Top 5 art exhibitions in London
Posted on June 30, 2016
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Forget all the rumours and feuds taking shape on our streets and head for the calm and adventure of these top 5 exhibitions in London.
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The gallery’s annual summer group exhibition is championed for its curation of new talent and top trends.
The Art Garden Party will coincide with the seventh edition of the Whitecross Street Party (WXSP). The festival that has been dubbed ‘The Rise of The Non-Conformists’ celebrates the East End community and the best of Street Art, with live painting, music and of course tasty treats from the award winning food market. You can catch all of this plus Dan Rawlings cut out transit van on Saturday 16 July, 12-6pm.
Now- 6 August
Curious Duke Gallery
173 Whitecross Street, London EC1Y 8JT
Open Monday- Friday 11:30-6:30, Saturday 12-4
Nearest Tube: Old Street and Barbican
Free
Polymer
Working from the ancient Greek work Polymer, this exhibition explores its definition of something that has many parts. Together artists Valérie Kolakis, Sarlett Bowman and Neal Rock present works that contain a diverse range of materials, and works that undergo a vast scope of processes and forms that border on skin, suspended action and abstraction.
Now- 30 July
FOLD
158 New Cavendish St, London W1W 6YW
Open Wednesday – Saturday 12-6
Nearest station: Goodge Street
Free
Making & Unmaking: An exhibition curated by Duro Olowu
Duro Olowu is known as a fashion designer, however his use of colours and curation of wider art forms has marked him as a creative voice to be heard. This exhibition takes over the whole of Camden Art Centre with 70 artists that address recurring political themes.
Now – 18 September
Camden Arts Centre
Arkwright Road, London NW3 6DG
Open Tuesday – Sunday
Nearest stations: Finchley Road and Hampstead Heath
Free
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The Zabludowicz Collection Invites series continues with sculptor Victoria Adam. The exhibitions has an interesting titles that takes its name from an interpretation of the alchemical symbol for lunar caustic a material more commonly known as silver nitrate. Adam is interested in materials and forms that include products that make up our daily routines.
Now- 17 July
Zabludowicz Collection
176 Prince of Wales Road, London NW5 3PT
Open Thursday- Sunday 12-6
Nearest stations: Chalk Farm and Kentish Town West
Free
Serpentine Pavilion and Summer Houses 2016
Always a summer delight, this year’s commission has grown to ask four creators to build a summerhouse, and all four have not built a permanent building in the UK before. Each of the buildings is an architectural response to Queen Caroline’s Temple, and each response is very different to the next.
Now- 9 October
Serpentine Gallery
Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA
Open daily from 10-6
Nearest station: South Kensington
Free
Liked this? Read our interview with Carly Cornelissen here.
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Written by Curious Duke Gallery blogger Sinéad Loftus.
Lover of all art and fluffy cats.