BEST EXHIBITIONS IN LONDON
Don’t miss out on the best exhibitions in London. From the latest blockbuster art shows and museum exhibitions to up-and-coming artists to free exhibitions in London, you’ll find them all right here. There are so many great museums and galleries in London which means there are some incredible shows to see, from interactive exhibitions to art installations to photography exhibitions on in the city right now. And if you like to just drop into something last minute, there are a whole host of free exhibitions in London too. Current exhibitions include an immersive exhibition on Salvador Dali, a show on the biggest dinosaur ever to have walked the earth, and an exhibition that explores the relationship between painting and photography at the Tate Modern.
Highlights
Jet off to outer space without leaving London (or the ground for that matter) with the immersive NASA display on the big screens at Outernet; The V&A is is celebrating some of the biggest divas of our time with major exhibition DIVA; and dive into the world of AI at the Science Gallery London, which is looking at the technological phenomenon from a different perspective with its new exhibition, AI: Who’s Looking After Me?
If you’re a fan of an interactive exhibition, there’s one based on the life and work of Vincent Van Gogh open in London right now, and Yayoi Kusama is back at the Tate Modern with another one of her immersive exhibitions featuring an Infinity Room. Whether you’re looking for exhibitions today, exhibitions this weekend or you want to stay on top of all upcoming art exhibitions, we’ve got you covered.
THE BUTTERFLY TRAIL AT OUTERNET
- Monday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Thursday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Friday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Saturday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Sunday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
Hold a butterfly on the tip of your finger at this immersive botanical garden at Outernet London. Created in collaboration with Pixel Artworks, The Butterfly Trail is the world’s first mixed reality experience and it’s running on Outernet’s four-storey high, 16k wraparound screen. Using cutting-edge tech, The Butterfly Trail will take you through explorer Professor Peter Pelgrin’s Botanical workshop and inside his Glass House where you can interact with the space, release AR butterflies and trigger real-time animations using your smartphone.
OUT OF THE MARGINS
- Monday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
Good Chance Theatre is auctioning off a range of annotated first and special editions of play texts and musical scripts in support of refugee artists in the UK, and before the lots get sold, you can have a look at them at a special Out of the Margins exhibition at Christie’s. The 60 texts include an annotated script of Love Actually from Richard Curtis alongside his play Mr and Mrs Smith, which has never been read by anyone; an annotated first edition of Jerusalem from Jez Butterworth with some props from the play’s original run; a rare and heavily annotated script that belonged to Mark Rylance when he starred in Antony & Cleopatra in 1999; a heavily annotated boxed first edition of Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt; and a signed copy of the 2021 Matilda: The Musical script alongside writer Dennis Kelly’s very first original script written entirely by hand.
CHRISTIAN MARCLAY | DOORS
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday: Closed
After creating a 24-hour film installation featuring clips of clocks and watches in chronological order, Christian Marclay is now taking us through doors with his new exhibition. Aptly titled Doors, this piece features clips of opening or closing doors edited together to give the impression of people endlessly wandering through a labyrinthine space. As Marclay says, “The door is of course very symbolic, but I see it more as sculptural. My video is a sort of mental architecture that the viewer might or might not follow and get lost in.”
MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
After being rescheduled twice due to the pandemic, the Royal Academy is finally presenting the first major UK survey of Serbian performance artist Marina Abramović. Known for her pushing her mental and physical endurance to the limit during with her work, such as living in a three-room home inside a NYC gallery for twelve days while fasting, Abramović is a performance art pioneer. This exhibition will showcase pieces from across the past 50 years, including video, sculpture, installation and performance – four of her performance pieces, ‘Nude with Skeleton’, ‘Imponderabilia’, ‘Luminosity’ and ‘The House with the Ocean View’, will be staged during the run by performance artists trained in the Marina Abramović method.
GABRIELLE CHANEL | FASHION MANIFESTO
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM
Based on a show of the same name held in Paris, Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto at the V&A exhibition will feature over 180 looks (including pieces from the V&A’s own archive plus outfits worn by Lauren Bacall and Marlene Dietrich) as well as perfume, cosmetics, jewellery and accessories, and cover Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel’s career from the opening of her first millinery boutique in 1910 to her final collection in 1971. The exhibition will explore Chanel’s approach to dressing women and the way that she redefined fashion – she created clothes for the modern woman, with tweed jackets and trousers offering a chic and practical alternative to the traditional corseted silhouettes of the day – as well as looking at her personal style and her legacy..
SARAH LUCAS | HAPPY GAS
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Tate Britiain is hosting a major exhibition on Sarah Lucas, featuring over 75 works from across four decades of her career. Lucas, who’s know for her exploration of the human body, gender, sex and class, rose to fame as one of the Young British Artists in the early nineties, and some of her early works from this period will be presented in the exhibition. The display will also include many of her chair and seated sculptures, concrete pieces, large-scale photographs, nude plaster casts, and recent sculptures made between 2019 – 2023, ten of which are being shown for the very first time.
THE ART OF BANKSY
The Art of Banksy first landed in London in the spring of 2021 after touring the world, popping up in cities from Melbourne to Miami, and following another international jaunt, it’s returning to the capital this summer bigger and better than ever. The show is not authorised by the artist and therefore not curated in collaboration with him (not really Banksy’s style is it?) so all the pieces on show are loans from private collectors. In fact, the exhibition will display the world’s largest collection of official Banksy works from 1997 – 2008. This time around, 110 pieces will be on show, including the iconic ‘Girl and Balloon’ ‘Flower Thrower’ and ‘Rude Copper’ as well as artworks from Dismaland, ones that reference the war in Ukraine and some going on public display for the first time.
RUBENS & WOMEN
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
This exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery is showing another side to Peter Paul Rubens and the women he painted. Primarily known for his depictions of voluptuous women, he also painted many portraits of his wives and children, as well as religious and mythological figures. This show, featuring many masterpieces being displayed in the UK for the first time, will explore his different relationships with women and how they impacted his career.
REBEL | 30 YEARS OF LONDON FASHION
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
The Design Museum is teaming up with the British Fashion Council to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its NEWGEN programme by hosting one of the largest surveys of contemporary fashion in the UK. REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion will showcase the work of young designers, like Molly Goddard, Wales Bonner, Christopher Kane, Simone Rocha, Erdem and JW Anderson, who have changed the fashion landscape in the UK and beyond. Over 100 garments will be on show, including Bjork’s iconic swan dress, a Steven Stokey Daley outfit worn by Harry Styles in his ‘Golden’ video, and a replica of the HARRI inflatable latex suit worn by Sam Smith at this year’s BRIT Awards, alongside films, drawings, memorabilia and archive material from a range of UK-based designers.
THE MISSING THREAD | UNTOLD STORIES OF BLACK BRITISH FASHION
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
The Missing Thread: Untold Stories of Black British Fashion at Somerset House will explore the profound – and largely under-appreciated – impact of Black creativity on the UK’s fashion landscape. Expect to be taken on a journey from the 1970s to the present day, charting the undeniable influence of Black music, photography, art and design on fashion along the way. The first theme, Home, will look at the intercontinental roots of Black British style and how safety is found in community. The second will explore how Tailoring has been used by Black Britons in establishing their own identity. The third, Performance, will spotlight Black performers and examine the effects and power of ‘being seen’. And the final will centre around Nightlife and the freedom of expression afforded by its spaces. In a fifth part of the exhibition, visitors will be told the story of the late Joe Casely-Hayford OBE, a fashion designer, cult icon and favourite of Lou Reed, The Clash, U2 and more. With exclusive access to the Casely-Hayford archive, the exhibition will close with a wide selection of unseen studio material and items from the designer’s most renowned collections.
MONET | THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
Following in the footsteps of Van Gogh, Klimt, Kahlo, Rivera and Dali, the French impressionist is the latest artist to get the immersive treatment. Monet: The Immersive Experience will feature 360-degree projections of Monet’s masterpieces across a two-storey space, so you’ll really be able to get up close to those brushstrokes, as well as re-creations of his creative atelier and his gardens at Giverny; bridges dripping in flowers that allow you to step inside (and over) his famous ‘Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies’ painting; a VR experience where you can dive into the inspo and explore the landscapes behind some of his most iconic works, like ‘Poppies’ and ‘Haystack at the end of summer’; a space where you can learn all about Monet’s life; and even a chance for you to have a go at creating your very own artwork to be projected onto the walls.
NASA AT OUTERNET
- Monday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Thursday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Friday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Saturday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Sunday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
See the wonders of space without having to leave London, let alone Earth, by heading to this immersive NASA exhibition at Outernet. The free show features real footage of the galaxy sourced from NASA, as well as other space agencies, which you’ll be able to watch on the four-storey high, 16K wraparound screens from a space station specially created for the experience. If you’ve always fancied being Tim Peake or Neil Armstrong, you won’t wanna miss this.
A WORLD IN COMMON | CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHY
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
The Tate Modern is celebrating contemporary African photography with the A World in Common exhibition. Works from a range of African artists across different generations are on show, touching on themes like urbanism, spirituality, identity and climate change. The exhibition explores how photographs have been able to travel across geographies and histories and how the medium has allowed the past and the future to co-exist.
CAPTURING THE MOMENT
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
This exhibition at the Tate Modern explores the relationship between painting and photography through some of the most iconic artworks of the modern era, looking at how artists capture moments in time using the paintbrush and the camera. As well as paintings by Pablo Picasso and Paula Rego and photographs by Hiroshi Sugimoto and Jeff Wall, the display also includes pieces that blur the lines between the two mediums, like Andy Warhol’s silkscreen prints, Pauline Boty’s pop paintings and Andreas Gurksy’s large-scale photographs.
DIVA
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM
The V&A is celebrating some of the biggest divas of our time with major exhibition DIVA. The show will dive into the origins of the diva, explore how some of the best-known performers shaped popular culture, and celebrate how the divas of past and present express their power and creativity. Over 60 outfits will be on display, (some for the very first time), including Marilyn Monroe’s fringed dress from Some Like It Hot, Bob Mackie designs for Cher and Tina Turner, and Sandy Powell’s 50th birthday ensemble for Elton John, alongside lyrics, photographs, sketches and other personal items.
BLACK VENUS
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Somerset House is hosting Black Venus, an exhibition curated by Aindrea Emelife that examines the representation and legacy of Black women in visual culture, through the lens of the Hottentot Venus, the Sable Venus and the Jezebel. The work of 18 Black female and non-binary artists, including Carrie Mae Weems, Zanele Muholi, Renee Cox, Lorna Simpson, Kara Walker, Sonia Boyce, Ayana V Jackson and Delphine Diallo, will be on display, showcasing the many ways Black femininity can be expressed and reclaiming Black womanhood from fetishisation and objectification.
AI | WHO'S LOOKING AFTER ME?
- Monday: 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM
- Tuesday: 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday: 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday: 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday: 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday: Closed
Artificial Intelligence is on most (if not all) of our minds at the moment, but Science Gallery London is looking at the technological phenomenon from a different perspective with its new exhibition, AI: Who’s Looking After Me?. Looking to avoid the more fatalistic language typically used when covering AI, the show will explore the ways in which it’s already shaping our lives and the near future through its implementation in healthcare, the justice system, daily commutes, and more. Some highlights include James Bridle’s film about self-driving cars and their projected agency; a robotic arm that looks after a group of house cats and learns from their behaviours; Wesley Goatley’s graveyard of defunct Alexa voice assistants; an interactive romance experiment that uses an AI trained on everything the internet knows about love; and a multimedia project by Sarah Selby that highlights the power of algorithms within the UK’s immigration systems.
Each year, the City of London works with artists and partners to curate a new trail of artworks that forms the annual sculpture park, Sculpture in the City. This summer marks the 12th edition of the sculpture park and features the work of 17 world-class artists and spans the Square Mile. New pieces from the likes of Simeon Barclay, Phyllida Barlow, Larry Bell, Rafael D’Aló, Isamu Noguchi and Mika Rottenberg will be joining some sculptures already on display, including Jesse Pollock’s striking life-sized model of a traditional grain store, and Oliver Bragg’s bench plaque that reads “In loving memory of a loving memory”. The nature of the sculpture park means that it’s 100% free and open 24/7, so you can stroll up and view the art any time you like.
GENETIC AUTOMATA
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Friends and collaborators Larry Achiampong and David Blandy are bringing Genetic Automata to the Wellcome Collection, an exhibition that explores race and identity in this age of avatars, videogames and ancestry DNA. The show will feature four films that delve into the subject of scientific racism and how it persists today, whether in education, healthcare, science, politics, or another sector. The duo’s latest work, _GOD_MODE (2023), has been co-commissioned by the Wellcome Collection, Black Cultural Archives (BCA), and Wellcome Connecting Science to premiere as part of the series. Each film includes a spoken word soundtrack and imagery from video games, with a specific focus on those with dystopian sci-fi narratives that deal with the unethical use of genetic material.
The Colors Festival, which has already had successful runs in Manchester and Paris, brings together paintings, photography and illustrations by more than 40 street artists from around the world at Camden’s Hawley Wharf. The exhibition will feature a mix of up-and-coming and established street artists, including the likes of Angry Dan, Kekli, Remi Cierco, Hazard One, Lisa Lloyd, Dale Grimshaw, One Mizer and more. Not only is each piece very large (the official term is ‘XXL’, according to the website) but, as the name suggests, they are strikingly bright and colourful.
THE FANS STRIKE BACK | A STAR WARS FAN EXHIBITION
Forget going to a galaxy far, far away, you’ll only need to travel to Old Brompton Road to get your Star Wars fix at this huge fan exhibition. Using a part of the largest private collection of fan items, the show will feature hundreds of unique collectables and figurines, famous costumes, life-size figures, one-of-a-kind sculptures, photographs and more – we’re talking Lego BB-8 models, lightsabers, Darth Vader figures, Stormtrooper helmets and everything in between. You’ll also be able to step inside the movies with a unique VR experience and live out your best Jedi fantasy in a green screen lightsaber battle, so it really is gonna be must-visit for fans.
BBC EARTH EXPERIENCE
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Saturday: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- Sunday: 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Immerse yourself in the BBC series Seven Worlds, One Planet and explore the wonders of the natural world at this BBC Earth Experience. Hosted at the purpose-built Daikin Centre in Earl’s Court Footage will be projected across multiple multi-angle screens, with bespoke narration from Sir David Attenborough, giving you a 360-degree view of the different environments of the seven continents, from a firefly light show in North America to snub-nosed monkeys huddling for warmth in Asia.
PORTRAITS OF DOGS | FROM GAINSBOROUGH TO HOCKNEY
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Dogs have been mused upon since ancient times and now they’re finally getting the recognition they deserve with a dedicated exhibition at the Wallace Collection. Portraits of Dogs will bring 50 artworks together to explore how dog portraiture developed as a genre, specifically from the 18th century onwards. Expect paintings, sculptures, drawings and taxidermy all depicting various four-legged friends. Leave your cat at home.
TITANOSAUR | LIFE AS THE BIGGEST DINOSAUR
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 5:50 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:50 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:50 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:50 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:50 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:50 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:50 PM
A patagotitan mayorum skeleton, a member of the titanosaur family and one of the largest creatures to ever walk the Earth, is going on display in the Natural History Museum’s Waterhouse Gallery as part of the Titanosaur: Life as the Biggest Dinosaur exhibition. And when we say large, we mean large. The titanosaur frame weighs 57 tonnes, that’s four times heavier than Dippy the Diplodocus, and is 27 metres long, a full 12 metres longer than Hope the Whale. As well as getting up close and personal with this supersize dino, you’ll be able to find out how it grew to be so big from an egg the size of a football and how it found food. The skeleton is on loan from the MEF in Argentina (where it was excavated in 2014) and it’s going home after the exhibition closes, so all you dino fans won’t want to miss this.
SPACES IN-BETWEEN
- Monday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Thursday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Friday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Saturday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
- Sunday: 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM
Visual light artist Rupert Newman and immersive experience studio Pixel Artworks are displaying the interactive body-movement artwork Spaces In-Between across the 360-degree, four-storey screens at Outernet London. Made up of three artworks, ‘Tessellations’, ‘Transcendence’ and ‘A Step Beyond’, the show will take you through a digital natural world and allow you to interact with the piece as geometric shapes respond to the movements of your body. It’s accompanied by audio from composer Sarah Warne to complete the immersive feeling.
DAVID HOCKNEY | BIGGER & CLOSER (NOT SMALLER & FURTHER AWAY)
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 8:30 PM
- Saturday: 9:30 AM – 8:30 PM
- Sunday: 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM
A new immersive art gallery, Lightroom, is launching with an inaugural exhibition of works by one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century, David Hockney. The dedicated four-storey space has been designed to facilitate the large-scale projections and high-tech surround sound that we’ve come to expect from such exhibitions, paired with a bar and seating area run by St John. David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away) will bring together 60 years of the artist’s work in a cycle of six themed chapters, alongside a specially composed score by Nico Muhly and commentary by Hockney himself. The experience will see the likes of ‘Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)’, ‘A Bigger Grand Canyon’ and other iconic pieces shape a theatrical exploration of Hockney’s career, from the 60s to the present day; LA to Yorkshire to Normandy.
Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience has been a hit in the States and in Europe and now it’s come to Spitalfields. The exhibition sees more than 300 of Van Gogh’s works projected across a floor-to-ceiling two-storey space so you’ll be able to soak up the art from all angles. There’s also a drawing studio and a VR experience that takes you through a day in the life of the artist and explores the inspiration behind some of his most iconic paintings.
GET TICKETSYAYOI KUSAMA | INFINITY MIRROR ROOMS
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
After her pumpkin-filled Infinity Room caused lengthy queues at the Victoria Miro gallery in 2016, Yayoi Kusama returns with another major exhibition, this time at the Tate Modern. Two of her installations – the large Infinity Mirrored Room – Filled with the Brilliance of Life and Chandelier of Grief, which gives the illusion of endless rotating chandeliers – this year. The rooms will be presented alongside a small collection of photographs, some of which will be going on display for the very first time.
We’re no strangers to immersive art experiences in London but Frameless is taking things to a whole new level. It’s the capital’s first permanent digital art experience, featuring some of the world’s most iconic artworks spread across the walls, floors and ceilings of a 30,000 sq ft space. You can get up close and personal with over 40 works from 28 artists, including the likes of Klimt, Munch, Kandinsky, Monet, Rembrandt, Dali, Cezanne and van Gogh. The Frameless experience is spread across four different themed galleries – Beyond Reality, Colour In Motion, The World Around Us and The Art Of Abstraction – with bespoke musical scores accompanying the displays.
TWIST MUSEUM
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Dive into a world of illusions and discover the science behind how they work at Twist Museum. Created in collaboration with experts from the worlds of art, psychology and neuroscience, Twist blends immersive multi-sensory experiences with education and technology to help you understand what happens to the brain when your senses are deceived and how different stimuli shape your sense of reality. There are over 60 exhibits inside, including the Ames Room, which creates the feeling of shrinking; the Life Without Colour Room, where you can experience a world without colour; the Sound Lab, where you can unlock the extrasensory power of your ears; and the Kaleidoscope Room, which reacts and refracts to your presence.
