This is a list of some of the ongoing exhibitions in the UK. Exhibition Where Dates Type Why it fits M.C. Escher. The Exhibition Somerset House, London 5 Jun to 6 Sept 2026 Art Strongest art pick. Pattern, perception, impossible spaces, optical weirdness. Open Tue to Sun, closed Monday. Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait National Portrait … Read more
On non-spectral colour, cone cells, and the internet’s favourite science misconception Every now and then, the internet gets excited about colour science and boldly claims that purple is not real. Some people even go further and say humans cannot actually see it. That idea is only partly true, and the real story is worth understanding. … Read more
I. The Registry Mara had always had a registry. She couldn’t remember when she had set it up. Sometimes it seemed to sit behind her left eye, other times under her sternum. The spot shifted with the day, the weather, or how long she’d been online. In her mind, it looked like a mix between … Read more
Second Life’s Destination Guide quietly functions as one of the platform’s most important cultural tools. For a community of 30,000 concurrent users, understanding how it works helps artists, curators, and builders use it better.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is facing a copyright dispute from British artist Anouska Samms, who claims that a dress she holds the intellectual property rights to was included in a costume exhibition without credit or permission. Samms has publicly stated that the Met should “take responsibility.” This is not a minor administrative oversight. It … Read more
Benton End: A Paradise of Pollen and Paint Garden Museum, London, 2 June to 20 September 2026 This exhibition revisits Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines’s Suffolk home, a creative hub merging painting, gardening, teaching, and lively discussion. Explore connections to Lucian Freud, Maggi Hambling, Beth Chatto, Elizabeth David, Benjamin Britten, and Peter Pears. A newly … Read more
Pride Month is more than rainbow logos and parades. In June 2026, it remains a global act of visibility, memory, protest, and LGBTQ+ community survival.
Second Life is not just an old virtual world. It is a resident-built platform where people create avatars, explore communities, attend events, make art, roleplay, sell virtual goods, and build places that feel genuinely lived in.
Second Life art deserves to be written about as contemporary art. Not as a cute digital footnote. Not as nostalgia. With Raglan Shire’s 21st Artwalk opening across five regions, it is doing what art is supposed to do: gathering people around images, spaces, and shared attention.
Second Life’s new user problem is not only technical. New residents need help taking the social step from logging in to belonging.