Discover the influence of Italy on eighteenth century European artists in this display of drawings, watercolours and oil sketches

Kodwo Eshun and Anjalika Sagar’s Hydra Decapita is an Afrofuturist sonic fiction on the art of darkness. It meditates on …

This display focuses on William Blake and several of his contemporaries. All artists used the human figure to explore
intense …

Presenting the unseen parts of Turner’s paintings as artworks, Cornelia Parker questions the status we give objects

Discover the collages of Nigel Henderson, which assemble fragments of image and text to activate them in new ways

Explore art made in Britain, arranged by date

The grand portraits in this room tell stories of migration and power. They date from the last years of the …

This is a time of profound change: of civil war, regicide, and political revolution. New ideas are born and new …

London is now the largest city in Europe, a hub of global trade and commerce. Artists like William Hogarth show …

The first era of public art exhibitions begins, bringing new audiences to British art. This gallery recreates the spectacle of …

At first glance, this room presents a glamorous image of 18th century society, showing people from all walks of life

These are tumultuous times. Wars and revolutions, technology and trade transform lives across the globe. The art in this room …

Economic prosperity in Victorian Britain helps art become hugely popular. However, art only indirectly reflects the lives of ordinary people

In the 19th century thanks to the railway, artists start to work outside in natural settings with varied light and …

The men and women of the Pre-Raphaelite circle question mainstream Victorian culture and ideas. They seek realism and relevance to …

Artists in Britain turn away from Victorian values, finding inspiration in individual experience.

The early years of the 20th century are characterised by the growing fight for women’s suffrage (the right to vote) …

British artists challenge traditional ways of seeing and representing the world through radical experiments with colour and form.

Many artists in the 1920s and 1930s are increasingly engaged in political debate, as they imagine how they could play …

During the early 1930s, British artists become members of international art groups developed important friendships and allegiances.