Serpentine announce Summer Live Programme
17 June 2022 • Mark Westall
This summer, Serpentine will present an exciting programme of events staged around Black Chapel, the 21st Serpentine Pavilion designed by Theaster… Read More
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New York-based painter Jennifer Packer solo exhibition The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing now open in London
4 December 2020 • Mark Westall
New York-based painter Jennifer Packer recalibrates art historical approaches to portraiture and still life, casting these enduring genres in a… Read More
Yesomi Umolu has been appointed Director of Curatorial Affairs and Public Practice at The Serpentine
20 November 2020 • Mark Westall
The Serpentine has announced the appointment of Yesomi Umolu as Director of Curatorial Affairs and Public Practice. Umolu will oversee the Serpentine’s curatorial,… Read More
You can now virtually recreate Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s London Mastaba on your mobile phone.
8 July 2020 • Mark Westall
From today 8th July 2020, visitors to Hyde Park can virtually recreate one of the best loved public artworks of recent years, Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s London Mastaba, on their mobile phones.
Everyone share : Earth perspectives, a new participatory artwork by Olafur Eliasson.
22 April 2020 • Mark Westall
Earth perspectives, a new participatory artwork by Olafur Eliasson, which invites people to reflect on the co-existence of multiple world views, launches today, Earth Day: Wednesday 22 April 2020.
Earth perspectives, a new participatory artwork by Olafur Eliasson to launch on Earth Day
16 April 2020 • Mark Westall
Earth perspectives, a new participatory artwork by Olafur Eliasson, will be launched on Earth Day on Wednesday 22nd April 2020 as part of Back to Earth, a new, multi year project by the Serpentine Galleries
Can Korean boy band BTS help contemporary art make the world a better place?
17 January 2020 • Mark Westall
CONNECT, BTS crosses geographical borders in a series of projects by different curators who resonated with BTS’ philosophy. It will be extensively documented online to reach a wide audience and has officially launched this week.
Bettina Korek is to become the new CEO at the Serpentine Galleries
10 December 2019 • Mark Westall
Bettina Korek, who currently runs Frieze L.A. will start work as the new CEO of Serpentine Galleries in March and team up with the gallery’s artistic director Hans Ulrich Obrist in time for next year’s 50th anniversary.
REVIEW: Patrick Staff: On Venus
19 November 2019 • Ksenya Blokhina
In his ambitious new installation at the Serpentine, British artist Patrick Staff has created a sickly environment that forces visitors to confront the effects of institutionalised violence and the conflation of morality with gender identity.
Faith Ringgold’s first exhibition in a European institution opens today at Serpentine Galleries.
5 June 2019 • Mark Westall
The ground-breaking work of Faith Ringgold (b. 1930, Harlem, New York) is celebrated in an exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries, her first in a European institution.
“I have a responsibility to the world, to my planet.” Luchita Hurtado
22 May 2019 • Mark Westall
The Serpentine presents the first UK solo exhibition of works by Luchita Hurtado (b.1920, Maiqueti?a, Venezuela). The exhibition traces the trajectory of Hurtado’s expansive, 80-year career
The Shape of a Circle in the Mind of a Fish with Plants
10 May 2019 • Mark Westall
The Shape of a Circle in the Mind of a Fish with Plants is a multidisciplinary festival that brings together artists, scientists, writers, anthropologists and musicians for talks, performances, screenings and listening sessions that raise and address some of the most urgent questions facing all of us.
Allied Editions partner with New York organisations at Frieze New York 2018
29 April 2018 • Mark Westall
London based non-profit collective Allied Editions partner with New York organisations to launch exclusive artist editions at Frieze New York.
Allied Editions, best value @ #FriezeLondon
6 October 2017 • Mark Westall
Allied Editions is a unique artist’s editions collective organised by Camden Arts Centre, Chisenhale Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), South London Gallery, Studio Voltaire, Serpentine Galleries and Whitechapel Gallery.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
14 November 2016 • Tabish Khan
A darkened lab, psychedelic LEDs, disco balls, golden trees and child victims of Syrian bombings.
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
7 September 2015 • Tabish Khan
This week’s top 5 features destruction, lifelike mannequins, bullet time photography, conflict and a centenary.
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
25 January 2015 • Tabish Khan
This week’s top 5 includes punching bags, buried expletives, darkness, video games and abstract photography
Paul’s ART STUFF on a train # 87: ‘Encore, Slathered Paint’
24 December 2014 • Paul Carey-Kent
It’s odd how little Bertrand Lavier (born 1949) has been shown in London
ART NEWS: Serpentine Galleries launch unisex fragrance with Comme des Garçons
30 April 2014 • Mark Westall
Serpentine Galleries has collaborated with the fashion house Comme des Garçons to develop a bespoke unisex fragrance
PREVIEW: Jake and Dinos Chapman: Come and See at Serpentine Sackler Gallery
31 October 2013 • Mark Westall
Come and See will demonstrate the range of Jake and Dinos’s output – from painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture, to film, music and literature – providing a unique insight into the complexity of their practice and their prolific career.
