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Sex Skateboards Has Taken Over the Dram Terrace

Until beginning of September 2025
7 Denmark Street, London WC2H 8LZ

Louis Slater and Sex Skateboards, the brand that bridges the gap between skate culture and street art, have taken over the terrace of Soho cocktail bar Dram for the summer. You can check out a range of Sex Skateboards’ artworks and boards on the terrace as you sip on a whisky cocktail, and you can also pick up some limited-edition merch designed by Louis too.

Shop Furniture and Antiques at The Spotlight Market

18th & 19th July 2025
71 Powerscroft Road, Lower Clapton, London E5 0PT

Looking to fill your flat with something other than IKEA flatpack? Head to The Spotlight Market, which is popping up in Clapton this July. The market brings together art, furniture, sculpture and objects from a number of different furniture and antiques dealers, including Ancien et Jolie, Stowaway London, Modants, Oculus, Vantage Living, Furniture East and Early Bird London, all of whom are experts in their respective fields and have an excellent eye for sourcing. Most of these traders don’t have permanent physical spaces so it’s a great chance to see their unique pieces in person.

This Exhibition Celebrates Modern and Sustainable Floral Design

20th - 22nd June 2025
49 Staffordshire Street, London SE15 5TJ

To celebrate British Flowers Week, Cissy Bullock and Olivia Wilson are curating Flowers on the Edge, an exhibition that aims to push the boundaries of sustainable floral design. The show will feature installations from ten up-and-coming floral designers, made using only locally-grown flowers and sustainable mechanics. Works from the likes of Wild Stems, Elder & Iris, Nice Bunch, Wilt Studio and Not Salad will be on display.

A Pop-Up Beach Has Landed in Walthamstow

13th June - 7th September 2025
Big Penny Social, Priestley Way, London

You don’t need to go to the seaside this summer (well, unless you want to of course) because it’s coming to you. Walthamstow is becoming ‘Walthamstow-on-Sea’ until September as Big Penny Social is transforming its terrace into a British seaside resort. Kitted out with deckchairs, sand pits and private beach huts, the pop-up beach is open on weekends for Londoners to soak up the sun with pizza, penny sweets, soft-serve ice cream, draught beers and frozen cocktails.

Try Sriracha, Gravy, Pickled Onion and Twiglet Flavoured Ice Cream at this Pop-Up

7th June - 17th August 2025
11 Pont Street, London SW1X 9EH

Just like last year, Anya Hindmarch’s playful spirit will be out in full force this summer with the return of her Ice Cream Project concept store. This ice cream parlour doesn’t do your average scoops; instead the flavours are inspired by Hindmarch’s fave brands, taking products that would typically be found in the pantry and putting them in the freezer instead. That means the likes of Flying Goose Sriracha, Twiglets, Bisto Gravy, Garnier’s Pickled Onion, Maldon Sea Salt and Irn-Bru flavoured ice creams. Yes really. There’s always some safer, sweeter options on offer at the parlour, like Bird’s Custard, Romney’s Kendal Mint Cake, McVitie’s Milk Chocolate Hobnobs, Ovaltine and Rowse Honey, so you don’t have to eat gravy ice cream if you really don’t want to.

Patio Pizza Is Taking Up Residence at The Greyhound

109 Peckham High St, London SE15 5SE

Alim Nayil is taking his acclaimed Kingston pizza shop Patio Pizza to Peckham for the summer, taking up residence at The Greyhound. Alim founded Patio Pizza in 2020; after throwing pizza parties at university and working in his dad’s pizzeria, he began researching dough before landing on a hybrid style that blends New York crispiness with Neapolitan chew. At The Greyhound, Alim will be serving a short menu of pizzas, including N’Duja, Pepperoni and Funghi, alongside rotating specials like the Lupita (a pistachio pesto base, courgette, ricotta, lemon zest, crispy coppa and mint oil). There’ll be sides like boneless wings, mozzarella sticks and garlic bread on offer, plus house-made dips for your crusts.

The Giant London Flea Market Is Coming

The Giant London Flea, the largest indoor flea market in the city, is returning to Stratford this summer. More that 150 traders will be selling their wares at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Multi-Storey Car Park, so you’ll be able to shop from unique finds, jewellery, furniture, unexpected oddities and more. It’s £2 entry so head on down for a spot of bargain hunting.

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Date | Sun 6th July 2025, 10am – 5pm
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The Summer Exhibition Returns to the Royal Academy

17th June - 17th August 2025
Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, London

The RA Summer Exhibition is one of the highlights of the city’s artistic calendar – it’s been held every year since 1769 – and this year’s edition looks set to be another cracker. Farshid Moussavi RA, is coordinating this year’s show, which includes works in every possible medium from established artists, Royal Academicians and emerging talent. 

See Unseen Photos of The Rolling Stones at This Exhibition

6th June - 10th September 2025
Dockside Vaults, London E1W 1AT

100 never-before-seen photographs of The Rolling Stones, taken in 1963 (just a year after they first formed) when the band were on their first tour alongside The Everly Brothers and Bo Diddley, are being exhibited at Dockside Vaults. Taken by Gus Coral when the group was still unknown, the pictures going on display at Rolling Stones Unseen have remained in an archive for almost six decades, so the show is a must-visit for any Stones fans.

The Wellcome Collection Is Exploring Humanity's Connection With Freshwater

26th June 2025 – 1st February 2026
Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE

With Thirst: In Search of Freshwater, the Wellcome Collection is diving into humanity’s connection with freshwater as a source of life and key to good health. The exhibition will bring together art, science, technology, history and indigenous knowledge, and span ancient Mesopotamia to Victorian London to modern-day Nepal, in its exploration of our relationship with freshwater. Divided into five sections – Aridity, Rain, Glaciers, Surface Water and Groundwater – the show will feature over 125 objects that highlight the impact that access to freshwater has on the health of both individuals and ecosystems, the consequences that water mismanagement has around the world, and the innovative solutions being created to combat water crises.

This Is the Largest Major Museum Exhibition in the UK on Jenny Saville

20th June - 7th September 2025
National Portrait Gallery, Saint Martin's Place, London

Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting at the National Portrait Gallery is the largest major museum exhibition in the UK on the contemporary painter. Saville has been one of the leaders in figurative painting since the 1990s and has become known for her visceral portraits and her interpretation of female beauty. The show will feature 45 of Saville’s works made across her career, including charcoal drawings, large-scale oil paintings and new pieces on display for the first time, tracing the development of her practice and her connection to art history.

A Wes Anderson-Themed Bar Has Popped Up in Soho

Until 22nd June 2025
1 Upper James St, London W1F 9DF

All you Wes Anderson fans will know that the director’s latest film The Phoenician Scheme has just come out, but you might not know that you can step inside the bar from the movie. The Red Room inside Bob Bob Ricard has been transformed into Marseille Bob’s, complete with giant pretzels in silver bowls, waiters wearing fez hats and carnations, and drinks inspired by the film. You can sip on a ‘Tycoon on the Rocks’ (a margarita that changes colour, like the poison test featured in the movie) or a ‘Virgin Novitiate’ (made with champagne, Hennessy and a Maraschino cherry), and snack on smoked anchovies with bread and butter. The pop-up is here until 22nd June, and then it’s only a few more months to wait until the Wes Anderson exhibition opens at the Design Museum.

Jealous Is Hosting a Summer Show in Shoreditch

14th & 15th June 2025
Sacred London, St Michael + All Angels, Leonard Street, London EC2A 4QS

This summer Jealous is leaving its gallery on Curtain Road and going up the road to St Michael’s Church for its Summer Show. Running across two days, the show will feature works from the likes of Blur, David Shrigley, Jake Chapman, Ben Kelly, Miss Bugs, Harry Hill, Charming Baker, Opake, Yinka Shonibare, Antony Micallef, Noel Fielding, and Lakwena. There’ll also be live printing, ‘Quick Shit Portraits’ by Dave Buonaguidi, and a Wheel of Fortune in aid of The Big Issue. Tickets are a tenner or you can get in free by bringing a donation for Tottenham and Hornsey foodbanks.

A Giant Sun Is Coming to Osterley Park and House This Summer

6th - 9th June 2025
Osterley Park And House, Jersey Rd, Isleworth TW7 4RB

After bringing Helios, a seven-metre sculpture of the sun, to the Painted Hall in Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College at the start of the year, multidisciplinary artist Luke Jerram is taking it west. The piece will be on display at Osterley Park and House, outside the 18th century portico of the neo-classical mansion, across two stints this summer and will be free to view. Like Jerram’s other astronomical installations, Museum of the Moon, Mars and Gaia, Helios, named after the Greek and Roman sun god, is an incredibly detailed, internally lit model of the sun. At a scale of 1:200 million (that means every centimetre of the model represents 200km of the sun), it’s been made using photographs by NASA and Astrophotographer Dr Stuart Green and allows you to get up close to the surface of the star – yes this is one sun you can actually stare at. Accompanied by a surround sound composition created by Duncan Speakman and Sarah Anderson, Helios is an immersive experience that allows you appreciate the power of the sun and the impact it has on human life and our mental wellbeing.

Saatchi Yates Is Saying London Rules the World

12th June - 17th August 2025
14 Bury Street, London SW1Y 6AL

Obviously we think London is the best city in the world, and this summer Saatchi Yates is agreeing with us by putting on an exhibition called Once Upon a Time in London. With the show, the gallery will highlight how the city has constantly evolved but always remained a centre of groundbreaking art. Starting with post-WWII paintings from masters like Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach and Lucien Freud, the exhibition will move through modern art in London, from David Hockney’s pop art to the YBAs of the nineties to the new generation of artists coming through today. Works from the likes of Damien Hirst, Jenny Saville, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Bridget Riley, Paula Rego, Gilbert & George, Tracey Emin, Peter Doig, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Oli Epp, Chris Ofili, and Slawn will also be on display.

The Imperial War Museum Is Hosting the UK's First Major Exhibition on Sexual Violence in Conflict

23rd May - 2nd November 2025
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London

Six years in the making, the Unsilenced: Sexual Violence in Conflict exhibition at the Imperial War Museum is the first major show in the UK dedicated to a topic that is still under-discussed. The show will feature case studies from WWI to the present day as well as objects, testimonies and interviews with experts, exploring how and why sexual violence is perpetrated, the impact it has on victims, and the battles for justice and reconciliation. The show will also spotlight the work of four NGOs – Women for Women International, All Survivors Project, Free Yezidi Foundation and Waging Peace – that are leading the fight against sexual violence in conflict.

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