Top 5 #LondonExhibitions 5-11th Dec

 

Break out of the house this weekend in favour of a few art exhibitions to lift the spirits.

 

Lunar- three more shopping weekends!

Only three more weekends until Christmas, and we are in full festive decoration in the gallery. Fairy lights around urban art canvases make for a twinkly juxtaposition of gritty craftsmanship and merry making. All art £20 - £3,000, read here why once in a life time gifts beat rushed gift lists.

Now- 31^st January

Curious Duke Gallery

173 Whitecross Street

London, EC1Y 8JT

Open Monday – Friday 11:30 – 6:30, Saturday 12-4

Nearest stations: Old Street exit 6 and Barbican.

Free

 

 

Worry will vanish 

Following a solo show at Hayward Gallery, artist Piplotti Rist has transformed the gallery into a two walled video installation, each film concentrating on the moving patterns that are created everyday on flesh, spider webs and our detritus.

Now - 10^th January

Hauser and Wirth

23 Saville Row

London, W1S 2ET

Open Tuesday – Saturday 10-6

Free

 

 

Shinro Ohtake 

Working across drawing, painting and sculpture leading Japanese artist Ohtake sees no boundaries in mediums or medias, as combines traditional art methods with new media music and video. Now - 12^th December

Parasol Unit

14 Wharf Road

London, N1 7RW

Open Tuesday – Saturday 10-6, Sunday 12-5

Nearest station: Old Street

Free

 

 

Orchestrator of Geometric Form

German Sculptor Rutherbeck's survey showcases his materials investigations and his work into minimalism. The artists states that ‘we are moving towards immaterial art, yet we only approach it in small steps’.

Now - 15^th February 2015

Serpentine Gallery

Kensington Gardens

London, W2 3XA

Open Tuesday – Saturday 10-6.

Nearest station: South Kensington

Free

 

 

Who are you? 

Media favourite Grayson Perry takes over the 19^th and 20^th Century rooms at the National Portrait Gallery with 14 photographic portraits. Covering all bases of modern society, the collection includes X-Factor celebratory Rylan Clarke and disgraced politician Chris Huhne. Check website for opening times as upcoming events have been accommodated.

Now - 15^th March

National Portrait Gallery

St Martin's Place

London, WC2H 0HE

Open daily 10 – 6.

Nearest stations: Charing Cross and Leicester Square

Free

 

Written by Curious Duke Gallery blogger Sinéad Loftus.

Lover of all art and fluffy cats.