Never a dull moment in the London arts scene, there is always an amazing exhibition to see and many a gallery opening to attend. Here’s what’s on right now!
Openings & Events
Organised by date, Rsvp & ticket requirements indicated where necessary
Opening of After Language, a duo exhibition that explores embodying the unspoken through materiality at Cromwell Place in South Kensington, 25 October, 6-8pm
BECOME: Sound & Vision Workshop, a guided breathwork and drawing experience at The Other House in South Kensington, 25 October, 7-8.30pm (ticket required, £50)
Opening of Losel Yauch at Incubator in Marylebone, 26 October, 5.30-7.30pm
Grab a drink with a friend afterwards at Clarette, an adorable wine bar a block away
Book launch of Martyrology by Maria Lissoni, including installation and moving image work and a live DJ set, at ICA London, 26 October, from 6.30pm (rsvp recommended)
We can no longer deny ourselves, a multi-part durational installation with daily performances by body-focused artist SERAFINE1369 at Somerset House on the Strand, through 30 October
performances 12-3pm daily, and until 9pm on 27 & 28 October
The long night, an evening of interdisciplinary performances & live programming at Somerset House, curated by SERAFINE1368, 29 October, 9pm-2am (ticket required, £10)
Exhibitions
This is a running list, so you’ll always have a complete, up-to-date exhibitions list in each newsletter!
Gallery Shows
Mayfair
Lee Maezler: Lost Sleep at D Contemporary, through 5 November
Sam Gilliam: Late Paintings at Pace, through 12 November
Tyler Mitchell: Chrysalis at Gagosian on Davies Street, through 12 November
Bernar Venet: Hypotheses at Waddington Custot, through 12 November
Amy Sherald: The World We Make at Hauser & Wirth, through 23 December
St. James’s
Cecily Brown: Studio Pictures at Thomas Dane Gallery, St. James’s, through 17 December
Soho
Caroline Wong: Artificial Paradise at Soho Revue through 31 October
Nancy Spero: Dancers & Goddesses at Frith Street Gallery, through 5 November
Tai Shani: Your Arms Outstretched Above Your Head Coding with the Angels at Gathering, through 6 December
Fitzrovia
Milan Young: Trials of Vision at Gillian Jason Gallery, through 5 November
Tschabala Self: Home Body at Pilar Corrias, through 17 November
Somaya Critchlow: Afternoon’s Darkness at Maximillian William, through 19 November
South Kensington
Teresita Fernández: Caribbean Cosmos at Lehmann Maupin at Cromwell Place, through 5 November (free booking recommended)
East London
Carolee Scheemann: 1955-1959 at Hales Gallery, Shoreditch, through 29 October (only a 20 min walk from the Schneemann show at the Barbican)
The Artist is Present at Guts Gallery, Hackney, through 3 November
Alice Neel: There’s Still Another I See, at Victoria Miro, Angel, through 12 November
South West London
C. Lucy R. Whitehead: Stranger at Grove Collective, Battersea, through 19 November
Museum Shows
New additions
Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art at the Hayward Gallery (ticket required)
Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, Fetishism at the Courtauld Gallery in Somerset House (ticket required)
Get coffee afterwards at WatchHouse across the courtyard
Dani and Sheila ReStack: Cuts in the Day at Camden Arts Centre (ticket required)
Plan to go on a sunny day so you can pair with a walk in Hampstead Heath!
Still on
Out of the Margins: Performance in London’s Institutions 1990s – 2010s at Whitechapel Gallery, Whitechapel/Spitalfields
Followed by lunch or dinner at St. JOHN Bread and Wine a 10 min walk away
William Kentridge at the Royal Academy, Piccadilly/Mayfair, (ticket required)
Relax at a cosy outdoor table afterwards at favorite spot Cecconi’s
Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924 - Today at the Design Museum, Kensington, (ticket required)
Grab a coffee after from the Gail’s right in front of the museum and go for a stroll in Holland Park
Cecilia Vicuña Turbine Hall commission and The EY Exhibition: Cezanne at Tate Modern (ticket required)
For a sweet post-exhibition treat head to Bread Ahead at nearby Borough Market for one of their delectable donuts
Lucian Freud: New Perspectives at The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square (ticket required)