An exhibition of vivid, colour-filled textiles by post-war designer Shirley Craven.  The exhibits are displayed together for the first time in over 60 years alongside newly acquired unique works from her days as a Student at the RCA.  

In this exhibition, A Reflective Journey From Earth to Universe, Corinne Corbett-Thompson explores the beauty, preciousness, and fragility of our planet.

M A R Y M A R Y, a major exhibition of public, outdoor sculpture in central London by nine women artists. The exhibition features commissioned works by Rong Bao, Candida Powell–Williams and Alice Wilson, adapted works by Lucy Gregory and LR Vandy and existing works by Olivia Bax, Frances Richardson, Holly Stevenson and Virginia Overton.  […]

This exhibition, The Flood, features photographs by Bettina von Zwehl, whose aim is to rekindle wonder and curiosity as critical tools for exploring new ideas and practices.

A retrospective exhibition of artworks by Everlyn Nicodemus.   It includes drawings, collages, paintings and textiles from the last 40 years of the artist’s life, as well as new works created especially for this show. This inspiring experience is made possible because Nicodemus won the prestigious Freelands Award in 2022. She is an artist, writer and […]

The exhibition, Beyond Ravilious, is devoted to the artist and designer Tirzah Garwood (1908–1951).  She is best known until now as the wife of Eric Ravilious and as the author of the autobiography Long Live Great Bardfield. Garwood excelled as a fine artist and printmaker, her diverse and enchanting works are gems of the mid-20th […]

A multidisciplinary artist, Mani Kambo explores the inner spirit by drawing on her own personal totemic symbols.   She is influenced by her upbringing in a household filled with superstition, prayer, and religious ceremony.  Kambo’s practice encompasses textiles, fabric dying and printmaking, and is rooted in her family history within the caste system.

Christina Kimeze's exhibition, Between Wood and Wheel, brings together a new series of paintings and works on paper. Originally inspired by the resurgence of roller skating in Black communities, the series explores ideas of freedom, flight and escape, particularly from a female perspective.

Ithell Colquhoun the innovative writer and practicing occultist, was a leading figure during the 1930s and 1940s. She charted her own course, investigating surrealist methods of unconscious picture-making and fearlessly delving into the realms of myth and magic. Between Worlds, is her landmark exhibition of over 200 artworks and archival materials, which  traces Colquhoun’s evolution, […]

Danielle Dean’s work spans video, painting, installation, social practice and performance. Drawing on archival records, film and advertising, Dean’s practice interrogates how individuals are shaped by commercial narratives and explores historical and contemporary representations of labour, racialised identity and popular culture. Her projects are often developed collaboratively with community members, whose experiences bring essential perspectives […]

Linder’s first London retrospective showcases 50 years of the pioneering feminist artist’s work, dissecting our fascination with the body and its representation. From the early photomontages made while she was part of the punk scene of 1970s Manchester, to new work in digital montage shown for the first time, the exhibition presents the breadth of […]

Mickalene Thomas’ (born 1971) vibrant, large-scale portraits of Black women at rest reclaim space and representation in art history, celebrating love and radical repose. This exhibition presents two decades of work by the internationally celebrated artist and pioneering portraitist. Featuring paintings, photographs, collages and installations, All About Love transforms the Hayward Gallery with bespoke wallpapers, textiles and […]

Subjects of State, Labours of Love is a two-chapter film by artist filmmaker Rhea Storr. This body of work captures the shared joys, celebrations, struggles, oppressions and complexities experienced by Caribbean heritage communities.

Inspired by the disruptive nature of volcanic eruption and paintings of Vesuvius in the Gallery's Naples collection, Emii Alrai weaves together ancient mythologies, research and nostalgia as a critical response to our times.   In this exhibition, River of Black Stone, of new and reimagined works, sculptural objects become artefacts and drawings become maps bringing together […]

Roda Viva (wheel of life), is an exhibition of newly commissioned works by Vanessa da Silva. Drawing inspiration from her Brazilian heritage – family history, music, dance, and legacy of previous artists, the works explore themes of identity, ancestry, destiny, joy and memory.   The exhibition, which features textiles, sculptures and works on paper, is centred […]

Focusing on her rarely seen work from Warsaw, Stories from the Life presents the paintings and drawings of Franciszka Themerson during her time as a student, followed by her drawings of 1933.

Jaki Irvine works across video, installation, photography, music composition, and writing to explore the complex ways we imagine ourselves and the world around us. For Irvine, this process has both philosophical and political dimensions.  She weaves real events into films and videos that reflect on the fragmented, mysterious and often absurd nature of the human […]

Claudia Pagès Rabal’s practice intertwines words, bodies, music, and movement. Five Defence Towers, a new moving image commission, tells a tale of surveillance, control, settlement, and refuge across five acts.

From Light, includes 18 new paintings created specifically for the gallery. The title reflects the centrality of light in both Watt’s work and that of Sir John Soane, the architect of Pitzhanger, in harnessing light to shape space and create atmosphere. For Watt, light is the ‘very substance of painting’, while for Soane, it defined […]

This show is presentation of new works by Alison Watt, timed to coincide with her solo exhibition at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, London. Watt’s still life paintings are distinguished by a deft realism informed by perception, memory, and art historical research.

This group exhibition, A place for modernism, brings together five artists, whose work responds to the wide-ranging legacy of modernism. Rather than treat the movement as a closed historical episode, Josiah McElheny, Carrie Moyer, Hasani Sahlehe, Arlene Shechet and Dan Walsh view modernism as a perennial method that can be adapted to address the political […]

Zoe Walker and Neil Bromwich’s projects bring together utopian, socialist and animist ideals to create festival-like spaces for communities to come together around issues related to climate change and social justice. Searching for a Change of Consciousness draws together work made with different communities, in Wales, Denmark, and the Colombian Amazon.

J'Accuse...! is a new exhibition of sculpture by artist and designer Nicole Farhi.  The display includes 25 cast cement fondu busts, each hand painted with acrylic paint and depicting victims of miscarriages of justice across multiple countries around the world over the past 125 years. The exhibition portrays victims whose wrongful convictions have shaped legal […]

Remembering will showcase works selected in consultation with Arpita Singh from her prolific career which expands over six decades. This show will explore the full breadth of her practice, ranging from large-scale oil paintings to more intimate watercolours and ink drawings.

Hegemonic Log(s) And Two Benches, by Alice Wilson is interpreted as several protagonists airing a long, drawn–out parlance, each seeking to justify its presence on a platform constructed in a far more functional derivative to the materials of that on top.  A detail not lost on the Matter of Facts.

This exhibition presents eight contemporary artists whose works offer vantage points on a world in perpetual crisis.  Each artist explores broader conditions of domination and conflict, as well as horizons for survival.  Here is a Gale Warning features works by Pia Arke, Justin Caguiat, Rose Finn-Kelcey, Candace Hill-Montgomery, Tomashi Jackson, Tarek Lakhrissi, Anne Tallentire, and […]

The works in, It Should not be Forgotten, confronts Britain’s “national amnesia” regarding its role in the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved African people and the colonial legacies that followed.  The exhibition offers a deeply moving and immersive experience.

Morehshin Allahyari's exhibition features her latest work, Speculations on Capture (2024), a newly commissioned piece. Allahyari’s poetic film explores the histories of astronomical instruments crafted in Iran and Pakistan,

Long Before the Walls, an exhibition by Ana Bidart, which introduces a constellation of newly commissioned, site-specific installations and interventions at the gallery.

Nora Turato: Pool7 presents new work by the artist, spanning performance, writing, graphic design, video and sound. The installation investigates our collective relationship to language and communication.

This exhibition is dedicated to the pioneering Irish modernists Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone, and will bring together 90 of their works of art. It explores their friendship and shared experiences while studying in Paris during the early 1920s, and traces their careers back to Ireland. The exhibition highlights the early convergences and later divergences […]

Sheila Fell: Cumberland on Canvas is the first major retrospective of Fell’s work in over thirty years. This exhibition brings together 100 works from private and public collections across the country and will explore Cumberland as Fell’s source of artistic inspiration.

Małgorzata Mirga-Tas (b. 1978) creates narrative-rich works using textiles and fabric, producing vibrant large-scale panels that transform perceptions of Romany culture and history. The exhibition will offer an opportunity to consider the Whitworth’s textile collection in a new and nomadic-centric light, while honouring the lives of stateless communities. Mirga-Tas was selected to represent Poland at […]

Der letzte Tag ist der schlimmste (The Last Day is the Worst) presents new works by Martha Jungwirth. Known for a colour palette that dwells in a corporeal and sensuous register of pinks and reds, some of these latest works feature bold, bright yellows and turquoise hues.

Tender Women is the latest exhibition the The Women's Museum exhibition programme Desire Lines. Sahra Hersi is an artist and spatial designer who lives in Barking and  describes her work as “caring about people, places, art & architecture, in that order.”