Image: The Cartoon Museum, London
The Cartoon Museum in London will present 'Well Actually: An Accurate Enough Collection', a temporary display by cartoonist and humorist Madeline Horwath, from 7 July to 4 October 2026. The museum describes the selection as a comics collection shaped by Horwath’s research and by a playful interest in history, with subjects ranging from Medieval poetry to Medieval diseases and Medieval art.
The display appears in the museum’s exhibitions programme alongside other 2026 offerings, including the long-running 'Does my head look BIG in this? The art of portrait caricature'. In its listing for 'Well Actually: An Accurate Enough Collection', the museum says the show brings a sense of fun to historical material and presents an expansive range of topics. The newsletter announcing the display also places it within a busy summer schedule of family activities, workshops and events at the museum.
Horwath, who also uses the name “Mads,” is identified by the museum as a cartoonist and humorist. The exhibition page says they sold their first cartoon to The New Yorker in 2019 and later became a regular contributor to The New Yorker, the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Reader before focusing their full attention on becoming a regular cartoonist for The Guardian in 2025. The site also notes that Horwath has made cartoons that went viral and has produced freelance work for institutions including the Wellcome Trust.
The Cartoon Museum’s description frames the collection as one that links comic art to historical research without becoming solemn. The venue says Horwath uses a dark sense of humour to make comics about history, and that they are currently working on a humorous art history book due in 2027. The language of the announcement underlines the museum’s interest in cartooning as a form that can carry both wit and scholarship, even when the subject matter is as broad as medieval culture.
The display will run at the museum’s London premises at 63 Wells Street, with opening times listed as 10:30 on Tuesday 7 July 2026 and 16:00 on Sunday 4 October 2026. The museum’s exhibitions page lists it as an event within the current programme and gives the simple notice to view the event and book a visit.
The Cartoon Museum is presenting the show as a temporary display rather than a large exhibition, and the available material does not indicate any additional venue or touring schedule. The museum’s newsletter and exhibition page both identify 'Well Actually: An Accurate Enough Collection' as a Madeline Horwath project rooted in comics, historical subjects and humour, with the display closing on 4 October.
