Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art
31 October 2022 • Mark Westall
The first large-scale group exhibition in the UK to explore how contemporary artists have used the medium of clay in inventive ways opens
Tag: Hayward Gallery
In the Black Fantastic at Hayward Gallery
29 July 2022 • Lee Sharrock
In the Black Fantastic is a magical, fantastical exhibition featuring 11 contemporary artists from the African diaspora; Nick Cave, Sedrick Chisom,… Read More
In the Black Fantastic
29 June 2022 • Mark Westall
The Hayward Gallery opens In the Black Fantastic, today the UK’s first major exhibition dedicated to the work of Black artists who use fantastical elements to… 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.
Hayward Gallery appoints Rachel Thomas as Chief Curator
19 April 2022 • Mark Westall
Rachel Thomas has been appointed Chief Curator of the Hayward Gallery at the Southbank Centre. Rachel joins the gallery on 28th April 2022 from the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)
Alienation and Connection: Louise Bourgeois at Hayward Gallery
14 February 2022 • Phin Jennings
Entering an exhibition, we always carry baggage. However minimal, we invariably have some idea of what we expect to see…. Read More
Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child.
8 February 2022 • Mark Westall
I think I’ve just seen the best exhibition of 2022 already, in New York the Colette Lumiere show has been… 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
Review: Mixing It Up leads to mixed results at Hayward Gallery
10 September 2021 • Tabish Khan
Mixing it up with mixed results in a new Hayward Gallery exhibition.
Mixing It Up: Painting Today
6 August 2021 • Mark Westall
Mixing It Up: Painting Today is the Hayward Gallery’s big Autumn exhibition bringing together 31 contemporary painters whose work freely… Read More
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London in July
3 July 2021 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his top exhibitions to see in early July. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you
What’s Right With Art: Video Art at Home
8 June 2021 • Tabish Khan
The advantages of watching video art at home.
Matthew Barney: Redoubt,
19 April 2021 • Mark Westall
Matthew Barney: Redoubt is an exhibition of the renowned artist and filmmaker’s latest body of work. The exhibition, the artist’s… Read More
The Top 5 Multi-Artist Exhibitions to see right now
23 August 2020 • Tabish Khan
The Top 5 Multi-Artist Exhibitions to see right now In London include Trees, sky, tentacles, legs and royalty.
Hayward Gallery to reopen to the public on 1st August
21 July 2020 • Mark Westall
Hayward Gallery to reopen to the public on 1st August with Among the Trees exhibition and offering free tickets for NHS staff. After more than 20 weeks closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic
‘Among the Trees’ first comprehensive art exhibition exploring Trees and Forests to open at Hayward Gallery.
29 January 2020 • Mark Westall
Among the Trees celebrates key works of art that reimagine how we think about trees and forests. Spanning the past 50 years, the exhibition brings together major works by 38 leading international artists from five different continents.
Bridget Riley
31 October 2019 • Mark Westall
On now Hayward Gallery are showing a major retrospective devoted to the work of celebrated British artist Bridget Riley. Spanning 70 years of the artist’s working life, it is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of her work to date.
Hayward Gallery presents a major retrospective exhibition devoted to the work of celebrated British artist Bridget Riley
9 October 2019 • Mark Westall
Hayward Gallery presents a major retrospective exhibition devoted to the work of celebrated British artist Bridget Riley. Spanning 70 years of the artist’s working life, it will be the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of her work to date
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London during Frieze week
29 September 2019 • Tabish Khan
Microscopes, heavy machinery, salt tasting, big sculpture, a tiger hat and lots of slate.
Kader Attia: The Museum of Emotion
12 February 2019 • Mark Westall
Opening tomorrow Wednesday 13th February 2019, Hayward Gallery’s new exhibition presents the first major survey in the United Kingdom of one of today’s leading international artists: Kader Attia.
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London right now
20 January 2019 • Tabish Khan
This weeks Top 7 art exhibitions to see includes A lion, a stag and a unicorn, disembodied limbs, Trump. nudity, a robot face, lights and figures.
DRAG: Self-portraits and Body Politics
10 August 2018 • Mark Westall
DRAG: Self-portraits and Body Politics ?is the first institutional exhibition to expand on the traditional representations of drag, involving drag queens, drag kings and bio drags from different generations and backgrounds.
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
29 July 2018 • Tabish Khan
Staircases, a zeppelin, cities breaking apart, a ceramic tiger, texture, finance and hip hop.
Hayward Gallery is 50 today and its gonna celebrate
9 July 2018 • Mark Westall
Exactly 50 years today, Monday 9 July, the Hayward Gallery was opened by HM The Queen. To mark this special anniversary, the gallery is holding a series of commemorative events.