52 stories across London, Contemporary, Performance, and New York. Latest: Hayward Gallery to Stage Major Chris Ofili Survey, His Largest London Show Since 2010.
Hayward Gallery at London's Southbank Centre has announced a major survey of Chris Ofili, the artist's largest London solo exhibition since 2010.
On October 22, 2026, Getty published a playlist tracing the no wave movement, timed to its October 23 screening of the documentary 'Nova '78'.
On October 22, 2026, the Victoria and Albert Museum announced that all its sites will be affected by industrial action on 29-30 October 2026.
On October 13, 2026, an interview with artists Gilbert and George revealed details about their upcoming 'SCREW PICTURES' series.
On October 22, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a round-up of new Edmund de Waal projects. The artist's solo exhibition "the eight directions of the wind" opens at The Huntington in Los Angeles with new site-specific installations incorporating text and natural materials.
On October 22, 2026, the Victoria and Albert Museum announced a free costume trail, 'Freddie Mercury | Splendid Things', opening at its South Kensington location on October 24, 2026 and running through January 17, 2027.
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Bonhams will offer the 'Somerset Hoard', a collection of seven veteran cars hidden away since World War II, at its Golden Age of Motoring Sale on Friday 30 October at New Bond Street, London.
Phillips London announced a selling exhibition of paintings by British multimedia artist Alexander James, accompanied by a documentary film exploring his creative process.
Christie's announced the sale of Property from the Collection of Wilma (Billie) and Laurence Tisch, with the first works offered in London on October 21, 2026 and the majority sold in New York during its November Marquee Week.
On October 14, 2026, Christie's announced that its London 20/21 Evening Sales generated £218,603,400 ($289,430,902), a 103% increase year over year. The combined sales, held at King Street, achieved sell-through rates of 91% by lot and 96% by value.
The Southbank Centre will present 'Nan Goldin: You Never Did Anything Wrong' at the Hayward Gallery in London from November 24, 2026 to March 14, 2027.
The Serpentine, the Zaha Hadid Foundation, and the Architectural Association (AA) will co-present “89 Degrees of Zaha Hadid”, a two-day symposium exploring the architect’s life, work and influence.
On October 15, 2026, the Southbank Centre announced a Members' Private View for its Anish Kapoor exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London. The exhibition fills the entire gallery building with immersive works that press against the walls and floors or descend from the ceiling.
Rae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊 (b. 1993, Edinburgh) is featured in British Art Show 10: A Chorus of Strangers, spotlighted by Southbank Centre, the UK's largest arts centre.
The Southbank Centre will present pianist Mitsuko Uchida performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, on March 24, 2027 at the Royal Festival Hall.
The National Portrait Gallery in London holds two portraits of Sir Henry Gage (1597-1645), the royalist soldier and Governor of Oxford during the English Civil War. A 1640s oil on canvas by the artist Weesop is on display at Lyme Park, Stockport, bearing inventory number NPG 2279.
Luke Jerram's seven-metre-diameter floating Earth sculpture, Gaia, has been installed at the Royal Festival Hall in London, suspended above the stage and allowing visitors to walk beneath it.
Frieze Masters 2024 opens in London's Regent's Park from October 14 to 18, featuring over 140 galleries from 30 countries. The fair presents works spanning millennia, including ancient civilizations, old master paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, and 20th-century art.
Frieze has organized a London Gallery Walks program featuring East End Day on Sunday, October 11, 2026, from 11am to 6pm, coinciding with Frieze London and Frieze Masters (October 14–18) in The Regent's Park.
On October 16, 2026, Gagosian announced a conversation between artist Richard Wright and Christine Riding, director of collections and research at the National Gallery, London, to mark the tenth anniversary of Wright's site-responsive work No Title (2016).
Sean Scully will present an exhibition of large-scale paintings, works on paper, writing, and sculpture at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery in autumn 2027.
On October 16, 2026, White Cube announced that its annual Frieze Week fundraiser, hosted by Founder and Chairman Jay Jopling and his wife Hikari Yokoyama on October 14 raised over £450,000 for Hope and Homes for Children and ClientEarth.
Comedian Tatty Macleod will perform her new show "Things My Mother Did" at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall on March 13, 2027.
Artist and author Paul Wood reveals the story behind the London Plane tree, a species found on streets throughout London, in a feature presented by Southbank Centre.
Tate has acquired two works through the Frieze Tate Fund 2026, adding artists Michaela Yearwood-Dan and Luis Fernando Zapata to the national collection for the first time.
On October 15, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a range of projects by artist and writer Edmund de Waal, headlined by a solo exhibition at The Huntington in Los Angeles opening October 18, 2026.
On October 14, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Rebecca Warren's works "Vingt-Cinq" (2006) and "The Lovers" (2003) have entered the collection of the Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, and are currently on view.
An exhibition featuring paintings from the past five years, including new works that respond to Serpentine Galleries' location and architecture, has been mounted at the institution in London.
On October 13, 2026, Thaddaeus Ropac published an essay by critic Jonathan Jones on Georg Baselitz, the German painter who died this year, in connection with the London exhibition of his 'The Heroes' history paintings, which he helped plan.
On October 5, 2026, Lisson Gallery published a profile of British artist Ryan Gander ahead of his exhibition 'Maybe', which opens at Towner Eastbourne next month.
On October 13, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Vivien Zhang is featured in two concurrent presentations in London.
On October 12, 2026, White Cube announced that Louise Giovanelli is this year's recipient of the Robson Orr TenTen Award, with a commission for a new print for the Government Art Collection.
The MIT List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will open "Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work," the artist's first major institutional solo exhibition in the United States.
Artist and composer Tarek Atoui opens his Hyundai Commission "Hold" at Tate Modern's Turbine Hall on October 13, 2026, transforming the vast industrial space into an immersive sonic landscape.
Tate Modern opens "Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography," the first major exhibition to treat Pictorialism as a global movement.
Allied Editions will return to Frieze London, staged in Regent’s Park from October 14–18, 2026.
Lawrence Power has been named a Southbank Centre Resident Artist ahead of the centre's Autumn/Winter 2024/25 programme.
On October 12, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced that Anish Kapoor has created Glow (2023), the tenth and final edition in Hospital Rooms' 10 Posters for 10 Years series.
The Southbank Centre, in partnership with Armenian Arts and Film London, presents 'Mixtape: An Evening of Poetry and Music from Beirut' on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at Bush Theatre in Shepherd's Bush, London. The event features poet Perla Kantarjian and sound artist Olivia Melkonian.
Southbank Centre will present a free family workshop titled 'Cardboard Citizens: The Meaning of Home' on October 30, 2026, at the Clore Ballroom in London.
Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, a Grade I listed venue opened in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain, is presenting a series of orchestral concerts.
Lawrence Power, Resident Artist at Southbank Centre, will present 'Lock-in' at the Purcell Room, a hybrid performance in which live music meets pre-recorded footage from his Lockdown Commission series.
Southbank Centre will present a free concert by London-based rapper JÉVON on November 5, 2026, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
The Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre in London will host a series of performances from October 9 to November 29, 2026.
Pianist and composer Olivia Belli will make her Southbank Centre debut at the Purcell Room in London with a program of earlier works and tracks from her new Sony Classical album 'Daimon'.
Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, joint winner of the 2009 Van Cliburn Competition, will perform a recital at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall on December 6, 2026, at 3pm.
Bonhams will auction a single lot of 204 bottles (34 cases) of 31-Year-Old Springbank whisky, distilled in 1994 and bottled in November 2025, with an estimate of £90,000–120,000.
Manchester Collective will present 'Black Gold' at Southbank Centre's Purcell Room in London on December 6, 2026, at 6pm.
Southbank Centre in London will host 'Koestler Arts: Rock, Paper, Scissors', a free exhibition running October 16 through November 29, 2026.
On October 5, 2026, Christie's announced its October 20/21 Marquee Week, a series of seven evening, day and online auctions taking place live at King Street in London from 14–16 October 2026 during Frieze Week, with online sales running from 1–21 October.
On October 5, 2026, Christie's announced 'Heroes and Lovers,' a private collection of nine masterpieces spanning 500 years, estimated at approximately $100 million. The collection includes works by Pablo Picasso, Tilman Riemenschneider, Cornelis Cornelisz.
Bonhams will offer the personal archive of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick in a live auction at its London saleroom on February 3, 2027, with an online auction ending February 4.
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