Exhibitions In London Now
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London right now Art critic Tabish Khan brings you ‘The Top Art Exhibitions to see in London’. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you. By signing up to our newsletter you consent to International Management Group (UK) Limited using your contact details to keep you informed by email about its and other similar events, products, services and content.
Apr 23, 2019 The British Library by Yinka Shonibare is now part of the permanent collection at Tate Modern, Level 2 Natalie Bell building. Until 17 November, free. ★★★★★ Exhibitions in Central London.
Halcyon Gallery presents Chihuly NOW, the latest solo gallery exhibition by American artist Dale Chihuly. Chihuly NOW, which explores the artist’s current art-making process, is on view 20 January through 22 April.Chihuly NOW reveals the continuing evolution of a master artist known for over 50 years of innovative experiments with light, space and form.
The body of work curated for the gallery exhibition demonstrates the artist’s desire to push boundaries when developing new work.“ Chihuly NOW celebrates Chihuly’s tenacious creativity and shows how essential experimentation is to his art-making process,” said Paul Green, President at Halcyon Gallery. “This show is the manifestation of how Chihuly continues to stretch the limits of his chosen media, and we are thrilled to share this immersive experience with art enthusiasts.”Chihuly creates unexpected experiences in unlikely places, and he is renowned for his ambitious architectural installations in historic cities, museums and gardens around the world. He strives to create visceral experiences that ignite the imagination of atypical art audiences and utilizes a variety of media including glass, paint, charcoal, graphite, neon, ice, and Polyvitro, to fulfil his vision.The selection of works featured in the gallery exhibition are comprised mainly of new works by Chihuly—many of which demonstrate new techniques and applications used by the artist. Highlights include Rotolo, heavy coils of glass wrapped around a core vessel which the artist premiered in 2013; a study of Chihuly’s penchant for asymmetry demonstrated through dramatic compositions of Persians; the artist’s celebrated Baskets; and Light Drawings, two-dimensional paintings on acrylic which showcase the artist’s expressive hand and his interest in the transmission of light through transparent media.
Now that 2018 is nearly over, it’s time to look forward to the exciting exhibitions that will be on offer in London during 2019. From Renaissance masters through Post-Impressionist delights, doyens of fashion design and contemporary art’s finest painters, sculptors, installation artists, photographers and video pioneers, 2019 will keep you inspired and enthused. Here’s a month by month guide to the highlights of the year’s exhibitions at the major museums and art galleries. JanuaryLondon Art Fair16-20 January 2019Business Design CentreThe Fair is an established destination for both museum-quality modern and contemporary work, nurturing collecting at all levels, from prints and editions to major works by internationally renowned artists.Grace Wales BonnerSerpentine Sackler Gallery18 January – 16 February 2019This is the first in a new series of short presentations of unique,interdisciplinary commissions by leading voices in the creative fields. Pierre Bonnard, Coffee, 1915Pierre Bonnard: The Colour of MemoryTate Modern23 January – 6 May 2019This is the first major exhibition of Pierre Bonnard’s work in the UK since the much-loved show at Tate 20 years ago. It will allow new generations to discover Bonnard’s unconventional use of colour while surprising those who think they already know him.£18Bill Viola / Michelangelo: Life Death RebirthRoyal Academy of Arts26 January – 31 March 2019The Royal Academy brings together two artists – born centuries apart – who explore the same universal themes with works of transcendent beauty and raw emotional power.£20February. Henry Moore, The Helmet 1939-40Henry Moore: The Helmet HeadsThe Wallace Collection6 March – 23 June 2019This ground-breaking exhibition reveals the untold story of Henry Moore’s lifelong fascination with armour at the Wallace Collection, inspiring the creation of his celebrated Helmet Head series.see website for pricesSteyerlSerpentine Sackler Gallery6 March – 6 May 2019Actual Reality OS (Digital Commission) – Launches 6 March 2019.
The Serpentine presents a new project by Hito Steyerl, German filmmaker, visual artist, writer and innovator of the essay documentaryOnly Human: Photographs by Martin ParrNational Portrait Gallery7 March – 27 May 2019A major new exhibition of works by Martin Parr, one of Britain’s best-known and most widely celebrated photographers.£16Emma KunzSerpentine Gallery23 March – 19 May 2019The first UK solo exhibition by the late Swiss healer, researcher and artist Emma Kunz (1892–1963). Van Gogh and Britain Tate BritainVan Gogh and BritainTate Britain27 March – 11 Augusts 2019This major exhibition brings together 45 works by Vincent van Gogh to reveal how he was inspired by Britain and how he inspired British artists.£22AprilMary QuantV&A6 April 2019 – 16 February 2020This exhibition will be the first international retrospective on the revolutionary fashion designer in nearly 50 years. It will focus on the years between 1955and 1975, when Quant revolutionised the high street with her subversive and playful designs for a younger generation.
Head by Head, 1905.Edvard Munch(1863-1944), MunchmuseetEdvard Munch: love and angstBritish Museum11 April – 21 July 2019This April, the British Museum will present a major new exhibition on the work of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944). Edvard Munch: love and angst will focus on Munch’s remarkable and experimental prints – an art form which made his name and at which he excelled throughout his life – and will examine his unparalleled ability to depict raw human emotion. It will be the largest exhibition of Munch’s prints in the UK for 45 years. Dale Chihuly. Summer Sun, 2010. 14½ x 14½ x 14”. Maker’s Mark Distillery, Loretto, Kentucky, installed 2017.
Best Exhibitions In London Now
Manga British MuseumMangaThe British Museum23 May – 26 August 2019Enter a graphic world where art and storytelling collide in the largest exhibition of manga ever to take place outside of Japan.Manga is a visual narrative art form that has become a multimedia global phenomenon, telling stories with themes from gender to adventure, in real or imagined worlds.Lee Krasner: Living in ColourBarbican Art Gallery30 May – 1 September 2019This exhibition celebrates the work and life of Lee Krasner (1908–1984), a pioneer of Abstract Expressionism.Frank BowlingTate Britain31 May – 26 August 2019. Faith Ringgold, Jazz Stories: Mama Can Sing, Papa Can Blow #1: Somebody Stole My Broken Heart, 2004, Acrylic on canvas with pieced fabric border, © 2018 Faith Ringgold / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Courtesy ACA Galleries, New YorkFaith RinggoldSerpentine Gallery6 June – 8 September 2019Faith Ringgold (b. 1930, Harlem, New York) is an artist, activist, educator and author whose work consistently challenges the perceptions of American identity and gender inequality through the lenses of the feminist and civil rights movements.GoncharovaTate Modern6 June – 8 Sept 2019Tate Modern will present the largest retrospective of Natalia Goncharova ever held in the UK. Many of the works have never been seen outside Russia before.Summer ExhibitionRoyal Academy of Arts10 June – 12 August 2019Annual world-famous exhibition like no other where works by leading artists, Royal Academician’s and household names are displayed alongside emerging talent in the largest open submission exhibition in the world.Kiss My GendersHayward Gallery12 June – 8 Sept 2019A group exhibition celebrating more than 30 international artists whose work explores and engages with gender fluidity, as well as non-binary, trans and intersex identities. Antony Gormley, LOST HORIZON I, 2008Antony GormleyRoyal Academy of Arts21 September – 3 December 2019Acclaimed sculptor Antony Gormley presents his most significant solo exhibition for over a decade.
Exhibitions In London Now
Rembrandt’s Light, Dulwich Picture GalleryRembrandt’s LightDulwich Picture Gallery4 October 2019 – 2 February 20202019 is The Year of Rembrandt with celebrations taking place throughout Europe to mark 350 years since the artist’s death (1669).Rembrandt’s Light’ will bring together 35 carefully selected international loans that focus on Rembrandt’s mastery of light and visual storytelling, concentrating on his greatest years from 1639-1658, when he lived in his ideal house at Breestraat in the heart of Amsterdam (today the Museum Het Rembrandthuis).Price: tbc.