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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 17, 2025 visibility 30 link 38 artists, 11 galleries

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London Gallery Weekend (LGW) returned for its fifth edition from June 6 to 8, 2025, drawing art enthusiasts across 126 participating spaces despite dark clouds and drizzle. The event showcased cutting-edge performances, digital experiments, and bold textile art, but faced challenges as several trendy younger galleries—including Union Pacific, Guts Gallery, The Sunday Painter, and Xxijra Hii—chose not to participate this year. The weekend also overlapped with the debut London edition of South by Southwest (SXSW), a tech and arts conference that brought 20,505 pass-holders from 77 countries, including King Charles III, and featured visual art offerings such as LDN LAB curated by Alex Poots. While SXSW included works by Andy Warhol and Beeple, coordination between the two events was minimal, though a hastily planned SXSW VIP gallery tour occurred before LGW officially began.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 10, 2025 source 2 sources visibility 21 link 2 artists

bayeux tapestry british museum loan

The Bayeux Tapestry, a 230-foot-long medieval textile depicting the Norman Conquest of 1066, will be loaned to the British Museum in London for the first time in 950 years. The historic deal between Britain and France is set to be finalized on July 9, with the tapestry expected to appear in a blockbuster exhibition about the Norman Conquest opening in September 2026. In exchange, treasures from across the U.K.—including artifacts from Sutton Hoo and the Lewis chessmen—will travel to France. The agreement will be announced by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron, and signed by British Museum director Nicholas Cullinan.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 21, 2026 visibility 7 link 25 artists

In Minor Keys A Cacophony At 61st Venice Biennale – Miranda Carroll

The 61st Venice Biennale, titled 'In Minor Keys,' opened with a central exhibition curated by the late Koyo Kouoh, who died in 2025. The show features 110 artists and collectives, realized by a team of five curators known as 'la squadra di Koyo.' The exhibition spans the Giardini and Arsenale venues, with works including Otobong Nkanga's living facade installation, Theo Eshetu's dying olive tree, and Nick Cave's vibrant sculptures. Poems and quotes by Refaat al-Areer, Etel Adnan, Toni Morrison, and Ben Okri punctuate the spaces, encouraging visitors to pause and reflect.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 27, 2026 visibility 13 link 1 artist, 5 galleries

Master Drawings New York marks 20th anniversary as both fair and market expand

Master Drawings New York (MDNY) marks its 20th edition this month, founded in 2006 by London dealers Crispian Riley-Smith and Margot Gordon and acquired in 2023 by dealer Christopher Bishop. The fair focuses on works on paper from the 15th century to today, also including painting, sculpture, and photography. This year features 36 dealers across two dozen Upper East Side gallery spaces, with ten new exhibitors from Europe, making it the most geographically diverse edition yet. Programming includes a highlights catalogue of 20 important works sold during previous editions that ended up in major collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Getty.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 25, 2025 visibility 22 link 6 artists, 14 galleries

Treasure House Fair hopes to be the flagship summer event London desperately needs

Thomas Woodham-Smith and Harry Van der Hoorn are staging the third edition of the Treasure House Fair at London’s Royal Hospital Chelsea, running until 1 July. The fair, which launched hastily in 2023 after the collapse of Masterpiece London, features 72 exhibitors spanning ancient to contemporary art, design, jewellery, antiques, and even a meteorite. Woodham-Smith reports a mood of optimism despite global turmoil, with strong ticket sales and a 40% share of new exhibitors, including many from outside the UK.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 24, 2025 visibility 19 link 7 artists, 3 galleries

Innovative London drawing fair with no stands stages its second edition

Tracing Time, a London drawing fair organized by Trois Crayons, returns for its second edition from 26 June to 5 July at No. 9 Cork Street. The selling exhibition features drawings spanning 500 years, with 35 participating galleries—double the number from its debut—including works by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Gustav Klimt, and Françoise Gilot. Unlike traditional fairs, it operates without stands: dealers pay a flat fee for logistics, retain 100% of sales, and the space functions as a social hub without booths or dealers present.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 8, 2025 visibility 18 link 2 artists

Bayeux Tapestry to return to UK for first time in almost 1,000 years

The Bayeux Tapestry will be loaned to the British Museum in London for display from September 2026 to July 2027, marking its first return to the UK in nearly 1,000 years. The agreement was announced by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron during a state visit, as part of a broader cultural partnership that also includes the loan of Sutton Hoo treasures and the Lewis chessmen to French institutions.

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