Art in Central London
Arts Calendar lists 17 exhibitions, 3 workshops and classes and 1 drawing group at 10 venues in Central London. Monday is the busiest night, with 2 of the regular listings.
Exhibitions on these days
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Opens Sat 5 Dec
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Closes Sun 6 Dec
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Closes Sat 12 Dec
Exhibition
This Is Still Not a Pipe: The Afterlife of Magritte
Gagosian Grosvenor Hill, London, Greater London
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Closes Sat 12 Dec
Exhibition
Royal Institute of Oil Painters: Annual Exhibition 2026
Mall Galleries, London, Greater London
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Closes Sat 12 Dec
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Closes Sat 12 Dec
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Closes Sat 12 Dec
Exhibition
Episode 16: Katie Shannon, BACK/PRUNE/VIRGIN/RUIN
Goldsmiths CCA, New Cross, Greater London
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Closes Sat 12 Dec
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Closes Sun 13 Dec
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Closes Sun 13 Dec
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Closes Sun 13 Dec
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Closes Fri 18 Dec
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Closes Sat 19 Dec
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Closes Sat 19 Dec
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Closes Sat 19 Dec
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Closes Sat 19 Dec
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Closes Sun 20 Dec
Exhibition
Wanda and Marion Wulz: Avant-garde Photography in 20th-Century Italy
Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London, Greater London
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Closes Sun 20 Dec
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Closes Sun 20 Dec
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Closes Wed 23 Dec
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Closes Wed 23 Dec
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Until 2 Jan 2027
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Until 2 Jan 2027
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Until 3 Jan 2027
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Until 9 Jan 2027
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Until 9 Jan 2027
Exhibition
Swaying in the Wind: Frédérick Yvan Manuel Gay
The Fan Museum, Greenwich, Greater London
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Until 10 Jan 2027
Exhibition
Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific
V&A South Kensington, London, Greater London
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Until 10 Jan 2027
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Until 10 Jan 2027
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Until 10 Jan 2027
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Until 16 Jan 2027
Exhibition
Louise Giovanelli: In the Light of False Suns
White Cube Mason’s Yard, London, Greater London
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Until 16 Jan 2027
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Until 17 Jan 2027
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Until 17 Jan 2027
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Until 17 Jan 2027
Exhibition
Screen Portraits: Whitechapel Gallery Artists, Part 2
Whitechapel Gallery, London, Greater London
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Until 17 Jan 2027
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Until 17 Jan 2027
Exhibition
Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji from the Iuchi Collection
Dulwich Picture Gallery, Dulwich, Greater London
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Until 17 Jan 2027
Exhibition
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2026
National Portrait Gallery, London, Greater London
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Until 17 Jan 2027
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Until 20 Jan 2027
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Until 23 Jan 2027
Exhibition
Alchemies: May Cockcroft, Nour Malas, Sarah Martin-Nuss
Victoria Miro, London, Greater London
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Until 23 Jan 2027
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Until 24 Jan 2027
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Until 24 Jan 2027
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Until 24 Jan 2027
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Until 24 Jan 2027
Exhibition
Soko Hwang: Flesh of Vessel
198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, Herne Hill, Greater London
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Until 30 Jan 2027
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Until 31 Jan 2027
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Until 31 Jan 2027
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Until 31 Jan 2027
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Until 31 Jan 2027
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Until 31 Jan 2027
Exhibition
Henry Moore: Monumental Nature
Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Kew, Greater London
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Until 6 Feb 2027
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Until 7 Feb 2027
Exhibition
Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation
National Gallery, London, Greater London
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Until 7 Feb 2027
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Until 7 Feb 2027
Exhibition
Rudy Loewe: Intimacies of Care, Spaces of Grief and Possibility
Wellcome Collection, London, Greater London
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Until 13 Feb 2027
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Until 13 Feb 2027
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Until 14 Feb 2027
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Until 14 Feb 2027
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Until 21 Feb 2027
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Until 21 Feb 2027
Exhibition
British Wildlife Photography Awards
Horniman Museum and Gardens, Forest Hill, Greater London
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Until 21 Feb 2027
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Until 21 Feb 2027
Exhibition
William Eggleston: All that goes unnoticed
The Photographers’ Gallery, London, Greater London
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Until 21 Feb 2027
Exhibition
Snap Happy! How Children Became Photographers
The Photographers’ Gallery, London, Greater London
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Until 26 Feb 2027
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Until 28 Feb 2027
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Until 28 Feb 2027
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Until 7 Mar 2027
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Until 7 Mar 2027
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Until 21 Mar 2027
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Until 21 Mar 2027
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Until 28 Mar 2027
Exhibition
Earthly Paradise: Radical Living in the UK
William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow, Greater London
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Until 4 Apr 2027
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Until 11 Apr 2027
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Until 11 Apr 2027
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Until 11 Apr 2027
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Until 11 Apr 2027
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Until 18 Apr 2027
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Until 25 Apr 2027
Exhibition
Metamorphoses: Porcelain Sculpture by Rachel Kneebone
The Wallace Collection, London, Greater London
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Until 30 Apr 2027
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Until 3 May 2027
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Until 5 May 2027
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Until 16 May 2027
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Until 11 Jul 2027
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Until 26 Sep 2027
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Until 26 Sep 2027
Exhibition
Dimensions: Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts
V&A South Kensington, London, Greater London
Tuesday 1 December
Born on this day: Charles F. Tunnicliffe (1901)
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Tue 1 Dec 19:00 21:00
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Tue 1 Dec 19:00 21:00
Drawing Group
London Drawing Covent Garden Tuesday Studio
Quaker Meeting House Covent Garden, London, Greater London
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Tue 1 Dec 19:00 21:00
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Tue 1 Dec 19:30 21:30
Wednesday 2 December
Born on this day: Georges Seurat (1859) and Otto Dix (1891)
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Wed 2 Dec 18:30 20:30
Drawing Group
London Drawing Waterloo Wednesday Studio
Waterloo Action Centre, London, Greater London
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Wed 2 Dec 19:00 21:00
Thursday 3 December
Born on this day: Frederic Leighton (1830) and Victor Pasmore (1908)
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Thu 3 Dec 15:00 19:00
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Thu 3 Dec 18:00 19:45
Friday 4 December
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Fri 4 Dec 19:00 21:00
Saturday 5 December
Born on this day: Alexander Rodchenko (1891) and David Bomberg (1890)
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Sat 5 Dec 12:00 16:00
Monday 7 December
Born on this day: Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598) and Stuart Davis (1892)
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Mon 7 Dec 19:00 21:00
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Mon 7 Dec 19:00 21:00
Tuesday 8 December
Happy birthday to Cai Guo-Qiang (69 today)
Born on this day: Adolph Menzel (1815), Aristide Maillol (1861), Camille Claudel (1864), Diego Rivera (1886), Lucian Freud (1922) and Wifredo Lam (1902)
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Tue 8 Dec 19:00 21:00
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Tue 8 Dec 19:00 21:00
Drawing Group
London Drawing Covent Garden Tuesday Studio
Quaker Meeting House Covent Garden, London, Greater London
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Tue 8 Dec 19:00 21:00
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Tue 8 Dec 19:30 21:30
Wednesday 9 December
Born on this day: Mark Gertler (1891)
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Wed 9 Dec 18:30 20:30
Drawing Group
London Drawing Waterloo Wednesday Studio
Waterloo Action Centre, London, Greater London
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Wed 9 Dec 19:00 21:00
Thursday 10 December
Happy birthday to Barbara Rae (83 today), Gillian Wearing (63 today) and Runa Islam (56 today)
Born on this day: John Clerk of Eldin (1728) and Leon Kossoff (1926)
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Thu 10 Dec 15:00 19:00
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Thu 10 Dec 18:00 19:45
Friday 11 December
Born on this day: Cedric Morris (1889)
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Fri 11 Dec 19:00 21:00
Saturday 12 December
Born on this day: Cliff Holden (1919), Edvard Munch (1863) and Helen Frankenthaler (1928)
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Sat 12 Dec 12:00 16:00
Monday 14 December
Happy birthday to Taysir Batniji (60 today)
Born on this day: Alberto Morrocco (1917), Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824) and Roger Fry (1866)
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Mon 14 Dec 19:00 21:00
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Mon 14 Dec 19:00 21:00
Tuesday 15 December
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Tue 15 Dec 19:00 21:00
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Tue 15 Dec 19:00 21:00
Drawing Group
London Drawing Covent Garden Tuesday Studio
Quaker Meeting House Covent Garden, London, Greater London
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Tue 15 Dec 19:00 21:00
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Tue 15 Dec 19:30 21:30
Wednesday 16 December
Happy birthday to Ed Ruscha (89 today)
Born on this day: Remedios Varo (1908) and Wassily Kandinsky (1866)
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Wed 16 Dec 18:30 20:30
Drawing Group
London Drawing Waterloo Wednesday Studio
Waterloo Action Centre, London, Greater London
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Wed 16 Dec 19:00 21:00
Thursday 17 December
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Thu 17 Dec 15:00 19:00
Friday 18 December
Born on this day: Paul Klee (1879)
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Fri 18 Dec 19:00 21:00
Saturday 19 December
Happy birthday to Thomas Joshua Cooper (80 today)
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Sat 19 Dec 12:00 16:00
Monday 21 December
Born on this day: Masaccio (1401) and Winifred Nicholson (1893)
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Mon 21 Dec 19:00 21:00
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Mon 21 Dec 19:00 21:00
Tuesday 22 December
Born on this day: Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960) and John Crome (1768)
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Tue 22 Dec 19:00 21:00
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Tue 22 Dec 19:00 21:00
Drawing Group
London Drawing Covent Garden Tuesday Studio
Quaker Meeting House Covent Garden, London, Greater London
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Tue 22 Dec 19:00 21:00
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Tue 22 Dec 19:30 21:30
Wednesday 23 December
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Wed 23 Dec 18:30 20:30
Drawing Group
London Drawing Waterloo Wednesday Studio
Waterloo Action Centre, London, Greater London
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Wed 23 Dec 19:00 21:00
Thursday 24 December
Born on this day: Ad Reinhardt (1913), Carol McNicoll (1943), Joseph Cornell (1903) and Pierre Soulages (1919)
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Thu 24 Dec 15:00 19:00
Friday 25 December
Born on this day: Louise Bourgeois (1911)
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Fri 25 Dec 19:00 21:00
Saturday 26 December
Happy birthday to Tomma Abts (59 today)
Born on this day: George Romney (1734) and Jacob Kramer (1892)
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Sat 26 Dec 12:00 16:00
Monday 28 December
Born on this day: Vladimir Tatlin (1885)
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Mon 28 Dec 19:00 21:00
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Mon 28 Dec 19:00 21:00
Tuesday 29 December
Born on this day: David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896) and Elizabeth Forbes (1859)
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Tue 29 Dec 19:00 21:00
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Tue 29 Dec 19:00 21:00
Drawing Group
London Drawing Covent Garden Tuesday Studio
Quaker Meeting House Covent Garden, London, Greater London
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Tue 29 Dec 19:00 21:00
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Tue 29 Dec 19:30 21:30
Wednesday 30 December
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Wed 30 Dec 18:30 20:30
Drawing Group
London Drawing Waterloo Wednesday Studio
Waterloo Action Centre, London, Greater London
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Wed 30 Dec 19:00 21:00
Thursday 31 December
Born on this day: David Foggie (1878) and Henri Matisse (1869)
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Thu 31 Dec 15:00 19:00
Everything listed in Central London
Exhibitions 17
- Catharina van Hemessen: Signature Works
- German Expressionism: Modern Painting 1900 to 1918
- Jenkin van Zyl: Enclosure
- Mary Cassatt: Radical Impressionist
- Michael Landy: Future Ruins
- Multiplied wonders: Italian Renaissance woodcuts
- Peter Blake: Pop Art Life
- Renoir and Love
- Robert Ryman: The Real Thing
- Salman Toor: Someone Like You
- Sam Belinfante: All that I have to say is…
- Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2026
- The Bayeux Tapestry
- There Are No Honest Poems About Dead Women: Jemma Desai
- Van Eyck: The Portraits
- Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation
- Yuko Mohri: In Concert
Workshops and classes 3
Drawing groups 1
Something in Central London we are missing?
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