London is always teeming with new exhibitions and gallery openings, but there are five that should really not be missed over the next couple of months.

The Late Turner Exhibition


The first exhibition devoted to the extraordinary work J.M.W. Turner created between 1835 and his death in 1851. Bringing together spectacular works from the UK and abroad, this exhibition celebrates Turner’s astonishing creativity of his artwork in these later years. Particular highlights are the Dawn of Christianity (flight into Egypt), Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway and Agrippina Landing with the Ashes of Germanicu.
10 September 2014 – 25 January 2015
Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG

Constable, The Making of a Master


The Making of a Master reveals the hidden stories of how John Constable created some of his most loved and well-known paintings. This exhibition presents an important reassessment of Constable’s work and the resources he drew from to achieve these famous paintings of rural England.
20 September 2014 – 11 January 2015
Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL

Anselm Kiefer


This is the most significant exhibition of the German artist’s work ever held in the UK and this retrospective spanning his entire 40 year career also unveils new work created in direct response to the impressive spaces at the Royal Academy. The artist has recently been made an Honorary Royal Academician in light of his work that resonates so well with that of past masters.
27 September 2014 – 14 December 2014
Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, London, W1J 0BD

Rembrandt: The Late Works


Around 90 works of Rembrandt’s works are on display at the National Gallery around the theme of the artist’s last years and as the gallery says the exhibition highlights the “inspired unprecedented creativity” of the artist’s later years. In collaboration with the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the exhibition will also include key works on loan from other European and American museums.
15 October 2014 – 18 January 2015
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN

Dorothy Mead – Retrospective


A retrospective of paintings from the artist’s estate. Dorothy Mead (1928–1975) was a student of David Bomberg at the Borough Polytechnic and was one of the founder members of the Borough Group alongside Dennis Creffield, Miles Richmond, and Cliff Holden. Mead’s work was collected by the Arts Council who included her in an exhibition of ‘6 Young Painters’ in 1964, alongside Bridget Riley and David Hockney. At times visceral, at others delicate and poetic, Mead’s work is never less than fascinating. Her life was cut tragically short in 1975 when she was just 46 years old and this exhibition helps re-establish the recognition she deserves.
19 November 2014 – 13 December 2014
Waterhouse & Dodd 47 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4JW