This spring London museums offer a thrilling mix of film, fashion, samurai armour, and lots of paintings. When you can choose from 17th century Brussels and Seville, 19th and early 20th century France, the US, Estonia and modern-day England – do you even need to leave London at all? 

An exhibition in Almaty takes us on a journey from Greek Mythology to Central Asian fables and questions feminism’s limits along the way.

Tate Modern’s retrospective of the grande dame of British art questions how well we know the artist and ourselves.

Themed around the sea, this exhibition is both dazzling and calming. At the height of his pointillist (or Neo-Impressionist) era, Seurat was committed to the little dots that cover the canvas from top to bottom. The effect is as desired – glittering. But the subject matter – seascapes in the middle of summer – provide a contrasting feeling of serenity. 

A journey through three National Gallery, London rooms that expose the surprisingly tender marriage of religion and science.

The Courtauld Gallery stages the first UK exhibition of the great champion of the American diner.

Tate Britain’s exhibition is a voyage of the 20th century, as seen by one of the most innovative photographers of the time.

From Picasso to Marie Antoinette – this autumn, the British capital impresses with its list of celebrity art shows and some quirkier ones, too.

From Botticelli's breezy Venus to Velázquez's perfect bottom, classical art is full of surprisingly steamy moments. Here’s how learning to see art through a sensual lens transforms every museum visit.

Add this masterpiece-filled estate with a romantic history to your next Copenhagen itinerary

Kiefer / Van Gogh, the latest show at the Royal Academy and the Barbican’s Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha follow the same curatorial strategy: juxtaposing works by artists from two different periods, with very different results.

It is not strictly abstract, nor openly erotic, but Abstract Erotic at the Courtauld certainly has balls.

How Hiroshige - a 19th-century Japanese artist -turned fleeting moments into lasting masterpieces—and why his vision still matters today. A review of the exhibition at the British Museum, London.

Tate’s exhibition Do Ho Suh: Walk the House brings together major works of a Korean artist intent on making sense of what identity means in the modern world. 

José María Velasco: a View of Mexico at London’s National Gallery shows an artist concerned for the human effect on the environment – as early as the 19thcentury.

Astonishing Things: the Drawings of Victor Hugo, now open at the Royal Academy, shines a light on the author’s illustrative sideline by bringing to London – for the first time in 50 years – a small, but remarkable, selection of his drawings out of over 4000 that he made in his lifetime.

The Scream (1893) has become so widely known and imitated, that the artist who painted it has been almost obscured by its celebrity. But who was the man behind the iconic image of dread and despair? Was he a depressed loner, rejected and ignored by society? Edvard Munch Portraits exhibition at London’s National Portrait Gallery shows us that he wasn’t.

The key players of 14th century Italy who turned religious imagery into contemporary art. Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350 is an exhibition that brings together masterpieces that have been separated for centuries – creations of the first European celebrity artists to make painting art.

Unmissable art shows at Britain’s major galleries opening this spring. London’s museums have dialled it up this spring in the battle for your attention. From the dawn of the Renaissance to rarely-seen Impressionist paintings and jewellery fit for the Queen, here’s my rundown of the best exhibitions to see in London during spring 2025.

Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism is a once-in-a-generation exhibition bringing ten of Brazil’s most exciting artists together under one roof.

The Royal Academy has chosen to keep things simple, selecting artists who worked in Brazil during the 1910-1970s and giving each of them a room or dedicated space. It’s a little bit like moving through a textbook, but considering how little these artists are known in the UK, that’s no bad thing.