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- Alan Cristea GalleryLondon West End
new todayforthcoming:Richard Woods: The Ideal Home Exhibition 21 Jun - 31 Jul 2018 new sculptures, paintings and prints which look at notions of taste and the cult of home improvementAlan Cristea GalleryLondon West End
new todayforthcoming:Print Project Space: Royal Academicians in Focus 21 Jun - 31 Jul 2018 recent work of Royal Academicians including Yinka Shonibare MBE, Antony Gormley, Michael Craig-Martin, David Nash and Emma StibbonBarbicanLondon, Public
Prints and Multiples Auction: 26 Jun 2018
Exhibition: 23 Jun - 26 Jun 2018
Post-War & Contemporary Art Auction: 27 Jun 2018
Exhibition: 23 Jun - 27 Jun 2018
Cardi Gallery, LondonLondon
just openedDifference and Affinity 20 Jun - 7 Sep 2018 works from the 60s and 70s by four of the most pre-eminent Italian Conceptual artists: Vincenzo Agnetti, Alighiero Boetti, Giulio Paolini and Emilio PriniChristie’s London, King StreetLondon West End
Pilar CorriasLondon West EndPippy Houldsworth GalleryLondon West EndRepetto GalleryLondon
new todayforthcoming:Christo and Jeanne-Claude: reveal 21 Jun - 7 Sep 2018 a retrospective of some of the most representative projects realised by Christo and Jeanne-Claude over a period of about forty yearsRobilant + Voena, LondonLondon West EndSerpentine GalleryLondon, Public
just openedChristo and Jeanne-Claude: Barrels and The Mastaba 1958-2018 19 Jun - 9 Sep 2018 a major exhibition of the artists’ work, drawing specifically on their use of barrels, and coinciding with Christo’s first outdoor public work in the UKVictoria Miro MayfairLondon West End
new todayforthcoming:Alex Hartley: The Houses 21 Jun - 28 Jul 2018 new wall-based works inspired by iconic examples of modernist domestic architectureVIGOLondonZabludowicz CollectionLondon, Public
new todayforthcoming:Invites: Guy Oliver 21 Jun - 12 Aug 2018 a continuing exploration of the relationship between comedy and tragedy within contemporary popular culture- Camden Arts CentreLondon, PublicCamden Arts CentreLondon, PublicEstorick Collection of Modern Italian ArtLondon, PublicFrith Street Gallery, Golden SquareLondon West Endkamel mennour, LondonLondon
last weekCameron Jamie 17 May - 23 Jun 2018 in his first solo exhibition at the gallery, a new series of ceramic works which Jamie has expanded and merged into his own personal language as an extension of his graphic and sculptural disciplinesLisson GalleryLondon
last weekRichard Long: Circle to Circle 11 May - 23 Jun 2018 “I can make a circle of words, I can make a circle of stones, I can make a circle of mud with my hands on a wall, I can walk in a circle for one hundred miles. It is a completely adaptable image and form and system” Richard LongLisson GalleryLondon
last weekMary Corse 11 May - 23 Jun 2018 both new and historically significant work in the US Minimalist/Abstract Expressionist’s first major UK solo exhibitionSophia Contemporary GalleryLondon West End
last weekUncanny Memories 11 May - 23 Jun 2018 young artists exploring the themes of the uncanny and surrealism through a variety of mediaThe Sladmore GalleryLondon
- Achille Salvagni AtelierLondon West End
Apollo 15 Mar - 7 Sep 2018 the Atelier is transformed into a sumptuous retro-futuristic space capsule inspired by iconic 1960s science fiction set designsAlan Cristea GalleryLondon West End new todayforthcoming:Richard Woods: The Ideal Home Exhibition 21 Jun - 31 Jul 2018 new sculptures, paintings and prints which look at notions of taste and the cult of home improvementAlan Cristea GalleryLondon West End new todayforthcoming:Print Project Space: Royal Academicians in Focus 21 Jun - 31 Jul 2018 recent work of Royal Academicians including Yinka Shonibare MBE, Antony Gormley, Michael Craig-Martin, David Nash and Emma StibbonAlmine Rech Gallery LondonLondon West End
Agustín Cárdenas 5 Jun - 28 Jul 2018 Cárdenas’s work embodies a range of perspectives and influences while emphasising neither contradiction nor separation. This is the memory of the futureAnnka Kultys GalleryLondonAriadne GalleriesLondonBarbicanLondon, PublicBartha ContemporaryLondon West EndBlain|Southern, Hanover SqLondon West End
Edward Kienholz: America My Hometown 18 May - 14 Jul 2018 the exhibition traces Kienholz’s formative years (1954-1967), showing an artist coming to terms with both his unique vision and the tumultuous social climate of the US at the timeBlain|Southern, Hanover SqLondon West End
Erkka Nissinen 23 May - 14 Jul 2018 the Lodger series continues with an exhibition by Nissinen, including work developed for the Finnish national Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale
Prints and Multiples Auction: 04 Jul 2018
Exhibition: 1 Jul - 4 Jul 2018
Modern British and Irish Art Auction: 10 Jul 2018
Exhibition: 8 Jul - 10 Jul 2018
Prints and Multiples Auction: 26 Jun 2018
Exhibition: 23 Jun - 26 Jun 2018
Post-War & Contemporary Art Auction: 27 Jun 2018
Exhibition: 23 Jun - 27 Jun 2018
British MuseumLondon, PublicRodin and the art of ancient Greece 26 Apr - 29 Jul 2018Camden Arts CentreLondon, PublicCamden Arts CentreLondon, PublicCardi Gallery, LondonLondon just openedDifference and Affinity 20 Jun - 7 Sep 2018 works from the 60s and 70s by four of the most pre-eminent Italian Conceptual artists: Vincenzo Agnetti, Alighiero Boetti, Giulio Paolini and Emilio PriniChisenhale GalleryLondon, PublicChristie’s London, King StreetLondon West End Cortesi Gallery, LondonLondon
Light and Movement in European Post-War Art 22 May - 20 Jul 2018 with Alberto Biasi, Agostino Bonalumi, Piero Dorazio, Lucio Fontana, Jan Henderikse, Walter Leblanc, Heinz Mack, Mario Nigro, Ivan Picelj, Jesús Rafael Soto, Grazia Varisco and herman de vriesDavid Zwirner, LondonLondon West EndDelfina FoundationLondon, Public
no current exhibition
Drawing RoomLondon, Public
A Slice through the World: Contemporary Artists’ Drawings 13 Jun - 5 Aug 2018 inaugurating the new Elephant & Castle location, a group exhibition that celebrates the sustained power of drawing in the digital ageEstorick Collection of Modern Italian ArtLondon, PublicFrith Street Gallery, Golden SquareLondon West EndGagosian Britannia StLondon
Katharina Grosse: Prototypes of Imagination 16 May - 27 Jul 2018 Grosse embraces the incidents that arise as she works, opening up surfaces and spaces and approaching painting as an experience in immersive subjectivityGagosian Davies StLondon West End
Franz West: Sisyphos Sculptures 8 Jun - 27 Jul 2018 three large papier-mâché sculptures - like archeological specimens, they are mottled, earthy fragments, coagulating beneath layers of viscous paintGagosian Grosvenor HillLondon West End
Howard Hodgkin: Last Paintings 1 Jun - 28 Jul 2018 Last Paintings, presented at the Grosvenor Hill gallery in accordance with the late artist’s wishes, includes the final six paintings that he completed in India prior to his death, in March 2017, five of which are exhibited for the first time
forthcoming:Land of Lads, Land of Lashes 25 Jun - 11 Aug 2018 for the first time in the UK, works by three pioneering Minimal and Post-Minimal female artists of the 60s and 70s: Rosemarie Castoro, Lydia Okumura and Wanda Czelkowska - curated by Anke KempkesGasworksLondon, PublicHamiltonsLondon West End
Daido Moriyama: SCENE 15 May - 17 Aug 2018 photographs specially selected from Moriyama’s extensive, notoriously gritty and challenging oeuvre by gallery owner Tim Jefferies and produced exclusively for Hamiltons as silkscreens on canvasHauser & Wirth Savile RowLondon West EndSpiegelgasse (Mirror Alley) 18 May - 28 Jul 2018Hauser & Wirth Savile RowLondon West EndAugust Sander: Men Without Masks 18 May - 28 Jul 2018Hayward GalleryLondon, PublicLee Bul 30 May - 19 Aug 2018Hollybush GardensLondon
Eline McGeorge: On Joined Flight Lines 25 May - 30 Jun 2018 works from 2015 with new fabric pieces and a series of pencil drawingsHollybush GardensLondon
Upstairs: Charlotte Johannesson: …Dust and Shadow…Space and Time… 25 May - 30 Jun 2018 Johannesson’s work challenges conventions by crossing the analogue and the digital to reveal the strength underpinning its connectionsICALondon, PublicJulie Becker: I must create a Master Piece to pay the Rent 8 Jun - 12 Aug 2018Imperial War MuseumLondon, Publicno current exhibition
kamel mennour, LondonLondon last weekCameron Jamie 17 May - 23 Jun 2018 in his first solo exhibition at the gallery, a new series of ceramic works which Jamie has expanded and merged into his own personal language as an extension of his graphic and sculptural disciplinesLarge GlassLondonLaure Genillard GalleryLondon
forthcoming:Dialogues With A Collection 30 Jun - 15 Sep 2018 eleven invited artists engage with works from Laure Genillard's collection, creating a trail of impromptu correspondences across the gallery spaceLévy Gorvy LondonLondon West End
FOCUS: Yves Klein | James Turrell 1 Jun - 6 Jul 2018 inaugurating the gallery’s new FOCUS series, a two-room presentation that brings into dialogue seminal immersive works by each artistLisson GalleryLondon last weekRichard Long: Circle to Circle 11 May - 23 Jun 2018 “I can make a circle of words, I can make a circle of stones, I can make a circle of mud with my hands on a wall, I can walk in a circle for one hundred miles. It is a completely adaptable image and form and system” Richard LongLisson GalleryLondon last weekMary Corse 11 May - 23 Jun 2018 both new and historically significant work in the US Minimalist/Abstract Expressionist’s first major UK solo exhibitionLuxembourg & Dayan LondonLondon West Endno current exhibition
Marian Goodman GalleryLondon
Leonor Antunes: a thousand realities from an original mark 24 May - 20 Jul 2018 in the Portuguese artist’s first exhibition with the gallery, a unique contemplation on modern art, architecture and design through a reinterpretation of sculpture in a given spaceMassimo De Carlo, LondonLondon West End
Rob Pruitt: American Quilts 2018 8 Jun - 21 Jul 2018 a series of new works based on American quilt patterns, made by utilising a range of different materials and techniquesMaureen PaleyLondon
Oscar Tuazon: FIRE 2 Jun - 22 Jul 2018 Oscar Tuazon's large-scale installations consist of structures that foreground their own means of construction, most notably through his use of industrial materialsMazzoleniLondon West End
Mazzoleni Summer Show 2018 - Burri: Cellotex and Multiples - Italian Post-War Masters 4 Jun - 7 Sep 2018 a two-fold presentation focusing on Alberto Burri's use of everyday materials, and works by an important group of Italian Post-War MastersMichael Werner Gallery, MayfairLondon West End
Markus Lüpertz: Tent Paintings, 1965 27 Apr - 6 Jul 2018 a rare opportunity to see key early works by this important artistNational Portrait GalleryLondon, PublicNewport Street GalleryLondon, Public
True Colours: Helen Beard, Sadie Laska, Boo Saville 6 Jun - 9 Sep 2018 ‘True Colours’ brings together three emerging artists that, despite using paint in very different ways, all share an interest in exploring the possibilities of colourOlivier MalingueLondon
Heinz Mack 7 Jun - 26 Jul 2018 exploring Mack's practice from 1954 to 1968, prior to the founding of the ZERO group and through to its peakOrdovasLondon West End
Flowers 8 Jun - 28 Jul 2018 featuring a major painting by Gerhard Richter and an Alexander Calder mobile on display in the UK for the first time, the exhibition explores how the flower, a traditional and classically beautiful object, fits within a modern contextParasol unit foundation for contemporary artLondon, Public
Carlos Garaicoa 13 Apr - 20 Jul 2018 exploring a diverse body of work, the exhibition reflects upon the city – its limitations as well as its potentials and possibilities – as a physical infrastructure, social network and political spacePaul StolperLondon
forthcoming:Mat Collishaw: Urban Legends 29 Jun - 28 Jul 2018 “I was trying to make work that had to do with this kind of impulse to advertise ourselves...in the case of graffiti, using dynamic shapes and colours to quickly ascribe your identity on the wall”Pi Artworks LondonLondon West Endno current exhibition
Pilar CorriasLondon West EndPippy Houldsworth GalleryLondon West EndRepetto GalleryLondon new todayforthcoming:Christo and Jeanne-Claude: reveal 21 Jun - 7 Sep 2018 a retrospective of some of the most representative projects realised by Christo and Jeanne-Claude over a period of about forty yearsRichard Nagy Ltd.LondonModernist Art
Richard SaltounLondon
Greta Schödl & Tomaso Binga: Vocalizing 31 May - 7 Jul 2018 important works dating from the 1970s by two octogenarian female artists both working in the fields of visual poetryRobilant + Voena, LondonLondon West Endrosenfeld porciniLondonRoyal Academy of ArtsLondon West End, PublicSummer Exhibition 2018 12 Jun - 19 Aug 2018Royal Academy of ArtsLondon West End, PublicTacita Dean: LANDSCAPE 19 May - 12 Aug 2018Sadie Coles HQ Kingly StreetLondon West EndSerpentine GalleryLondon, Public
Lee Ufan: Relatum - Stage 6 Feb - 29 Jul 2018 the Serpentine continues its exploration of public art with a sculptural commission by Lee Ufan, installed outside the gallery in Kensington GardensSerpentine GalleryLondon, Public just openedChristo and Jeanne-Claude: Barrels and The Mastaba 1958-2018 19 Jun - 9 Sep 2018 a major exhibition of the artists’ work, drawing specifically on their use of barrels, and coinciding with Christo’s first outdoor public work in the UKSerpentine GalleryLondon, Public
just openedSerpentine Pavilion 2018 designed by Frida Escobedo 15 Jun - 7 Oct 2018 harnessing a subtle interplay of light, water and geometry, the atmospheric courtyard-based design draws on both the domestic architecture of Mexico and British materials and history, specifically the Prime Meridian line at London’s Royal ObservatorySerpentine Sackler GalleryLondon, Public
Tomma Abts 7 Jun - 9 Sep 2018 working consistently with the same format for twenty years, Abts has found endless possibilities for investigating the language of form in paintingSimon Lee LondonLondon West End
Bernard Frize: Blackout in the Grid 17 May - 30 Jun 2018 works from Frize’s most recent series, made from 1999 to 2008, revealing both the consistency of his project and his constant innovationSimon Lee LondonLondon West End
Viewing Room: Holly Coulis 1 Jun - 30 Jun 2018 a series of vibrant paintings that traverse the traditional genre of still life painting, and delight in the geometry of the everydaySir John Soane's MuseumLondon, PublicEmily Allchurch: Visions of Architectural Fancy 16 May - 26 Aug 2018Sir John Soane's MuseumLondon, PublicThe Return of the Past: Postmodernism in British Architecture 16 May - 27 Aug 2018Skarstedt, LondonLondon West End
forthcoming:Richard Prince: Early Joke Paintings 26 Jun - 3 Aug 2018 spanning the period 1988 – 1992, this is the first opportunity to view a dedicated exhibition of this important body of work in the UKSophia Contemporary GalleryLondon West End last weekUncanny Memories 11 May - 23 Jun 2018 young artists exploring the themes of the uncanny and surrealism through a variety of mediaSotheby‘s LondonLondon West End
Contemporary Art Evening Auction Auction: 26 Jun 2018
Exhibition: 14 Jun - 26 Jun 2018
Contemporary Art Day Auction Auction: 27 Jun 2018
Exhibition: 22 Jun - 26 Jun 2018
Sotheby‘s S|2 GalleryLondon West End
Signals 27 Apr - 13 Jul 2018 an exhibition bringing together works by the network of artists involved with the fluid and shifting 60s gallery Signals LondonSouth London GalleryLondon, PublicLuiz Zerbini 8 Jun - 26 Aug 2018SprovieriLondon West End
Boris Mikhailov: Yesterday’s Sandwich 16 May - 10 Aug 2018 iconic photographs of Mikhailov’s first series of works - executed between the late ‘60s and early ‘70sSprüth Magers, Grafton St.London West End
Cindy Sherman 5 Jun - 1 Sep 2018 parodying the representation of women in film and television, fashion magazines, advertising, and online, Sherman adopts limitless guises that illuminate the performative nature of subjectivity and sexualityStair SaintyLondon West End
16th to 20th Century Fine Art
Stephen Friedman GalleryLondon West EndStudio VoltaireLondon, Publicno current exhibition
Tate BritainLondon, PublicAll Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life 28 Feb - 27 Aug 2018Tate BritainLondon, PublicTate Britain Commission 2018: Anthea Hamilton 22 Mar - 7 Oct 2018Tate BritainLondon, PublicAftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One 5 Jun - 23 Sep 2018Tate ModernLondon, PublicJoan Jonas 14 Mar - 5 Aug 2018Tate ModernLondon, PublicThe EY Exhibition: Picasso 1932 - Love, Fame, Tragedy 8 Mar - 9 Sep 2018Tate ModernLondon, PublicShape of Light: 100 Years of Photography And Abstract Art 2 May - 14 Oct 2018TenderpixelLondon
