126 galleries, one weekend, one app: How to navigate London’s biggest gallery event
From Friday 5th to Sunday 7th of June, 126 galleries will throw open their doors and hang their most ambitious shows for the sixth edition of London Gallery Weekend. Celebrating the breadth and dynamism of the capital’s ever-evolving art scene, this year’s edition welcomes eight first-time participants alongside several newly opened and expanded spaces. London Gallery Weekend is a three-day immersion in contemporary art that draws visitors from every continent. This year, there is one definitive platform to navigate all of it: GalleriesNow.
GalleriesNow, the art world’s most trusted discovery guide, with over a decade of operation and a rapidly growing online community, has been named the Official Navigation Partner of London Gallery Weekend 2026. It is the single tool being promoted to all audiences, and the one place where every gallery, every exhibition and every event is mapped, curated and made accessible.
For LGW 2026, the GalleriesNow app will provide the following;
- A full interactive map of all 126 participating galleries and their exhibitions
- Expertly curated routes, designed to make the most of each day’s geographic focus and help visitors see the best work without backtracking
- Detailed exhibition listings, artist profiles and gallery information
- A downloadable offline version if you prefer not to be on your phone
- Virtual exhibition tours for those who can’t make it in person
- From 27 May, GalleriesNow’s printed gallery maps will also be distributed across London, placed in galleries, cultural venues and key locations throughout the capital, available free to pick up.
London Gallery Weekend runs from Friday 5 June to Sunday 7 June, with each day focused on a different part of the city. Central London leads on Friday (11 am–6 pm), South London takes Saturday (11 am–6 pm), and the East End closes the weekend on Sunday (12 pm–5 pm). All 126 galleries are open across all three days — but the curated daily focus means there’s a logic to how you explore.
This year’s programme includes some genuinely extraordinary shows: a solo exhibition of the late Australian artist Emily Kam Kngwarray at Pace Gallery, ahead of her major Tate retrospective; a rare retrospective of American painter Dotty Attie at Public Gallery; monumental Paul McCarthy work at Hauser & Wirth; and paintings by David Hockney at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert. Alongside marquee names, 15 newly participating galleries, 11 of which opened in London in the past two years, are showing work for the first time under the LGW banner.
Founded by brothers Tristram and Patrick Fetherstonhaugh, GalleriesNow started with a simple observation: gallery information was scattered, unreliable and hard to find. More than a decade later, it has grown into a comprehensive ecosystem covering more than 200 cities worldwide, and its London coverage is the most thorough in the world.
How to use it
Download the GalleriesNow app (App Store and Google Play) or visit galleriesnow.net. Everything you need from maps, routes, listings, and virtual tours is there, free, and ready to use before the weekend begins.
KEY DATES
- 27 May: GalleriesNow maps distributed across London
- 5 June, Friday 11 am–6 pm: London Gallery Weekend, Central London
- 6 June, Saturday 11 am–6 pm: South London
- 7 June, Sunday 12 pm–5 pm: East London
