Serpentine Pavilion Archives

Mass Studies selected to design 23rd Serpentine Pavilion.

22 January 2024 • Mark Westall

Serpentine has revealed that Seoul-based Korean architect Minsuk Cho and his firm Mass Studies have been selected to design the 23rd Serpentine Pavilion.

Serpentine Park Nights 2023: Art, Music, Dance, Poetry, Performance + Rave all *LIVE.

17 August 2023 • Mark Westall

Serpentine has revealed details of Park Nights 2023, its experimental, interdisciplinary, live programme sited within the annual architectural commission, the 22nd Serpentine… Read More

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22nd Serpentine Pavillion unveiled À table designed by Lina Ghotmeh – Architecture

5 June 2023 • Mark Westall

Serpentine is to open the 22nd Pavilion, designed by French-Lebanese Paris-based architect Lina Ghotmeh, at Serpentine South this week on… Read More

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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Black Chapel from Theaster Gates is the 21st Serpentine Pavilion

7 June 2022 • Mark Westall

The 21st Serpentine Pavilion, Black Chapel, designed by Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates opens this week on Friday 10th June 2022. Black Chapel is realised with the… Read More

THEASTER GATES DESIGN REVEALED FOR SERPENTINE PAVILION 2022

3 February 2022 • Mark Westall

Today, plans were revealed for Black Chapel, the 21st Serpentine Pavilion designed by Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates. Black Chapel is realised with the… Read More

Johannesburg-based practice Counterspace have designed the 20th Serpentine Pavilion.

8 June 2021 • Mark Westall

The 20th Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Johannesburg-based practice Counterspace, directed by Sumayya Vally, will open on 11th June 2021. A TIME100 Next List… Read More

Theaster Gates to design the 2022 Serpentine Pavilion

21 May 2021 • Mark Westall

Chicago artist Theaster Gates is to design the 2022 Serpentine Pavilion, making him the first non-architect solely commissioned for the Pavilion.

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.

The Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has been selected to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2019.

14 February 2019 • Mark Westall

The Japanese architect Junya Ishigami, celebrated for his experimental structures that interpret traditional architectural conventions and reflect natural phenomena, has been selected to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2019.

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The Mexican architect Frida Escobedo to design next Serpentine Pavilion

8 February 2018 • Mark Westall

The Mexican architect Frida Escobedo, celebrated for dynamic projects that reactivate urban space, has been commissioned to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2018.

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Serpentine pavilion ‘unzipped’: first look at Bjarke Ingels’ design

25 February 2016 • Mark Westall

The Danish architect offers a sculptural space ‘like a mountain of ice cubes’ stretching across the London gallery’s lawn, to be complemented by four radical summer houses

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Pastels, ice creams and drugless trips

26 June 2015 • Staff

As many of you may already know today, is international ice cream day.

What happens to the Serpentine pavilions? Beach cafe, billionaire’s retreat, wedding marquee……

18 June 2015 • Mark Westall

Everyone from Ai Weiwei and Frank Gehry to Zaha Hadid has designed a folly for the Serpentine gallery, but what happens to these starchitect baubles after their summer in the sun?