New campaign aims to rekindle the fading art of handwritten holiday correspondence through historic sites and celebrated illustrators
As digital communication replaces traditional postcards, English Heritage launches a nostalgic campaign featuring designs by Quentin Blake and Nick Sharratt to encourage children to rediscover the joy of sending handwritten messages.
The medieval embroidery returns to England for the first time in nearly a millennium ahead of its autumn exhibition
After a clandestine overnight journey from northern France, the 70-metre Bayeux Tapestry has reached the British Museum where it will be displayed horizontally for the first time from September 2026 until July 2027.
Wellcome Collection exhibition reveals the extraordinary archive of a Royal Academy student whose career was interrupted by psychiatric detention
The Wellcome Collection presents over 350 works by Audrey Amiss, a promising 1950s art student whose meticulous documentation of daily life spans decades of mental health challenges.
Pop phenomenon meets cultural heritage in London exhibition
The British Museum has partnered with global K-pop sensation BTS to create a special art trail through its Korea Foundation Gallery, connecting contemporary music with ancient Korean cultural treasures.
Serpentine North draws record crowds while Lightroom presents immersive tribute on artist's 89th anniversary
Two concurrent London presentations honour the late British painter, combining a major survey of his Normandy period with an innovative digital experience tracing six decades of creative output.
Wellcome Collection presents new commissions examining mental health care through community collaboration
Multidisciplinary artist Rudy Loewe brings together sculpture, painting and sound to envision equitable mental health support systems, opening July 10, 2026.
The medieval masterpiece's return to Britain after nearly a millennium sparks unprecedented public demand
The British Museum's forthcoming Bayeux Tapestry exhibition has broken records, generating £2.5m in ticket sales on its first day as visitors clamour to see the 70-metre embroidered narrative of the 1066 Norman conquest.
Sotheby's and Christie's summer sales reveal shifting dynamics in the historic art market
A dramatic bronze replica of the classical Laocoön group topped Sotheby's Old Master sale at £13.6m, while Christie's Duke of Wellington portrait fetched £9.7m amid strong private demand.
A new riverside garden and a marine-focused conference signal how UK institutions are embedding sustainability into their public mission
Tate Britain is creating a biodiverse garden on Millbank while Turner Contemporary launches an ocean programme in Margate, as art institutions take a more active environmental role.
Welsh national institution considers closure as centenary approaches amid funding and infrastructure challenges
National Museum Cardiff may temporarily close to allow for redevelopment works, officials have indicated, as the institution seeks to preserve its historic building and secure future funding.
A landmark exhibition restages the self-organised shows of an artist who channelled lived experience of the psychiatric system into a prolific creative practice.
Opening in July 2026, Wellcome Collection's first exhibition dedicated to Audrey Amiss restages three of her self-organised shows and positions her as both a talented painter and a tireless campaigner within the psychiatric survivor movement.
Flavia Nespatti's hybrid commercial space opens this autumn, spotlighting under-represented artists from across Latin America
This October sees the launch of Antesala, a new commercial art space in London's Fitzrovia dedicated to Latin American artists, founded by collector Flavia Nespatti.
