# Painting in London this week Painting in London this week, Wednesday 28 October to Tuesday 3 November: 91 events, among them 65 in exhibitions and museums, 16 in workshops and courses, 7 in talks and readings, 2 in kids and family and 1 in theatre. Page 1 of 3, 40 events each: [next](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/art/painting/?format=markdown&page=2). ## When - [Today](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/today/art/painting/?format=markdown): 66 - [Tomorrow](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/tomorrow/art/painting/?format=markdown): 69 - [Weekend](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/weekend/art/painting/?format=markdown): 73 - [This week](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/art/painting/?format=markdown): 92 - [Wednesday 28 October](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-10-28/art/painting/?format=markdown): 66 - [Thursday 29 October](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-10-29/art/painting/?format=markdown): 69 - [Friday 30 October](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-10-30/art/painting/?format=markdown): 67 - [Saturday 31 October](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-10-31/art/painting/?format=markdown): 65 - [Sunday 1 November](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-01/art/painting/?format=markdown): 57 - [Monday 2 November](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-02/art/painting/?format=markdown): 56 - [Tuesday 3 November](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/2026-11-03/art/painting/?format=markdown): 62 ## Where - [Berlin](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/art/painting/?format=markdown): 110 - [London](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/art/painting/?format=markdown): 92 - [New York City](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/new-york/week/art/painting/?format=markdown): 88 - [Zürich](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/zurich/week/art/painting/?format=markdown): 49 ## What - [Anything](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/?format=markdown): 4,420 - [The best](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/best/?format=markdown): 35 - [Concerts](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/concerts/?format=markdown): 631 - [Theatre](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/theatre/?format=markdown): 299 - [Party and club](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/party-club/?format=markdown): 725 - [Comedy](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/comedy/?format=markdown): 108 - [Film](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/film/?format=markdown): 196 - [Exhibitions and museums](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/exhibitions-museums/?format=markdown): 268 - [Festivals and street parties](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/festivals-street/?format=markdown): 70 - [Talks and readings](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/talks-readings/?format=markdown): 261 - [Dance](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/dance/?format=markdown): 21 - [Food and drink](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/food-drink/?format=markdown): 210 - [Markets](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/markets/?format=markdown): 26 - [Tours and walks](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/tours/?format=markdown): 86 - [Quiz and games](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/quiz-games/?format=markdown): 163 - [Kids and family](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/kids-family/?format=markdown): 232 - [Workshops and courses](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/workshops-courses/?format=markdown): 464 - [Sport](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/sport/?format=markdown): 367 - [Worship](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/worship/?format=markdown): 287 - [Watercolor exhibitions](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/art/painting/watercolor/?format=markdown): 8 - [History](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/history/?format=markdown): 203 - [Abstract painting](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/art/painting/abstract-painting/?format=markdown): 4 - [Landscape painting exhibitions](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/art/painting/landscape-painting/?format=markdown): 4 - [Literature](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/literature/?format=markdown): 152 - [Contemporary painting exhibitions](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/art/painting/contemporary-painting/?format=markdown): 3 - [Figurative painting exhibitions](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/art/painting/figurative-painting/?format=markdown): 3 - [Nature](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/nature/?format=markdown): 78 - [Occasions](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/occasion/?format=markdown): 879 - [Science](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/science/?format=markdown): 48 - [Halloween](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/occasion/halloween/?format=markdown): 708 - [Modern art](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/art/painting/modern-art/?format=markdown): 2 - [Portrait exhibitions](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/art/painting/portrait/?format=markdown): 2 - [Impressionism exhibitions](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/art/painting/impressionism/?format=markdown): 2 - [Wellness](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/wellness/?format=markdown): 111 - [Music](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/music/?format=markdown): 1,188 - [World War II](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/history/wwii/?format=markdown): 13 - [Religion](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/religion/?format=markdown): 381 - [Spoken word](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/literature/spoken-word/?format=markdown): 37 - [Stage](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/week/stage/?format=markdown): 389 ## Wednesday 28 October - until 31 Jan Painting the French Riviera — Royal Academy of Arts — £24–26 — "Painting the French Riviera" is an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in the Main Galleries at Burlington House, running from 2 October 2026 to 31 … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/painting-the-french-riviera-38251/ - until 18 Dec Georg Baselitz The Heroes 1965–66 — Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac — An art exhibition devoted to Georg Baselitz's Hero paintings, held at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac's Ely House in London. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/georg-baselitz-the-heroes-196566-36211/ - until 1 Nov Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in Art — IWM London — Free — Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in Art is a free exhibition at IWM London on Level 3. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/beauty-and-destruction-wartime-london-in-art-36628/ - until 3 Jan Frida: The Making of an Icon — Mayfair Gallery — £22–25 — An exhibition about the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, tracing how she became a global icon. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/frida-the-making-of-an-icon-41681/ - until 8 Nov Clare Woods: Garden Without Seasons — Pitzhanger Manor House and Gallery — £14 — An art exhibition called Clare Woods: Garden Without Seasons, showing 29 new and recent paintings, collages and prints made over the last four years. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/clare-woods-garden-without-seasons-38059/ - until 31 Oct Adriana Varejão: Modernisms — Victoria Miro Gallery — Modernisms is an exhibition of new paintings by Adriana Varejão, presented by Victoria Miro in dialogue with the artist's participation in the Brazilian … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/adriana-varejao-modernisms-42761/ - until 14 Nov Hernan Bas: TIME TO SHINE! (the salesmen) — Victoria Miro Gallery — An exhibition of new paintings by Hernan Bas, presented by the Victoria Miro Gallery in London. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/hernan-bas-time-to-shine-the-salesmen-40106/ - until 31 Oct Louis Fratino — David Zwirner — An exhibition of new paintings by Louis Fratino titled 'Prose', on view at the David Zwirner gallery in London. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/louis-fratino-35541/ - until 7 Nov John Byrne: Blurred Boundaries — The Fine Art Society — An exhibition of painted furniture by artist John Byrne, shown alongside a group of paintings, drawings and prints by him and by artists in his collection. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/john-byrne-blurred-boundaries-39191/ - until 30 Oct SURFACE TENSION BRITISH PAINTING IN THE 1990s — Ben Brown Fine Arts — SURFACE TENSION: BRITISH PAINTING IN THE 1990s is an exhibition at the Ben Brown Fine Arts gallery in London. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/surface-tension-british-painting-in-the-1990s-41029/ - until 7 Nov Form Follows Feeling — Lisson Gallery — An exhibition of works by the painter, sculptor, and printmaker Oliver Lee Jackson, spanning several decades of his practice. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/form-follows-feeling-41636/ - until 21 Nov Ian Davenport: Reflections — Waddington Custot Galleries — 'Reflections' is a survey exhibition of paintings and drawings spanning the late 1980s to the present. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/ian-davenport-reflections-42787/ - until 12 Dec This Is Still Not a Pipe: The Afterlife of Magritte — Gagosian — An exhibition at Gagosian in London called 'This Is Still Not a Pipe: The Afterlife of Magritte'. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/this-is-still-not-a-pipe-the-afterlife-of-magritte-36209/ - until 31 Oct Thiang Uk: Forever and a day — The Sunday Painter — A solo exhibition of paintings by Thiang Uk at The Sunday Painter, marking his first solo show in the UK. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/thiang-uk-forever-and-a-day-39750/ - until 7 Nov Pulse, Pause, Repeat — Lisson Gallery — An exhibition of drawings, paintings and sculpture by the artist Carmen Herrera, spanning the final decade of her life. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/pulse-pause-repeat-41637/ - until 17 Dec E M Forster’s Legacy of Connection — Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, 2nd Floor, Holborn Library, 32-38 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8PA — Free — An exhibition of never-before-seen memorabilia, letters, photographs and memories of the novelist E M Forster, alongside paintings by Jim Buckingham. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/e-m-forsters-legacy-of-connection-35226/ - until 13 Dec Paloma Contreras Lomas: Disco Inferno — Gasworks — Free — Disco Inferno is an exhibition of new paintings, murals, sculpture and a film by Paloma Contreras Lomas, her first European solo show, at the London art space … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/paloma-contreras-lomas-disco-inferno-36216/ - until 27 Nov R. B. Kitaj: From Fragments 1958–1975 — Piano Nobile — An exhibition of paintings, drawings and collages by R. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/r-b-kitaj-from-fragments-19581975-37738/ - until 31 Jan Painting the French Riviera at the Royal Academy — Royal Academy — The exhibition "Painting the French Riviera" shows how the French Riviera inspired and supported the rise of modern art, with more than 160 works including … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/painting-the-french-riviera-at-the-royal-academy-40956/ - until 20 Dec Sabine Moritz: Lie Down in Green Pastures — Garden Museum — £13–16 — An art exhibition at the Garden Museum in London, running from 8 October to 20 December 2026. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/sabine-moritz-lie-down-in-green-pastures-36212/ - until 7 Nov Francis Hamel, Two Seasons in Japan — John Martin Gallery — An exhibition of paintings by Francis Hamel at John Martin Gallery. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/francis-hamel-two-seasons-in-japan-36758/ - until 7 Nov Khalif Tahir Thompson: Send in the Clowns — Victoria Miro Gallery — An exhibition of new paintings by Khalif Tahir Thompson, presented at Victoria Miro's London gallery and the gallery's first solo presentation of his work … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/khalif-tahir-thompson-send-in-the-clowns-40107/ - until 31 Oct Massimo Giannoni: VOLUMI — Pontone Gallery — "Massimo Giannoni: VOLUMI" is an exhibition of paintings at a gallery. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/massimo-giannoni-volumi-41919/ - until 19 Nov A Different Kind of Pop: Giorgos Ioannou’s Works 1960s – 1970s — The Hellenic Centre — Free — An exhibition of paintings by Giorgos Ioannou, shown at The Hellenic Centre. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/a-different-kind-of-pop-giorgos-ioannous-works-1960s-1970s-42428/ - until 7 Nov L.S. Lowry RA (1887-1976) An Exhibition and Book Launch — Crane Kalman Gallery — An exhibition of paintings by L.S. Lowry RA held to mark the publication of the 4th edition of 'L.S.Lowry: A Biography' by Shelley Rohde. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/ls-lowry-ra-1887-1976-an-exhibition-and-book-launch-35462/ - until 18 Dec Allen Jones: In Town Tonight — Gazelli Art House — "Allen Jones: In Town Tonight" is a solo exhibition of new and earlier work by the artist Allen Jones, presented at the London gallery Gazelli Art House … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/allen-jones-in-town-tonight-41426/ - until 18 Dec The Studio — Massimo De Carlo — The Studio is a solo exhibition of paintings by the American painter Jonathan Gardner at a London gallery. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/the-studio-41680/ - until 22 Nov Fernando Botero, in Praise of an Amplified World — Opera Gallery London — A major exhibition of works by Fernando Botero, the Colombian artist known for his instantly recognisable visual language called 'Boterismo'. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/fernando-botero-in-praise-of-an-amplified-world-41789/ - until 14 Nov ELISE ANSEL: wall window table light — Cadogan Contemporary — This is a solo exhibition of new paintings by Elise Ansel, titled wall window table light, running at Cadogan Gallery in London. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/elise-ansel-wall-window-table-light-35195/ - until 1 Nov My Walthamstow exhibition — The Mill — A community art exhibition called My Walthamstow exhibition, showing art works about the neighbourhood. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/my-walthamstow-exhibition-42479/ - until 19 Dec Oscar Murillo — David Zwirner — An exhibition of paintings titled 'Unfinished thinking: Paintings and Social Maps' by the artist Oscar Murillo. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/oscar-murillo-35546/ - until 6 Nov Jeremy Gardiner The Lake District — Portland Gallery — An exhibition of paintings by Jeremy Gardiner titled The Lake District, on view at Portland Gallery. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/jeremy-gardiner-the-lake-district-63964/ - until 13 Nov Disorder Of The Day — Jealous Gallery — 'Disorder Of The Day' is a solo exhibition by the artist Charming Baker. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/disorder-of-the-day-36751/ - until 21 Nov Lorena Torres: Un Suspiro Lleno el Mundo — Beetles + Huxley — An exhibition of sixteen new paintings by Colombian artist Lorena Torres, her second solo show with the gallery. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/lorena-torres-un-suspiro-lleno-el-mundo-41028/ - until 3 Jan Frida: The Making of an Icon — Tate Modern — £25 — Frida: The Making of an Icon is an exhibition about the artist Frida Kahlo and how she became an influential artist and a global commercial icon. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/frida-the-making-of-an-icon-38880/ - until 11 Apr Ronnie Wood: The Jimi Hendrix Portraits — Handel & Hendrix — Included in g… — An exhibition of portraits of Jimi Hendrix painted by fellow musician and artist Ronnie Wood, shown in the very place Hendrix called home. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/ronnie-wood-the-jimi-hendrix-portraits-41473/ - until 16 Aug Sunday in the Park with George — Barbican Theatre — £10 — Sunday in the Park with George is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/sunday-in-the-park-with-george-63418/ - until 6 Nov Tom Hoar – An Endless Summer — Panter & Hall — TOM HOAR: AN ENDLESS SUMMER is an exhibition of paintings shown at the Panter & Hall gallery in London. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/tom-hoar-an-endless-summer-41806/ - 15:00 Monthly Sip and Paint — The Royal Oak — A Monthly Sip and Paint is a relaxed, guided painting session held at a cosy pub. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/monthly-sip-and-paint-48188/ - until 22 Dec Portfolio Reviews — Royal Watercolour Society — £145 — Portfolio Reviews with Royal Watercolour Society Artists offers one-to-one portfolio reviews for artists at all stages of their careers, held online via Zoom … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/portfolio-reviews-41996/