Harry Styles Curates a Genre-Spanning Meltdown at the Southbank Centre
7 April 2026 • Mark Westall
We love a festival that feels like a world in itself. This summer, Harry Styles builds exactly that
Tag: Southbank Centre
Dua Lipa to Curate London Literature Festival 2026 at Southbank Centre
30 March 2026 • Mark Westall
Now in its nineteenth year, and the longest-running literature and spoken word festival in the capital
Harry Styles is the curator of the 2026 Meltdown festival in the Southbank Centre’s 75th anniversary year
16 February 2026 • Mark Westall
Harry Styles will take over the Southbank Centre this June as curator of the 2026 edition of Meltdown
Southbank Centre Launches The Rest Is Fest with Goalhanger
1 December 2025 • Mark Westall
The Southbank Centre in collaboration with Goalhanger today unveils the programme for Goalhanger: The Rest Is Fest – a major new festival… Read More
Ralph Rugoff to step down as Hayward Gallery Director
10 September 2025 • Mark Westall
Ralph Rugoff OBE, Director of the Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery, will step down in Spring 2026 after 20 years in post.
WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER WALKED ON THE MOON: Rambert and (LA)HORDE Take Over Southbank Centre for UK premiere.
5 August 2025 • Mark Westall
Rambert and (LA)HORDE, join forces to transform the Southbank Centre site + buildings in UK premiere of WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER WALKED ON THE MOON
Gilbert & George to debut new pictures in landmark exhibition at Hayward Gallery.
29 May 2025 • Mark Westall
Gilbert & George will debut new pictures in landmark exhibition of their art from the past 25 years at the Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery
First artists announced for Little Simz’ Meltdown
24 March 2025 • Mark Westall
The Southbank Centre has announced the much-anticipated first wave of artists performing at Little Simz’ Meltdown.
See LA HAINE Live at the Royal Festival Hall
9 January 2025 • Mark Westall
See LA HAINE Live at the Royal Festival Hall, presented by the Southbank Centre and BFI. Critically acclaimed upon its… Read More
Southbank Centre highlights for the year ahead.
23 September 2024 • Mark Westall
The Southbank Centre has announced a raft of new programming highlights for the year ahead, reflecting the vision of Artistic… Read More
Southbank Centre announces International Performance & Dance programme for 2024-2025
8 February 2024 • Mark Westall
The Southbank Centre has revealed its 2024-2025 Performance and Dance programme, featuring an array of international work, contemporary collaborations and… Read More
New art installation unveiled in London to promote compassion towards refugees
12 June 2023 • Mark Westall
A new art installation has been unveiled in London’s Southbank Centre to promote compassion towards refugees. This comes as the… Read More
Honey Dijon announces Southbank Centre takeover with Juergen Teller shoot.
22 May 2023 • Mark Westall
The Southbank Centre today announced that pioneering DJ and producer Honey Dijon is taking over its venues for two exceptional evenings of live music… Read More
Exhibition celebrating David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane to open at Southbank Centre.
29 March 2023 • Mark Westall
Exhibition celebrating David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane to open at Southbank Centre in April. The two-month-long exhibition explores the creation of the album’s iconic artwork
Aladdin Sane: 50 Years celebrates David Bowie’s album, Aladdin Sane.
27 February 2023 • Mark Westall
The Southbank Centre today announces a raft of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of David Bowie’s iconic 1973 album, Aladdin Sane. Aladdin Sane: 50 Years
Southbank Centre team up with Apple to support Black & Black Mixed heritage creative talent.
23 January 2023 • Mark Westall
The Southbank Centre and Apple today announced national partners and further details of REFRAME, its pioneering new talent development programme to support emerging Black and Black Mixed heritage creatives in London, Manchester and Birmingham.
BODIES and THIRST TRAP by Ray Young
31 August 2022 • Mark Westall
Groundbreaking immersive art installation explores Climate Activism, Neurodiversity & human connection with water
Ai Weiwei curates FREEDOM an art exhibition created by prisoners.
8 August 2022 • Mark Westall
Koestler Arts has announced that their fifteenth Annual UK Exhibition in partnership with the Southbank Centre this October will be… Read More
Greta Thunberg to headline the London Literature Festival in world exclusive launch of The Climate Book
5 August 2022 • Mark Westall
The Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival – the longest-running celebration of the written and spoken word of its kind in… Read More
Summer: In the Black Fantastic — imagining new futures through Black art + culture
18 May 2022 • Mark Westall
This summer the Southbank Centre is exploring Black art and popular culture with an extraordinary season of multi-artform events, featuring outdoor art installations, music, literature, poetry and performance as well as a wealth of free-to-attend events.
Southbank Centre’s Winter Festival lights up the holidays.
23 December 2021 • Mark Westall
The Southbank Centre’s Winter Festival features nine weeks of festive events, exhibitions and dazzling performances. Visitors of all ages can… Read More
Hayward Gallery appoints Yung Ma as Curator
6 December 2021 • Mark Westall
Yung Ma has been appointed Curator, Hayward Gallery at the Southbank Centre to work on the gallery’s dynamic programme that… Read More
Southbank Centre unveils first digital Unlimited festival programme accessible to global audience
7 January 2021 • Mark Westall
TTo coincide with International Day of Disabled Persons, the Southbank Centre today announces details of its first digital Unlimited festival programme, a five-day festival featuring dance, performance, comedy, film, talks, workshops and art that celebrates the artistic vision of disabled artists
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week 08/04/18
8 April 2018 • Tabish Khan
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week include: A massive warehouse, floating glass, a new gallery find, Indian independence, lots of dots, instrument cases and British jazz.