This page is about things to look at - mostly exhibits (usually but not always free) in and around London.
These are things that have inspired me, but there is much much more out there to explore. If you have any suggestions to add, let me know.
I also list inspiring places to look - museums, websites and books.
These are things that have inspired me, but there is much much more out there to explore. If you have any suggestions to add, let me know.
I also list inspiring places to look - museums, websites and books.
Current exhibits
Update on current and upcoming exhibits to come soon!
Wedding Dresses - until 15 March 2015 - Victoria & Albert - £12
Walk through British Art - ongoing - Tate Britain - free
Past exhibits
Things We Do in Bed - until 31 October 2014 - Danson House. Quilt exhibit curated by best-selling novelist Tracy Chevalier
The First Georgians: Art & Monarchy 1714-1760 - until 12 October - The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Uproar!: The First 50 Years of the London Group - until 2 March 2014 - Ben Uri Gallery
BP Portrait Award - 26 June until 21 September - National Portrait Gallery
Progress - until 7 September 2014 - The Foundling Museum. Four contemporary artists respond to Hogarth's masterpiece, The Rake's Progress.
Henri Matisse - until 7 September 2014 - Tate Modern
British Folk Art - until 31 August 2014 - Tate Britain
Made in Mexico: The Rebozo in Art, Culture & Fashion - until 30 August 2014 - Fashion and Textile Museum
Prix Pictet - Consumption - until 14 June 2014 - Victoria & Albert
Eleven outstanding international photographers show projects on the theme of ‘consumption’ contributing to the debate about the most pressing social and environmental challenges today.
Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore! - until 2 March 2014 - Somerset House
White Light/White Heat: Contemporary Artists and Glass - until 23 February 2014 - Wallace Collection
Francis Bacon/Henry Moore: Flesh and Bone - until 19 January 2014 - Ashmolean
Facing the Modern: The Portrait in Vienna 1900 - until 12 January 2014 - National Gallery
Memory Palace - until 20 October 2013 - Victoria & Albert Museum
Saloua Raouda Choucair - until 20 October 2013 - Tate Modern
Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum - until 29 September 2013 - British Museum
The Art of Seeing Nature: The Oil Sketches of John Constable - until 22 September 2013 - Victoria & Albert Museum
Exchange: 1,000 Good Deeds - until 15 September 2013 - Foundling Museum
BP Portrait Award 2013 - until 15 September 2013 - National Portrait Gallery
Black Eyes and Lemonade: Curating Popular Art - until 1 September 2013 - Whitechapel Gallery
David Bowie Is - until 11 August 2011 - Victoria & Albert Museum
Souzou: Outsider Art from Japan - until 30 June 2013 - Wellcome Collection
Kaffe Fassett - A Life in Colour - until 29 June 2013 - Fashion and Textile Museum
Looking at the View - until 2 June 2013 - Tate Britain
Lichtenstein: A Retrospective - until 27 May 2013 - Tate Modern
The First Georgians: Art & Monarchy 1714-1760 - until 12 October - The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Uproar!: The First 50 Years of the London Group - until 2 March 2014 - Ben Uri Gallery
BP Portrait Award - 26 June until 21 September - National Portrait Gallery
Progress - until 7 September 2014 - The Foundling Museum. Four contemporary artists respond to Hogarth's masterpiece, The Rake's Progress.
Henri Matisse - until 7 September 2014 - Tate Modern
British Folk Art - until 31 August 2014 - Tate Britain
Made in Mexico: The Rebozo in Art, Culture & Fashion - until 30 August 2014 - Fashion and Textile Museum
Prix Pictet - Consumption - until 14 June 2014 - Victoria & Albert
Eleven outstanding international photographers show projects on the theme of ‘consumption’ contributing to the debate about the most pressing social and environmental challenges today.
Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore! - until 2 March 2014 - Somerset House
White Light/White Heat: Contemporary Artists and Glass - until 23 February 2014 - Wallace Collection
Francis Bacon/Henry Moore: Flesh and Bone - until 19 January 2014 - Ashmolean
Facing the Modern: The Portrait in Vienna 1900 - until 12 January 2014 - National Gallery
Memory Palace - until 20 October 2013 - Victoria & Albert Museum
Saloua Raouda Choucair - until 20 October 2013 - Tate Modern
Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum - until 29 September 2013 - British Museum
The Art of Seeing Nature: The Oil Sketches of John Constable - until 22 September 2013 - Victoria & Albert Museum
Exchange: 1,000 Good Deeds - until 15 September 2013 - Foundling Museum
BP Portrait Award 2013 - until 15 September 2013 - National Portrait Gallery
Black Eyes and Lemonade: Curating Popular Art - until 1 September 2013 - Whitechapel Gallery
David Bowie Is - until 11 August 2011 - Victoria & Albert Museum
Souzou: Outsider Art from Japan - until 30 June 2013 - Wellcome Collection
Kaffe Fassett - A Life in Colour - until 29 June 2013 - Fashion and Textile Museum
Looking at the View - until 2 June 2013 - Tate Britain
Lichtenstein: A Retrospective - until 27 May 2013 - Tate Modern
