Having trouble deciding on the best spots for photography in London?
Then check out the fantastic events in the London and Watford area this month. These events are more geared towards photography, fashion and art.
Welcome to the February issue of my newsletter. Events are in full swing, making the most of the shortest month of the year. During the first two weeks, I will be in Venice attending the Carnival, which is always spectacular. Expect plenty of content from there during that period. After returning, I will be covering London Fashion Week and photographing at least 20 designers. It’s going to be a busy month.
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Samurai at British Museum – 3rd till 4th May
Explore the truth behind a thousand years of myth in this comprehensive exhibition on legendary Japanese warriors. The samurai is an iconic symbol, conjuring images of fierce fighters committed to courage, honour, and self-sacrifice. However, much of what we believe about samurai is rooted in invented tradition.
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Art After Dark in West End – 3rd till 10th
The week-long celebration of London’s nightlife through art and music will run from 3 February until 10 February, bringing together a programme of large-scale public artworks, late-night gallery openings and exclusive music experiences across the West End, including a special after-hours DJ-set at the National Gallery.
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Water Pantanal Fire at Science Museum – 6th to 31st May
This thought-provoking free photography exhibition reveals the fragile beauty of the Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland, and the threats to its rich wildlife.
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East London Art Prize 2025 Winner’s Exhibition: Laisul Hoque – 6th till 12th April 2026
Bow Arts is delighted to present a solo exhibition by Laisul Hoque, winner of the 2025 East London Art Prize, at the Nunnery Gallery. Hoque will premiere a new installation, film, and works on paper, exploring microhistories and personal memory alongside the context of political shifts and turmoil in Bangladesh.
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Venice Carnival 2026 – 7th to 17th
The theme of the 2026 Venice Carnival is “Olympus, the origins of play”, in homage to the Olympic spirit that will sweep across Italy during the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
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Orchid Festival at Kew Gardens – 7th to 8th March
The 2026 festival takes inspiration from China’s remarkable biodiversity, heritage and design traditions, filling our Princess of Wales glasshouse with a dazzling array of orchids and large-scale floral installations.
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Scoop International at Olympia – 8th to 10th
Scoop International is a celebration of exceptional design in the heart of London. Recognised by designers, fashion buyers and industry experts as one of the UK’s leading fashion and lifestyle trade shows. Scoop’s unique buying environment – carefully curated to reflect retail trends – sets it apart in the industry.
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Imagine at Southbank Centre – 11th till 21st
The festival of fun and creativity for every family returns in February, turning the Southbank Centre into one big playground.
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Wallace & Gromit and Friends at Young V&A – 12th
2026 is Aardman’s 50th anniversary year, and this exhibition celebrates their iconic characters and worlds, as well as their craft and storytelling. The exhibition will take you behind the scenes of stop-motion animation and show you how Aardman brings clay to life.
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Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting – 12th to 4th May
Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting will be the UK’s most comprehensive museum exhibition to focus on the artist’s works on paper, including some works seen on display for the first time. Lucian Freud (1922-2011) achieved recognition as one of Britain’s foremost figurative painters, celebrated for his clinically raw and intensely observed portraits and nude studies.
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Seurat and the Sea at The Courtauld Galleries – 13th to 17th May
This exhibition highlights the seascapes of French artist Georges Seurat (1859–1891). It is the first major Seurat-focused display in the UK in nearly 30 years. The show traces the development of his unique style using the recurring theme of the sea.
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International Garden Photographer of the Year: Exhibition 19 at Kew Gardens – 14th to 9th March
IGPOTY touring exhibition 19 will launch at Kew Gardens and will feature a curated selection of high-placed photographs. The competition is a celebration of our planet’s green spaces, flora, fauna, and fungi showcased via some of the world’s finest photography.
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Independent Ceramics Market – 15th
Brings together a community of over 90 ceramic artists, including current students, emerging graduates, and established ceramicists from various studios. It is an ideal place to discover a new wave of early career artists alongside more established ceramic creators.
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Yin Xiuzhen: Heart to Heart at Hayward Gallery – 17th till 3rd May
Yin Xiuzhen is renowned for her use of secondhand clothing, concrete, food and household ephemera in her immersive installations and sculptures. She creates multimedia artworks that negotiate the spaces between memories, individuals and the globalised societies in which we live today.
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Pancake Day Race at Leadenhall Market – 17th
On Tuesday, 17 February 2026, the Lamb Tavern will host its annual Pancake Day Race in the iconic atrium of Leadenhall Market. The event begins at 11:00am, with races starting at 12:30pm. Teams are encouraged to register and participate in this popular City tradition.
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Space by Luxmuralis at St Martin In The Field – 17th till 21st
Reflect on our connection with planet Earth and the universe in Space, an incredible sound and light show. Join us on a fascinating journey through space to witness galaxy formations and explore humanity’s drive to explore the unknown.
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Chinese New Year at Brunswick Centre – 18th
Kicking off the Year of the Horse with a spectacular celebration on Wednesday, 18 February, from 4:30pm to 7:00pm. This exciting, FREE event will showcase a lively lineup of performances and activities for all ages, making it a must-attend event at the centre.
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Colourwalk in Spitalfields Market – 19th
It is an informal gathering of colourful, creative souls who meet, dressed in their finest, to walk, talk, and strut their stuff. It is excellent for photography.
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London Fashion Week at various locations – 19th to 23rd
The February event will showcase women’s Autumn/Winter 2026 collections.
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Chinese New Year at Trafalgar Square – 22nd
It’s the year of the snake, and join the largest celebration in the world outside of Asia as thousands of revellers descend on Trafalgar Square and Chinatown for central London’s annual parade on Sunday, February 22nd.
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Stand with Ukraine in Trafalgar Square – 24th
It marks four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Come stand with Ukraine in Trafalgar Square at 7pm.
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Beatriz González at Barbican – 25th till 10th May
The first UK retrospective of the pioneering Colombian artist, known for her bold work that investigates the influence and significance of everyday images. Featuring over 150 artworks, many of which are exhibited in the UK for the first time, this significant exhibition traces Beatriz González’s influential career from the 1960s to the present.
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Tracey Emin – A Second Life at Tate Modern – 27th till 31st August
This landmark exhibition covers 40 years of Emin’s innovative work, featuring iconic pieces alongside previously unseen works. Through painting, video, textiles, neon, writing, sculpture, and installation, Emin persistently pushes boundaries, utilising the female body as a potent instrument to explore themes of passion, pain, and healing.
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Parallax Art Fair at Chelsea Town Hall – 28th & 1st March
Parallax Art Fair is unlike any other art fair. It originated from a research exhibition in London in 2010, which was the first entretive (creative entrepreneur) fair in the city. The original exhibition explored how viewers often perceive art through unconscious biases. This concept remains core to Parallax today, contributing to its reputation for being challenging, confusing, open to misinterpretation, and often strange to many. Most people misunderstand Parallax because they fail to realise that they are the subject of the experience.
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London Comic Con Spring 2026 at Olympia – 28th till 1st March
Bringing you the stars of Film & TV for you to meet, get their autographs & have your photo taken with them! All this will be taking place at the historic Olympia London.
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Radical Harmony Helene Kröller-Müller’s Neo-Impressionists at the National Gallery – till 8th February 2026
Neo-Impressionists painted in small dots of pure colour. Viewed from a distance, the colours blend to create nuanced tones and an illusion of light. Now known as pointillism, this technique simplified form and played with colour in an entirely new way, verging on the edge of abstraction.
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Peter Doig : House of Music at Serpentine South – till 8th February 2026
Transforming the gallery into a listening space, House of Music brings together recent paintings and, for the first time, integrates sound into Doig’s work. The exhibition features two sets of rare, restored analogue speakers, originally designed for cinemas and large auditoriums. Music selected by the artist – from his substantial archive of vinyl records and cassette tapes accumulated over decades – plays through a set of ‘high fidelity’ 1950s wooden Klangfilm Euronor speakers.
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Lee Miller Exhibition at Tate Britain – till 15th February 2026
A major exhibition of the trailblazing surrealist photographer Lee Miller at Tate Britain. An extensive retrospective of her photography, staged in the UK at Tate Britain, celebrates Lee Miller as one of the 20th century’s most urgent artistic voices. The exhibition opens on October 2nd and runs until February 15th, 2026.
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The Long Now: Saatchi Gallery at 40 at Saatchi Gallery – 5th till 1st March 2026
This exhibition celebrates the gallery’s 40th anniversary by compiling a “greatest hits” selection of influential artworks previously showcased, featuring pieces by artists such as Richard Wilson, Conrad Shawcross, and Jenny Saville.
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Marie Antoinette Style at V&A – till 22nd March 2026
A complex fashion icon, Marie Antoinette’s timeless appeal is defined by her style, youth and notoriety. Explore the lasting influence of the most fashionable (and ill-fated) queen in history – with over 250 years of design, fashion, film and art.
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Turner and Constable at Tate Britain – 12th April 2026
The definitive exhibition of two pivotal British artists in the 250th year of their births. Two of Britain’s greatest painters, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable, were also the greatest of rivals. Born within a year of each other – Turner in 1775, Constable in 1776 – they used landscape art as a way to reflect the changing world around them.
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Theatre Picasso at Tate Modern – till 12th April 2026
Marking the centenary of his famous painting The Three Dancers, this exhibition, staged by celebrated contemporary artist Wu Tsang and author and curator Enrique Fuenteblanca, sheds new light on Picasso’s work. They will transform the exhibition space into a theatre for displaying over 45 works by Picasso from Tate’s collection, alongside key European loans. This includes paintings, sculpture, textiles and works on paper, some never seen in the UK before.
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Hyakko at Japan House – 26th May 2026
Explore the beauty of everyday things in Hyakkō, a collection of almost 2,000 exquisitely hand-crafted items. Involving more than 120 artists, craftspeople and self-taught makers from across Japan, Hyakkō is a celebration of contemporary Japanese craft aesthetics.
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Nigerian Modernism at Tate Modern – till 10th May 2026
Nigerian Modernism tells the story of artistic networks that spanned Zaria, Ibadan, Lagos, and Enugu, as well as London, Munich, and Paris. Through groups like the Zaria Art Society and Mbari Artists’ and Writers’ Club, they fused Nigerian, African and European techniques and traditions to create vibrant, multidimensional works.
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Wright of Derby: From the Shadows at The National Gallery – till 10th May 2026
An exhibition celebrating Joseph Wright of Derby, a master of capturing light and shadow in paintings, often with multiple figures watching a scene unfold in candlelight, who captured the spirit of the Industrial Revolution.
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Sculpture in the City – till spring 2026
Sculpture in the City is an annual sculpture park that uses the urban realm as a rotating gallery space. The 14th Edition of Sculpture in the City will be on display from 16 July 2025 to Spring 2026, and includes 11 artworks from renowned and emerging artists alike: Ai Weiwei, Jane and Louise Wilson, Andrew Sabin, Julian Opie, Maya Rose Edwards, Samuel Ross, Richard Mackness, Elisa Artesero, Daniel Silver, and Oliver Bragg.
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Women In Print at the William Morris Gallery – till 21st June 2026
William Morris Gallery will present Women in Print: 150 Years of Liberty Textiles. Conceived in partnership with Liberty Fabrics on the occasion of the design house’s 150th anniversary, this major exhibition will highlight the pivotal role and contributions of women textile designers.
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