London Art Exhibitions 2025 An Artlyst Month by Month Guide
*UPDATED*
2025 promises to see another full and varied programme of art exhibitions in London. Artlyst has put together this month-by-month guide.
5 January 2025
Serpentine Galleries
Judy Chicago Feminist Trailblazer Serpentine Gallery – Sue Hubbard
Fifty years after The Dinner Party, Judy Chicago has a major retrospective at Serpentine North entitled Revelations. The name of the exhibition is taken from an illuminated manuscript Chicago created in the early 1970s whilst simultaneously working on The Dinner Party.
3 June 2024
Yinka Shonibare CBE: Suspended States
A solo exhibition of works by Yinka Shonibare CBE RA at Serpentine South
Tuesday - Sunday 10am-6pm
Refik Anadol: Echoes of the Earth: Living Archive
Anadol, a pioneer in AI Arts presents his largest institutional solo exhibition in the UK, featuring new and recent works.
Tuesday - Sunday 10am-6pm
Ten London Art Exhibitions Winter/Spring 2024 – Recommended By Artlyst
In February, most major galleries are launching their new season’s exhibitions. From solo shows featuring contemporary artists Barbara Kruger and Yoko Ono to group shows on the subjects of colonialism, contemporary artists…
2 January 2024
Georg Baselitz: Sculptures 2011-2015
Bringing Georg Baselitz’s sculptural works to the fore, this solo exhibition offers an intimate glimpse into the creative process of a ground-breaking artist.
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Atta Kwami: Maria Lassnig Prize Mural
The last mural commission from the late painter, printmaker, independent art historian and curator, Atta Kwami (1956 – 2021).
24 hours
Back To Earth 2022
A multi-site exhibition responding to the climate crisis featuring Dineo Seshee Bopape, Brian Eno, Cooking Sections, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and Formafantasma among many others.
Tuesday - Sunday (Open Bank Holiday Mondays) 10am - 6pm
KAWS: New Fiction
Serpentine start 2022 with a multi-layered global project with the internationally acclaimed artist KAWS developed in collaboration with Acute Art and the online video game Fortnite.
Tuesday-Sunday 10am-6pm
Olafur Eliasson Launches New Earth Day Serpentine Project
The Danish Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has announced a new Earth Day project in association with the Serpentine Galleries.
16 April 2020
Serpentine Pavilion Unveiled By Architect Junya Ishigami
The Serpentine launched their annual Pavilion this morning with a press view attended by the architect Junya Ishigami and the artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries Hans Ulrich Obrist.
20 June 2019
Faith Ringgold and Luchita Hurtado – Two Women Artists Of A Certain Age
I was looking at the tapestries with painted and sewn figures, the colourful designs of pioneering activist and artist Faith Ringgold when I heard a discussion taking place in the next gallery room.
8 June 2019
Hito Steyerl: Power Plants
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Serpentine Galleries Announce Appointment of Outset’s Yana Peel As CEO
The Serpentine Galleries have announced the appointment of Yana Peel, co-founder of the Outset Contemporary Art Fund and CEO of Intelligence Squared… Read More
13 April 2016
Julia Peyton-Jones To Depart Serpentine Galleries After 25 years
The Board of the Serpentine Galleries announced today that Julia Peyton-Jones, Director and Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes of the… Read More
31 October 2015
Serpentine Launches Build Your Own Pavilion Competition For Young Architects
This summer, in celebration of the 15th birthday of the Serpentine Pavilion commission, the Serpentine launches Build Your Own Pavilion:… Read More
2 August 2015
Art Meets Gaming Culture: Ian Cheng For Serpentine’s Second Digital Commission
In autumn 2015 the Serpentine will launch its new digital commission by artist Ian Cheng. The second in the series,… Read More
20 July 2015
Serpentine Galleries Announce Line Up For 89plus Marathon Festival
Serpentine Galleries are staging the 89plus Marathon, the 8th Festival of Ideas, conceived by the Galleries Co-Director Hans Ulrich Obrist,… Read More
7 October 2013