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50 stories across London, Contemporary, Modern, and Sculpture. Latest: Lisson Gallery Presents Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska's 'Zanzibar' Installation.
Lisson Gallery has presented a new iteration of 'Zanzibar' (1999-2023), a mixed-media installation by Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska, as part of its ongoing Lisson Street programme.
On June 24, 2026, the Barbican Centre announced further programme details for "Repercussions," a multi-day takeover led by Turner Prize-winning artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan and his nonprofit Earshot.
On June 23, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler reported that Barry Flanagan’s work is the subject of solo exhibitions at Fundació J. Llorens Artigas in Gallifa and at Palazzo Collicola in Spoleto, the latter curated by Dr. Jo Melvin and accompanied by public events on 22 February and 18 April.
On June 22, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac presented the exhibition “The Sky in the Cave” by Oliver Beer at its Dover Street location.
Tate Modern opens Frida: The Making of an Icon on June 25, 2026, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
On June 15, 2026, Tate announced the appointment of Daisy Desrosiers as Britton Family Curator at Large, North America. Based in the USA, she will focus on the development of North American art in Tate’s collection through new research and acquisitions. Desrosiers succeeds Christine Y.
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On June 21, 2026, Tate unveiled its first show garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The Tate Britain Garden, designed by Tom Stuart-Smith, centers on Barbara Hepworth’s Bicentric Form 1949 and previews the Clore Garden due to open at Tate Britain in 2027.
The National Portrait Gallery announced the shortlist for the 44th edition of the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award on 18 May 2026.
On June 19, 2026, Pace Gallery announced its global representation of the Constantin Brancusi Estate. The gallery’s first major project will be an exhibition in London this fall curated by Dr. Jérôme Neutres.
June 18, 2026, Gilbert Prousch, 82, and George Passmore, 84, of the art duo Gilbert & George welcomed an interviewer to their four-storey 18th-century Georgian townhouse on Fournier Street in Spitalfields, east London.
June 19, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac released a text by Catherine Millet on new paintings by Adrian Ghenie.
On June 19, 2026, Gagosian reported that Rachel Whiteread is one of eight people nominated in 2026 for honorary degrees at the University of Cambridge in England. The nominations acknowledge outstanding achievements in the fields of law, politics, science, the arts, and music.
A cast of the death mask of Napoleon Bonaparte sold for £169,250 at Bonhams Book, Map and Manuscript sale in Knightsbridge, London. It exceeded the estimate of £40,000-60,000.
On June 17, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler reported that British artist Darren Almond’s work is included in the group exhibition Vexation of Spirit at Fundação de Serralves in Porto, drawn from the Duerckheim Collection and focused on religion, society and war.
Serpentine and The FLAG Art Foundation have announced the selection committee for the Serpentine x FLAG Art Foundation Prize, comprising Michelle Kuo, Venus Lau, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jon Rider and Rirkrit Tiravanija.
Bonhams will offer Cami Kapisinda (At the Mosque Door) by Osman Hamdi Bey in its 19th Century Paintings and British Impressionist Art sale at New Bond Street in London.
Frieze Sculpture 2026, now in its 14th year and curated by Fatoş Üstek, will return to the English Gardens in The Regent’s Park from 16 September to 1 November 2026. Gallery applications are open through the Frieze Portal and close at 5pm GMT on 13 February 2026.
Bonhams will offer the personal collection of Terence Stamp (1938-2025) for the first time at its Knightsbridge location.
June 16, 2026: The Prime Minister has reappointed Professor Rosalind Polly Blakesley as Trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum for a term of four years. The reappointment runs from September 5, 2026, to September 4, 2030.
Serpentine South will present Pénétrable BBL Jaune (1999; 2023 Edition) by Jesús Rafael Soto from June 16 to October 25, 2026. This marks the first outdoor presentation of the artist’s work in the UK.
On June 15, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac opened a new exhibition by artist Beer in London. The show centers on Beer's exploration of a subterranean world containing hundreds of Palaeolithic artworks.
On June 15, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ reported that Ugo Rondinone has created fifty-four flags titled LIGHT for the ninth season of Art in Mayfair.
On June 15, 2026, Tate Modern announced a city-wide programme of public art coinciding with its exhibition Frida: The Making of an Icon.
June 15, 2026, Drawing Room at Tannery Arts in London opened the twelfth edition of its Drawing Biennial, presenting more than 300 new drawings on A4 paper by international artists including Simon Periton and Nicola Tyson.
On June 15, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced that Ugo Rondinone will install a new rainbow work titled THE SONG IS YOU in the courtyard of the Royal Academy in London. The exhibition opens June 16, 2026 and runs through August 23, 2026.
On June 15, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced that Alvaro Barrington, Gabriel Kuri and Helen Marten will participate in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London.
On June 15, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ reported that Jim Lambie’s ‘Zobop’ 1999 is on view as part of ‘Feeling Colour’ at San Pietro in Atrio in Como.
Thaddaeus Ropac is presenting a one-off screening of Oliver Beer's video opera The Cave alongside the artist's London exhibition The Sky in the Cave.
On May 27, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler reported that Thomas Struth will speak at the Jeu de Paume in Paris as part of the ‘Le 7 à 9 de Chanel’ series led by journalist Anaël Pigeat.
Bonhams presents its London Watches live sale of 143 lots. The auction offers a curated selection of collectable vintage to modern wristwatches by Breguet, Patek Philippe, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Vacheron Constantin, Piaget, Cartier and Tiffany & Co.
Alex Farquharson, director of Tate Britain, issued a statement on the death of David Hockney. Hockney's work first entered the Tate collection in 1963.
Anish Kapoor discussed his upcoming exhibition at London’s Hayward Gallery in a Financial Times interview published on 9 June 2026.
Lucy Raven and Deantoni Parks will present Raven’s Murderers Bar (2025) on July 28 at T-Lazy-7 Ranch in the Roaring Fork Valley.
Bonhams concluded The Classics series in London with six live sales that generated a combined £5,534,325. The auctions spanned Fine Clocks, European Ceramics, Old Master Paintings, Fine Decorative Arts and Antiquities, following an earlier edition in Paris.
On June 2, 2026, White Cube announced that Tracey Emin’s exhibition ‘A Second Life’ opens at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark from 8 October 2026 to 18 April 2027. The show follows its debut at Tate Modern in London from 27 February to 31 August 2026.
The Hayward Gallery will present an exhibition of works by Anish Kapoor from June 16 to October 18, 2026. The show marks the artist's return to the London venue after its 1998 survey of his work and forms a centrepiece of the Southbank Centre’s 75th anniversary programme.
On June 10, 2026, Phillips announced that David Hockney leads the sale on 26 June in London. The auction house has positioned the artist at the forefront of the upcoming offering.
On June 10, 2026, the Victoria and Albert Museum announced Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires, a major exhibition opening on 7 November 2026 and running through 9 May 2027 in Gallery 39 and North Court.
The Royal Academy will present its Summer Exhibition from June 16 to August 23, 2026, featuring works by Christopher Le Brun, Richard Long and Bernard Piffaretti. Ryan Gander has been appointed coordinator of the 2026 edition.
On June 1, 2026, the National Gallery launched 'National Gallery Summertime', extending daily opening hours from 3 July until 31 August to 7pm and until 9pm on Fridays.
Tate Modern opens an exhibition dedicated to Julio Le Parc featuring over 60 works spanning the artist’s 70-year career.
On June 1, 2026, the National Gallery announced that Yinka Shonibare’s 'Mr. and Mrs. Andrews without their Heads' (1998) will go on display with Thomas Gainsborough’s Mr and Mrs Andrews (about 1750) from 15 October 2026 to 7 February 2027 in the H J Hyams Room.
Sotheby's Contemporary Day Auction will feature a group of works donated through the Artists for Kettle’s Yard campaign. The donations support the Jim and Helen Ede Fund Endowment Campaign for Kettle’s Yard ahead of its 70th anniversary in 2027.
Bonhams will offer highlights from the estate of singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull in The Evening of the Day: The Estate of Marianne Faithfull, part of its Sound & Cinema auction.
Serpentine and The FLAG Art Foundation have awarded the inaugural Serpentine x FLAG Art Foundation Prize to Gozo Yoshimasu. A jury of Michelle Kuo, Venus Lau, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jon Rider and Rirkrit Tiravanija selected the recipient after convening in London on 23 April.
Tate Britain will present Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury, the first major exhibition to examine the five-decade creative partnership of the two artists.
Tate Britain will present Never the Same, a new exhibition by Mohammed Z Rahman, from June 5, 2026 to November 8, 2026.
Sadie Coles HQ is presenting KINDRED. Alayo Akinkugbe, author of Reframing Blackness, participates alongside Lily McMenamy. The project also references BUTT.
Tate Britain will stage the first exhibition to explore the art, photography and fashion of the 1990s from October 8, 2026 to February 14, 2027.
Tate Modern will stage free performances of Yvonne Rainer’s Trio A in the Turbine Hall on July 10 and 11, 2026, to mark the 60th anniversary of the work.
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