A list of free exhibitions in London open now, and opening in London soon.
Displayed by how soon they close.
Exhibitions open now
This exhibition examines a collection of works on paper made by British colonialists in nineteenth-century India.
Open from Thu 25th Apr to Fri 12th Jul
Ends this month
Works by some of the leading names in contemporary art are being displayed at Fitzrovia Chapel in an exploration of witchcraft, womanhood, feminism and satire.
Open from Wed 3rd Jul to Fri 12th Jul
Ends this month
A group exhibition that reveals the breadth and flexibility of drawing and the unique way in which it connects all artistic practice.
Open from Tue 18th Jun to Fri 12th Jul
Ends this month
Thick, Stretchy, Sticky Space features digital paintings and video works that delve into speculative landscapes.
Open from Fri 10th May to Sun 14th Jul
Ends this month
An exhibition that explores the queer body, masculinity, sex, pleasure and gender, spanning sculpture, drawing, painting and photography.
Open from Thu 27th Jun to Sun 14th Jul
Ends this month
Mary Beale (1633-1699) was one of Britain’s first professional woman artists and is subject of this exhibition featuring 25 of her works from public and private collections, including some never seen before in public.
Open from Thu 25th Apr to Fri 19th Jul
Ends this month
This exhibition by Judit Ferencz comprises hand-made books and booklets which trace the lifecycle of the East London council estate Robin Hood Gardens (1972).
Open from Sat 1st Jun to Sat 20th Jul
Ends this month
Featuring works created between 1956 and 1981, this exhibition traces the evolution of Schneider’s formal vocabulary through the post-war years.
Open from Fri 3rd May to Sat 20th Jul
Ends this month
The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, 1610, lent by the Intesa Sanpaolo Collection, will be displayed alongside another late work by the Italian artist from the National Gallery Collection, Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist, about 1609–10.
Open from Thu 18th Apr to Sun 21st Jul
Ends this month
Leica Gallery London is exhibiting Simon Wheatley’s series Silverlink, all shot with the Leica M-System and exclusively printed for the first time.
Open from Fri 17th May to Sun 21st Jul
Ends this month
This exhibition explores the human spirit during captivity during the Second World War.
Open from Fri 2nd Feb to Sun 21st Jul
Ends this month
An exhibition commemorating the 1924 Everest expedition.
Open from Tue 18th Jun to Thu 25th Jul
Ends this month
This exhibition showcases four award-winning photographers and filmmakers undertaking ground-breaking work in their practices of eco-conscious photography and film.
Open from Sun 26th May to Sun 28th Jul
Ends this month
Quentin Blake returns to Bankside Gallery with an eclectic mix of works produced in a variety of media.
Open from Wed 10th Jul to Sun 28th Jul
Ends this month
Inspired by the great art traditions of the world, 10 graduating students exhibit an ambitious range of work
Open from Tue 9th Jul to Sun 4th Aug
Habitat celebrates its 60th anniversary with an interactive installation exploring how our homes have changed with us over the years.
Open from Wed 10th Jul to Sun 11th Aug
Carey's monumental installations, including works from the series 'Stand' and 'Found', have been reimagined to resonate with the architectural features of 100 Bishopsgate.
Open from Sat 1st Jun to Tue 20th Aug
This exhibition follows the lives of British soldiers in Germany over the past 75 years.
Open from Sun 22nd May 2022 to Wed 21st Aug
This exhibition brings together the work of these two cultural icons for the very first time.
Open from Wed 15th May to Sun 25th Aug
This exhibition marks the 30th anniversary of the ordination of 1200 women to the priesthood in the Church of England.
Open from Tue 9th Apr to Thu 29th Aug
An exhibition of photos and artwork inspired by the brutalist appearance of the National Theatre.
Open from Fri 26th Jan to Sat 31st Aug
This exhibition explores Lutyens' artistic practice, which continued alongside his professional career.
Open from Sat 8th Jun to Sat 31st Aug
This exhibition explores some of the ways in which Shakespeare has shaped how we think about soldiers and the Army, and how we imagine war and its consequences today.
Open from Fri 6th Oct 2023 to Sun 1st Sep
Degas’s 'Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando' takes centre stage in this exhibition that sheds light on this work with newly discovered information about the painting and its sitter.
Open from Thu 6th Jun to Sun 1st Sep
The first solo presentation in a London institution for the trailblazing artist, author, educator, and feminist icon Judy Chicago
Open from Thu 23rd May to Sun 1st Sep
The artist’s first London solo exhibition in over 20 years interrogates the ecological impact of colonialisation, imperialism's legacy on conflict and consequential attempts at peace.
Open from Fri 12th Apr to Sun 1st Sep
Japan’s leading creators share inspirational design that spans disciplines, regions and eras.
Open from Wed 15th May to Sun 8th Sep
The 14 works on display provide a snapshot of digital art practices from the 1960s to early 2000s.
Open from Sat 30th Dec 2023 to Sun 15th Sep
This exhibition explores networks of solidarity between groups campaigning on peace, nuclear weapons and national self-determination.
Open from Mon 4th Mar to Sun 15th Sep
To celebrate Tower Bridge's birthday, join London Metropolitan Archives at the City of London’s Heritage Gallery to journey through 130 years of history.
Open from Sat 22nd Jun to Thu 19th Sep
A mini-retrospective of Screenprints that celebrates the collaboration between the artist Peter Hedegaard and his wife Isolde who together produced over 50 editions from 1965 to 1976.
Open from Sat 27th Apr to Sat 21st Sep
See new creative works that unpack narratives of gender, race and imperialism at 66 Portland Place.
Open from Sat 27th Apr to Sat 21st Sep
The most wide-ranging exhibition in the UK dedicated to Japanese folk-craft.
Open from Sun 28th Apr to Sun 22nd Sep
A display that showcases innovative design research responding to the climate crisis.
Open from Fri 21st Jun to Sun 22nd Sep
Loaned from Brighton Museum, this display showcases more than 300 years of popular British history.
Open from Sat 30th Dec 2023 to Sun 29th Sep
Take a deeper look into the human experience of conflict with Storyteller: Photography by Tim Hetherington at IWM London.
Open from Sat 20th Apr to Sun 29th Sep
An exhibition of diaries collected by the artist Dylan Jonas Stone.
Open from Wed 17th Apr to Sun 29th Sep
Discover an intimate drawing of a sleeping child, the first work by Rembrandt to be added to the British Museum collection for decades.
Open from Tue 14th May to Sun 6th Oct
An exhibition of previously unseen 1933–4 photographs by the Viennese, Bauhaus-trained photographer Edith Tudor-Hart.
Open from Sat 2nd Mar to Sun 27th Oct
An outdoor display of glass artwork by the American artist Dale Chihuly.
Open from Mon 13th May to Wed 30th Oct
This exhibition will highlight material owned, written, commissioned, and translated by women during the long early modern period.
Open from Mon 1st Jul to Thu 21st Nov
Women of the RNLI at the National Maritime Museum celebrates the work of women in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Open from Sat 2nd Mar to Sun 1st Dec
An exhibition about the brain – the most complex and least understood part of the body – and the journey to map its intricate connections.
Open from Sat 2nd Mar to Sat 7th Dec
An exhibition exploring 140 years of social history in East London.
Open from Thu 6th Jun to Fri 20th Dec
The exhibition is a joyful exploration of the body, drawing on the artist’s experience of becoming disabled as a child.
Open from Thu 21st Mar to Sun 12th Jan 2025
Using photographs, maps, panoramas, trade cards, watercolours, and historic documents to explore the theme, this exhibition uncovers London's lost secrets.
Open from Mon 13th May to Wed 5th Feb 2025
Discover the extraordinary story of popular music in London’s East End.
Open from Thu 20th Jun to Fri 21st Feb 2025
Money and the way we use it has changed. This free exhibition responds directly to questions asked by the public about the future of money.
Open from Wed 28th Feb to Fri 29th Aug 2025
Exhibitions opening soon
The first mid-career retrospective of one of the most influential Arab contemporary artists of this century.
Open from Wed 17th Jul to Thu 22nd Aug
Close to the Bone is a series of black and white photographs which document the journeys through bone cancer of four patients
Open from Thu 15th Aug to Sat 7th Sep
Explore a free trail across V&A South Kensington celebrating Taylor Swift, with a range of her iconic looks on display.
Open from Sat 27th Jul to Sun 8th Sep
A magical urban secret garden crafted from denim to delight kids and adults alike.
Open from Sat 13th Jul to Sun 8th Sep
The exhibition introduces contemporary art from the Barjeel Foundation, with a focus on the overarching theme of "Boundaries" as both a subject and a tool for meaningfully accessing a diverse array of art from the SWANA region.
Open from Thu 11th Jul to Sat 21st Sep
This exhibition journeys into the stop-motion worlds created by the acclaimed animation studio.
Open from Mon 12th Aug to Tue 1st Oct
This exhibition features thousands of unique hand-crafted objects loaned by hundreds of people of all ages, backgrounds and professions from across the UK.
Open from Thu 18th Jul to Sun 20th Oct
The National Gallery celebrates the first public display in a decade, following conservation, of a masterpiece of Italian Mannerism, Parmigianino’s Madonna and Child with Saints
Open from Thu 5th Dec to Sun 9th Mar 2025
