Last week Tabish Khan the @londonartcritic picked 5 exhibitions to see for London Gallery Weekend, but there is so much going on in London, we picked another Nine – like Tabish’s five not all exhibitions are part of the official programme, but will be open over the weekend (maybe not Sunday)
Sadie Coles HQ Ugo Rondinone the rainbow body
Ugo Rondinone’s latest exhibition at Sadie Coles HQ, the rainbow body, features a series of figurative sculptures within a fluorescent environment. The walls, floors and ceiling of the gallery have been finished in rainbow shades that mirror the sculptures’ own colours, engendering a push-pull dynamic between the individual figure and the landscape of the exhibition. The display also includes bronze sculptures of candles that restate the larger theme of suspended time. MORE
Soup – Tulani Hlalo Silly Bitch
Tulani Hlalo’s solo exhibition ‘Silly Bitch’ is curated by Georgia Stephenson, as part of the official LGW programming. The exhibition is also included in Jasleen Kaur’s and Sabato De Sarno’s Curated Routes for the weekend. Also, as part of the weekend’s VIP and Public event programme the gallery will be hosting an Exhibition Walkthrough with both Tulani and Georgia on Saturday at 2pm.
Season 4 Episode 6 Archie Fooks-Smith, URL List Leshy: A Conclusive Ode to the Nightmare Carnival
a solo exhibition by Archie Fooks-Smith. This is Fooks-Smith’s first presentation with the gallery. Indra’s Net, magic, modes of transcendence, consciousness alteration, digital interfaces and their interpellation into the spiritual realm. MORE
*Closed on Sunday open 12-6pm Friday/Saturday
Edel Assanti Simon Lehner: Of Peasants & Basterds
Vienna-based artist Simon Lehner’s first UK solo exhibition, ‘Of Peasants & Basterds’. Working across sculpture, painting, film and installation, Lehner’s practice delves into the psychological ramifications of contemporary digital culture. Utilising a blend of personal archives and publicly sourced online imagery, Lehner constructs avatars that inhabit complex narratives. Art Opening Thursday 5th June 6PM-8PM
NISO Martina Quesada The Exit Shut Opened
Martina Quesada’s debut solo exhibition with the gallery, curated by Philippa zu Knyphausen. Friday/Saturday 11am -6pm Closed Sunday MORE
Union Pacific Group Show Future Relics
Group show featuring: Mathilde Albouy, Apollinaria Broche, Steven Claydon, Jason Gringler, Elinor Haynes, Nour Jaouda, Lulù Nuti, Matthew Peers, and Linda Sanchez. Friday/Saturday 11am–6pm Closed Sunday. Art Opening 6th June 2025, 6-8pm MORE
Echoes of the Underground: A conversation with the squat scene
Echoes of the Underground: A conversation with the squat scene, from both sides of the fence, is a group photography exhibition capturing the evolving essence of London’s underground rave culture, focusing on atmosphere and site-specificity.
Featuring work and the written testimonies of four photographers, an exclusive Q&A transcript with an ex-rave organiser, as well as an interview with prolific jump-up DJ Jayline on the night. The exhibition documents the visceral moments, soundscapes, and spatial politics of an often unseen subculture over the last decades.
Curated by Elizabeth Wilkinson, the show explores rave as an act of resistance and community, reclaiming space inside warehouse takeovers. Through fog, flash, and DIY aesthetics, each photographer offers their own lens into a world that pulses beyond the mainstream. MORE
ILENIA Aaron Angell: NOT ALL ON SHOW
This is what the gallery told us: Hinterglasmalerei & Verre églomisé 4-5/2025: ‘Organ Painting’, ‘Bamboo Organ Painting’, ‘Worm Organ Painting’, ‘Intarsia – View’, ‘Intarsia – Shut’, ‘Northern Renaissance Social Abstract Demonstration’, ‘Intarsia – Whitefly’; ‘Pig, tulip, pig, tulip, pig, tulip’; ‘Scholar – Melon’.Oribe 2-5/2025: ‘Melon – Life On Ship’, ‘Abilità Negativa’ (three versions), ‘Tray with Two Capped Heads’, ‘Tray with Clouds’, ‘Gongshi with Carbonised Panis Quadratis’; Shino Americàin & polychrome 2-5/2025 another ‘Caterpillar Engine’, two ‘Flower Baskets’, ‘Tray with Head’, ‘Melon – Life On Ship’ 6th June–12th July 2025: Art Opening : June 5th, 6-8 pm MORE
Lisson Gallery Group Show Finding My Blue Sky
Finding My Blue Sky is an exhibition conceived as a constellation, at once epic and polyglot, personal and searchingly political. Curated by Dr. Omar Kholeif, this ambitious group show at Lisson Gallery features over twenty artists from diverse nationalities and eras, including several making their London debut, alongside twelve new commissions MORE
For the official galleries and cool routes chosen by important people check the LGW website. London Gallery Weekend 6-9th June 2025 MORE
