History & Culture

Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in Art

Imperial War Museum · Lambeth Rd, London SE1 6HZ, United Kingdom

On now, until 1 November 2026

Free

Paintings made under bombing raids sit beside sketches of shelters and rubble, tracing how artists tried to make sense of a city under siege. It never dresses up the Blitz, it just asks you to really see it.

Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in Art

Imperial War Museum

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