London
London: Plan your day out in London, the capital city! Find cultural and heritage places to visit or explore our comprehensive events and listings from museums, art galleries, historic attractions, castles, stately homes and more.
| Browse venues | Browse listings | Browse bookable events |
"Painter's painter" Walter Sickert celebrated in From Life at London's Fine Art Society
Revealing rare paintings and prints from the Slade and etchings from his Ennui masterpiece, a new exhibition suggests Sickert as one of Britain's finest artists.
Michael Landy's Saints Alive at the National Gallery is a technical hit and miss
The oft-controversial sculptor has taken an unlikely interest in Renaissance-era saints, as found in the UK's foremost gallery of painting. Mark Sheerin pays it a visit.
Etienne Viard sculpts and buckles The Poetry of Instability at London's Piper Gallery
French artist Etienne Viard's debut exhibition in Britain reveals his destructive streak within folded, cut maquettes, steel rods and ironwork.
Mavericks and savants make up Hayward Gallery's Alternative Guide to the Universe
Billed as far-fetched and outlandish, the works in the Hayward Gallery's eccentric new show include blueprints to resurrect Paris and the search for unlimited energry.
Jake and Dinos Chapman, Antony Gormley and The Gherkin in Sculpture in the City 2013
The annual show features dinosaurs at the base of the skyscraper, a shiny installation by Ryan Gander and works by Keith Coventry, Jim Lambie and Shirazeh Houshiary.
Affordable Art Fair returns to Hampstead Heath with hundreds of galleries and artists
Moved to June in a bid to make the most of its surroundings, this year's Affordable Art Fair offers families the chance to get hands-on through tours, talks and printmaking.
Review: Visions of the Universe at the National Maritime Museum
Showcasing a history of astronomical discovery, the National Maritime Museum's fusion of art and science provides a dazzling insight into the universe.
The Drawing Theatre – The Paul Kindersley Edition takes over Shoreditch Town Hall
Described as a voyeur, madman, conspirator and obsessive, Paul Kindersley leads an afternoon of drawing and performance art with a difference in London this weekend.
Horniman Museum to send south London sounds over Twitter on Dawn Chorus Walk
Forest Hill's finest museum is calling on the public to join a dawn walk later this month, capturing the finest examples of local birdsong before broadcasting them to the world.
Nash, Nevinson, Spencer, Gertler, Carrington, Bomberg: A Crisis of Brilliance in Dulwich
A Paul Nash painting hidden from public view for decades features in a war-covering exhibition devoted to the early 20th century prodigies of the Slade School.
Medical Research Council and UCL performers in Life Game festival at the Science Museum
Armed with a paper "character", visitors to the Science Museum in London this weekend will be able to get tips on living a better life from some of the experts.
Asthall Manor's seductive onform sculpture show brings stone to London's Crypt Gallery
Formed as a biennial in 2002, the sixth edition of a playful sculpture show from the Cotswold arrives at an atmospheric London crypt with work by 19 artists.
First Time Out: Ancient dishes, Chinese puzzles, bone guillotine and the earliest lightbulb
In the second part of our series on the exhibit swap going on between ten venues, we get the inside track on amazing artefacts including the earliest lamp.
Review: Sou Fujimoto's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
Designed by the Japanese-born rising star of design, this year's extraordinary Serpentine Pavilion is somewhere between a nest and a cave, says Ruth Hazard.
Polly Morgan, Tracey Emin and Billy Childish join Vauxhall Car Boot Fair 2013
Ever-presents Sir Peter Blake and Gavin Turk return and celebrity bingo and pass the parcel aim to please as the ultimate car boot fair returns for a tenth year.
