We look ahead and pick the best exhibitions to see in London's galleries and museums opening in 2026.

Step into the smoke-filled literary cafes of 1930s Europe, where strangers became interlocutors and real conversation crossed ...

A collection of previously unseen drawings, etchings and paintings by British artist Lucian Freud will be showcased at the National Portrait Gallery early next year in what will be the UK’s most ...

Portrait of a Young Man (1944) is among those which will be featured in a collection of previously unseen drawings, etchings and paintings by artist Lucian Freud (The Lucian Freud ...

Drawing into Painting will showcase previously unseen work by the British artist at the National Portrait Gallery next year. Portrait of a Young Man (1944) is among those which will be featured in a ...

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A significant collection of previously unseen works by British artist Lucian Freud is set to be unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery early next year, marking the UK’s most comprehensive museum ...

Jill Freud, the longtime actress whose final big-screen role was in Love Actually and who was the inspiration for Lucy in C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia, has died, according to her daughter Emma ...

The fashion designer Bella Freud launched Fashion Neurosis a little over a year ago with Rick Owens as her first guest. The show, available in both audio and video formats, immediately set itself ...