Category: London Exhibitions

Just under 240 years ago, the classic Royal Mail red uniform was introduced, and now an exhibition looks at how the uniform has changed design over the centuries while always remaining recognisably the Royal Mail. The exhibition starts with a

From the iconic Fly the Tube poster to designs by women at a time when few women worked, a new exhibition celebrating the art of poster design is opening at the London Transport Museum. For over a century, London’s transport

Illusionaries, a newish video arts venue in Canary Wharf, has opened its second exhibition of computer generated art presented in four rooms. Created by the artist, Markos Kay, it’s essentially a collection of short video clips of fantastical AI-generated creatures

It’s likely that the only time you think about animal shit is when you curse loudly after accidentally stepping in some — and yet, you’ll soon be thinking you should visit an exhibition full of the stuff. What started out

The glamorous of the West End fashion boutiques has long been fed by people working in the East End, and now an exhibition pulls back the curtain to tell the stories of these often overlooked people. More than that though,

This year marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, without which it’s likely that most of his plays would have been lost, and there are two exhibitions to mark the anniversary. Fortunately, they’re also in two venues practically next

Fake feet, special matches, hidden radios, cameras in lipsticks, hairbrushes for camera film – not from James Bond, but from the real spies, and all on display for a few months before they go back into locked cupboards again. This

Deep down two floors underneath central London, a large concrete basement has been taken over by a display of lighting art that is as varied as it is remarkable. (c) ianVisits Fusing sounds, lighting effects, and the dark concrete basement

Thirty years ago, a small group of young fashion designers were given financial support in the middle of a recession to put on a show, and thus was born the British Fashion Council’s Newgen programme to assist young designers in

Big moustaches, big smiles, loads of white lace and an awful lot of black fabric dominate the National Gallery’s winter blockbuster exhibition devoted to Frans Hals. Frans Hals was a Dutch painter who specialised in portraits and is considered to