London exhibitions: April highlights

Frida Kahlo meets Rembrandt at Saatchi Selfies, Marc Quinn comes to the Soane and Queer Art at the Tate: these are the best London exhibitions, April 2017

Cornelia Parker, Frith Street Gallery

Discover a new series of video works from one of our greatest artists at this Cornelia Parker 2017 exhibition – and there's not an exploding shed in sight

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WHEN
28 Apr 2017 – 21 Jun 2017, Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Friday 10am-6pm; Saturday 11am-5pm, and by appointment
WHERE
48 Frith Street
W1D 4SF

From Selfie to Self-Expression, Saatchi Gallery

Love it or loathe it, you're getting the world's first selfie exhibition: Saatchi traces the act of self-portraiture, from the Old Masters to Instagram

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WHEN
31 Mar 2017 – 30 May 2017, Ten til 6 daily
WHERE
Saatchi Gallery
Duke of York's HQ, King's Road, London, SW3 4RY

Queer Art, Tate Britain

Tate Queer Art: one of the first LGBT exhibitions London has seen in a major museum. We'll see work from Bloomsbury darlings Duncan Grant and Dora Carrington, Edwardian portraitist John Singer Sargent and the tormented Keith Vaughan

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WHEN
05 Apr 2017 – 01 Oct 2017, 10.00–18.00 daily
WHERE
Tate Britain
Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG

Marc Quinn: Drawn from Life, Sir John Soane's Museum

YBA meets Sir John Soane: works by Marc Quinn, who sculpted his frozen blood, come to the historic museum in Lincoln's Inn for Drawn for Life

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WHEN
28 Mar 2017 – 23 Sep 2017, Tues - Sat: 10am - 5pm, Last entry at 4:30pm, Sun - Mon: Closed
WHERE
Sir John Soane’s Museum
13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A 3BP

Anish Kapoor exhibition, Lisson Gallery

One of our most prominent artists, sculptor Anish Kapoor, returns to the Lisson Gallery for a brand new show

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WHEN
25 Mar 2017 – 09 May 2017, Open daily 10am–6pm, 11am–5pm om Sunda, Closed Monday 10am–6pm Tuesday 10am–6pm
WHERE
Lisson Gallery
52-54 Bell Street, London, NW1 5DA
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