Serpentine Galleries

Lucy Raven

Lucy Raven (b. 1977, Tucson, Arizona) is an artist based in New York. Her practice encompasses a variety of different media including animated films, sculptural installations, performative lectures, curatorial projects, and interventions into live television.

Lucy Raven

Thursday 08 December 2016 to Sunday 12 February 2017
Art exhibition in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Zaha Hadid

This winter, the Serpentine presents an exhibition of paintings and the rarely seen drawings of the pioneering and visionary architect Zaha Hadid. The exhibition will take place in the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, an extension completed in 2013 and one of Zaha Hadid Architects’ first permanent buildings in central London.

Zaha Hadid

Thursday 08 December 2016 to Sunday 12 February 2017
Art exhibition in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Serpentine Cinema curated by Lucy Raven, session 3: Vertigo (title sequence), La Region Centrale

On the occasion of Lucy Raven’s solo exhibition, the artist has curated a series of screenings taking place in the evenings at the Serpentine Gallery and transforming the Gallery into a pop-up cinema. Produced in collaboration with MUBI.

Lucy Raven

Tuesday 17 January 2017 to Tuesday 17 January 2017
Art screening in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Saturday Talks: Joseph Constable on Lucy Raven: Edge of Tomorrow

Assistant Curator, Joseph Constable, leads a tour of the exhibition, Lucy Raven: Edge of Tomorrow.

Lucy Raven Joseph Constable

Saturday 14 January 2017 to Saturday 14 January 2017
Art talk in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Helen Marten

Serpentine Galleries presents the work of London-based artist Helen Marten (b. 1985) who combines disparate imagery and materials to create eclectic, large scale works.

Helen Marten

Thursday 29 September 2016 to Sunday 20 November 2016
Art exhibition in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Marc Camille Chaimowicz: An Autumn Lexicon

The Serpentine Galleries presents the work of Marc Camille Chaimowicz (b. post-war, Paris). Recognised as one of the first artists to exploit installation, painting and performance, his influence on a younger generation of artists has never been more keenly felt.

Marc Camille Chaimowicz

Thursday 29 September 2016 to Sunday 20 November 2016
Art exhibition in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Saturday Talks: Melissa Blanchflower: Marc Camille Chaimowicz: An Autumn Lexicon

The Serpentine presents an exhibition by artist Marc Camille Chaimowicz (b. post-war, Paris). Increasingly influential for younger generations of artists, his work explores the space between public and private, design and art, and includes painting, sculpture and photography with prototypes for everyday objects, furnishings and wallpapers.

Marc Camille Chaimowicz Melissa Blanchflower

Saturday 19 November 2016 to Saturday 19 November 2016
Art talk in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Saturday Talks: Agnes Gryczkowska: Marc Camille Chaimowicz: An Autumn Lexicon

The Serpentine presents an exhibition by artist Marc Camille Chaimowicz (b. post-war, Paris). Increasingly influential for younger generations of artists, his work explores the space between public and private, design and art, and includes painting, sculpture and photography with prototypes for everyday objects, furnishings and wallpapers.

Marc Camille Chaimowicz Agnes Gryczkowska

Saturday 22 October 2016 to Saturday 22 October 2016
Art talk in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Unwritten Handbook: Harold Offeh

From January – March 2016, Harold Offeh worked with a group of twelve Year 10 students from Westminster Academy on the Serpentine Galleries Youth Forum. The young people worked with Harold to collectively write, record and produce a television programme entitled ‘Everything is T.V: Who has the Power?’.

Harold Offeh

Saturday 22 October 2016 to Saturday 22 October 2016
Art talk in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Miracle Marathon

The Serpentine’s annual festival of ideas brings together practitioners from the fields of activism, art, anthropology, architecture, literature, music, philosophy, theology and science to focus on ritual, imagination and magical thinking.

Francis Alÿs Gilbert & George Genesis P Orridge Romuald Hazoumè Christo Etel Adnan Douglas Gordon Jimmie Durham The Otolith Group Kader Attia Mario Bellatin Boris Groys Gustav Metzger Jacqueline Rose Jalal Toufic Adrián Villar Rojas Eyal Weizman Tomás Saraceno Apichatpong Weerasethakul Alice Rawsthorn Hito Steyerl James Bridle Sophia Al Maria Fleur Melbourn Marianna Simnett Jesse Darling Andrew O’Hagan Martine Syms Anne Carson Tai Shani A. Igoni Barrett Mark Cousins Pierre Depaz Es Devlin Manthia Diawara Marcus Du Sautoy Navine G. Khan Dossos Kathelin Gray Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff Bhanu Kapil Kasper König Norman M. Klein Timothy Morton Carina Namih Edna O'brien Jussi Parrika Carlo Rovelli Riccardo Sabatini Kemang Wa Lehulere Sarah Abu Abdallah Meriç Algün Ringborg Lekan Babalola And The Sacred Funk Project Rebecca Bligh Federico Campagna Kris De Meyer Gabriel Gbadamosi Daniel Glaser John Dylan Haynes Caspar Heinemann William Kherbek Syowia Kyambi Rachel Mac Lean Julian Melchiorri Walter Mignolo Marie N Diaye Ruth Padel Paul Purgas Milo Rau Beatriz Santiago Muñoz Simon Schaffer Jim Shaw Takeshi Shiomitsu Adam Thirlwell Holly White John P. Allen Satish Kumar

Saturday 08 October 2016 to Monday 10 October 2016
Art special_event in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Serpentine Pavilion and Summer Houses 2016

The Serpentine Architecture Programme expands for 2016, with four Summer Houses joining the Serpentine Pavilion.

Friday 10 June 2016 to Sunday 09 October 2016
Art benefit in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Serpentine Summer Houses 2016: Asif Khan

Asif Khan’s design is inspired by the fact that Queen Caroline’s Temple was positioned in a way that it would allow it to catch the sunlight from The Serpentine lake.

Asif Khan

Friday 10 June 2016 to Sunday 09 October 2016
Art exhibition in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Serpentine Summer Houses 2016: Yona Friedman

Yona Friedman’s Summer House takes the form of a modular structure that can be assembled and disassembled in different formations.

Friday 10 June 2016 to Sunday 09 October 2016
Art exhibition in Greater London, United Kingdom.

James Bridle Digital Commission

Launching on 29 September 2016 the Serpentine's third digital commission, Cloud Index, is by British artist and writer James Bridle. Bridle’s work explores the many aspects of the term ‘cloud’, from modern computer networks to the English mystical tradition, from the history of weather forecasting to climate change and contemporary conspiracy fears.

James Bridle

Thursday 29 September 2016 to Thursday 29 September 2016
Art launch in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Park Nights 2016: BBC Radio 3's Late Junction, with Bas Jan, Adam Christensen, yeah you and more

A live recording of BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction in the Serpentine Pavilion, featuring live sets by musicians and artists.

Bas Jan Adam Christensen Evan Ifekoya

Friday 23 September 2016 to Friday 23 September 2016
Art performance in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Park Nights 2016: Jala Wahid, And I'll Promise You

Artist Jala Wahid brings together existing music, personal and collective histories, as well as her practice as a sculptor and film-maker, in an evening exploring collective affect, longing and love.

Jala Wahid

Friday 16 September 2016 to Friday 16 September 2016
Art exhibition in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Alex Katz: Quick Light

The Serpentine presents the work of renowned American painter Alex Katz (b. 1927, Brooklyn, New York). This exhibition will bring together Katz’s extraordinarily productive output of recent years alongside works from across his career in an installation that responds and relates to the unique context of the Serpentine Gallery.

Alex Katz

Thursday 02 June 2016 to Sunday 11 September 2016
Art exhibition in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Park Nights 2016: Buffalo Head: A Democratic Storytelling Experience

An evening of storytelling and collective decision-making, inspired by folktales from the South of Italy, sees the audience take part in shaping a narrative. Presented in collaboration with Fiorucci Art Trust on the occasion of the Trust’s yearly Volcano Extravaganza festival in Stromboli, Italy. With the participation of Jacob Bromberg, David Horvitz, Maria Loboda and Milovan Farronato

Maria Loboda Camille Henrot

Friday 17 June 2016 to Friday 17 June 2016
Art special_event in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Park Nights 2016: Fred Moten, Eileen Myles and Sondra Perry

Poets Fred Moten and Eileen Myles present readings in the Serpentine Pavilion. Multidisciplinary artist Sondra Perry responds to this context with a moving-image intervention.

Fred Moten Eileen Myles

Friday 10 June 2016 to Friday 10 June 2016
Art special_event in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Park Nights 2016

Between June and September 2016, Serpentine Galleries presents Park Nights, an annual series of live art, poetry, music, film, literature, performance and theory.

Maria Loboda Camille Henrot David Horvitz Fred Moten Asif Khan Eileen Myles Bjarke Ingels Kunlé Adeyemi Barkow Leibinger Yona Friedman Vicky Richardson. Sondra Perry Jacob Bromberg Milovan Farronato Brian Belott Silas Riene Anne Carson Jala Wahid Bas Jan

Tuesday 07 June 2016 to Tuesday 07 June 2016
Art special_event in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Public Talk: An Evening of Poetry, curated by Vincent Katz

Poets Etel Adnan, Elaine Equi, Peter Gizzi, John Godfrey and Vincent Katz gather in the Alex Katz exhibition for an evening of poetry readings. With the participation of Alex Katz.

Alex Katz Etel Adnan Elaine Equi Peter Gizzi John Godfrey Vincent Katz

Thursday 02 June 2016 to Thursday 02 June 2016
Art talk in Greater London, United Kingdom.

DAS INSTITUT

The Serpentine presents the first major exhibition of work by Kerstin Brätsch and Adele Röder in a UK public institution. Brätsch and Röder are based in New York and London. While each has her own practice, the artists have worked collaboratively as DAS INSTITUT since 2007.

Kerstin Brätsch Adele Röder

Sunday 06 March 2016 to Sunday 15 May 2016
Art exhibition in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Hilma af Klint: Painting the Unseen

Serpentine Galleries presents an exhibition of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (1862–1944), who is now regarded as a pioneer of abstract art. While her paintings were not seen publicly until 1986, her work from the early 20th century pre-dates the first purely abstract paintings by Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian and Kazimir Malevich.

Hilma Af Klint

Thursday 03 March 2016 to Sunday 15 May 2016
Art exhibition in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Serpentine Cinema: Sophie Cundale, After Picasso, God

The film sees a woman (played by Cundale) visit a hypnotist to address an unwanted addiction. As part of her cure, objects, people and images are transformed through hypnosis; pain is bought to the surface and removed through analgesia.

Sophie Cundale

Wednesday 17 February 2016 to Tuesday 16 February 2016
Art screening in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Michael Craig-Martin: Transience

This winter, the Serpentine presents an exhibition by Michael Craig-Martin, one of the best-known British artists of his generation. This is the first solo show of Craig-Martin’s work in a London public institution since 1989.

Michael Craig Martin

Wednesday 25 November 2015 to Sunday 14 February 2016
Art exhibition in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Simon Denny: Products for Organising

The Serpentine presents the work of Simon Denny, an artist who works with sculptural installations that include print, graphics, moving images and texts.

Simon Denny (New Zealand)

Wednesday 25 November 2015 to Sunday 14 February 2016
Art exhibition in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Saturday Talks: Amira Gad on Simon Denny

Curator Amira Gad leads a tour of the exhibition by Simon Denny, Products for Organising

Simon Denny

Saturday 06 February 2016 to Saturday 06 February 2016
Art talk in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Power to the Point: A Study Evening

Inspired by the exhibitions of Simon Denny's and Michael Craig-Martin's works at the Serpentine Galleries, this study evening examines the history and power of infographics and diagrams in the organisation and dissemination of ideas

Tuesday 02 February 2016 to Tuesday 02 February 2016
Art symposium in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Public Talk: Michael Craig-Martin

On the occasion of his exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, Transience, artist Michael Craig-Martin discusses his practice and transformations in design and technology with Hans Ulrich Obrist

Michael Craig Martin

Wednesday 16 December 2015 to Wednesday 16 December 2015
Art talk in Greater London, United Kingdom.

Serpentine Cinema: Patrick Goddard

Artist and film-maker Patrick Goddard shows two recent mockumentary films addressing money, complicity and commitment. Followed by a conversation with Ben Eastham. This screening is presented in collaboration with The White Review.

Patrick Goddard

Thursday 19 November 2015 to Thursday 19 November 2015
Art screening in Greater London, United Kingdom.