We Recommend: Visual Arts
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams
Sat 2 Feb - Sun 1 Sept
V&A
Spanning 1947 to the present day, this exhibition traces the history and impact of one of the 20th century’s most influential couturiers, exploring the enduring influence of the fashion house, and Dior’s relationship with Britain.
Visual Arts
The EY Exhibition: Van Gogh and Britain
Wed 27 Mar - Sun 11 Aug
Tate Britain
This major exhibition brings together 45 works by Vincent van Gogh to reveal how he was inspired by Britain and how he inspired British artists.
Visual Arts
Pissaro in Dulwich
Tue 30 Apr - Sun 4 Aug
Dulwich Picture Gallery
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Dulwich College, Dulwich Picture Gallery hosts a special display focusing on Camille Pissarro’s view of the school. A loan from the Fondation Bemberg in Toulouse, the work returns to Dulwich for the first time since it was painted in 1871.
Visual Arts
FOOD: Bigger than the Plate
Sat 18 May - Sun 20 Oct
V&A
From gastronomic experiments to urban farming, this exhibition brings together the politics and pleasure of food to ask how the collective choices we make can lead to a more sustainable, just and delicious food future.
Visual Arts
Huguette Caland
Fri 24 May - Sun 1 Sept
Tate St Ives
Shifting between figuration and abstraction, large, colourful canvasses and detailed drawings from the 1970s and 1980s, this exhibition will explore the delicate balance between the suggestive and the explicit that Caland created in her work.
Visual Arts
NOW 5
Sat 1 Jun - Sun 22 Sept
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
The 5th instalment of this series creates temporary works that change over time as they are subjected to natural processes of transformation and decay, thus exploring themes of change and growth.
Visual Arts
Félix Vallotton
Sun 30 Jun - Sun 29 Sept
Royal Academy of Arts
Magnetic, provocative, daring: meet Félix Vallotton (1865–1925). The Royal Academy reveals the vision of a masterful painter and printmaker who captured the emotional undercurrents of Paris at the turn of the last century.
Visual Arts
Hicham Berrada: Dreamscapes
Wed 3 Jul - Sun 18 Aug
Southbank Centre
From the laboratory to the studio, through chemical experiments and performances, Hicham Berrada explores scientific protocols that closely imitate various natural processes and/or climatic conditions.
Visual Arts
Unorganised Response – Collective Amnesia Reloaded
Sat 6 Jul - Sun 8 Sept
Auto Italia South East
The exhibition explores the ways in which artists, including Christelle Oyiri, mobilise critically and collectively to resist being reduced to their various identity markers, through a series of projects that explore advocacy and self-organisation through personal experiences.
Visual Arts
Right in the Eye – Live Movie-Concert of Georges Méliès’ Films
Fri 2 - Sun 25 Aug
Institut français d'Ecosse
A live trio of French musicians along with French composer Jean-François Alcoléa intertwine playful modern compositions and the fantasy of the legendary filmmaker Georges Méliès, father of cinema and the inventor of special effects.
Classical Music, Films & TV, Performing Arts, Visual Arts
Please Do Not Sit – Marlène Huissoud
Sat 14 - Sun 22 Sept
London Design Festival
Award-winning experimental designer Marlène Huissoud is the first of 2–3 designers who will create habitats for the animal populations of Brompton – birds, bees and all life in between. Discover her work at the 2019 London Design Festival.
Visual Arts
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2019
Sat 14 Sept - Sun 23 Feb
Various Venues
Since 1949, BNC has consistently supported contemporary visual artists to successfully transition from education into professional practice, by means of an annual touring exhibition, featuring French artist Camille Yvert. Supported by Fluxus Art Projects.
Visual Arts
London Design Festival 2019
Sat 14 - Sun 22 Sept
Various venues
Promoting London's creativity, this annual event draws on the UK's greatest thinkers and practitioners to deliver an unmissable celebration of design, with an inspirational line up of talks and workshops and commissions by leading international designers.
Visual Arts
Adorno: Crossovers
Thu 19 - Sun 22 Sept
Old Truman Brewery
A cross-cultural collectible design journey, the exhibition presents dynamic works by independent designers working in the intersection between design, art, and crafts, selected from 12 countries, including a French collection curated by François Leblanc.
Visual Arts
Frieze Masters
Thu 3 - Sun 6 Oct
Regent's Park
Frieze Masters gives a unique view on the relationship between old and new art, showing works made before the year 2000. The fair offers a unique contemporary perspective on historical art, from collectible objects to significant masterpieces.
Visual Arts
Frieze London Art Fair
Thu 3 - Sun 6 Oct
Regent's Park
Frieze London’s exhibiting galleries represent some of the most exciting artists working today, from the emerging to the iconic, with over 60,000 visitors each year, including curators, artists, collectors, gallerists, critics and the general public.
Visual Arts
Into the Night – Cabarets & Clubs in Modern Art
Fri 4 Oct - Sun 19 Jan
Barbican
Spanning the 1880s to the 1960s, this landmark exhibition explores the electrifying history of cabarets, cafés and clubs in modern art across the world, from London to Paris, New York, Berlin, Mexico City or Vienna, through the lens of pioneering artists.
Visual Arts
The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Gauguin Portraits
Mon 7 Oct - Sun 26 Jan
The National Gallery
The first ever exhibition devoted to the portraits of Paul Gauguin. Spanning the later years of his life and focusing solely on his portraits, this exhibition follows Gauguin’s move away from Impressionism towards Symbolism.
Visual Arts
Gauguin Portraits
Mon 7 Oct - Sun 26 Jan
National Gallery
Spanning his early years as an artist through to his later years spent in French Polynesia, the first-ever exhibition devoted to the portraits of the French artist shows how Paul Gauguin revolutionised the genre.
Visual Arts
Sonica Glasgow
Thu 31 Oct - Sun 10 Nov
Glasgow (city-wide)
Sonica Glasgow is an 11-day biennial festival, dedicated to world-class visual sonic arts, presenting exceptional international artists alongside emerging UK talent in diverse venues, city-wide.
Contemporary Music, Performing Arts, Talks, Visual Arts
Dora Maar
Wed 20 Nov - Sun 15 Mar
Tate Modern
The largest retrospective of Dora Maar ever held in the UK. During the 1930s, Maar’s provocative photomontages became celebrated icons of surrealism. This exhibition will explore the breadth of Maar's long career in the context of work by her contemporaries.
Visual Arts