Art Exhibitions London: Art Gallery Guide
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Sunday 21st - Sunday 28th, October 2018
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- A.I.Londonforthcoming:Ideal Standard 26 Oct - 24 Nov 2018not open todaya group exhibition with works by Sarah Choo Jing, WeiXin Quek Chong and IDN exploring the notion of human fragility
new todayforthcoming:Jillian Mayer 24 Oct - 24 Nov 2018 recent videos by the American artist in their first solo presentation in London, exploring how technology affects our lives, bodies and identities - and the points of tension between our online and physicals worlds
Prints and Multiples Auction: 18 Dec 2018
Exhibition: 18 Dec - 18 Dec 2018
The Russian Sale Auction: 28 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 28 Nov - 28 Nov 2018
Modern British And Irish Art Auction: 14 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 14 Nov - 14 Nov 2018
Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art & Art of Pakistan Auction: 24 Oct 2018
Exhibition: 21 Oct - 24 Oct 2018
Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art Auction: 24 Oct 2018
Exhibition: 18 Oct - 24 Oct 2018
Cure³ 26 Oct - 28 Oct 2018
Important Design Auction: 21 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 21 Nov - 21 Nov 2018
The Greek Sale Auction: 21 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 21 Nov - 21 Nov 2018
forthcoming:Yun Hyong-Keun 25 Oct - 24 Nov 2018 a solo exhibition which examines the connection between the Korean artist’s painting and drawing practices across the full breadth of a career profoundly connected with the history and culture of his native country
forthcoming:Viewing Room. Ryan Mrozowski 25 Oct - 24 Nov 2018 a concise solo exhibition by the New York-based artist whose latest work - paintings in acrylic on linen, covered in natural and botanical motifs - explores optics, repetition, the depiction of nature, perception and the ways we experience pattern
Modern & Post-War British Art Auction: 20 Nov - 21 Nov, 2018
Exhibition: 16 Nov - 20 Nov 2018
20th Century Art - A Different Perspective Auction: 13 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 10 Nov - 13 Nov 2018
Scottish Art Auction: 20 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 16 Nov - 20 Nov 2018
A Living Legacy: Irish Art from the Collection of Brian P. Burns Auction: 21 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 21 Nov - 21 Nov 2018
A Private View: Property from the Country Home of Christopher Cone and Stanley J. Seeger Auction: 30 Oct 2018
Exhibition: 27 Oct - 30 Oct 2018
Contemporary Curated Auction: 20 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 20 Nov - 20 Nov 2018
Sunday 21st - Sunday 28th, October 2018
Jump to: Opening this week | All Exhibitions
- Prints and Multiples Auction: 18 Dec 2018
Exhibition: 18 Dec - 18 Dec 2018
The Russian Sale Auction: 28 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 28 Nov - 28 Nov 2018
Modern British And Irish Art Auction: 14 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 14 Nov - 14 Nov 2018
Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art & Art of Pakistan Auction: 24 Oct 2018
Exhibition: 21 Oct - 24 Oct 2018
Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art Auction: 24 Oct 2018
Exhibition: 18 Oct - 24 Oct 2018
Cure³ 26 Oct - 28 Oct 2018
Important Design Auction: 21 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 21 Nov - 21 Nov 2018
The Greek Sale Auction: 21 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 21 Nov - 21 Nov 2018
Middle Eastern, Modern and Contemporary Art Auction: 24 Oct 2018
Exhibition: 20 Oct - 24 Oct 2018
Modern British Art Evening Sale Auction: 19 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 19 Nov - 19 Nov 2018
Modern British Art Day Sale Auction: 20 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 20 Nov - 20 Nov 2018
British Impressionist Auction: 20 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 20 Nov - 20 Nov 2018
Russian Art Auction: 26 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 26 Nov - 26 Nov 2018
Sculpture Auction: 04 Dec 2018
Exhibition: 4 Dec - 4 Dec 2018
last weekPaula Rego: From Mind to Hand. Drawings from 1980 to 2001 12 Sep - 27 Oct 2018 an exhibition devoted to Rego’s preparatory sketches, demonstrating how essential drawing is to an understanding of her work
last weekCarlo Scarpa: The shapes of light 26 Sep - 26 Oct 2018 curated by Marco Arosio and Paolo Repetto, a display of Scarpa’s polyhedral genius with a collection of diverse and complementary worksThe Redfern GalleryLondon West End
last weekKiki Smith: Woodland 13 Sep - 27 Oct 2018 a suite of tapestries, sculptures in bronze, aluminium and silver, and works on paper examine the dichotomy between the psychological and physiological power of the body
last weekConrad Shawcross: After the Explosion, Before the Collapse 13 Sep - 27 Oct 2018 new mechanical works together with a unique new sequence of photographic prints created by firing a laser through a series of faults in glass fragments
last weekBy His Will We Teach Birds How to Fly; Ibrahim El-Salahi in black and White 19 Sep - 26 Oct 2018- A.I.Londonforthcoming:Ideal Standard 26 Oct - 24 Nov 2018not open todaya group exhibition with works by Sarah Choo Jing, WeiXin Quek Chong and IDN exploring the notion of human fragility
Sahara 15 Sep 2018 - 8 Mar 2019 earthy tones pervade the space, a glowing environment punctuated by drops of orange, amber and blue and dominated by shapes evoking life in the desert
Anni Albers: Connections: Prints 1963 - 1984 1 Oct - 10 Nov 2018 a major retrospective of Albers’ prints, exploring the artist’s contribution to twentieth century art, architecture and design and featuring previously unseen archival material
Hannah Wilke 27 Sep - 21 Dec 2018 in partnership with The Hannah Wilke Collection and Archive in LA, an exhibition spanning three decades of the American painter, sculptor, photographer, video and performance artist’s work
Early 21st Century Art 2 Oct - 17 Nov 2018 organized with Bill Powers and including works by Alex Becerra, Amy Bessone, Ginny Casey, Tanya Merrill, Anthony Miler, Asuka Anastacia Ogawa, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Jan-Ole Schiemann, Vaughn Spann and Hiejin Yoo
A New Spirit Then, A New Spirit Now, 1981-2018 2 Oct - 17 Nov 2018 curated by Norman Rosenthal, an exhibition reconstructing and reinterpreting the seminal 1981 exhibition at London’s Royal Academy co-curated by Rosenthal with Christos Joachimides and Nicholas Serota
Alan Charlton: Grey Paintings 13 Sep - 3 Nov 2018 forty years of Charlton’s practice with works from 1978 - 2018, presented in tandem with A Arte Invernizzi Gallery, Milan new todayforthcoming:Jillian Mayer 24 Oct - 24 Nov 2018 recent videos by the American artist in their first solo presentation in London, exploring how technology affects our lives, bodies and identities - and the points of tension between our online and physicals worldsFrancis Upritchard: Wetwang Slack 27 Sep 2018 - 6 Jan 2019Modern Couples: Art, Intimacy and the Avant-garde 10 Oct 2018 - 27 Jan 2019
Sean Scully: Uninsideout 3 Oct - 17 Nov 2018 Scully’s first exhibition with the gallery is an overview of his multi-faceted practice, featuring large-scale, multi-panel paintings together with works on paper and sculpture Prints and Multiples Auction: 18 Dec 2018
Exhibition: 18 Dec - 18 Dec 2018
The Russian Sale Auction: 28 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 28 Nov - 28 Nov 2018
Modern British And Irish Art Auction: 14 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 14 Nov - 14 Nov 2018
Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art & Art of Pakistan Auction: 24 Oct 2018
Exhibition: 21 Oct - 24 Oct 2018
Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art Auction: 24 Oct 2018
Exhibition: 18 Oct - 24 Oct 2018
Cure³ 26 Oct - 28 Oct 2018
Important Design Auction: 21 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 21 Nov - 21 Nov 2018
The Greek Sale Auction: 21 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 21 Nov - 21 Nov 2018
I object: Ian Hislop's search for dissent 6 Sep 2018 - 20 Jan 2019
One Planet One Future by Anne De Carbuccia 28 Sep - 15 Nov 2018not open todayphotographs, installations and videos by the Franco-American environmental artist - raising awareness and documenting human-caused threats to the planetAmy Sillman: Landline 28 Sep 2018 - 6 Jan 2019Lawrence Abu Hamdan: Earwitness Theatre 21 Sep - 9 Dec 2018 Middle Eastern, Modern and Contemporary Art Auction: 24 Oct 2018
Exhibition: 20 Oct - 24 Oct 2018
Modern British Art Evening Sale Auction: 19 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 19 Nov - 19 Nov 2018
Modern British Art Day Sale Auction: 20 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 20 Nov - 20 Nov 2018
British Impressionist Auction: 20 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 20 Nov - 20 Nov 2018
Russian Art Auction: 26 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 26 Nov - 26 Nov 2018
Sculpture Auction: 04 Dec 2018
Exhibition: 4 Dec - 4 Dec 2018
Jan Henderikse: MINT 18 Sep - 20 Nov 2018 curated by Francesca Pola, Henderikse’s first solo exhibition in London brings together highly significant examples of his work and retraces the key stages in his career
Noor Afshan Mirza and Brad Butler: The Scar 27 Sep - 1 Dec 2018 the London premiere of Mirza and Butler’s film installation, inspired by a true event with names, scenes and locations fictionalised through the use of Magical Realism
Annotations 4: Patrick Goddard 7 Jul - 4 Nov 2018 in an imposing installation that echoes the omnipresent construction sites of Elephant and Castle, Goddard comments on the complex relationship between capitalism and art
From the Inside Out 20 Sep - 11 Nov 2018 an exhibition of female artists who employ expanded forms of drawing to navigate a passage from personal experience to the outside worldA New Figurative Art 1920-1945: Works from the Giuseppe Iannaccone Collection 26 Sep 2018 - 6 Jan 2019
Chris Burden: Measured 29 Sep 2018 - 26 Jan 2019 “‘Limits’ is a relative term. Like beauty, it is often in the eye of the beholder” - Chris Burden. An exhibition of two large-scale works: 1 Ton Crane Truck and Porsche with Meteorite
Urs Fischer: Dasha 12 Sep - 3 Nov 2018 a larger-than-life-size wax candle Dasha Zhukova will be lit and the candle will melt over the course of the exhibition
Georg Baselitz: A Focus on the 1980s 2 Oct - 21 Nov 2018 the first exhibition to focus on Baselitz’s breakthrough decade, that saw the artist propelled to international fame, widespread critical acclaim and, at times, scandal
Tom Sachs: Swiss Passport Office 5 Oct - 10 Nov 2018 responding to concerns such as Brexit, Syria and Trump’s immigration policies - and their challenge to the notion of global citizenship - Sachs has created a Swiss Passport Office and during a 24 hour marathon from 6pm on Friday will be issuing passports
Now and Then 15 Sep - 24 Nov 2018 curated by Libby Sellers, a unique selection of key pieces created over the ten years since the gallery was founded, together with new and never-before-seen works specially commissioned for the exhibitionJames N. Kienitz Wilkins: Hearsays 20 Sep - 16 Dec 2018
Modern Masters 10 Sep - 23 Nov 2018 work by some of the greatest names in Modern and Contemporary photographic history, including Helmut Newton, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Herb Ritts, Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Frank, Sir Don McCullin, Peter Beard, Hiro and Erwin Olaf
Zeng Fanzhi. In the Studio 2 Oct - 10 Nov 2018 spanning three locations - Zürich, London and Hong Kong - each featuring previously unseen works, an opportunity to gain an unprecedented and in-depth understanding of the bold development of Zeng’s creative process
Space Shifters 26 Sep 2018 - 6 Jan 2019 artworks by twenty leading international artists, spanning a period of roughly fifty years, that alter or disrupt the visitor’s sense of space
SOLO by Charlotte Johannesson 26 Sep - 3 Nov 2018 traversing between the domestic and public, analogue and digital, as well as conventional gender roles, the artist‘s practice sits within both social and political registers
Upstairs: Colon Hyphen Asterix by Charlotte Prodger 26 Sep - 3 Nov 2018 originally staged at CCA, Glasgow in 2012, an opportunity to examine a key early work in dialogue with BRIDGIT (2016), showing as part of the Turner Prize at Tate BritainMetahaven: VERSION HISTORY 3 Oct 2018 - 13 Jan 2019Renewal: Life After the First World War in Photographs 21 Sep 2018 - 31 Mar 2019I Was There: Room of Voices 21 Sep 2018 - 31 Mar 2019African Soldier 21 Sep 2018 - 31 Mar 2019
Tatiana Trouvé: Navigation Map London 2018 2 Oct - 17 Nov 2018 part of a three-location presentation, at kamel mennour’s London gallery, Trouvé re-enacts her emblematic Prepared Space installation, an abstract navigation map and kind of geographic homage to Cage’s “prepared pianos”
Olivier Mosset: Graphic Works 29 Sep - 17 Nov 2018 focusing on the lesser-known aspects of the artist’s graphic and edition-based practice
Lord Duveen, My Pictures Never Look So Marvellous As When You Are Here 28 Sep 2018 - 12 Jan 2019 celebrating the spirit of the influential gallerist Joseph Duveen, whose former premises the gallery now occupies, with works by prominent modern and contemporary artists
Rodney Graham: Central Questions of Philosophy 3 Oct - 3 Nov 2018 a new and complex series of lightboxes from Graham including his largest to date
Dan Graham: Rock 'n' Roll 3 Oct - 3 Nov 2018 a new stage-set design alongside over-sized models, video and a courtyard pavilion, all continuing Graham’s exploration of the relationship between audience and performer
Sarah Graham 26 Sep - 2 Nov 2018 coloured ink drawings and black and white graphites on the theme of the medinilla flower, the subject of Graham’s focus over the past year
Yelena Popova: Her Name is Prometheus 21 Sep - 3 Nov 2018 an interactive, mobile, plastazote sculpture based on the molecular structure of Plutonium last weekPaula Rego: From Mind to Hand. Drawings from 1980 to 2001 12 Sep - 27 Oct 2018 an exhibition devoted to Rego’s preparatory sketches, demonstrating how essential drawing is to an understanding of her work
Kaari Upson 3 Oct - 17 Nov 2018 the most comprehensive survey of drawings by the American artist, with a selection of works that span from 2012 to 2018
AA Bronson + General Idea 30 Sep - 11 Nov 2018 marking fifty years since AA Bronson, Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal first met and started their collaboration as General Idea
Michelangelo Pistoletto: Origins and Consequences 27 Sep - 15 Dec 2018 curated by Alberto Fiz, a selection of works from 1958 to 2012, including early figurative oils on canvas, works in charcoal on paper, acrylic, wood, bronze and glass, as well as the renowned “mirror works” that define Pistoletto’s oeuvre
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes: Works on Paper and Paintings 21 Sep - 10 Nov 2018 with loans from private and public collections, this exhibition presents both paintings and works on paper by a seminal artist of the late nineteenth century
Forrest Bess 3 Oct - 1 Dec 2018 Bess’s first solo exhibition of paintings in the UK - part-indecipherable and part-diagrammatic, these ‘visionary’ paintings remain isolated cases of unbridled colouration and intimate personal code in the history of twentieth-century abstraction
Jacqueline Humphries 2 Oct - 10 Nov 2018 new works by Humphries exploring the abstract possibilities of the reproduction of code, using facsimiles of previous works which render new paintings with traces of memory and ghosts in the process of their translation
Martin Eder: Parasites 26 Sep 2018 - 13 Jan 2019 major new paintings alongside work spanning over a decade of Eder’s career
Suspension - A History of Abstract Hanging Sculpture 1918 - 2018 1 Oct - 15 Dec 2018 curated by Matthieu Poirier with Olivier Malingue - works by Max Bill, Yves Klein, Artur Lescher, Man Ray, François Morellet, Bruno Munari, Alexander Rodtchenko, Tomás Saraceno, Joel Shapiro, Jesús Rafael Soto, Takis and Xavier Veilhan
Alabaster 28 Sep - 15 Dec 2018 exploring the enduring fascination that artists have had with this translucent and transformative stone, from its uses in ancient Egypt to the twentieth century and contemporary sculpture
Heidi Bucher 19 Sep - 9 Dec 2018 a significant body of Bucher's enigmatic latex works made during the last two decades of her artistic life, as well as screenings of films that document her at workMaude Maris: Who Wants to Look at Somebody's Face 29 Sep - 9 Nov 2018 last weekCarlo Scarpa: The shapes of light 26 Sep - 26 Oct 2018 curated by Marco Arosio and Paolo Repetto, a display of Scarpa’s polyhedral genius with a collection of diverse and complementary worksModernist Art
Eliseo Mattiacci: Roma 3 Oct - 17 Nov 2018 the first UK solo exhibition of one of the great Italian post-war artists comprises a momentous installation of moulded aluminium volutes occupying all three rooms of the gallery
Pietro Consagra: Frontal Sculpture 1947-1967 27 Sep - 16 Nov 2018 curated by Francesca Pola with the Archivio Pietro Consagra, this is Consagra’s first solo exhibition in London and highlights work from the first two crucial creative decades of his careerRenzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings 15 Sep 2018 - 20 Jan 2019Oceania 29 Sep - 10 Dec 2018Luca Pignatelli: Recent Works 4 Oct - 5 Dec 2018
Pierre Huyghe: UUmwelt 3 Oct 2018 - 10 Feb 2019 a major new exhibition changes the gallery into a porous and contingent environment, housing different forms of cognition, emerging intelligences, biological reproduction and instinctual behaviours
Lee Ufan: Relatum - Stage 6 Feb 2018 - 27 Jan 2019 the Serpentine continues its exploration of public art with a sculptural commission by Lee Ufan, installed outside the gallery in Kensington Gardens
Atelier E.B: Passer-by 3 Oct 2018 - 6 Jan 2019 a bespoke showroom for Atelier E.B’s latest collection; a display of historic material, photography and objects, and a series of newly-commissioned works by contemporary artists forthcoming:Yun Hyong-Keun 25 Oct - 24 Nov 2018 a solo exhibition which examines the connection between the Korean artist’s painting and drawing practices across the full breadth of a career profoundly connected with the history and culture of his native country forthcoming:Viewing Room. Ryan Mrozowski 25 Oct - 24 Nov 2018 a concise solo exhibition by the New York-based artist whose latest work - paintings in acrylic on linen, covered in natural and botanical motifs - explores optics, repetition, the depiction of nature, perception and the ways we experience patternOut of Character: A Project by Studio MUTT 12 Sep - 18 Nov 2018
Sue Williams: New Paintings 2 Oct - 24 Nov 2018 new paintings which demonstrate Williams’ continued interest in exploring the fluid boundary between figuration and abstraction and her pursuance of the transformation of one into the other Modern & Post-War British Art Auction: 20 Nov - 21 Nov, 2018
Exhibition: 16 Nov - 20 Nov 2018
20th Century Art - A Different Perspective Auction: 13 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 10 Nov - 13 Nov 2018
Scottish Art Auction: 20 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 16 Nov - 20 Nov 2018
A Living Legacy: Irish Art from the Collection of Brian P. Burns Auction: 21 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 21 Nov - 21 Nov 2018
A Private View: Property from the Country Home of Christopher Cone and Stanley J. Seeger Auction: 30 Oct 2018
Exhibition: 27 Oct - 30 Oct 2018
Contemporary Curated Auction: 20 Nov 2018
Exhibition: 20 Nov - 20 Nov 2018
Kim Lim 28 Sep - 16 Nov 2018 filling the entire gallery, this exhibition focuses on Kim Lim’s exploration of form through marble and stone sculpturesKNOCK KNOCK: Humour in Contemporary Art 22 Sep - 18 Nov 2018
Pedro Cabrita Reis, Jimmie Durham, Cildo Meireles 2 Oct - 23 Nov 2018 works by the three internationally renowned conceptual artists, who all work with simple materials and everyday items assembled to expose the power of association
Lucy Dodd: Miss Mars 2 Oct - 17 Nov 2018 Dodd's first exhibition in London continues her exploration of the formal qualities of painting, again emphasizing the possibilities of monumental painting as a theatrical realm of symbols both cosmic and personal
16th to 20th Century Fine Art
McDermott & McGough: The Oscar Wilde Temple 3 Oct 2018 - 31 Mar 2019
