As London Gallery Weekend returns for its fifth edition (6-8 June), we present an alphabetical selection of standout recommended exhibitions across the capital’s 126 participating galleries.
Emerging from discarded cans, strung across a salvaged frame and coiling to make a vessel — hair, specifically Black hair, is the defining medium of Nneka Kai’s solo exhibition On Unstable Grounds at Day & Night Projects.
The artist’s early landscapes were literal representations of what he saw, but by the time he painted this glorious vision of the Bernese Alps, in his sixties, he was more interested in capturing what Ruskin called ‘the spirit of a place.’
Gertrude Abercrombie’s barren landscapes, cats, female figures in long dresses, and other repeated imagery built a complex body of haunting American surrealist paintings, confounding audiences decades after her death.
New Contemporaries, the leading organisation supporting early career and emerging artists, and Christie’s Private Sales have partnered on a joint exhibition with Christie’s London, 75 Years of New Contemporaries.
There are plenty of high-profile contemporary art events across Europe where galleries fling open their doors to both art insiders and curious newcomers, offering a diverse mix of exhibitions, performances, and artist talks.