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Exhibitions in London in December 2026

39 events from Tuesday, December 1 to Thursday, December 31, 2026. Free: 16. Busiest venues: V&A South Kensington, Tate Modern, Whitechapel Gallery.

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

Visual arts
until Mar 7

Gathering Ground

Tate Modern · Bankside
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Apr 30

Urushi Now: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 17

Tate Britain Commission 2026: Zineb Sedira: When Words Fall Silent, Cinema Speaks

Tate Britain · Millbank
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the Deep

Natural History Museum · South Kensington
- Visual arts
£17.50 Tickets
Visual arts
until Oct 30

Lost Music Venues

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 24

Bharti Kher at the V&A

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Feb 28

Childhood in War

IWM London · Lambeth
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Jul 11

The Bayeux Tapestry

The British Museum · Bloomsbury
- Visual arts
£33 Tickets
Visual arts
until Sep 17

Sacred Treasures from Kyiv

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 11

Henri Cartier-Bresson Self-Published PhotoBook Award Shortlist

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 3

The Burberry Trench: Crafting an Icon

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Feb 5

Nicole Eisenman

Royal Academy of Arts · Piccadilly
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
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Visual arts
until Jan 31

Korea

The British Museum · Bloomsbury
- Visual arts
£20 Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 31

Painting the French Riviera

Royal Academy of Arts · Piccadilly
- Visual arts
£24 Tickets
Visual arts
until Feb 14

Cecilia Vicuña: Foraging Quipu

Whitechapel Gallery · Whitechapel
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Feb 14

Cecilia Vicuña: Living Threads

Whitechapel Gallery · Whitechapel
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 17

Screen Portraits: Whitechapel Gallery Artists - Part 2

Whitechapel Gallery · Whitechapel
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Mar 21

Multiplied wonders: Italian Renaissance woodcuts

The British Museum · Bloomsbury
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Feb 28

Artist Focus: Issy Wood

National Portrait Gallery · Trafalgar Square
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Feb 7

Tim Walker's Fairyland: Love and Legends

National Portrait Gallery · Trafalgar Square
- Visual arts
£25 Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 17

Ana Mendieta

Tate Modern · Bankside
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Apr 4

Es Devlin: Other Worlds

Design Museum · Kensington
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Frida: The Making of an Icon

Tate Modern · Bankside
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until May 3

Julio Le Parc: Light. Colour. Action.

Tate Modern · Bankside
- Visual arts
Tickets
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Visual arts
until Jan 31

Renoir and Love

The National Gallery · Trafalgar Square
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 10

Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Visual arts
£17 Tickets
Visual arts
until Feb 14

The 90s: Art and Fashion

Tate Britain · Millbank
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Apr 11

Hyundai Commission: Tarek Atoui

Tate Modern · Bankside
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Feb 21

Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography

Tate Modern · Bankside
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Feb 7

Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation

The National Gallery · Trafalgar Square
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until May 30

Degrees of Disruption: Vera Molnar and Generative Art

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Jul 11

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Natural History Museum · South Kensington
- Visual arts
£19 Tickets
Visual arts
until Apr 25

Becoming America: How Science Shaped a Nation

Science Museum · South Kensington
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 17

Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026

National Portrait Gallery · Trafalgar Square
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until May 9

Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Visual arts
£25 Tickets
Visual arts
until Apr 11

Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury

Tate Britain · Millbank
- Visual arts
Tickets
Visual arts
until Dec 13

The Film London Jarman Award 2026

Whitechapel Gallery · Whitechapel
- Visual arts
- Cinema
Tickets
Visual arts
until Mar 14

Peggy Guggenheim in London

Royal Academy of Arts · Piccadilly
- Visual arts
£17 Tickets
Visual arts
until Apr 11

Van Eyck: The Portraits

The National Gallery · Trafalgar Square
- Visual arts
Tickets

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