As London prepares to showcase an impressive array of art exhibitions throughout 2025 and early 2026, visitors and locals alike will have numerous opportunities to experience both historical masterpieces and cutting-edge contemporary works.
The city’s major museums will host several blockbuster exhibitions, including the highly anticipated “Turner and Constable: Rivals and Originals” at Tate Britain, which marks the 250th anniversaries of these influential British landscape painters from late 2025 to April 2026.
The National Gallery will present “Wright of Derby: From the Shadows,” a thorough retrospective running from November 2025 to May 2026 that highlights Joseph Wright‘s distinctive use of light and scientific themes.
Meanwhile, the National Portrait Gallery will feature “Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting” in summer 2025, showcasing her monumental figurative works that engage with contemporary issues surrounding femininity.
Jenny Saville’s monumental figurative works take center stage in this landmark summer exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery.
For photography enthusiasts, Tate Britain’s Lee Miller retrospective offers a fresh look at her career through an extensive archive of prints and negatives. The exhibition runs from October 2025 to February 2026, providing new context for Miller’s significant contributions to the medium.
Contemporary art lovers should mark their calendars for Emily Kam Kngwarray’s solo exhibition at Tate Modern from July 2025 to January 2026, which places Indigenous Australian painting at the forefront of the institution’s programming.
The Serpentine North will host Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley’s immersive installation “The Delusion” through January 2026, combining game design with participatory elements.
Commercial galleries will also offer exceptional programming, with David Shrigley at Stephen Friedman Gallery through December 2025 and David Hockney debuting new works at Annely Juda Fine Art from November 2025 to February 2026.
Richard Saltoun’s “Exhibition of Old Rope” provides a timely reconsideration of overlooked women surrealists through February 2026.
The Royal Academy’s “Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism,” running from January to April 2025, traces the international influence of Brazilian modernism and offers visitors a chance to explore less familiar narratives in 20th-century art history.
Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World at the National Portrait Gallery features over 200 items including rare letters, sketches, and iconic portraits of celebrities like Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe.
The National Portrait Gallery will also present “Edvard Munch Portraits” from March to June 2025, offering a rare opportunity to explore the Norwegian artist’s psychological depth in his portraiture work.
