This week's entertainment guide from The Guardian highlights several art exhibitions opening in London and Hastings. Henry Moore and Lucian Freud are paired at Hastings Contemporary (13 June–13 September) in a show exploring family bonds. Anish Kapoor returns to the Hayward Gallery (16 June–18 October) with monumental mirrored sculptures and Vantablack works. The Royal Academy of Arts opens its annual Summer Exhibition (16 June–23 August), the world's oldest open-submission show. Other cultural events include Steven Spielberg's new UFO film, Kamasi Washington at Meltdown festival, and a Scottish comedy drama.
These exhibitions matter because they showcase major figures of 20th-century British art—Moore and Freud—alongside a living superstar, Anish Kapoor, whose Hayward show is his first major London survey in years. The Summer Exhibition remains a vital platform for emerging and amateur artists, drawing thousands of submissions annually. Together, they underscore London's enduring role as a global hub for both historical and contemporary visual art, attracting international audiences and critical attention.