Proceed to checkout Expand navigation Past exhibitions When 2016 Select a year Past 12 months 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Filter by event type All (13) Exhibition (13) The first UK exhibition of work by Laura Carlin. Laura Carlin Ceramics © Paul Grover South Gallery exhibition Laura Carlin: Ceramics 13 Oct 2016 to 5 Feb 2017, 10:00am - 6:00pm The first major exhibition in 40 years of the work of Edward Ardizzone. A Child's Christmas in Wales © Estate of Edward Ardizzone Main Gallery exhibition Ardizzone: A Retrospective 23 Sep 2016 to 22 Jan 2017, 10:00am - 6:00pm Quentin Blake's original drawings for Beatrix Potter's newly re-discovered story The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots. © Quentin Blake Quentin Blake Gallery exhibition The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots 2 Sep 2016 to 26 Feb 2017, 10:00am - 6:00pm An exhibition of never-before-seen Quentin Blake illustrations for Roald Dahl’s The BFG. Cover artwork for 'The BFG' (Jonathan Cape, 1982) © Quentin Blake (crop) South Gallery exhibition The BFG in Pictures 24 Jun to 2 Oct 2016, 10:00am - 6:00pm A UK first: rare picture books from 1920s-1930s Russia. Illustration for Red Neck by Nikolai Aseev, 1926 © Natan Altman Main Gallery exhibition A New Childhood: Picture Books from Soviet Russia 27 May to 11 Sep 2016, 10:00am - 6:00pm We launch our Quentin Blake Gallery with an exploration of Blake's approach to magic and surrealism. © Quentin Blake Quentin Blake Gallery exhibition Seven Kinds of Magic 29 Apr to 24 Aug 2016, 10:00am - 6:00pm The first major exhibition of Japanese shōjo (girls') manga on tour in the UK. © Keiko Takemiya South Gallery exhibition Shojo Manga: The World of Japanese Girls' Comics 18 Mar to 12 Jun 2016, 10:00am - 6:00pm Explore King's Cross past and present in an illuminated interactive installation created by illustrator Paddy Molloy. Crossing Time by David Lemm © Paul Grover Exterior commission Crossing Time 13 Feb to 10 Mar 2016, 6:00pm - 10:00pm The exceptional longlist for the annual competition. Cover for War Horse by Michael Morpurgo © Alan Marks South Gallery exhibition The Book Illustration Competition Longlist 2016: War Horse 11 Feb to 6 Mar 2016, 10:00am - 6:00pm The UK’s largest ever exhibition of the work of pioneering female comics artists. © Laura Callaghan Main Gallery exhibition Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics 5 Feb to 15 May 2016, 10:00am - 6:00pm A multi-disciplinary exploration of the changing King's Cross landscape by our Illustrator in Residence. © David Lemm Display David Lemm: Mapping King's Cross 28 Jan to 6 Mar 2016, 10:00am - 6:00pm The bestselling illustrator's hand-crafted doll's house goes on display for the first time. Dolls' House © Lauren Child, photo by Paul Grover South Gallery exhibition Lauren Child's Dolls' House 30 Oct 2015 to 7 Feb 2016, 10:00am - 6:00pm The first ever exhibition of E. H. Shepard's illustrations from the trenches of the Great War. Piping Times of Peace © E. H. Shepard, The Shepard Trust, E. H. Shepard Archive, University of Surrey Main Gallery exhibition E. H. Shepard: An Illustrator's War 9 Oct 2015 to 24 Jan 2016, 10:00am - 6:00pm
