MUSEUMS AND ART SPACES

The Gilbert & George Centre | The Paradisical Pictures

• Every Friday – Sunday
• 5a Heneage Street, London E1 5LJ
• gilbertandgeorgecentre.org

Stop by the Gilbert & George Centre in the East End where their works are available for viewing every Friday – Sunday. 

Lightroom | David Hockney

• Until 1 October
• 12 Lewis Cubitt Square (at Coal Drops Yard)
• lightroom.uk

It’s the exhibition everyone’s talking about – an immersive visual and auditory experience with commentary by Mr Hockney himself. 

Tate Britain | Isaac Julien

• Until 20 Aug
• Millbank, London SW1P 4RG
• tate.org.uk

A magnificent retrospective on the important video and photo work of London local Isaac Julien.

The Design Museum | Ai Weiwei

• Until 30 July
• 224-238 Kensington High Street, London W8 6AG
• designmuseum.org

This exhibition is the first we’ve ever seen of Ai Weiwei’s work in the context of design. 

The Courtauld | The Permanent Collection

• Somerset House, Strand
• courtauld.ac.uk

In The Courtauld Gallery’s spectacular LVMH Great Room, you’ll find masterpieces by Manet, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Gauguin and our favorite Cecily Brown.

Tate Modern | Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondriaan

• Until 3 Sept
• Bankside, London SE1 9TG
• tate.org.uk

What do these two legendary figures in art history have in common? Quite a lot, as it turns out.

ART FIX: If you head there at 12.00, you’ll be able to enjoy a special two-course ‘geometric-inspired’ lunch at the museum’s café after your visit for a special price.

The Wallace Collection | Portraits of Dogs

• Until 15 Oct
• Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN
• wallacecollection.org

How about a quirky collection of portraits of everyone’s favourite furry friends? 

Royal Academy | Summer Exhbition

• 13 June – 20 Aug
• Burlington House, Piccadilly
• royalacademy.org.uk

The world’s largest open submission exhibition is back, featuring work in every medium imaginable.

Serpentine South Gallery | Tomás Saraceno

• 1 June – 10 Sept
• Kensington Gardens
• serpentinegalleries.org

Saraceno’s first UK solo exhibition consists of a range of artworks, prompts and experiences which extend past the walls of Serpentine South, into The Royal Parks and beyond.

GALLERIES

GRIMM | Charles Avery

• 25 May – 8 July
• 2 Bourdon Street, London W1K 3PA
• grimmgallery.com

Celebrate the start of London Gallery Weekend (2-4 June) with a visit to the solo exhibition of Charles Avery. 

Kristin Hjellegjerde | Rita Maikova

• Until 3 June
• 533 Old York Road, London SW18 1TG
• kristinhjellegjerde.com

These surreal paintings were made by Ukrainian artist Rita Maikova, who discovered her home country was being invaded whilst abroad.

Timothy Taylor | Sahara Longe

• 2 June – 8 July
• 15 Bolton Street
• timothytaylor.com

The title of this show, “New Shapes”, signals a newly geometric departure in the artist’s compositions.

The Perimeter | Andreas Schulze

• Until 1 July
• 20 Brownlow Mews, London WC1N 2LE
• theperimeter.co.uk

If you enjoy neo-expressionism with a hint of surrealism, this is one to check out!

Sadie Coles HQ | Lisa Brice

• 2 June to 8 July
• 8 Bury Street
• sadiecoles.com

After the Courtauld Gallery go see the brand-new painting by Brice, made in direct response to Manet’s “A Bar at the Folie Bergère”.

Almine Rech | Javier Calleja

• 1 June – 29 July
• Grosvenor Hill, Broadbent House,
• alminerech.com

Javier Calleja’s expressionistic children with their pale pink cheeks are not as naïve as they seem.

Stephen Friedman | Sasha Gordon

• 1 June – 22 July
• 25-28 Old Burlington Street
• stephenfriedman.com

Gordon explores, in a hyper-realistic style, the complexity of her identity as a young, queer, Asian-American woman.

Victoria Miro | Chris Ofili

• 2 June – 29 July
• 16 Wharf Road
• victoria-miro.com

The “Seven Deadly Sins” is a major new series of paintings by Chris Ofili.

Pace Gallery | Lee Ufan and Claude Viallat

• 2 June – 29 July
• 5 Hanover Square
• pacegallery.com

Spanning more than five decades, this exhibition will survey both artists’ commitment to abstraction.

Frith Street Gallery | Callum Innes

• Until 1 July
• 17-18 Golden Square
• frithstreetgallery.com

Innes is known for luminous abstractions which expose the fundamentals of painting: pigment, surface and space.

Lehmann Maupin | Cecilia Vicuña

• Until 22 June
• 1 Cromwell Place, South Kensington
• lehmannmaupin.com

An exhibition of new and historical work by Cecilia following her 2022—2023 Turbine Hall commission at Tate Modern.

White Cube Bermondsey | Anselm Kiefer

• 7 June – 20 Aug
• 144 – 152 Bermondsey Street
• whitecube.com

This ambitious exhibition, which takes inspiration from the James Joyce novel Finnegans, will transform the gallery with immersive installations.

David Zwirner | Elizabeth Payton

• 7 June – 28 July
• 24 Grafton Street
• davidzwirner.com

Looking forward to this solo exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Elizabeth Peyton.

Pippy Houldsworth Gallery | Rina Banerjee

• 9 June – 8 July
• 6 Heddon Street
• houldsworth.co.uk

Known for her large-scale sculpture and installation assembled from found materials, Banerjee captures the experiences of diasporic communities worldwide.

Niru Ratnam | Alina Grasmann

• Until 24 June
• 23 Ganton Street,
• niruratnam.com

Dive into the realistic paintings of Alina Grasmann. Her large-scale, site-specific series blur fact and fiction.

Simon Lee | France-Lise McGurn

• Until 25 May
• 12 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8DT
• simonleegallery.com

France-Lise McGurn’s sprawling paintings seem to spill out from their canvases onto the gallery walls and sofas. 

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LUNCH

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Bubala: 15 Poland St, Soho

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DINNER

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Clipstone: 5 Clipstone St, Fitzrovia

Zephyr: 100 Potobello Road, Nothing Hill

Kiln: 58 Brewer St, Soho

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