From interactive experiences and augmented reality to walking among the famous works of Van Gogh, Monet or Wes Anderson, our city has really stepped things up a notch when it comes to viewing art. Forget your bog-standard gallery visits and silent spaces, these are the best immersive art exhibitions London has ready to book right now.
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Frameless Exhibition London
Ongoing Availability, Marble Arch
When you want a whole gallery of immersive art, Frameless London is your best bet. Featuring the works of multiple famous artists - think Klimt, Monet, Rousseau and more - across many rooms, there are plenty of sights to behold here. Motion sensors change the artwork as you pass, while the variety of themed spaces range from Abstract to Surrealism and even landscapes mixed with cityscapes.
A gathering of the best immersive exhibitions in London for 2024, Frameless isn't to be missed.
ECLIPSE
Ongoing Availability, London Bridge
Prepare to have your reality challenged when you step into ECLIPSE, a stunning audio-visual exhibition by Japanese artist duo NONOTAK - their first ever London project presented by Lumen Studios. This display explores the impact of light and sound across space, designed to evoke the senses, taking place at The Ugly Duck in London Bridge. Tickets cost £38 to enter, with multiple time slots available throughout the day, promising a 45 minute session that begins with a signature drink and Japanese snacks in their art bar while you learn about the artists before seeing their work.
Prepare to have your mind blown by the talented Japanese pair.
Van Gogh Exhibit: The Immersive Experience
Ongoing Availability, Shoreditch
Chances are, you've heard of the Van Gogh Immersive Experience tickets. Perhaps one of the most famous (and tragic) artists, the Dutchman can be appreciated through two-storey projections of his greatest works. But this isn't just a visual and VR masterpiece, as there are ethereal soundscapes to accompany your journey through the space too.
Stand right among the brushstrokes of 'The Starry Night' at this immersive Van Gogh exhibition.
Illusionaries
Permanent, Canary Wharf
A revolutionary space for contemporary digital art, Illusionaries is a series of artist-led exhibitions with a changing roster of experiential offerings. Immerse yourself in light, sound and motion at their latest: Entheon by Alex and Allyson Grey. This ethereal work boasts three immersive rooms, including mirrors and 360-degree projections, exploring how the physical and spiritual worlds collide.
See some of the best immersive art in London with tickets to Illusionaries.
Delight PULSE: Beyond Light
Ongoing Availability, Southwark
Building on the success of the renowned Delight, PULSE: Beyond Light is an absolute mecca of interactive art, delving further into the city of Seoul across 13 immersive installations - without stepping a foot outside of London. Artists, designers, engineers and storytellers have come together to create rooms exploring urban forests, ancient Korean goblins, the 12 mythological zodiac guardians, and much more in a merging of culture and technology.
From one capital city to another, Delight's PULSE: Beyond Light takes you across the globe during immersive art shows in London.
The Moonwalkers: A Journey With Tom Hanks
Selected dates until 10 November 2024 (returns again 13 December), King's Cross
Tom Hanks narrates The Moonwalkers, an immersive insight into the Apollo missions and the impending return of crewed surface exploration in the Artemis Programme. Lightroom's projection takes you on a voyage to the moon itself, all while behind-the-scenes details are unveiled and an original score from Anne Nikitin - performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - is played.
This one's out of this world - quite literally.
Bubble Planet: An Immersive Experience
Ongoing Availability, Wembley
Forget ya standard ol' bubble bath or wand, Bubble Planet is making sure you can experience this globular fun to the absolute max. Spanning everything from glowing infinity rooms with light-up spheres to giant ball pits, inflatable playgrounds, VR and even a hot air balloon simulator, this interactive exhibition aims to stimulate all five of your senses.
Feel like a kid again at Bubble Planet.
Outernet
Permanent, Charing Cross Road
After a free immersive art gallery near London's Tottenham Court Road station? Outernet is an interactive entertainment district where the latest technology awaits. Having featured The Spaces In-Between - a free light exhibition featuring works from visual artist Rupert Newman that respond to body movement - the Now Building has since played host to Nature's Confetti (a blossom installation in collaboration with the National Trust), as well as the regularly-returning Butterfly Trail.
These picks of free immersive art in London are fully interactive.
Yayoi Kusama: EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE
25 September - 2 November 2024, Wharf Road
Experience shapes and colours in a whole new way.
Twist Museum
Permanent, Oxford Street
Twist Museum is a collaboration between artists, neuroscientists and philosophers. There's a whole world of illusion to be found here, with a range of rooms helping you to uncover how your brain responds to reality being twisted. From not knowing which way is up to corridors that seem to go on forever, each interactive element is mind-bending at this top pick of immersive museum exhibitions.
Time to trick your mind at an immersive art gallery in London.
Paradox Museum
Ongoing Availability, Brompton Road
Newbie on the block, Paradox Museum, can be found right near Harrods in Knightsbridge; another venue of immersive exhibits that take you out of touch with reality. Expect gravity-defying or camouflage illusion-filled rooms, plus vortex tunnels and infinity optical illusions to wrap your head around - all across a fun and family-friendly space.
Challenge reality at Paradox Museum.
Lost In Light
From the 25th of October to the end of 2024
This autumn and winter, prepare to be dazzled as Squidsoup (you may recognize them from the iconic Four Tet collaborative shows at Alexandra Palace) reveal their new exhibition, Lost in Light. From the 25th of October, you'll find a three-storey immersive light installation and art exhibition in the heart of Shoreditch.
Dynamic lighting is combined with electronic soundscapes to transform the space into a living, breathing artwork, featuring flagship installations from Circular Echoes, Infinite, Three Volumes, Sola, and Submergence. Expect a family-friendly art experience by day, then late shows and music programming by night.
Prepare to get well and truly Lost In Light.
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