Whenever we have friends, clients or colleagues coming to London we are asked to recommend the latest exhibitions. As easy as that can seem, we are always unsure where to recommend.

We have finally created a list of where we think are places worth a visit this Summer:

1) Design Museum

Stanley Kubrick Exhibition, until 15 September 2019

224-238 Kensington High St, Kensington, London W8 6AG

https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/stanley-kubrick-the-exhibition

Stanley Kubrick is without question one of the greatest film directors. His masterpieces include Eyes Wide Shut and Clockwork Orange.

The exhibition goes through the life of this meticulous genius, exploring his unique command of the creative design process of film-making, from storytelling to film direction to editing.

2) Victoria & Albert Museum

Queen Victoria & Prince Albert’s Bicentenary, from 24 June to 26 August 2019

Cromwell Rd, Knightsbridge, London SW7 2RL

https://www.vam.ac.uk/season/2019/queen-victoria-prince-alberts-bicentenary

Being the birth anniversary of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, this collection presents a new exhibition of jewellery,  featuring the impressive sapphire and diamond crown of Queen Victoria.

3) Brand Museum

Your Favourite Brand, from 16 May to 31 September 2019

111-117 Lancaster Rd, Notting Hill, London W11 1QT

https://www.museumofbrands.com/your-favourite-brand/

What is your favourite brand? Our lives and loyalties to brands are shaped by the memories and experiences we’ve all had over the years. This museum invites you to share these memories and find out just how much we all have in common.

7) Science Museum

Top Secret: from Ciphers to Cyber Security, from 10 July to 23 February 2020

Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD

https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/top-secret

This show explores over a century’s worth of communications intelligence through handwritten documents, declassified files and previously unseen artifacts.

Uncover spy-craft from 1960’s Cold War spy and challenge your friends and family to become codebreakers in the interactive puzzle zone.

8) Lisson Gallery

Painters Reply:Experimental Painting in the 1970s and now, from 27 June to 9 August 2019

67 Lisson St, Marylebone, London NW1 5DA

https://www.lissongallery.com/exhibitions/painters-reply-experimental-painting-in-the-1970s-and-now

The exhibition brings together a diverse group of original artists such as Joan Snyder, Dona Nelson, Polly Apfelbaum, Lynda Benglis, Sadie Benning, Roy Colmer, Matt Connors and many others.

9) National Portrait Gallery

Cindy Sherman, from 27 June to 15 September 2019

St. Martin’s Pl, Charing Cross, London WC2H 0HE

https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/cindy-sherman/exhibition/

This major new retrospective will explore the development of Sherman’s work from the mid-1970s to the present day, and will feature around 150 works from international public and private collections, as well as new work never before displayed in a public gallery.

10)Photographers’ Gallery

Urban Impulses: Latin American Photography From 1959 To 2016, from 14 June to 6 October 2019

16-18 Ramillies St, Soho, London W1F 7LW

https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibition/urban-impulses-latin-american-photography-1959-2016 

Featuring the work of over seventy photographers and artists, such as Alberto Korda, Graciela Iturbide and Sergio Larrain, Urban Impulses embraces half a century of Latin American photography, from 1959 to 2016.