Estorick Collection

23/06/2026

22/06/2026

If you’ve never been to the Estorick Collection, this is your sign!

The Estorick Collection is UK’s only museum dedicated to modern Italian art, tucked away in a beautiful Georgian townhouse on Canonbury Square. And our garden is one of London’s best kept secrets.

Open Wednesday to Sunday

Come visit us in Islington!

19/06/2026

Take a look at the fantastic talent that filled our galleries on Wednesday during our Life Drawing at the Museum event. From bold colours to striking figures, everyone brought their own brilliant perspective to the paper.

This event offered a relaxed, two-hour opportunity to experience drag culture in a completely new, creative way. Thank you to wonderful model and co-hosts .drawing for helping us foster such a welcoming environment for artists of all abilities.

18/06/2026

in 1964, Giorgio Morandi died in Bologna, the city he almost never left and spent a lifetime painting.

From our Permanent Collection: Landscape with Chimney, Outside Bologna, 1926.

15/06/2026

From our Permanent Collection...

Carlo Carrà, The Engineer's Mistress, c.1940.

Museum Admission includes entry to both our Permanent Collection and Emilio Isgrò: Erasing to Create.

12/06/2026

Celebrating Volunteers' Week with a party for our amazing volunteer team!

Huge thanks to everyone who gives their time to the Estorick Collection from welcoming visitors to supporting our exhibitions, you make so much possible. Pictured with our Shop & Volunteer Manager Alex, who keeps everything running smoothly. Thank you all!

11/06/2026

Emilio Isgrò: Erasing to Create is open until 6 September.

Visit us to discover the extraordinary artistic journey of Emilio Isgrò (b.1937), from his pioneering verbo-visual experimentation of the early 1960s to his most recent creative explorations.

09/06/2026

During our second workshop with Betty Layward Primary School, a Year 2 mini curator wrote this poem in response to our collection. 🖊️

Our learning programme is designed for students from EYFS to Key Stage 5 and includes self-guided visits, workshops, and resources. School visits take place on Mondays and Tuesdays during which the gallery is closed to the public, giving pupils exclusive access to the collection.

07/06/2026

Isgrò’s erasure of text reflects an enduring conviction that meaning lies buried beneath layers of information, ideology and convention.

Storia inglese, 1969. Fondazione Emilio Isgrò.

Discover Emilio Isgrò: Erasing to Create until 6 September.

06/06/2026

Join us for two special events organised as part of the Puglian Italian Fest 2026.