Mixing It Up: Painting Today
Mixing It Up brings together 31 contemporary painters who exploit the unique characteristics of their medium to create fresh, compelling works of art that speak to this moment.
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Events
Yoko Ono: MEND PIECE for London
Visitors are invited to participate in an interactive installation by world-famous artist, musician and activist Yoko Ono.
Tuesday-Sunday 11am-6pm Thursday until 9pm
Theaster Gates: A Clay Sermon
his is part of a multi-venue presentation dedicated to Theaster Gates clay practice for 2021-22 alongside the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) and Serpentine.
Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 6pm; First Thursdays, 11am – 9pm
NFTism No Fear In Trying
NFTism: No Fear in Trying is a groundbreaking international group exhibition curated by infamous art writer Kenny Schachter.
Mon–Sat, 10am–7pm.
Phyllida Barlow
A presentation of the artist’s work will be on display in the North Gallery at Hauser & Wirth London, including a large-scale sculpture and a series of twelve works on paper.
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Photo London 2021
Photo London welcomes everybody back to Somerset House.
Preview Day: Wednesday 8 September, 1–9 pm Public days: Thursday, 9 September 1–9 pm; Friday, 10 September 1–7 pm; Saturday, 11 September 12–7 pm; Sunday, 12 September 12–6.30 pm.
Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty
The first major UK exhibition of woodcuts by leading Abstract Expressionist, Helen Frankenthaler.
Wednesday–Sunday, 10am–5pm. Closed Mondays & Tuesdays except Bank Holidays.
Burra & Friends / B is for Burra
A response to the artist Edward Burra (a collaborative show) including works by John Banting, Edward Burra, James Dearlove, David Lock, Graham Martin, Paul Nash, David Surman, Geraldine Swayne and Gerry White.
Monday - Saturday : 11.00am - 5.00pm Closed Tuesdays Sunday : 11.00am - 4.00pm
Peckham Queer Art Boot Fair
MOCA London and The Queer Life Drawing Conversation (Miles Coote) present the first ever Peckham Queer Art Boot Fair.
12-3pm
Summer Exhibition 2021
The Summer Exhibition is the world’s largest open-submission art show. It brings together art in all mediums, from prints, paintings, film and photography to sculpture, architectural works and more by leading artists, Royal Academicians and household names as well as new and emerging talent.
Tues–Sun: 10am–6pm
Sarah Jones: Hall of Mirrors
The new work by Sarah Jones builds upon her distinct photographic language that dissolves the hazy glare of day into the weight of a photographic night, condensing a recognizable sense of location with the photographer’s studio.
Wed - Sun 11 am - 6 pm
Samson Kambalu: Black Jack
Colourful and thought-provoking, the Malawi-born artist, academic and author’s remixed flags appear around the Southbank Centre.
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Dodge
Somerset House welcomes back visitors with a thrilling new open-air experience in its spectacular courtyard. Featuring dodgems with a difference, bold installations from acclaimed artists and a delicious selection of food and drinks
Mon-Fri, 10.00-18.00 - Sat & Sun
Zabludowicz Collection Invites: Rosie Gibbens
Rosie Gibbens’ first solo exhibition, Soft Girls, features a series of moveable humanoid sculptures, a video and a new live performance.
Thursday and Sunday, 11.30am-12pm
Art on the Underground: Helen Cammock
Art on the Underground presents an ambitious city-wide commission by British artist Helen Cammock.
tube times apply
RoadMap21
An outside sculpture tour across various venues in London
24 hours
Louise Nevelson: Total Life
Louise Nevelson: Total Life presents a selection of art created by Nevelson throughout her career, exhibiting key examples of her sculptural reliefs and collages from the 1950s through the 1980s, along with works on paper and jewellery that reveal the origins and depth of her artistic vision.
TUESDAY–SATURDAY 10 AM–6 PM
Peter Blake: Time Traveller
An exhibition dedicated to the groundbreaking exploration of collage by iconic British artist Peter Blake.
Monday to Friday 10:00–18:00 Saturday 11:00–18:00
Liu Wei Nudità
White Cube presents a major solo exhibition by Beijing-based artist Liu Wei, featuring new work made in response to the global pandemic. Located across the entire Bermondsey space, this is the artist’s most ambitious exhibition in the UK to date.
Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 6pm Sunday 12pm - 6pm
Tom Sachs: Ritual
Thaddaeus Ropac presents Ritual, an exhibition of new works by Tom Sachs, never previously seen in the UK, including four new sculptures conceived for the exhibition in order to demonstrate the comprehensive spectrum of Sachs’ distinctive sculptural practice
Tuesday—Saturday, 10am—6pm
Edge to Edge
Edge to Edge features artists who use hard edges of some kind in their work but who are not necessarily defined by them.
Open daily 12-4pm & by appointment
No Thing is Waiting
No Thing is Waiting explores the idea that artworks exist in their own realities, independently from human thought, as autonomous entities.
Thursday – Sunday 12–6pm - Extended Opening: Thursday 8 July, 12–8pm
Christina Quarles: In Likeness
American artist Christina Quarles creates surreal and deliberately ambiguous images of bodies.
Tuesday-Sunday 11-6 Wednesday until 9pm
James Lee Byars: The Milky Way and The Star Man
The exhibition will feature two of Byars’s most ambitious works: The Milky Way, a 2-dimensional work composed of 100 black paper stars, and The Star Man, a 3-dimensional work comprising of 100 white Thassos marble stars. This exhibition marks only the second time each work has been on view
Tuesday through Saturday 10 am to 6 pm
Shirazeh Houshiary: Pneuma
Shirazeh Houshiary presents a new body of work: the first presentation in 15 years to focus exclusively on her paintings.
Tuesday - Saturday: 11:00am - 6:00pm
Spencer Finch: Only the hand that erases writes the true thing
For his latest exhibition at Lisson Gallery, the New York based artist Spencer Finch presents all new works, investigating light, colour and human perception. Made primarily during the winter of 2021, the works on view reflect the subtle
Tuesday - Saturday: 11:00am - 6:00pm
Cathie Pilkington: Estin Thalassa
Cathie Pilkington’s new exhibition, Estin Thalassa, is an extravagant and claustrophobic response to the dislocation and disorientation of the current times
Exhibitions open by appointment
Paula Rego: An Enduring Journey
Cristea Roberts Gallery presents its first solo exhibition with Dame Paula Rego RA, one of the most important figurative artists of her generation, who places women’s lives and stories at the centre of her work.
Tuesday - Friday 11am - 5.30pm Saturday 11am - 2pm (Closed 1-31 August 2021)
Art Night 2021 Returns With Nation-Wide Social Distanced Mega Event
Art Night 2021 is back for the Summer expanding out of London across the country and taking place in locations
17 June 2021
Sculpture in the City 2021
Sculpture in the City, the City of London’s annual programme of public artworks placed amidst the iconic architecture of the City Cluster, launches its tenth anniversary edition with works from 18 contemporary artists.
24 hours a day, 7 days week.
Peter Fischli
In his wide-ranging oeuvre, Fischli carefully observes and draws from the everyday world to create sculpture, installation, video and works on paper that address similar concerns to those explored as part of his collaborative practice with David Weiss (1946–2012). His ongoing interest primarily focuses on the often overlooked, quotidian asp
Tuesday–Saturday: 10am–6pm - advance booking required
Jaki Irvine: Ack Ro’
Ack Ro’ by Jaki Irvine contains an ambitious 13-channel video piece, screened on monitors throughout the gallery space.
Tues–Fri 11am–6pm Sat 11am–5pm