Art & Design
Explore objects, stories and blogs relating to art and design from – and about – London.
Blogs-And-Stories
An introduction to Christina Broom
The pioneering photographer who captured the Suffragettes in action
What does it mean to be Black in Britain today?
British-Nigerian artist Caroline Chinakwe shares the inspiration behind her two artworks on display at London Museum Docklands
Queen Victoria’s nifty needlework
Embroidery, crocheting, making dresses for toy dolls: Victoria was one crafty Queen
Roger Mayne’s photographs of post-war London
A window into life in the capital from the 1950s
Tiles of London, from Londinium to today
As we walk the streets of London, look up and around to enjoy this city of tiles
Who were the Young British Artists?
How a group of rebellious, mostly London-based artists changed the 1990s art world
Why are these Victorian Christmas cards so weird?
Musical cats. Violent clowns. Friendly flies. Greetings cards looked a little different in the 1800s
Quirky Victorian Valentine’s Day cards
A stuffed canary on a card? A lobster in love? The Victorians had curious ways of showing romance
The art of mudlarking: London’s past, present & future
Past pottery fragments, present riverside soundscapes and future relics
The pioneering pottery of the Martin Brothers
Sea monster matchstick holders, giant bird tobacco jars, misshapen stoneware vases
London through a camera lens
The photographers who've captured London's buildings, people and subcultures
Steve McQueen: Putting London on screen
This Oscar-winning west Londoner has made vital films about London’s people and history
Photographing London after dark
When the sun set, Alan Delaney took out his camera, capturing a ghostly city marked by shadow
Alvin Langdon Coburn’s ethereal photographs of London
A foggy, shadowy view of the capital in 1909
Gustave Doré’s London pilgrimage
The artist’s gloomy illustrations recall his 19th-century trips through the poverty-stricken city
Forgotten faces from post-war London
Fred Wilfred’s photos of London from 1957 to 1962 have remained largely unseen
London’s street markets by László Moholy-Nagy
The influential Hungarian artist turns his attention to 1930s street life
10 historical maps of London
Picking a route through the beautiful, intriguing and unusual maps in our collection
