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 Wed 27 Jan
Exhibition
Sam Belinfante: All that I have to say is…
Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, Greater London
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Closes Sun 10 Jan
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Closes Sun 17 Jan
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Closes Sun 17 Jan
Exhibition
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2026
National Portrait Gallery, London, Greater London
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Closes Sun 24 Jan
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Closes Sun 31 Jan
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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 28 Feb 2027
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Until 21 Mar 2027
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Until 11 Apr 2027
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Until 11 Jul 2027
Monday 4 January
Born on this day: Augustus John (1878)
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Mon 4 Jan 18:00 21:00
Tuesday 5 January
Born on this day: Bernard Leach (1887) and Yves Tanguy (1900)
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Tue 5 Jan 19:00 21:00
Drawing Group
London Drawing Covent Garden Tuesday Studio
Quaker Meeting House Covent Garden, London, Greater London
Sunday 10 January
Born on this day: Barbara Hepworth (1903) and Ivor Abrahams (1935)
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Sun 10 Jan 10:00 17:00
Tuesday 12 January
Happy birthday to Beverly Joubert (70 today)
Born on this day: John Singer Sargent (1856), Philip Webb (1831) and Rosalba Carriera (1673)
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Tue 12 Jan 19:00 21:00
Drawing Group
London Drawing Covent Garden Tuesday Studio
Quaker Meeting House Covent Garden, London, Greater London
Tuesday 19 January
Happy birthday to Cindy Sherman (73 today)
Born on this day: Madge Gill (1882), Paul Cézanne (1839), Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889) and William Powell Frith (1819)
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Tue 19 Jan 19:00 21:00
Drawing Group
London Drawing Covent Garden Tuesday Studio
Quaker Meeting House Covent Garden, London, Greater London
Tuesday 26 January
Happy birthday to Barbara Kruger (82 today)
Born on this day: Kees van Dongen (1877) and Paula Rego (1935)
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Tue 26 Jan 19:00 21:00
Drawing Group
London Drawing Covent Garden Tuesday Studio
Quaker Meeting House Covent Garden, London, Greater London
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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