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View in browser   London 25 February 2026   London’s spring calendar gathers pace with four standout openings this week At Tate Modern, Tracey Emin: A Second Life surveys four decades of unflinching work across painting, neon and installation. The Barbican presents the first UK retrospective of Beatriz González, vivid and politically charged. The Royal Academy celebrates Rose Wylie’s irreverent painterly world, while The Courtauld turns to the conservation of Longthorpe Tower’s medieval wall paintings. Discover more about each exhibition on ArtRabbit and plan your visits. For the full weekly roundup, download the ArtRabbit app.   Highlights in London   Openings and events 25 February – 4 March 2026   25 Wednesday   Exhibitions opening to the public   Beatriz González until 10 May 2026 Barbican Centre, EC2Y 8DS ELUCIDATE until 1 Mar 2026 LumiNoir ART Gallery, NW1 8BB MERAKI until 4 Apr 2026 Marie Jose Gallery, W8 5RW The Door Is Not The Destination until 3 Mar 2026 230 Portobello Road, W11 1LJ World in a Box (Ages 4-6) until 25 Feb 2026 Livingstone Studio, NW3 1LS   Opening receptions Wednesday 25 February   The Door Is Not The Destination 230 Portobello Road, W11 1LJ 18:00-21:00   Events Wednesday 25 February   Event: Supper Club | Tết Vietnamese New Year SLQS Gallery, E2 7EY   26 Thursday   Exhibitions opening to the public   'imagine that!' : A Solo Show by The Cameron Twins until 28 Feb 2026 Protein Studios, EC2A 3EY A Diagrammatic Foray into the World of Animals and Machines with Dean Anthony Kenning until 26 Feb 2026 Swedenborg House, WC1A 2TH ANTI-RUIN Late Opening until 26 Feb 2026 Hypha Gallery 2/ No. 1 Poultry, EC2R 8EN Filling in the Gaps, Portraits of Disabled Activists who've Changed Public Transport until 23 Mar 2026 St Marylebone Crypt, NW1 5LT Hannah Lim: Fire | Orchid, Solo Exhibition until 28 Mar 2026 Wilder Gallery, NW10 5ES I am trying to remember until 1 Mar 2026 BOTH Gallery, N6 5AA Multum until 28 Mar 2026 Sim Smith, SE5 0AX Myth Eaters: Kate Howe - an intimate encounter with Text. until 1 Mar 2026 RuptureXIBIT, KT1 4DG Pattern as Language until 1 Mar 2026 APT Gallery (Art in Perpetuity Trust), SE8 4SA Red until 24 Apr 2026 Ordovas, W1S 2ER Richard Porter. 2 until 11 Apr 2026 Amanda Wilkinson Gallery, EC1M 3JB The Painted Tower: Conservation in Context at Longthorpe until 27 May 2026 The Courtauld, WC2R 0RN The Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition until 7 Mar 2026 Mall Galleries, SW1Y 5BD These Walls That Protect us - Myriame Dachraoui until 1 Mar 2026 Gallery 44, NW1 8LS Through Their Lens: Five Photographers of Notting Hill until 22 Mar 2026 Muse Gallery at 269, W11 1LR say thank you until 1 Mar 2026 outhouse gallery, SE5 7RH   Opening receptions Thursday 26 February   ELUCIDATE LumiNoir ART Gallery, NW1 8BB 18:00-20:00 'imagine that!' : A Solo Show by The Cameron Twins Protein Studios, EC2A 3EY 18:00-21:00 Hannah Lim: Fire | Orchid, Solo Exhibition Wilder Gallery, NW10 5ES 18:30-20:30 I am trying to remember BOTH Gallery, N6 5AA 18:00-21:00 Multum Sim Smith, SE5 0AX 18:30-20:30 Myth Eaters: Kate Howe - an intimate encounter with Text. RuptureXIBIT, KT1 4DG 12:00-18:00 Pattern as Language APT Gallery (Art in Perpetuity Trust), SE8 4SA 18:00-20:00 Richard Porter. 2 Amanda Wilkinson Gallery, EC1M 3JB 18:00-20:00 The Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition Mall Galleries, SW1Y 5BD 10:00-17:00 These Walls That Protect us - Myriame Dachraoui Gallery 44, NW1 8LS 18:00-20:00 Through Their Lens: Five Photographers of Notting Hill Muse Gallery at 269, W11 1LR 18:00-21:00 Analogue Hypha Studios HQ, NW1 3AS 18:00-21:00 Duncan McAfee - A Late Evening in the Future The Transformation Gallery, SW9 8PJ 18:00-21:00 LA Timpa - Come Back Cell Project Space, e2 9da 18:00-21:00 Naira Mushtaq: State of Play Larkin Durey, SW1Y 6BU 18:00-20:00 RACHEL WHITEREAD: on paper with related sculpture Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, SW1Y 6BB 18:00-20:00 RWS Open 2026 Bankside Gallery, SE1 9JH 18:00-20:00 The Last American Pastoral Opening Night (lab)oratorie, E2 7RH 18:30-22:30 Ângela Ferreira: Slits are Girls The Showroom, NW8 8PQ 18:30-20:30   Events Thursday 26 February   Workshop: Art workshop with experienced stage designer, dinner included The Well Walk Theatre, NW3 1TS 19:00 - 21:00 Talk: Artist talk | Scene XV: Antiphony Matt Carey-Williams, W2 2BS 17:30 - 19:00 Event: February Late: Drink & Draw The Cartoon Museum, W1A 3AE Talk: Landscapes and Otherworlds - Alex Pemberton and Victoria Rance - TALK Heckmann Design – Studio Gallery, N1 4PR 18:00 - 19:30 Performance: Late Thursday - Special Performance Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, N1 2AN Event: Nettle Tea Drinking Evening Hypha Gallery 3/ No. 1 Poultry, EC2R 8EN   27 Friday   Exhibitions opening to the public   Analogue until 7 Mar 2026 Hypha Studios HQ, NW1 3AS Collect 2026 until 1 Mar 2026 Somerset House, WC2R 1LA Duncan McAfee - A Late Evening in the Future until 15 Mar 2026 The Transformation Gallery, SW9 8PJ Francisco Valdés until 11 Apr 2026 Cecilia Brunson Projects, SE1 3GD Jock McFadyen with Jem Finer: Underground (and Surface) Exhibition until 20 Sep 2026 Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman London’s Amphitheatre, EC2V 5AE LA Timpa - Come Back until 3 May 2026 Cell Project Space, e2 9da Lehmann Maupin: Freya Douglas-Morris ‘My time here is brief’ until 28 Mar 2026 Frieze No.9 Cork Street, W1S 3LL Leyla Yenirce, 'Amplifier' until 18 Apr 2026 Jeremy Scholar, W1G 9XR Los Angeles: A Visual Lineage until 24 Apr 2026 Woodbury House, W1S 3DX Naira Mushtaq: State of Play until 20 Mar 2026 Larkin Durey, SW1Y 6BU Points of Interest until 1 Mar 2026 The Chapel at St Margarets House, E2 9PL RACHEL WHITEREAD: on paper with related sculpture until 18 Apr 2026 Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, SW1Y 6BB RWS Open 2026 until 15 Mar 2026 Bankside Gallery, SE1 9JH Shades until 1 Mar 2026 Twilight Contemporary, N1 3PF The Last American Pastoral Opening Night until 11 Apr 2026 (lab)oratorie, E2 7RH Time Is On Our Side until 22 Mar 2026 VSSL studio, SE8 4AL Tracey Emin until 31 Aug 2026 Tate Modern, SE1 9TG Wat Tyler English Rebel until 8 Mar 2026 Lewisham Arthouse, SE14 6PD Ângela Ferreira: Slits are Girls until 7 Jun 2026 The Showroom, NW8 8PQ   Opening receptions Friday 27 February   Jock McFadyen with Jem Finer: Underground (and Surface) Exhibition Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman London’s Amphitheatre, EC2V 5AE 10:00-17:00 Los Angeles: A Visual Lineage Woodbury House, W1S 3DX 10:00-17:00 Points of Interest The Chapel at St Margarets House, E2 9PL 18:30-20:30 Shades Twilight Contemporary, N1 3PF 18:00-20:00 Time Is On Our Side VSSL studio, SE8 4AL 18:00-21:00 Wat Tyler English Rebel Lewisham Arthouse, SE14 6PD 18:00-21:00 Myriam Mihindou: Common Skin Phillida Reid, WC2H 8DY 18:00-20:00 Runes Thames-Side Studios, SE18 5NR 17:00-21:00 States of Becoming Vestry St., N1 7RE 18:00-20:00   Events Friday 27 February   Screening: I'M MIGRANT 2026: Two Documentary Portraits Genesis Cinema, E1 4UJ Talk: Online Symposium: Adventures in Trans/Queer Modernism Torriano Meeting House, NW5 2RX 17:00 - 18:00   28 Saturday   Exhibitions opening to the public   Margarita Gluzberg, Paul O’kane, Natalia Zagorska-thomas: Elective Affinities Finissage Event until 28 Feb 2026 Swedenborg House, WC1A 2TH Myriam Mihindou: Common Skin until 2 Apr 2026 Phillida Reid, WC2H 8DY Parallax Art Fair 41st Edition in February 2026 until 1 Mar 2026 Chelsea Old Town Hall, SW3 5EE Rose Wylie until 19 Apr 2026 Royal Academy of Arts, W1S 3EX Runes until 21 Mar 2026 Thames-Side Studios, SE18 5NR States of Becoming until 11 Apr 2026 Vestry St., N1 7RE Transient- Creators Collective Expo until 28 Feb 2026 Christ Church Spitalfields, E1 6LY   Opening receptions Saturday 28 February   say thank you outhouse gallery, SE5 7RH 16:00-17:00 Parallax Art Fair 41st Edition in February 2026 Chelsea Old Town Hall, SW3 5EE 11:00-17:00   Events Saturday 28 February   Art Tour: Alessandro Mendini Unlocked - Saturday Morning Tour Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, N1 2AN Talk: Artist Talk with Siphiwe-Nokukhanya Mnguni Oliver Projects Gallery, SE22 8EQ 14:30 - 16:00 Talk: INTERNET CAFE Panel Talk X Curator's Tour Hypha Gallery 1/ No. 1 Poultry, EC2R 8EN Performance: Land, Material, Memory perfoming landscape Tate Britain, SW1P 4RG 19:00 - 22:00 Workshop: Paper Art with Annemarieke Kloosterhof Leighton House Museum, W14 8LZ Class: Pottery - Introduction to Wheel Throwing Kingston College Creative Industries Centre, KT2 5BP Talk: Public Curator Tour - 'Analogue' Unit 3. Euston Tower. 286 Euston Road. London NW1 3DP, NW1 3DP Workshop: Weaving Workshop CasildART Contemporary, W2 2AY 12:00 - 16:00   1 Sunday   Exhibitions opening to the public   Mothers in Focus presents ‘You Inspire Me’ Exhibition until 30 Mar 2026 Poplar Union, E14 6TL   Opening receptions Sunday 1 March   Mothers in Focus presents ‘You Inspire Me’ Exhibition Poplar Union, E14 6TL 09:00-15:00   Events Sunday 1 March   Workshop: Exhibit P* - An Anti-Disciplinary Creative Workshop Firepit Art Gallery & Studios CIC, SE10 0XX 11:00 - 18:00 Event: Women's History Month in East London Brady Arts and Community Centre, E1 5HU 10:00 - 17:00   2 Monday   Exhibitions opening to the public   Sisterhood until 31 Mar 2026 Lambeth Archives, SW2 1ET South London Women Artists: Sisterhood until 31 Mar 2026 Lambeth Archives, SW2 1ET Three Bags Full - James Straffon until 28 Mar 2026 The All Good Bookshop, N8 0EP   Opening receptions Monday 2 March   South London Women Artists: Sisterhood Lambeth Archives, SW2 1ET 17:00-20:00   3 Tuesday   Exhibitions opening to the public   Reflections Art Fest until 29 Mar 2026 Crystal Palace Neighborhood, “SO DRAMATIC” Reclaiming Emotion, Power and Space An exhibition by Fiona Freund and Lise Meyrick until 31 Mar 2026 Brixton Tate Library, SW2 1JQ   Opening receptions Tuesday 3 March   Loie Hollowell. Overview Effect Pace London, W1S 1HQ 18:00-20:00   Events Tuesday 3 March   Screening: Franz + Q&A with director Agnieszka Holland and actor Josef Trojan BFI IMAX, SE1 8XR 17:30 - 20:00   4 Wednesday   Exhibitions opening to the public   Aegean until 4 Apr 2026 Vardaxoglou Gallery, W1D 3AS Loie Hollowell. Overview Effect until 23 May 2026 Pace London, W1S 1HQ Poul Henningsen: The Original Master of Light until 28 Mar 2026 Modernity, SW1W 8NE Somewhere Across The Water until 10 Mar 2026 230 Portobello Road, W11 1LJ Waypoints 26 until 7 Mar 2026 Morley Gallery, SE1 7HT   Opening receptions Wednesday 4 March   Filling in the Gaps, Portraits of Disabled Activists who've Changed Public Transport St Marylebone Crypt, NW1 5LT 17:30-20:00 Aegean Vardaxoglou Gallery, W1D 3AS 18:00-20:00 Kenji Yoshida: the Meaning of Life October Gallery, WC1N 3AL 18:00-20:30   Events Wednesday 4 March   Event: Art Academy Open Evening Art Academy | Bankside Campus, SE1 9BL 18:00 - 20:00 Workshop: Drink & Draw: Narcissus in the Blue Room Leighton House Museum, W14 8LZ Talk: Museum Late: Women's History Month Royal College of Physicians Museum, NW1 4LE Talk: RCP Museum Taster Tour - March Royal College of Physicians Museum, NW1 4LE     Artist Opportunities A weekly updated selection of international open calls for contemporary art related competitions, prizes, exhibitions, awards, proposals, and grants for artists, writers, and curators.     Add exhibitions and events Are you a gallery owner, a curator, an artist or have you seen a great exhibition that's not listed? 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