Arts & Entertainment
Your guide to the worlds of art and entertainment. Providing you with the #FLODown on all of the best upcoming exhibitions and cultural events happening in London. Plus, the television shows that you need to be watching, film recommendations, and the best in books.
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time”
Thomas Merton
latest in arts
Brasil! Brasil! is an extensive look at ten important artists in a major new exhibition at the Royal Academy featuring feature over 130 works from the 1910s to the 1970s…
Body & Soul - Joan Snyder • Hew Locke: What Have We Here? • Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c. 1504 • Turner Prize 2024 • Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024 • Letizia Battaglia: Life, Love and Death in Sicily • Silk Roads • Matthias Groebel: Skull Fuck • Later Works - Jack Jubb • Greg Carideo: groundwork & 00:00:01
Leigh Bowery · Noah Davis · Linder: Danger Came Smiling · Collect Art Fair 2025 · Donald Rodney: Visceral Canker · Goya to Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Oskar Reinhart Collection · Theaster Gates: 1965: Malcolm in Winter: A Translation Exercise · The Face Magazine: Culture Shift · Salt Cosmologies: Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser · So, So, So: Galli’s Solo Exhibition Rescheduled to 2025 · Claudia Pagès Rabal · Ai Weiwei: A New Chapter…
Mitsuko Uchida & Mahler Chamber Orchestra: Mozart · KOKO’s “Electric Nights” · FOR FUCK SAKE · Seth Troxler at Fabric · Errol Linton at Green Note · Soweto Kinch: Soundtrack to the Apocalypse · Lily Lyons · Wu-Lu, Denzel Himself & SHEIVA · Tyshawn Sorey Trio · Dreamscapes · Sachiko M – Two-Day Residency · Sarah Nimmo · Raindance at Fabric 2025 · East End Dubs: Extended London…
White Cube · Fashion and Textile Museum · VITRINE Bermondsey · Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery · Science Gallery London…
PAD Art Fair · LAPADA Berkley Square · Frieze Art Fair · 1-54 London · London Art Fair · Collect Art Fair · Photo London · Women in Art Fair · The Other Art Fair · StART Art Fair · Ceramic Art London Fair…
January usually sees a flurry of winter light festivals in London, featuring creative displays by local and international artists. From Battersea Power Station to Canary Wharf, here is our guide to key ones to look out for in London this month…
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle Tippett, Turnage & Vaughan Williams · Wayne Marshall · Schumann’s Piano Concerto · Half Six Fix at the Barbican · India’s Music of Today: Niladri Kumar Darbar · Strings from the Royal Opera House Orchestra and Victor Sangiorgio London Chamber Music Society Sundays…
Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers at the National Gallery · Haegue Yang: Leap Year at Hayward Gallery · The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998 at Barbican Art Gallery · Lygia Clark: The I and the You at Whitechapel Gallery · Sonia Boyce: An Awkward Relation at Whitechapel Gallery · Francis Bacon: Human Presence…
Jake Grewal: Under The Same Sky · New Contemporaries · Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism · Christina Kimeze · Citra Sasmita: Into Eternal Land · At Home: Alice Neel in the Queer World · Tarot: Origins & Afterlives · Jonathan Baldock: 0.1% · Gregg Bordowitz: There: a Feeling · Peter Hujar – Eyes Open in the Dark · Tanat Teeradakorn: National Opera Complex · Fairy Story: Last Night, I Dreamt of Manderley · Matthias Groebel: Skull Fuck…
LATEST IN ART NEWS
Art of London’s Art After Dark is set to light up London’s West End from 6th to 8th March 2025, bringing a free, immersive cosmic art experience by award-winning eco-feminist artist and experience designer, Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian.
Tate has expanded its collection with the acquisition of Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo’s striking painting Blank Stare (2021) at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in Marrakec…
Serpentine Galleries has announced that Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum and her firm, Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA), have been selected to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2025. Titled A Capsule in Time, the Pavilion will be unveiled on 6 June 2025 at Serpentine South…
In 2025, Somerset House celebrates its 25th anniversary as a leading cultural and creative hub in London. This guide highlights the exhibitions and art fairs to look out for during this landmark year-long celebration.…
Sadler’s Wells East in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will feature innovative dance performances, education programmes, and community spaces as part of the East Bank cultural hub…
W London brings emerging local and international artists to Soho with exclusive performances at The Perception Bar.
The V&A’s Fashion in Motion event celebrates the collaboration between designer Loweth and artist Hambling, with a tribute to Derek Jarman this January.
The Hayward Gallery has an exciting programme lined up for 2025, featuring bold and thought-provoking exhibitions. From pioneering feminist artists to acclaimed Japanese contemporary masters. Here’s what’s coming up…
The National Gallery will open overnight on January 17, 2025, for the final weekend of its sell-out exhibition, Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers.
The Face Magazine: Culture Shift · Edvard Munch Portraits · Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting · Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award · Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World · Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize
The powerful installation exploring migration and human experience is on display in the museum’s new Reflections Room until 25 May 2025.
Donald Rodney: Visceral Canker · 15 Years of Duchamp & Sons · Hamad Butt: Apprehensions · The London Open Live · Joy Gregory: Catching Flies with Honey · Candice Lin…
LATEST IN INTERNATIONAL ART
Since its launch in Morocco, 1-54 has not only contributed to the growing prominence of African contemporary art but has also played a pivotal role in cementing Marrakech as a major cultural destination. This year, the fair took place across two prestigious venues: the luxurious La Mamounia Hotel and DaDa, a multidisciplinary art space in the heart of the Medina…
Art Basel Paris 2024 opened with a sense of grandeur, marking a new chapter as it rebranded from Paris+ par Art Basel to Art Basel Paris at the newly restored Grand Palais. The fair showcased 195 galleries from 42 countries, filling the iconic venue with a dynamic display of contemporary and modern art.
Must-see art exhibitions around Europe in 2024 · The art exhibitions opening across Europe this Autumn 2024: From Paris, Venice to Berlin · Le monde comme il va (The World As It Goes) · Arte Povera · Comics on Every Floor · Centenary Celebration of Surrealism · Barbara Crane Photography · Berlin, Berlin: 20 Years of the Helmut Newton Foundation · Alexandra Pirici: Attune · Naama Tsabar: Estuaries · Frans Hals: Master of the Fleeting Moment · Luis Roque: Estufa · Welcome! A Palazzo for Immigrants · Breasts · Liminal · Painting as Prop · Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art · Point of View · Asian Bronze: 4000 Years of Beauty....
Arte Povera at Bourse de Commerce · retrospective of Jackson Pollock’s Musée National Picasso-Paris · Barbara Crane’s photography at Centre Pompidou · Pop Forever, Tom Wesselmann & …, at Fondation Louis Vuitton · Petit Palais Palais de Tokyo…
Berlin, Berlin: 20 Years of the Helmut Newton Foundation · Alexandra Pirici and Nama Tsbar at Hamburger Bahnhof · Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley: The Soul Station · Luis Roque: Estufa · Galli: See How You Get On · Akinbode Akinbiyi: Being, Seeing, Wandering · Frans Hals: Master of the Fleeting Moment · Dream On—Berlin, the 90s...
Wilhelm Sasnal: Painting as Prop at Stedelijk Museum · Matthew Wong: Vincent van Gogh: Painting as a Last Resort at Van Gogh Museum · Point of View at Rijksmuseum…
Latest in Books
6 books to add to your autumn reading list. Including: Yellowface by R.F.Kuang· Manifesto: On Never Giving Up by Bernardine Evaristo · Betty by Tiffany McDaniels · Notes on Heartbreak by Annie Lord · The Queens of Sarmiento Park by Camila Sosa Villada (translated by Kit Maude)…
With lockdown 2.0 upon us we have put together a selection of 7 empowering, feel good reads to keep you busy and inspired during this time…
Milkman is by no means an easy novel to read, it is sluggish and sprawling, feeling longer than its 352 pages; however, it is hugely satisfying to finish. It also presents a haunting look at life during The Troubles in Northern Ireland…
This guide is intended to provide some insight into Jewish life and history. Jewish people come from a wide variety of backgrounds and levels of observance…
Between the World and Me is a poignant and profound piece of work, detailing the most gruesome and raw details of black American history and the everyday black experience in America…
At its core, Calypso is a novel about family. Sedaris highlights the recognisable relationship between siblings in a strikingly honest way: either you exist as the tyrant ruling over the youngsters or you’re the victim of the tyrants’ plots…
We all have the power to make great change, so instead of doing nothing, why not order a few of these books and attempt to understand this widespread issue…
As a result of the lockdown and government measures only permitting six people to meet outside at one time, the LGBTQ+ community will be celebrating Pride Month in a different way to usual. Though many events have been cancelled or postponed, there are still ways to celebrate…
Latest in TV&Film
We’ve put together a guide to the best new and returning TV shows to look out for in 2023. Including shows You; Copenhagen Cowboys; Succession; Top Boy; Happy Valley; Slow Horses; Riches; Snowfall; Outerbanks; Dreamland; Bridergton…
Here is our round-up of eight of the best chick flicks you can watch in the UK on all the various streaming platforms available - including Netflix, Now TV, and Amazon Prime. Of course, honourable mentions must go to The Devil Wears Prada, Clueless, Legally Blonde, Mean Girls and Bridget Jones’ Diary…
We’re the same kind of crazy if you become deeply obsessed with what celebs wear on the red carpet. Even when I was little I’d froth excessively at the mouth whenever a red carpet moment occurred before an award show (the VMAS were my religion)…
Whilst I acknowledge that Sex and the City has quite frankly been around for donkey's years now, I believe there is still much to discuss, dissect and dispute. Carrie is the self-proclaimed ‘it girl’, accomplished columnist and potentially Manhattan’s biggest egotist…
Founded in 1997, the UK Jewish Film Festival is an annual event which takes place for two weeks each November. This year, the festival has gone online, meaning that it provides an ideal opportunity to immerse yourself in Jewish film from the comfort of your own home…
Despite the fact Emily in Paris offered exquisite aesthetics and much needed escapism in a time of despair and civil unrest, it’s hard to be totally sold on the show as a concept…
The second part of Steven Blackman’s Netflix adaptation of the 2007 comic landed in our laps on July 31st, and if you weren’t excited enough already, a string of hype videos posted on Youtube of the Umbrella Academy students themselves will get you there…
Michaela Coel returns to our screens with her new drama exploring the grey areas surrounding consent in both heterosexual and homosexual relationships, specifically when sexual conduct takes place under the influences of alcohol and drugs….
The shameless coinciding of the Disney Plus launch with the beginning of lockdown, has brought no end of easily achievable joy. So in the spirit of lockdown happiness, here's a rundown of some of our top recommended films from the (virtual) kingdom where dreams come true…
It’s been almost a decade since Clare Danes came hurtling on to our screens as the energetic, uncontrollable but extremely sharp CIA officer we now know (and love) as Carrie Mathison. Eight seasons later and the show has drawn to a close…
Latest in Your Fix
I think we have all reached the end of our tethers regarding this pandemic. Boredom has been redefined and I know I’m not the only one counting down the days until we can, go shopping…
What is better than some good memes and hilarious content to keep you feeling jolly through the pandemic? Not much really. Maybe wine? To help you out, we’ve put together a list of…
It’s clear that Brexit is not going to plan but it somehow still seems to be a topic of endless conversation. In the workplace, at the dinner table and even at your blessed Thursday night drinks! When will it end…
This week we are going to be discussing gym etiquette and if you don’t know what that entails or what that means then this article is directed at you. Welcome to FLO London’s list of the most annoying gym habits…