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Contributing Arts Editor

Angela Kennedy

BEATRIZ GONZALEZ

Barbican Art Gallery, EC2

ROSE WYLIE: THE PICTURE COMES FIRST

Royal Academy of Arts, W1

SEURAT AND THE SEA

Courtauld Gallery, WC2

LUCIAN FREUD: DRAWING INTO PAINTING

National Portrait Gallery, WC2

SAMURAI

British Museum, WC1

EXTRA/
ORDINARY WOMEN

Charles Dickens Museum, WC1

WOMAN IN PRINT

William Morris Gallery, E17

ALESSANDRO MENDINI

The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, N1

ANNA ANCHER

Dulwich Picture Gallery, SE21

EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY

The National Gallery, WC2N

HOI POLLOI 

The Brown Collection, W1

HYAKKO

Japan House, W8

ART DECO: THE GOLDEN AGE OF POSTER DESIGN

London Transport Museum, WC2

CARAVAGGIO’S CUPID

The Wallace Collection, W1

CHANTAL JOFFE: I REMEMBER

Victoria Miro, London N1

WES ANDERSON: THE ARCHIVES

The Design Museum, W8

SECRET MAPS

British Library, NW1

THE SINGH TWINS

Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, TW9

WRIGHT OF DERBY: FROM THE SHADOWS

The National Gallery, WC2

PICASSO: A LEGACY

Halcyon Gallery, London W1S 2TR

WAYNE THIEBAUD: AMERICAN STILL LIFE

The Courtauld Gallery, London WC2R 0RN

LUCY RAVEN: ROUNDS

The Curve, London EC2Y 8DS

RORY McEWEN: NATURE’S SONG

Garden Museum, London SE1 7LB

A STORY OF SOUTH ASIAN ART

Royal Academy of Arts, London W1J 0BD

NIGERIAN MODERNISM

Tate Modern, London SE1 9TG

CECIL BEATON’S FASHIONABLE WORLD

The National Portrait Gallery, WC2H 0HE

HOWARD HODGKIN: IN A PUBLIC GARDEN

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, W5 5EQ

GILBERT & GEORGE: 21ST CENTURY PICTURES

Hayward Gallery, London SE1 8XX

A GRAND CHORUS: THE POWER OF MUSIC

Foundling Museum, WC1N 1AZ

COSTUME COUTURE: SIXTY YEARS OF COSPROP

Fashion and Textile Museum, London SE1

LEE MILLER

Tate Britain, London SW1

BUILDING THE BANK

Bank of England Museum, EC2

THE DAVID BOWIE CENTRE

V&A East Storehouse, E20

KETTY LA ROCCA: YOU YOU

Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, N1

THEATRE PICASSO

Tate Modern, SE1

MARIE ANTOINETTE STYLE

Victoria and Albert Museum, SW7

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL

Royal Academy of Arts, W1

RACHEL JONES: GATED CANYONS

Dulwich Picture Gallery, SE21

MILLET: LIFE ON THE LAND

The National Gallery, WC2

PICTOGRAMS

Japan House London, W8

EMILY KAM KNGWARRAY

Tate Modern, SE1

VIRTUAL BEAUTY

Somerset House, WC2

ALIEN SHORES

White Cube Bermondsey, SE1

MORE THAN HUMAN

Design Museum, W8

VICTORIA MIRO: 40 YEARS

Victoria Miro, N1

KIEFER/ VAN GOGH

The Royal Academy of Arts, W1

JENNY SAVILLE: THE ANATOMY OF PAINTING

National Portrait Gallery, WC2

YOSHITOMO NARA

The Hayward Gallery, SE1 8XX

ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER EXHIBITION 2025

Royal Academy of Arts, W1J 0BD

LONDON DESIGN BIENNALE

Somerset House, WC2R 1LA

CLAUDIO PARMIGGIANI

The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, N1 2AN

THE SERPENTINE PAVILION 2025

Serpentine South, W2 3XA

DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR

The Gilbert & George Centre, E1 5LJ

THE V&A EAST STOREHOUSE

2 Parkes Street, E20 3AX

THE BARBER IN LONDON

The Courtauld Gallery, WC2R 0RN

CECIL BEATON’S GARDEN PARTY

The Garden Museum, SE1 7LB

I AM. WE ARE. LIBERTY 

Liberty London, W1

OF THE OAK

Kew Gardens, TW9

ENCOUNTERS: GIACOMETTI x HUMA BHABHA

Barbican Centre, EC2

THE WONDER OF ART

The National Gallery, WC2

ANTONY GORMLEY

White Cube, Mason’s Yard, SW1

PIRATES

National Maritime Museum, SE10