader and more inclusive brief. Housed in a...
Tate Modern
Tate Modern
The permanent collection draws from the Tate’s collections of modern art (international works from 1900) and features heavy hitters such as Matisse,...
Whitechapel Gallery
Whitechapel Gallery
This East End stalwart reopened in 2009 following a major redesign and expansion that saw the Grade II listed building transformed into a vibrant, holistic...