Worth Visiting in London

March is an ideal time to visit exhibitions in London. Numerous major exhibitions are currently on display, spanning film, fashion, contemporary art, and history. While most exhibitions require advance booking, student tickets or the Student Art Pass typically keep costs around £10, offering excellent value. If you're seeking cultural activities in London soon, consider these highly recommended exhibitions below:

🗡️ 1. Samurai – British Museum

On view until: May 4, 2026

Address: Room 30, The Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery

Featuring over 280 artifacts from weapons, armor, paintings, and books to clothing, films, games, and contemporary art, the exhibition traces how the samurai image has formed, evolved, and been continually reimagined over a thousand years. 

 Stories about samurai have been continually reimagined and applied to fashion design, anime, and video games. This exhibition presents complex and authentic images of the samurai to the audience.

👗 2. Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art - V&A South Kensington

Exhibition Dates: March 28 to November 8, 2026

Address: Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL

In the 1930s, Elsa Schiaparelli stunned the fashion world with her avant-garde, daring designs. Exaggerated silhouettes, gold-plated embellishments, and whimsical appliqué techniques transformed each haute couture piece into a wearable surrealist artwork. This spring, the V&A Museum will host the UK's first major retrospective dedicated to this legendary designer. From her groundbreaking early classics that defied convention to contemporary interpretations by current Creative Director Daniel Roseberry, the exhibition traces the full evolution of this iconic fashion style.

🧵 3. Threads of Life by Chiharu Shiota

On view until: May 3

Address: Hayward Gallery

The exhibition creates a space enveloped by threads, memories, bodily traces, and emotions. As the exhibition description states: Her installations transform spaces into a “concrete yet profoundly felt” existence. While you clearly see tangible objects like threads, beds, garments, and metal frames, standing within them immerses you in an indescribable atmosphere like memory, dreams, loss, and the enduring connections between people.

🦊 4. Wes Anderson: The Archives - design museum

On view until: July 26, 2026

Address: design museum, 224 – 238 Kensington High Street, London W8 6AG

This exhibition showcases representative works and selected short films from various periods of Wes Anderson's career, featuring extensive behind-the-scenes photographs, costumes, props, storyboards, and original scripts. The exhibition highlights early works like Rushmore, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and The Darjeeling Limited, alongside classics such as Fantastic Mr. Fox, Isle of Dogs, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and The French Dispatch. It includes exhibits showcasing character design and set construction from these films.

🛌 5. Tracey Emin: A Second Life - Tate Modern

On view until: August 31, 2026

Address: Tate Modern, Bankside, London, SE1 9TG

Presented by Tate in collaboration with Gucci, the exhibition looks back on more than forty years of artistic work by British contemporary artist Tracey Emin. Through paintings, videos, textiles, neon text, sculptures, and installations, the exhibition traces Emin's life, where she frequently transforms personal experiences, bodily memories, and reflections on love, loss, and female identity into artistic language.

Get out there and experience some of the amazing art on your doorstep this spring!