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Florian Krewer: ride or fly
@ Michael Werner Gallery, Mayfair

Esther Janssen: Silence
@ Unit London

Joshua Hagler: The Living Circle Us
@ Unit London

British Abstraction
@ Gazelli Art House

David Diao: Traces of Modernism
@ Gazelli Art House

Episode 7: Olivia Sterling: Really Rough Scrubbing Brush
@ Goldsmiths CCA

REALITY CHECK
@ Anderson Contemporary

Sommergäste: Rewind Collective
@ Bastian

Benjamin Spiers
@ Saatchi Yates

Portraiture One Century Apart
@ MASSIMODECARLO, London

Elena Gual: Aura
@ Grove Square Galleries

Rites of Passage
@ Unit London

Sthenjwa Luthuli: Imfumbatho
@ Unit London

Giovanni Ozzola: Contando Estrellas
@ Gazelli Art House

Naqsh Collective: Unlived Moments
@ Gazelli Art House

Sam Nhlengethwa: Jazz and Blues at Night
@ Goodman Gallery

On Hannah Arendt: The Crisis in Education - Eleanor Antin and Siân Davey
@ Richard Saltoun

Sommergäste: Cy Twombly
@ Bastian

Damien Hirst: Relics and Fly Paintings
@ Gagosian Britannia St

Sarah Jones: Hall of Mirrors
@ Maureen Paley

Art Exhibitions in London, October 2021

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A.I.London

just opened
WeiXin Quek Chong: deepdreams_sublimed
19 Oct - 31 Oct 2021

1a Tenter Ground, E1 7NH

By Appointment

a solo exhibition which brings together sculpture, video, print and installation exploring the theme of tactility through sound and material with underlying references to historical and cultural figures and elements
Addis Fine ArtLondon West End

Nirit Takele: The Space Between Us
8 Oct - 30 Oct 2021

21 Eastcastle Street, W1W 8DD

Tue-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat noon-6pm

the gallery opens a new, two-storey space with new paintings by the Ethiopian Israeli painter
Alison JacquesLondon West End

Graham Little
3 Sep - 6 Nov 2021

16-18 Berners St, W1T 3LN

Tue-Sat 11am-6pm

a solo exhibition of new work by Little, asking what it is to live in relation to oneself, one’s companions, one’s era, and to the felt qualities of the physical world
Alison JacquesLondon West End

Lenore Tawney: Part One
12 Oct - 6 Nov 2021

16-18 Berners St, W1T 3LN

Tue-Sat 11am-6pm

the first of two exhibitions by the pioneering textile artist focusses on Tawney’s early work and material innovations
Almine RechLondon West End

John Giorno
12 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

Broadbent House, W1K 3JH

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

Giorno’s first posthumous solo show in the UK - presented in collaboration with the John Giorno Foundation
Annely Juda Fine ArtLondon West End

Leon Kossoff
30 Sep - 4 Dec 2021

23 Dering Street, W1S 1AW

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm

the largest exhibition of Kossoff’s paintings in a commercial setting to date, this major touring retrospective of the seminal British artist opens at the gallery before travelling to New York and Los Angeles
Annka Kultys GalleryLondon

forthcoming:
László von Dohnányi
28 Oct - 27 Nov 2021

472 Hackney Road, Unit 9, E2 9EQ

Wed-Sat noon-6pm
AutographLondon, Public

Care | Contagion | Community — Self & Other
23 Sep 2021 - 12 Feb 2022

Rivington Place, EC2A 3BA

Wed & Fri 11am-6pm, Thu 11am-9pm, Sat noon-6pm

responding to the wider contexts of Covid-19, new work by ten UK-based visual artists – Mohini Chandra, Poulomi Desai, Joy Gregory, Othello De’Souza-Hartley, Sonal Kantaria, Ope Lori, Dexter McLean, Karl Ohiri, Silvia Rosi and Aida Silvestri
Barakat GalleryLondon West End

ETERNAL COMPANIONS. A journey through the rites and beliefs of Ancient China
11 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

58 Brook Street, Mayfair, W1K 5DT

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

artefacts from the Han and Tang dynasties in an exhibition dedicated to the art of Mingqi, the “spirit objects” buried with the deceased in Chinese tombs to accompany them in the afterlife
BarbicanLondon, Public

no current exhibition listed
Bartha ContemporaryLondon

just opened
Lucinda Burgess and Frank Gerritz
20 Oct - 3 Nov 2021

7 Ledbury Mews North, Notting Hill, W11 2AF

By Appointment

in a tribute to these two artists’ mutual admiration, recent works that reference their love for oriental culture, minimal aesthetic and a keen understanding of surface
BastianLondon West End

Jeff Koons & Cy Twombly: Primal Gestures
12 Oct - 4 Dec 2021

8 Davies Street, W1K 3DW

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

this unusual pairing of two of the giants of post-war art serves to highlight their seemingly opposing practices
BEERS LondonLondon

forthcoming:
WÜNDER WOMXN: The Female Figurative
24 Oct - 27 Nov 2021

51 Little Britain, EC1A 7BH

Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm

female painters whose main practice concerns the female figure - Erin Armstrong, Sabrina Bockler, Katja Farin, Rusudan Khizanishvili, Lindsey Kircher, Peggy Kuiper, Nastaran Shahbazi, Angela Santana, Deborah Segun, Maya Stefania Wibling, Stefania Tejada
Bermondsey Project SpaceLondon, Public

just opened
Stephen Newton: Paintings of Remembrance
19 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

183 - 185 Bermondsey Street, SE1 3UW

Tue-Sat 11am-6pm

“in language alone, genuine emotion and truth must be chiselled out of solid granite, whereas painting can offer an immediate access” - Newton
Bonhams, KnightsbridgeLondon

Old Master Paintings Auction: 26 Oct 2021
Exhibition: 24 Oct - 25 Oct 2021

Asian Art Auction: 01 Nov 2021
Exhibition: 29 Oct - 31 Oct 2021

British Country Life Auction: 09 Nov 2021

British and European Art, including works from L'École de Paris, The Jewish Artists Auction: 10 Nov 2021

Modern British and Irish Art Auction: 25 Nov 2021

Prints and Multiples Auction: 09 Dec 2021
Bonhams, New Bond StreetLondon West End

Islamic and Indian Art Auction: 25 Oct 2021
Exhibition: 21 Oct - 24 Oct 2021

Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art Auction: 25 Oct 2021
Exhibition: 21 Oct - 24 Oct 2021

Pop x Culture Auction: 11 Nov 2021

Impressionist & Modern Art Auction: 23 Nov 2021
Bosse & BaumLondon

no current exhibition listed
Galerie BoulakiaLondon West End

no current exhibition listed
Bowman SculptureLondon West End

the world’s leading gallery for sculpture by Auguste Rodin
Brun Fine ArtLondon West End

Arturo Vermi in the Space-Time Continuum
12 Oct - 10 Dec 2021

38 Old Bond Street, W1S 4QW

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

part of the tightly-focused series “Perspectives”, taking a closer look at themes and techniques of artists that have been represented by the gallery in the past
C A B I N E TLondon

no current exhibition listed
Camden Art CentreLondon, Public

Phoebe Collings-James - A Scratch! A Scratch!
10 Sep - 23 Dec 2021

Arkwright Road, NW3 6DG

Tue-Sun 11am-6pm

in Collings-James’ first solo exhibition in a UK institution, a new group of sculptures held in a sensual environment with bodies of water enveloped by an audio work composed and recorded by the artist with sounds of horns and the recital of texts
Camden Art CentreLondon, Public

Adam Farah - WHAT I’VE LEARNED FROM YOU AND MYSELF (PEAK MOMENTATIONS / INSIDE MY VELVET ROPE MIX)
10 Sep - 23 Dec 2021

Arkwright Road, NW3 6DG

Tue-Sun 11am-6pm

visual and sensory moments from Farah’s journey through the chaotic depths of heartache, trauma, desires and spiritual voyaging - navigating these against the backdrop of the rapidly mutating city in which they grew up
Camden Art CentreLondon, Public

Zeinab Saleh - Softest place (on earth)
10 Sep - 23 Dec 2021

Arkwright Road, NW3 6DG

Tue-Sun 11am-6pm

the London-based artist works with painting, drawing and video, drawing from everyday experiences, VHS tapes of home video footage, and music, Saleh’s work offers a glimpse into a past world and places personal histories at its core
Cardi GalleryLondon West End

Marco Tirelli
25 Jun - 11 Dec 2021

22 Grafton Street, W1S 4EX

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm

Tirelli’s first major solo show in the UK features over 150 works in an allegorical journey over the four storeys of the gallery’s London space - a museum-scale retrospective including drawings, paintings, photographs, and small sculptures
Carpenters Workshop GalleryLondon West End

Wonmin Park: Stone & Steel
16 Sep -

4 Albermarle St, W1S 4GA

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
Chisenhale GalleryLondon, Public

no current exhibition listed
ColnaghiLondon West End

Humble Works
17 Sep - 22 Nov 2021

26 Bury Street, SW1Y 6AL

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm

new works by frequent collaborators Marina Abramović, Nico Vascellari and Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich, created in response to and presented in dialogue with masterworks spanning from antiquity to the Modern era
Cristea Roberts GalleryLondon West End

last week
Julian Opie
21 Sep - 23 Oct 2021

43 Pall Mall, St. James's, SW1Y 5JG

Tue-Fri 11am-5.30pm, Sat 11am-2pm

a major exhibition of new work by Opie, distilling and decoding the visual experience of our everyday life
David GillLondon West End

contemporary art and design by leading international artists
David ZwirnerLondon West End

Noah Davis
8 Oct - 17 Nov 2021

24 Grafton Street, W1S 4EZ

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

works by the American artist, organized by Helen Molesworth, providing an overview of Davis’s brief but expansive career - the first presentation of the artist’s work in the UK
Delfina FoundationLondon, Public

an independent, non-profit foundation dedicated to facilitating artistic exchange and developing creative practice through residencies, partnerships and public programming
Drawing RoomLondon, Public

FIGURE/S: drawing after Bellmer
10 Sep - 31 Oct 2021

1-27 Rodney Place, Elephant and Castle, SE17 1PP

Wed-Sun noon-6pm, Thur noon-8pm

exploring Bellmer’s lasting influence on artists and thinkers through work by twenty modern and contemporary artists from Japan, UK, Lebanon, Nigeria, Germany, France and the US
Flowers Gallery, Cork StreetLondon West End

just opened
Peter Howson: Phlegethon
14 Oct - 20 Nov 2021

21 Cork Street, W1S 3LZ

Tue-Sat 11am-6pm

new works by the Scottish artist - apocalyptic paintings and drawings referencing the “river of fire” site of punishment in Dante’s Divine Comedy
The Fourth PlinthLondon, Public

Heather Phillipson: THE END
until Spring 2022

Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5NJ

All day, every day
Frieze No.9 Cork StreetLondon West End

last week
Christopher Myers: I Dare Not Appear
7 Oct - 23 Oct 2021

9 Cork Street, W1S 3LL

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

an ongoing project that brings together new applique textile works with a collection of historical letters written by Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a young Egbado girl who lived in Victorian England
Frith Street Gallery, Golden SquareLondon West End

Tacita Dean: The Dante Project / 150 Years of Painting
17 Sep - 13 Nov 2021

17-18 Golden Square, W1F 9JJ

Tue-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm
Frith Street Gallery, Soho SquareLondon West End

Tacita Dean: Monet Hates Me / Pan Amicus
17 Sep - 13 Nov 2021

60 Frith Street, W1D 3JJ

not open today
Gagosian Britannia StLondon

Damien Hirst: Emergency Paintings, Danger Paintings, Hazard Pictures and Seizures
5 Oct -

6-24 Britannia Street, WC1X 9JD

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm
Gagosian Davies StLondon West End

Houseago | Rodin
9 Sep - 18 Dec 2021

17-19 Davies Street, W1K 3DE

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

“there is in Rodin a very pagan concern for the life-death continuum: clay as a manifestation of life and death. . . . It is a way of reminding us about the complexity of being in a body, of being alive” - Houseago
Gagosian Grosvenor HillLondon West End

Social Works II
7 Oct - 18 Dec 2021

20 Grosvenor Hill, W1K 3QD

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

curated by Antwaun Sargent, the exhibition foregrounds artists from the African diaspora and their insights into the relationship between space - personal, public, institutional, and psychic - and social and artistic practice
The Gallery of EverythingLondon

Janet Sobel and the 20th Century Women
10 Oct - 14 Nov 2021

4 Chiltern St, W1U 7PS

By Appointment

this unique presentation of paintings and drawings, opening at Frieze Masters and continuing at the gallery, is the first solo show by the artist outside America
GAO GalleryLondon

Richard Magee: Trouble Frees
11 Sep - 18 Dec 2021

Unit 7, 88 Mile End Road, E1 4UN

Wed-Sat noon-6pm
Gazelli Art HouseLondon West End

Derek Boshier: Icarus and K Pop
7 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

39 Dover Street, W1S 4NN

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-7pm

new works by the British-born, Los Angeles-based artist blending Greek mythology with South Korean mainstream entertainment, featuring vibrant acrylic paintings on canvas as well as black and white drawings on paper
Goodman GalleryLondon West End

Naama Tsabar: Transitions #5
12 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

26 Cork Street, W1S 3ND

Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-4pm

the New York-based artist’s first solo exhibition in the UK and with the gallery comprises three bodies of work in a continuation of their critically acclaimed 2018 Kunsthaus Baselland exhibition
Grove Square GalleriesLondon

Jim Naughten: Eremozoic
7 Oct - 18 Nov 2021

156 New Cavendish Street, W1W 6YW

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

the gallery’s first photographic exhibition features a new series by Naughten, whose vibrant digital works confront our modern-day disconnection from the environment
HalesLondon

no current exhibition listed
HamiltonsLondon West End

Daido Moriyama: A Journey in Ink
8 Sep - 30 Oct 2021

13 Carlos Place, W1K 2EU

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-4pm

“like a spark, he reacts in an instant to the city and to people. I don’t think he stares and composes an image, but rather passes by, glancing” - Simon Baker
Hanina Fine ArtsLondon West End

Post-War Prize Winners
1 Oct - 18 Dec 2021

21 Woodstock Street, W1C 2AP

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-4pm
Hauser & Wirth Savile RowLondon West End

George Condo. Ideals of the Unfound Truth
13 Oct - 23 Dec 2021

23 Savile Row, W1S 2ET

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

new drawings and paintings across both of the gallery’s London spaces, in an exhibition dedicated exclusively to the works of this defining figure of contemporary American painting
Hayward GalleryLondon, Public

Mixing It Up: Painting Today
9 Sep - 12 Dec 2021

Southbank Centre Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX

Wed-Sat 11am-7pm, Sun 10am-6pm with advance booking

an exhibition of thirty-one contemporary painters who exploit the unique characteristics of their chosen medium to create fresh, compelling works of art that speak to this moment
Hayward GalleryLondon, Public

Gerhard Richter: Drawings, 1999 - 2021
9 Sep - 12 Dec 2021

Southbank Centre Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX

Wed-Sat 11am-7pm, Sun 10am-6pm with advance booking

Richter’s first major London exhibion for a decade brings together more than sixty works on paper, offering a rare opportunity to explore an intimate aspect of the influential artist’s practice
Hazlitt Holland-HibbertLondon West End

Patrick Heron: The Colour of Colour. Paintings 1965 - 1977
7 Oct - 17 Dec 2021

38 Bury Street, St James, SW1Y 6BB

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
Hollybush GardensLondon

Claudette Johnson: Still Here
8 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

1–2 Warner Yard, EC1R 5EY

Wed-Sat 11am-6pm
Hollybush GardensLondon

Andrea Büttner
8 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

1–2 Warner Yard, EC1R 5EY

Wed-Sat 11am-6pm
Holtermann Fine ArtLondon West End

Jorge Otero-Pailos: American Fence
17 Sep - 31 Oct 2021

30 Cork St, W1S 3NG

Tue-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm
ICALondon, Public

no current exhibition listed
Jack Bell GalleryLondon West End

Lavar Munroe: Two Birds and a Stone
6 Oct - 29 Oct 2021

13 Mason’s Yard, SW1Y 6BU

By Appointment

autobiographical paintings often incorporating objects and materials such as mousetraps, beads, ceramic tiles, textiles and feathers and referencing religion, death, fatherhood, protection, pandemics, belonging vs. exclusion, and good and evil
JGM GalleryLondon

Colour From the Australian Desert
30 Sep - 13 Nov 2021

24 Howie Street, SW11 4AY

Wed-Sat 11am-6pm
Karsten SchubertLondon West End

no current exhibition listed
Karsten Schubert Room 2London West End

forthcoming:
Frances Richardson: If I measure it must exist
25 Oct - 25 Nov 2021

44 Lexington Street, W1F 0LF

Mon-Fri 11am-6pm

new work by Richardson concerning themes of balance and counterbalance, real and phantom, whether through intricate ink drawings of objects or in drawings in sculptural form
KÖNIG LondonLondon

Bosco Sodi, Totality
13 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

259-269 Old Marylebone Road, NW1 5RA

Fri-Sat 1pm-6pm & by appointment

not open today
new paintings and sculptures by Sodi, demonstrating his ongoing exploration of the material world and fascination with nature
Large GlassLondon

forthcoming:
Joëlle Tuerlinckx: Plan B - série b
29 Oct 2021 - 29 Jan 2022

392 Caledonian Road, N1 1DN

Wed-Sat 11am-6pm
Laure Genillard GalleryLondon West End

George Shaw & Thomas Bewick: Children Riding Gravestones
11 Sep - 6 Nov 2021

2 Hanway Place, W1T 1HB

Wed-Sat 1pm-6pm

two English artists - from the 19th and 20th centuries - who share an attention to detail and a philosophical sense of humour often with references to mortality - curated by Jonathan Watkins
Lehmann MaupinLondon

Liza Lou: Desire Lines
16 Sep - 6 Nov 2021

1 Cromwell Place, SW7 2JE

Wed-Sat 10am-6pm, Mon-Tue 10am-6pm by appointment

ten works by the Los Angeles-based artist that poetically illustrate her engagement with the natural environment, abstraction, and her own oeuvre spanning thirty years
Lévy Gorvy, Albemarle StLondon West End

Mickalene Thomas: Beyond the Pleasure Principle
30 Sep - 13 Nov 2021

40 Albemarle Street, W1S 4TE

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

the second chapter of a multipart exhibition that unfolds across four international cities during fall 2021 - presenting interconnected bodies of new work, ranging from painting and collage to installation and video
Lévy Gorvy, Old Bond StLondon West End

Mickalene Thomas: Beyond the Pleasure Principle
30 Sep - 13 Nov 2021

22 Old Bond Street, W1S 4PY

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

the second chapter of a multipart exhibition that unfolds across four international cities during fall 2021 - presenting interconnected bodies of new work, ranging from painting and collage to installation and video
Lisson GalleryLondon West End

no current exhibition listed
Lisson GalleryLondon

Anish Kapoor
14 Sep - 30 Oct 2021

27 Bell Street, NW1 5BY

Tue-Sat 11am-6pm and by appointment

a radical new series of paintings, both spiritual and ecstatic, showing Kapoor working in a more vivid and urgent form than ever and providing a poetic view of his recent preoccupations
Lisson GalleryLondon

Marina Abramović: Seven Deaths
14 Sep - 30 Oct 2021

67 Lisson Street, NW1 5DA

Tue-Sat 11am-6pm and by appointment

this new, immersive cinematic experience centred on operatic deaths, forms one half of a double-exhibition by Abramović and comes from her lifelong passion and empathy for the talented and tragic figure of Maria Callas
Luxembourg + Co.London West End

Giosetta Fioroni: Alter Ego
12 Oct - 11 Dec 2021

2 Savile Row, W1S 3PA

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat noon-4pm

an exhibition dedicated to portraiture in the work of one of the most important figures in Italian painting of the postwar era
Olivier MalingueLondon West End

IN ABSENTIA
30 Sep - 10 Dec 2021

143 New Bond Street, First Floor, W1S 2TP

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm

monochromatic works by Nobuyoshi Araki, Jean Fautrier, Lucio Fontana, Sheree Hovsepian, Anish Kapoor, Jacob Kassay, Robert Longo, Adam McEwen, Makoto Ofune, Pierre Soulages, Robert Therrien and Christopher Wool
MAMOTHLondon

Artist in Residency: Pu Yingwei. A Study in Scarlet: The Re-origin of Revolutionary Realism
2 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

3 Endsleigh Street, WC1H 0DS

Wed-Fri noon-5pm, Sat 1pm-6pm by appointment
MAMOTHLondon

Henry Curchod: Set Your Friends Free
2 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

3 Endsleigh Street, WC1H 0DS

Wed-Fri noon-5pm, Sat 1pm-6pm by appointment
MarlboroughLondon West End

Gillian Ayres
14 Sep - 30 Oct 2021

6 Albemarle Street, W1S 4BY

Mon-Fri 10am-5.30pm

large-scale paintings and works on paper by Ayres in the first exhibition of the late artist’s work at the gallery, where she joins a roster among the most accomplished and influential British artists of the 20th century
Maureen PaleyLondon

last week
Hannah Collins: El Tiempo del Fuego
15 Sep - 24 Oct 2021

60 Three Colts Lane, E2 6GQ

Wed-Sun 11am-6pm by appointment

across the gallery’s two London spaces, Collins’ work draws attention to historical and social frameworks, addressing a wide range of subjects and geographical locations through images of interiors, exteriors, interactions, and specific objects
Maureen Paley Studio MLondon

Thomas Eggerer: Stranded
11 Oct - 18 Dec 2021

Rochelle School, Friars Mount House, 7 Playground Gardens , E2 7FA

Tue-Fri 11am-6pm by appointment

“as with most of my figurative paintings, the economy of what is visible and knowable versus that which is opaque, and unknown are important concerns” - Eggerer
Galerie Max HetzlerLondon West End

Günther Förg: Constellations of Colour
30 Sep - 6 Nov 2021

41 Dover Street, W1S 4NS

Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-6pm

“for Günther Förg, like so many other artists, colour is both totality and fragment, leaving time in suspension” – David Barro
Maximillian WilliamLondon West End

Rosanne Robertson: Subterrane
7 Oct - 27 Nov 2021

47 Mortimer Street, W1W 8HU

Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-6pm
The Mayor GalleryLondon West End

new today
Asian Art in London
21 Oct - 6 Nov 2021

21 Cork Street, W1S 3LZ

Mon-Fri 10am-5.30pm
MazzoleniLondon West End

BURRI, KOUNELLIS, NUNZIO. Ethic of the artwork
6 Oct - 6 Nov 2021

27 Albemarle Street, W1S 4HZ

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm

curated by Bruno Corà, an exhibition of works by three masters - belonging to three successive generations of 20th century Italian art
Michael Werner Gallery, MayfairLondon West End

Florian Krewer: ride or fly
10 Sep - 13 Nov 2021

22 Upper Brook Street, W1K 7PZ

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

new paintings by Krewer, where figures couple and live out their desires in artificial landscapes or night scenes, communing with birds and wild animals who inhabit their spaces, bodies and minds
Mimosa HouseLondon, Public

no current exhibition listed
Modern Art Bury StreetLondon West End

last week
René Daniëls
9 Sep - 21 Oct 2021

7 Bury Street, SW1Y 6AL

Wed-Sat noon-5pm
Modern Art Helmet RowLondon

Karlo Kacharava
10 Oct - 17 Dec 2021

4-8 Helmet Row, EC1V 3QJ

Wed-Sat noon-5pm

the gallery’s first exhibition of the Georgian artist, theorist and poet’s work, curated by Sanya Kantarovsky and Scott Portnoy
ModernityLondon

20th Century Scandinavian Masterpieces
Nahmad ProjectsLondon West End

NIGHT | Max Ernst and Yves Tanguy with Urs Fischer
12 Oct - 10 Dec 2021

2 Cork Street, W1S 3LB

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
The National GalleryLondon, Public

no current exhibition listed
Newport Street GalleryLondon, Public

Richard Estes: Voyages
10 Sep - 12 Dec 2021

Newport Street, SE11 6AJ

Wed-Sun 10am-5pm
Nicoletti ContemporaryLondon

Julie Béna: The Den
30 Sep - 6 Nov 2021

12A Vyner Street, E2 9DG

Tue-Sat 11am-6pm
Omer Tiroche GalleryLondon West End

Wangechi Mutu: Drawing Poems
11 Oct - 17 Dec 2021

21 Conduit Street, W1S 2XP

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm

an exhibition that brings together key pieces from the artist’s early collages, a medium which continues to be at the forefront of her work
OrdovasLondon West End

Richard Serra Drawings
16 Sep - 17 Dec 2021

25 Savile Row, W1S 2ER

Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-3pm

marking the gallery’s tenth anniversary, an exhibition of nineteen works selected by the artist
Pace, LondonLondon West End

Pace Live - Torkwase Dyson: Liquid a Place
8 Oct - 6 Nov 2021

5 Hanover Square, W1S 1HQ

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

a collaborative performance and multi-media installation comprising a series of sculptures activated by a site-specific sound piece
Pace, LondonLondon West End

Mark Rothko 1968: Clearing Away
8 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

5 Hanover Square, W1S 1HQ

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

to inaugurate its new London gallery, a landmark exhibition of rarely seen paintings on paper from the final years of Rothko’s life - the first in the UK solely dedicated to the artist’s extraordinary paper-based practice
Pangolin LondonLondon

Patricia Volk: Construction
29 Sep - 27 Nov 2021

Kings Place, 90 York Way, N1 9AG

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

a bright and colourful installation of ceramics that offers a glimpse of the artist’s new direction concentrating on bold, sculptural form
Pangolin LondonLondon

William Tucker: Drawings and Wall reliefs 1970 - 2020
29 Sep - 23 Dec 2021

Kings Place, 90 York Way, N1 9AG

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

a series of powerful new wall reliefs which take their inspiration from works made 50 years ago and highlight the artist’s continued fascination in the transition between flat image and three dimensional form
ParafinLondon West End

Tania Kovats: Oceanic
24 Sep - 20 Nov 2021

18 Woodstock Street, W1C 2AL

Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat noon-5pm
Patrick Heide Contemporary ArtLondon

Still Masters
12 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

11 Church Street, NW8 8EE

Thu-Sat noon-5pm, or by appointment
The Photographers' GalleryLondon West End, Public

Light Years: The Photographers’ Gallery at 50
25 Jun 2021 - 1 Feb 2022

16 - 18 Ramillies St, W1F 7LW

Mon-Wed 10am-6pm, Thu-Fri 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-7pm, Sun 11am-6pm

a special four-part exhibition in celebration of TPG’s 50th anniversary - arranged around thematic displays of rarely seen material from the Gallery’s archive to explore key moments in both the Gallery’s history and the Photography landscape
The Photographers' GalleryLondon West End, Public

just opened
Helen Levitt: In The Street
15 Oct 2021 - 13 Feb 2022

16 - 18 Ramillies St, W1F 7LW

Mon-Wed 10am-6pm, Thu-Fri 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-7pm, Sun 11am-6pm

more than 130 works in a retrospective spanning fifty years of the landmark American street photographer
The Photographers' GalleryLondon West End, Public

just opened
Helen Cammock: Concrete Feathers and Porcelain Tacks
15 Oct 2021 - 13 Feb 2022

16 - 18 Ramillies St, W1F 7LW

Mon-Wed 10am-6pm, Thu-Fri 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-7pm, Sun 11am-6pm

a new film and installation project from the artist, continuing a practice which harnesses film, photography, print, text, song and performance to explore social histories and interrogate mainstream historical narratives
Pi ArtworksLondon West End

Susan Hefuna: Landscapes
12 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

55 Eastcastle Street, W1W 8EG

Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-6pm
Pilar Corrias, Eastcastle StLondon West End

Shahzia Sikander: Infinite Woman
12 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

54 Eastcastle Street, W1W 8EF

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-6pm
Pilar Corrias, Savile RowLondon West End

last week
Elizabeth Neel: Limb after Limb
16 Sep - 23 Oct 2021

2 Savile Row, W1S 3PA

Mon-Sat 11am-6pm
Pippy Houldsworth GalleryLondon West End

Wangari Mathenge: You are Here
12 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

6 Heddon Street, W1B 4BT

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-6pm

the first UK solo exhibition of the US-based Kenyan artist draws on memories and observation to address the diasporic experience of home, and establishing oneself at a distance from one’s cultural origin
Pippy Houldsworth GalleryLondon West End

Zarouhie Abdalian: con sordino
3 Sep - 13 Nov 2021

6 Heddon Street, W1B 4BT

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-6pm

conceived as a site-specific installation for The Box, the presentation advances Abdalian’s preoccupation with the relationship between sound, space, and society
Pitzhanger Manor & GalleryLondon, Public

Soane Restored
27 May 2021 - 5 Jun 2022

Walpole Park, Mattock Lane, W5 5EQ

Wed-Sun 10am-5pm (Thu 10am-7pm)

the fascinating story of how Pitzhanger, a rare and extraordinary example of Sir John Soane’s work, was restored to its original vision
Pitzhanger Manor & GalleryLondon, Public

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Julian Opie
25 Jun - 24 Oct 2021

Walpole Park, Mattock Lane, W5 5EQ

Wed-Sun 10am-5pm (Thu 10am-7pm)

a new body of work by the renowned British artist, including site specific pieces focusing on architecture, people and nature
Pontone GalleryLondon West End

Yigal Ozeri: Flowers in the Desert
1 Oct - 31 Oct 2021

74 Newman Street, W1T 3DB

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

the internationally acclaimed photorealist painter presents a suite of urban scenes of New York and, in thematic contrast, a series of paintings of a solitary model posing in Red Rock Canyon in the Nevada desert
Repetto GalleryLondon West End

no current exhibition listed
Richard Nagy Ltd.London West End

German and Austrian Expressionism
Richard SaltounLondon West End

On Hannah Arendt: The Crisis in Culture
28 Sep - 13 Nov 2021

41 Dover Street, W1S 4NS

Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm

the latest part of the gallery’s year-long program dedicated to the writings of the political philosopher features works by Renate Bertlmann, Annette Messager and Pamela Rosenkranz
Robilant+Voena, LondonLondon West End

no current exhibition listed
RodeoLondon West End

Hadi Fallahpisheh: Young and Clueless
9 Oct - 20 Nov 2021

12a Bourdon St, W1K 3PG

Tue-Sat 11am-6pm
rosenfeldLondon

Inspirations from the ancients
7 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

37 Rathbone Street, W1T 1NZ

Tue-Sat 11am-6pm
Royal Academy of ArtsLondon West End, Public

no current exhibition listed
Saatchi YatesLondon West End

no current exhibition listed
Senesi ContemporaneaLondon West End

contemporary art by established and emerging international artists
Serpentine GalleryLondon, Public

Hervé Télémaque: A Hopscotch of the Mind
7 Oct 2021 - 30 Jan 2022

Kensington Gardens, W2 3XA

Tue-Sun 10am-6pm with advance booking

this exhibition is Télémaque’s first institutional show in the UK and brings together works made from the late 1950s to the present day and highlights the enduring themes of the artist’s work through his multi-faceted practice
Serpentine North GalleryLondon, Public

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James Barnor: Accra/London - A Retrospective
19 May - 24 Oct 2021

West Carriage Drive, W2 2AR

Tue-Sun 10am-6pm with advance booking

the first major survey of British-Ghanaian photographer James Barnor, whose career as a studio portraitist, photojournalist and Black lifestyle photographer spans six decades and records major social and political changes in London and Accra
Shapero ModernLondon West End

forthcoming:
Jan Hendrix: Passing Through
27 Oct - 19 Nov 2021

41-43 Maddox Street, W1S 2PD

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm
Simon Lee GalleryLondon West End

Rachel Howard: You Have a New Memory
1 Oct - 14 Nov 2021

12 Berkeley Street, W1J 8DT

Mon-Fri 9.30am-6pm, Sat 10am-6pm

Howard’s inaugural exhibition with the gallery in London brings together a new body of work that continues her pursuit of the possibilities of painting through experimentation
SkarstedtLondon West End

Eric Fischl: The Krefeld Project
12 Oct - 27 Nov 2021

8 Bennet Street, SW1A 1RP

Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm

“that is very much the way I use objects. It’s about anticipation of disappointment ... objects represent so many things: stability, happiness, affluence. They represent our lives back to us. The objects I choose are essential to the piece” - Fischl
The Sladmore GalleryLondon West End

19th and 20th Century European sculpture
Sotheby’s LondonLondon West End

The Orientalist Sale Auction: 20 Oct - 26 Oct, 2021

20th Century Art / Middle East Auction: 20 Oct - 26 Oct, 2021

Photographs Auction: 20 Oct - 27 Oct, 2021

Pursuit of an Ideal: Fine Japanese Works of Art Auction: 22 Oct - 05 Nov, 2021

Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art Auction: 26 Oct 2021

IN AN INDIAN GARDEN: The Carlton Rochell Collection of Company School Paintings Auction: 27 Oct 2021

20th Century Art: A Different Perspective Auction: 29 Oct - 11 Nov, 2021

Important Chinese Art Auction: 03 Nov 2021
Exhibition: 30 Oct - 1 Nov 2021

Contemporary Curated Auction: 04 Nov - 10 Nov, 2021

Irish Art Auction: 17 Nov - 23 Nov, 2021

Scottish Art Auction: 18 Nov - 23 Nov, 2021

Modern British Art Auction: 18 Nov - 24 Nov, 2021

Russian Pictures Auction: 30 Nov 2021

Old Masters Day Sale Auction: 03 Dec - 09 Dec, 2021

Old Masters Evening Sale Auction: 08 Dec 2021
South London GalleryLondon, Public

Alvaro Barrington: Spider The Pig, Pig The Spider
1 Oct - 21 Nov 2021

65-67 Peckham Road, SE5 8UH

Wed-Sun 11am-6pm

for his first solo exhibition in a UK institution, Barrington presents a new body of works in a bespoke installation responding to the architecture of the gallery’s main exhibition space
South London Gallery Fire StationLondon, Public

Rita Keegan: Somewhere Between There and Here
17 Sep - 28 Nov 2021

82 Peckham Road, SE15 5LQ

Wed-Sun 11am-6pm

Keegan’s first solo exhibition in more than fifteen years features artworks that reflect the intersection of new media experimentation, feminist practice and the Black Arts Movement of the 1980s
SprovieriLondon West End

Cabrita: The Last Supper
11 Oct - 19 Nov 2021

23 Heddon Street, W1B 4BQ

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
Sprüth Magers, Grafton St.London West End

Thomas Scheibitz: Black Swan
8 Oct - 20 Nov 2021

7a Grafton Street, W1S 4EJ

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm by appointment

new work by Scheibitz in his first solo exhibition at the London space since his extensive two-part presentation in 2010
Sprüth Magers, Grafton St.London West End

Pamela Rosenkranz: Healer
8 Oct - 20 Nov 2021

7a Grafton Street, W1S 4EJ

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm by appointment

Rosenkranz’s first solo exhibition at the London space questions the authenticity of human experience, not taking the human being for granted as an entity
Stair SaintyLondon West End

European Paintings
Stephen Friedman GalleryLondon West End

Jiro Takamatsu: Space in Two Dimensions
17 Sep - 30 Oct 2021

11 & 25-28 Old Burlington Street, W1S 3AN

Tue-Sat 11am-5pm
Stephen Friedman GalleryLondon West End

Marina Adams: Wild Is Its Own Way
17 Sep - 30 Oct 2021

11 & 25-28 Old Burlington Street, W1S 3AN

Tue-Sat 11am-5pm
Stoppenbach & DelestreLondon West End

Marine Wallon: Purple Lime
8 Oct - 6 Nov 2021

17 Ryder Street, St James's, SW1Y 6PY

Mon-Fri 10am-5.30pm

“Wallon treats colours in landscapes. Each shade that she scrupulously stretches on the surface of the canvas participates in a panoramic expansion. With firmness, she configures uneven grounds with exquisite crusts” - Joël Riff
Tate BritainLondon, Public

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Paula Rego
7 Jul - 24 Oct 2021

Millbank, SW1P 4RG

Mon-Sun 10am-6pm
Tate ModernLondon, Public

Beuys’ Acorns
4 May - 14 Nov 2021

Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1 9TG

Mon-Sun 10am-6pm
Tate ModernLondon, Public

The EY Exhibition: The Making of Rodin
18 May - 21 Nov 2021

Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1 9TG

Mon-Sun 10am-6pm
Tate ModernLondon, Public

Hyundai Commission: Anicka Yi
12 Oct 2021 - 16 Jan 2022

Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1 9TG

Mon-Sun 10am-6pm
Tate ModernLondon, Public

A Year in Art: Australia 1992
8 Jun 2021 - Autumn 2022

Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1 9TG

Mon-Sun 10am-6pm
Tate ModernLondon, Public

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms
18 May 2021 - 12 Jun 2022

Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1 9TG

Mon-Sun 10am-6pm
Taymour Grahne Projects Holland ParkLondon

just opened
Eliot Greenwald - Vague Distinction
20 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

10 Portland Road, W11 4LA

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

newly commissioned paintings and drawings offering a new approach to the Massachusetts-based artist’s “Night Car” series
Taymour Grahne Projects Notting HillLondon

forthcoming:
Mikey Yates - Love Letters
23 Oct - 20 Nov 2021

1 Lonsdale Road, W11 2BY

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

newly commissioned paintings in the first UK solo show by the Filipino American artist
Taymour Grahne Projects, The Artist RoomLondon

forthcoming:
Minyoung Kim - Night Fever
23 Oct - 20 Nov 2021

52 Lonsdale Road, W11 2DE

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm
Thaddaeus RopacLondon West End

Please Touch: Marcel Duchamp and the Fetish
13 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

Ely House, 37 Dover Street, W1S 4NJ

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm
Thaddaeus RopacLondon West End

Ron Mueck: 25 Years of Sculpture, 1996-2021
13 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

Ely House, 37 Dover Street, W1S 4NJ

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm
The Sunday PainterLondon

Samara Scott: BRIM
11 Sep - 30 Oct 2021

117-119 South Lambeth Road, SW8 1XA

Wed-Sat noon-6pm
Thomas Dane GalleryLondon West End

Hurvin Anderson: Reverb
12 Oct - 4 Dec 2021

3 & 11 Duke Street St James's, SW1Y 6BN

Tue-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat noon-6pm

spanning both spaces at the gallery, this is the first time Anderson will present works exclusively from his three-year focus on a hotel complex in Jamaica, offering a unique insight into one of his most arresting cycles of paintings
Timothy TaylorLondon West End

no current exhibition listed
Tiwani ContemporaryLondon West End

forthcoming:
Charmaine Watkiss: The Seed Keepers
11 Nov - 18 Dec 2021

16 Little Portland Street, W1W 8BP

Tue-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm
Unit LondonLondon West End

Song of Songs
7 Oct - 6 Nov 2021

3 Hanover Square, W1S 1HD

Mon-Sat 10am-7pm

curated by Rachel Thomas, the exhibition takes its name from a painting by the British Surrealist artist, writer and occultist, Ithell Colquhoun, considering the role of the self, the mind, and spirituality in the creation of abstract painting
Victoria and Albert MuseumLondon, Public

the world's leading museum of of art, design and performance
Victoria MiroLondon

no current exhibition listed
Waddington CustotLondon West End

Making It. Women and Abstract Sculpture
1 Oct - 13 Nov 2021

11 Cork Street, W1S 3LT

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-6pm
Whitechapel GalleryLondon, Public

Phantoms of Surrealism
19 May - 12 Dec 2021

77-82 Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX

Tue-Sun 11am-6pm

this archive exhibition examines the pivotal role of women as both artists and as behind-the-scenes organisers within the Surrealist movement in Britain in the 1930s
Whitechapel GalleryLondon, Public

Christen Sveaas Art Collection: This is the Night Mail selected by Ida Ekblad
27 Aug 2021 - 2 Jan 2022

77-82 Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX

Tue-Sun 11am-6pm

dreams, nightmares and twilight landscapes from thirty-five international artists brought together by artist-curator Ekblad form a densely-packed mise-en-scène of painting, photography, sculpture and drawings
Whitechapel GalleryLondon, Public

Yoko Ono: MEND PIECE for London
25 Aug 2021 - 2 Jan 2022

77-82 Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX

Tue-Sun 11am-6pm

an interactive installation by the world famous artist, musician and activist invites visitors to participate through the practical act of mending
Whitechapel GalleryLondon, Public

Theaster Gates: A Clay Sermon
29 Sep 2021 - 9 Jan 2022

77-82 Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX

Tue-Sun 11am-6pm

bringing together research, ideas, process and production, this exhibition surveys works by Gates across two decades from his early hand-thrown pots to his large-scale Afro-Mingei sculptures
Whitechapel GalleryLondon, Public

Simone Fattal: Finding a Way
21 Sep 2021 - 15 May 2022

77-82 Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX

Tue-Sun 11am-6pm

in her first solo presentation in the UK, the internationally acclaimed artist’s major new sculptural commission leads visitors on a journey of transformation
Whitford Fine ArtLondon

British, Belgian and European 20th Century Painting and Sculpture
Amanda WilkinsonLondon West End

Joan Jonas: Fawn Grove
9 Sep - 13 Nov 2021

1st Floor, 18 Brewer Street, W1F 0SH

Wed-Sat noon-6pm
WorkplaceLondon West End

Simeon Barclay: England's Lost Camelot
10 Sep - 29 Oct 2021

40 Margaret Street, W1

Wed-Fri noon-6pm

new multi-media and installation works by Barclay in the British artist’s first solo show with the gallery, taking as its starting point the legacy of the gallant knight
Workplace Regent’s CanalLondon

James Prapaithong: A Year Ago Today
18 Sep - 7 Nov 2021

Reliance Wharf, 2-10 Hertford Road, N1 5ET

Sat-Sun 11am-5pm & by appointment

not open today
a new series of large scale paintings alongside smaller, intimate works exploring memory, isolation and longing
Zabludowicz CollectionLondon, Public

Invites: Robert Cervera
7 Oct - 19 Dec 2021

176 Prince of Wales Road, NW5 3PT

Thur-Sun noon-6pm

Cervera’s first solo show in London works across sculpture, video and music to look at the materiality and processes used to contain formless assets such as air, water or data
Zabludowicz CollectionLondon, Public

The Stand-Ins: Figurative painting from the Collection
7 Oct - 19 Dec 2021

176 Prince of Wales Road, NW5 3PT

Thur-Sun noon-6pm

showcasing works from the Collection, this exhibition brings together nineteen artists to map lines of influence across generations, featuring seminal figures alongside important new voices
Zabludowicz CollectionLondon, Public

360: Chiara Passa
7 Oct - 19 Dec 2021

176 Prince of Wales Road, NW5 3PT

Thur-Sun noon-6pm

a virtual reality painting which overlays image, object and landscape to generate a saturated panorama - through custom game play, users discover and interact with domestic items

Exhibiting Artists

Zarouhie Abdalian

Marina Abramović

Hurvin Anderson

Alvaro Barrington

Lucinda Burgess

Andrea Büttner

WeiXin Quek Chong

Phoebe Collings-James

László von Dohnányi

Hadi Fallahpisheh

Giosetta Fioroni

Eliot Greenwald

Thomas Houseago

Claudette Johnson

Karlo Kacharava

Jannis Kounellis

Wangari Mathenge

Christopher Myers

Jorge Otero-Pailos

Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich

Heather Phillipson

James Prapaithong

Pedro Cabrita Reis

Frances Richardson

Gerhard Richter

Rosanne Robertson

Pamela Rosenkranz

Thomas Scheibitz

Shahzia Sikander

Hervé Télémaque

Mickalene Thomas

Joëlle Tuerlinckx

Nico Vascellari

Charmaine Watkiss

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