The first major survey of work by internationally acclaimed British artist Mike Nelson features his psychologically charged and atmospheric installations.
Wed – Fri, 10am – 6pm Sat, 10am – 8pm Sun, 10am – 6pm Closed Mon & Tue
Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in ceramics from artists and the public, from the popularity of The Great Pottery, Throw Down to Theaster Gates’
13 November 2022
Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art is the first large-scale group exhibition in the UK exploring how contemporary artists have used clay in unexpected ways.
Wed, 11am – 9pm Thu – Sat, 11am – 7pm Sun, 10am – 6pm
London comes into its own in Autumn with the opening of a whole array of exciting exhibitions, fairs and auctions. Artlyst has put together a list of ten art exhibitions presented in our world-class galleries and museums.
31 August 2022
In his 2020 Aperture article on ‘The Black Fantastic’, Ekow Eshun used a definition of the fantastic now a new exhibition at the Hayward…
13 August 2022
An exhibition of 11 contemporary artists from the African diaspora, who draw on science fiction, myth and Afrofuturism to question our knowledge of the world.
Wed – Sat, 11am – 7pm Sundays 10am – 6pm Closed Mon & Tue
is a mythmaker and a storyteller. A chronicler of the self who has used her life to create narratives that speak of female desire
13 February 2022
The first major retrospective of legendary artist Louise Bourgeios to focus exclusively on her work using fabrics and textiles.
Wed – Sat 11am – 7pm, Sundays 10am – 6pm.
Richter’s first presentation in a major London gallery in a decade – brings together more than 60 works on paper made between 1999 and 2021.
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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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James Payne embraces the end of silence after months of lockdown in two new exhibitions: Ryoji Ikeda at 180 The Strand and Matthew Barney at the Hayward Gallery.
20 May 2021
The Hayward Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in the UK of South African artist Igshaan Adams (b. 1982). The 2018 winner of the prestigious Standard Bank Young Artist Award,
11am – 7pm, Wednesday – Saturday 10am – 6pm, Sunday
Matthew Barney: Redoubt reveals a major new direction in the work of a renowned artist and film-maker.
11am – 7pm, Wednesday – Saturday 10am – 6pm, Sunday
Among the Trees which just opened at the Hayward Gallery, is an ambitious exhibition that has all the best intentions, and somehow fails to make its point. Or, rather, it makes a point that is perhaps different from what the organisers intended.
9 March 2020
This exhibition brings together artworks that explore our relationships with trees and forests.
11am – 7pm Wednesday - Saturday 10am – 6pm Sunday Closed Monday and Tuesday
At a time when there is a continual fuss about giving ‘fair representation’ to women artists, many of whom were not, in fact, central to the major art movements to which they, often peripherally, belonged, the Bridget Riley show at the Hayward comes as a major relief.
29 October 2019
This free HENI Project Space exhibition explores home, intimacy, place and belonging in the work of late South African photographer Thabiso Sekgala.
11am – 7pm every day except Tuesdays when the gallery is closed. Late night opening on Thursdays until 9pm.
A major retrospective exhibition devoted to the work of celebrated British artist Bridget Riley.
11am – 7pm every day except Tuesdays when the gallery is closed. Late night opening on Thursdays until 9pm.
Kiss My Genders at the Hayward Gallery curated by Vincent Honore is a dynamic voyage and vivacious celebration of infinite representations of gender-diversity, gender non-conformity, androgyny and gender-subversion over the course of 50 years, featuring a mélange of 100 artworks by 35 international artists.
17 June 2019
This summer Hayward Gallery presents Kiss My Genders, a group exhibition celebrating more than 30 international artists whose work explores and engages with gender identity.
11am – 7pm every day except Tuesdays when the gallery is closed. Late night opening on Thursdays until 9pm.
My favourite thing is to go where I’ve never been’ wrote the photographer Diane Arbus, the poor little rich Jewish girl who walked on the wild side.
23 February 2019
Diane Arbus: in the beginning includes nearly 100 photographs that redefine the achievement of one of the most prominent and influential artists of the 20th century. Plus the first major survey in the United Kingdom of one of today’s leading international artists: Kader Attia.
11am – 7pm every day except Tuesdays when the gallery is closed. Late night opening on Thursdays until 9pm.
The Hayward Gallery is to present a major retrospective exhibition devoted to the work of the celebrated British artist, Bridget Riley.
27 November 2018
The Space Shifters show at the Hayward lives up to its title, often in ways you don’t quite expect. This,… Read More
1 October 2018
The new show at the Hayward Gallery’s Heni Project Space – which basically means just a fairly small room on the ground floor, to your right as you enter – leaves me in two minds.
23 August 2018
FREE – This free exhibition features the work of more than 30 artists who have used drag to explore or question identity, gender, class and politics, from the 1960s to the present day.
11am – 7pm every day except Tuesdays when the gallery is closed. Late night opening on Thursdays until 9pm.
Space Shifters brings together artwork by over 20 international artists on the theme of space disruption and alteration.
11am – 7pm every day except Tuesdays when the gallery is closed. Late night opening on Thursdays until 9pm.
DRAG: Self-portraits and Body Politics is the first institutional exhibition to expand on the traditional representations of drag,
1 August 2018
London once again is gearing up for Art Night this Saturday 7 July from 6 pm to 6 am. Art Night is London’s largest free contemporary arts festival. Each year the festival partners with a leading cultural institution and curator, focusing on a different area of London to explore its distinctive identity, culture and architecture through various forms of art.
2 July 2018
Lee Bul (b. 1964, Seoul, South Korea) explores questions of intimacy, gender, technology and class
29 May 2018
Lee Bul transforms Hayward Gallery into a spectacular dream-like landscape featuring monstrous bodies, futuristic cyborgs, glittering mirrored environments and an exquisitely surreal monumental foil Zeppelin.
11am – 7pm every day except Tuesdays when the gallery is closed. Late night opening on Thursdays until 9pm.
Art Night is a free contemporary arts festival that puts art into extraordinary locations around London for one night a year.
The main festival is curated by the Hayward Gallery* and Art Night Open* will feature curated events at local institutions in the area.
6pm-6am
