Ernesto Neto’s world is made out of coloured laminated wood, polyurethane foam, PVC, steel, aromatic spices and Lycra stockings. And that’s just in his house. His incredible installations blur the boundary between sculpture and architecture leaving us no choice but to participate and interact. Neto engages each of our senses and not necessarily in the order we might expect, with his works sometimes being heard or smelt before they are seen. This is Neto’s first ever UK solo exhibition and kicks off Festival Brazil at the newly renovated Hayward Gallery. And there’s a swimming pool, so bring your trunks.

This event is for Members Only (25 Places).

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/

Art al fresco is where it’s at, so join us for a summer stroll around London’s monumental sculptures in Hyde Park. We’ll be sniffing out some amazing hidden treasures by George Frampton, George Frederick Watts and Simon Gudgeon as well as checking out some show-stoppers like The Victoria and Albert Memorial and The Wellington Monument. As we hoof it through the park our expert story-tellers will be bringing these incredible works to life. Just watch out for the roller bladders and Tai Chi-ers.

Victorian fancy dress optional: Love Art Londoners are invited to enter into the spirit and don any Victorian style clobber they can find. So dust off those stovepipes, wax those moustaches and dig out those parasols.

This is a Members+ event.

There’s far more to The Bank of England than stressed economists and gold bullion. Behind those thick stone walls there’s a cracking art collection too. Among the great paintings documenting the movers and shakers throughout Britain’s financial history, there are works by the likes of Thomas Stothard, George Elgar Hicks and Augustus John. With Mervyn’s permission we’re busting you into the vaults for a sneaky peek.

This event is for Members Only (25 Places).

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/

When Johnnie Shand Kydd isn’t taking iconic snaps of his famous pals he’s travelling the world documenting all the things you wish you’d seen. His most recent jaunt has been to Naples, a city he describes as ‘like a fantastically beautiful lover who has severe mental health issues.’ Kydd’s fascination with the darker, more mysterious side of the city is captured beautifully in black and white.  Street kids using basilica gates for goal posts, ancient transsexual birth-giving rituals and the infamous Camorra are a few of the subjects that give this exhibition such a unique flavour. Bravissimo!

This is a Members+ event.

http://www.estorickcollection.com/

Bring the magnifying glass Watson, we’re going sleuthing. Philip Mould and his team of experts are self confessed art sleuths. But how often can a car boot sale offer up a masterpiece? If Mould’s record is anything to go by, regularly. His recent hunch that a painting, wrongly catalogued on Ebay as “American School, 19th Century”, could be something special, won him an important early Gainsborough for the grand sum of $200. Not bad.

Director Dr. Bendor Grosvenor will talk to us about the discoveries the Mould team have made and show us some of the masterpieces hanging on their walls. In a former life Grosvenor was part of David Cameron’s Arts Taskforce, co-wrote the book Crap MPs –The 40 Worst MPs in History and is currently working on an art series for the BBC.

This event is for Members Only (25 Places).

http://www.philipmould.com/

Want to know what it’s like to be an artist? Meet Abigail Fallis. She’s artist in residence at Pangolin Gallery, London and as her residency approaches its conclusion, she wants to open up her mind-blowing exhibition, Fallis in Wonderland, for a rendezvous with Love Art London. Abigail will be talking to us about glass eyes, walruses, her fascination with all things Victorian, Damien Hirst and what the Pangolin residency has meant to her.

This event is for Members Only (25 Places).

http://www.pangolinlondon.com/

Not many people know this, but behind some secret doors at The Royal Academy there exists an amazingly vibrant art school that's been nurturing talent since 1768. This is the only place in the land which offers up a full time, three year post-graduate fine art course for free. How amazing is that? And as if that's not enough, the students get a spanking studio at The Royal Academy. For an emerging artist, this is the stuff dreams are made of. We're taking you behind the scenes at this year's degree show for an exclusive look at the future of British Art as it happens. No doubt the students will be keeping their eyes peeled for Charles Saatchi, as will we.

This event is for Members Only (25 Places).

http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/raschools/

There's far more to Somerset House than ice rinks and fountains. Hanging in the prestigious Courtauld Institute of Art, the East Wing Collection is one of the freshest and most exciting exhibitions assembled biannually by the aspiring young curators of tomorrow. This year's knockout show Exhibitionism: The Art of Display is a real treasure trove of works by the likes of Damien Hirst, Grayson Perry, Gavin Turk, Sam Taylor-Wood and Derek Jarman. Modern masterpieces are dotted throughout the winding corridors, in the stairwells, library, lecture theatres and above the photocopier. For one night only the curators are allowing Love Art Londoners free reign to explore this fascinating exhibition. And what an awesome treat they have in store!

This event is for Members + Guests.

http://www.eastwingnine.co.uk/

Britain. Britain. Britain. Promoting and upholding the image of our small island throughout the world is a vital political task which ain't always easy. Just ask Gordon. Dashing all over the shop from Moscow to Madrid, Beijing to Brussels and Singapore to Swaziland the Government Art Collection does an enormous amount to keep Blighty's pecker up. Once a stint adorning an embassy or government office is over, these art works get to put their feet up at a secret warehouse in London. We're excited to be smuggling you in for a fascinating behind the scenes peek at the collection where you'll see amazing things rarely glimpsed by the public. Don't forget to bring the bunting.

This event is for Members Only (25 Places).

http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/

From Morning is an amazing series of dance pieces which will be played out before your very eyes within the various sacred spaces of Christ Church Spitalfields: from the intimate crypt, through the nave and right up to the vertigo-inducing upper galleries.

Florence Peake is a London based dance artist, painter and curator extraordinaire who has been producing work independently and in collaboration with others since 1998. This summer Florence travels to North Carolina as artist in residence at the Elsewhere Elsewhere museum. If you ask her really nicely she might show you the Skinner Releasing Technique.

This event is Members Only (30 places).

http://www.ccspitalfields.org/

You might expect the employees of an international auction house to care more about money than art. Not true. Sure, it’s fun watching a Giacometti make over £65m but to those on the inside that's not what it’s all about.

Sotheby’s are inviting you on a behind-the-scenes tour of their 20th Century British Art sale. Many of the paintings and sculptures you will get to see and touch will disappear into private collections on the day of the sale and may not appear on the market again in your lifetime.

This event is Members Only (25 places).

http://www.sothebys.com/

By the time Picasso exhibited the world famous Guernica in 1938, the Whitechapel Gallery had been bringing contemporary art to the people of east London for 37 years. Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Frida Kahlo, Gilbert & George, Lucian Freud and Peter Doig are just a few artists who are on first name terms with this gallery. In the world of contemporary art, the Whitechapel is a shrine to all that is great and Love Art London has exclusive access to it for one night only.

In Galleries 8 & 9 Ghent-based architects Robbrecht and Daem (Paul Robbrecht and Hilde Daem) take to the stage. These two were the brains behind the recent expansion of the Whitechapel Gallery so like old friends they're welcomed back with open arms. This exhibition, their first in the UK, focuses on 30 projects ranging from the 1980s to now, including drawings, watercolours, plans and photographs. There are also six films directed by choreographer and cinematographer Marteen van den Abeele for you to delight over.

In Gallery 1 New York born Rachel Harrison’s exhibition Conquest of the Useless plays with sculpture’s fundamental properties and conventions. The scope of her work in its multiple mediums throws the viewer all kinds of references from Pop Art to Minimalism. Holy polymer-based pigments Batman, this is exciting stuff.

This event is Members+.

www.whitechapelgallery.org/

When a fruit loop walks into the National Gallery and fires a shot gun at a Leonardo da Vinci, heroes like Deborah Bates come to the rescue. Her workshop is a cross between an artist’s studio and a mad scientist’s laboratory, bursting with vials of mysterious potions and obscure machinery which could easily double as instruments of torture.

Deborah studied at Camberwell School of Art and has been restoring pictures since 1980. Her painstakingly detailed work requires the patience of a saint and the hands of a surgeon - she invites Love Art Londoners to come and see what she does best.

This event is Members Only (15 places).

http://www.deborahbates.com/

It may sound like something Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall would chuck in the oven on a Sunday afternoon but Haunch of Venison has a reputation for being one of London’s most important contemporary art galleries.

Politics and art have always shared the same bed. Glasnost: Non-Conformist Art from the 1980s is a triumphant survey of the work produced during the period when Mikhail Gorbachev introduced liberalising reforms to Soviet society and ended the Cold War. When governments repress or control artistic output, a fierce and defiant revolutionary spirit is born and art always emerges victorious. Whatever you do, don’t conform, join the revolution.

As if Glasnost isn't enough to keep you entertained, Love Art Londoners will also have access to Rina Banerjee's exhibition Forever Foreign which includes the astounding work Take me, take me, take me..... to the Palace of Love, an interpretation of the Taj Mahal as you've never seen it.

This event is Members+.

http://www.haunchofvenison.com/