A solo exhibition of striking new paintings which examine the consequences of toxic waste produced by mining colbalt and other heavy metals, on the environment and community of Katanga in DRC.

Free

Co-curators of the exhibition, Lagos Studio Archives, will discuss their ongoing work in preserving works from the studio. They will select a range of works to expand on the history and legacy of the archive. Join us as we explore the legacy of Nigerian photography in this exhibition, and ensure its contributions are recognised within the broader cultural history of photography.

£5

You are invited to celebrate the opening of two new exhibitions at Autograph's gallery in Hackney: Rotimi Fani-Kayode: The Studio – Staging Desire, exploring a radical vision of culture, intimacy, desire and pain, and Abi Morocco Photos: Spirit of Lagos, capturing the rich style and joyous spirit of Lagos in the 1970s through portraiture.

Everyone is welcome to Autograph's exhibition openings. Both galleries will be open, plus drinks and an outdoor seating area. This is an informal event, you can arrive and leave at any time

Free

Join Artistic Director of October Gallery, Elisabeth Lalouschek, in conversation with Director of Special Projects, Gerard Houghton, for a talk which aims to unpack these intriguing questions, using the works in Vital Force to highlight 45 years of October Gallery’s partnership with some of the world’s most renowned contemporary artists.

Disabled access is available as the talk will take place on the ground floor, within the exhibition, Vital Force.

Hear Darren Newbury speak about Ernest Cole and his landmark photographic book, House of Bondage

Price: £8, £5 members & concessions

Cob Gallery presents the debut solo exhibition for Chinese artist Yi Liu. Known for a unique blend of Eastern and Western painting techniques, Yi Liu's latest series, Searching the Mountains, continues her exploration of traditional oriental imagery while incorporating Western artistic methods.

Free

A talk and screening from filmmaker Ben Rivers. His films are intimate portrayals of solitary beings or isolated communities, between documentary and fiction.

£8 full, £6.50 concessions, half price for Blue Members

Sir John Akomfrah will discuss his practice and career with curator Tarini Malik, from groundbreaking multi-channel film installations such as Vertigo Sea (2015) to his recent commission Listening All Night to the Rain (2024) by the British Council to represent Britain at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2024.

£20/£12 in person or £10/£8 online

Step into an artist’s studio with this film screening and in-conversation

£10/ £7 / £5 Concessions

This talk examines how cultural exchange during the 1920s in Berlin, Paris, and the USA shaped contemporary understanding of race

£5 / £3 Concessions

Free

Stephen Friedman Gallery is pleased to present clouds, Kenturah Davis’ debut solo exhibition in the UK. The drawing series that comprise this show are united by a common text—an essay penned by Davis that explores perception as an expressive and existential state.

Free

Adam Rouhana’s second London solo exhibition constructs a prism that rejects constituent ontological violence and instead works toward the formation of emancipatory potentialities. ‘The Revolution Cannot Be Built on Dreams Alone: The Beauty of Truth and Right’ will feature new work made in 2024, drawing inspiration from the fertility of the land and the verdancy of spring in Palestine.

Free

Emergent Energies presents a selection of innovative artwork by: Theresa Weber, Matheus Marques Abu, Dafe Oboro, Gosette Lubondo, Eyasu Telayneh and Zana Masombuka. Comprising photographic works, paintings and sculpture, the exhibition highlights the dynamic range and vitality that each of these young artists brings to their work.

Free

An ‘in conversation’ public talk at the V&A to share knowledge and insight into discussions on Anti-Racism and Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion within the Arts, Heritage, and Cultural sector.

Free

Affirming the value and survival of her ancestors’ indigenous knowledge, Mexican-British artist Mónica Alcázar-Duarte examines western society’s obsession with speed, expansion and resource accumulation at a time when ecological disaster looms.

£5

Join Joy Johnson as we seek to explore luxurious items patronised by the wealthy which symbolised the identity of the New World, the “Americas” during the 18th & 19th centuries.

Free

Join this discussion on the theme ‘movement’ led by artists, curators and museologists.

Using Keith Piper's Viva Voce as a reference, we will examine, collaboratively, how public institutions approach presenting contested art objects and artefacts in the present day and consider future contexts and solutions for the wider museum sector. We will be joined by practicing artists, creatives, academics, curators and museologists for a roundtable talk that gets to the heart of these complexities and hear from the audience too how institutions can be best equipped to navigate these conversations.

The discussion will take place in the JMW Turner display.

£5 / £3 Concessions

Frith Street Gallery announces an exhibition of new work by Dayanita Singh. Over the last 40 years Singh has created pioneering works that cross genres, explore the boundaries of photography and expand our perception of the photographic image.

Free

Flowers Gallery presents "Mixed Emotions," a solo exhibition by NPG Portrait Prize winner Tai Shan Schierenberg, opening on 15 May 2024. This exhibition marks a profound exploration of Schierenberg’s German and Chinese Malaysian heritage, offering a series of self-portraits and landscapes that navigate the intricacies of identity and belonging.

Free

Set in Philadelphia, The Watermelon Woman is the story of Cheryl (Cheryl Dunye), a twentysomething black lesbian struggling to make a documentary about Fae Richards, a beautiful and elusive 1930s black film actress popularly known as 'The Watermelon Woman'.

Free (booking required)

The Picture Description Talk series Picture Description talks are designed for our blind or visually impaired visitors. Delivered by our trained guides, each talk introduces paintings from our Collection or the exhibition followed by a group discussion.

Free

Lychee One presents ‘Portals to The Past’, the first solo exhibition in our space by Chinese- born artist Qian Qian. This exhibition advances Qian’s artistic explorations over the past five years, intertwining the realms of technology with mythology, the material with the spiritual, and the tangible with the transcendent. In addition to her latest watercolours on paper, the exhibition also features her first attempt at presenting oil paintings on canvas, alongside a sculptural installation piece titled Form and Emptiness.

Free

A solo exhibition by Ethiopian artist Tesfaye Urgessa, coinciding with the artist’s representation at Ethiopia’s inaugural participation in La Biennale di Venezia.

This reading group will explore two texts in order to investigate the contradictions, strategies and forms of movement building that are necessary to respond to crisis and oppressive governance.

£10.00 / £8.00 MEMBER / £8.00 CONCESSION

LR Vandy will discuss her new works and artistic practice in a Gallery Talk with Elisabeth Lalouschek, October Gallery’s Artistic Director.

October Gallery is delighted to present the second solo exhibition of LR Vandy, following last year’s display of her large-scale installation, Dancing in Time: The Ties That Bind Us, a five-meter-high rope sculpture commissioned for the International Slavery Museum’s Martin Luther King celebrations at Liverpool’s Canning Dock waterfront.

Free

In an ambitious new commission developed site-responsively for Gallery Three and the Reading Room, Omoding will repurpose abandoned materials and objects, interweaving them with new metalwork produced in a London foundry, music, and video in an installation that embraces the characteristic exuberance and generosity of his practice.

Free

Pippy Houldsworth Gallery presents Shaqúelle Whyte’s first solo exhibition, Yute, you’re gonna be fine.

In his paintings, Whyte presents imagined spaces imbued with a sense of ambiguity that interrogate the human condition, all the while exploring the material qualities of the medium. Loosely rendered, energetic brushwork and an expansive approach to composition are hallmarks of the artist’s practice.

Free

October Gallery is delighted to present the second solo exhibition of LR Vandy, following last year’s display of her large-scale installation, Dancing in Time: The Ties That Bind Us, a five-meter-high rope sculpture commissioned for the International Slavery Museum’s Martin Luther King celebrations at Liverpool’s Canning Dock waterfront. Twist features a new series of sculptures created from a variety of ropes and other materials; one large-scale rope work, several smaller rope sculptures, a collection of photographic prints and further new works from the artist’s signature Hull series.

Free

Felix & Spear present Speak To Me Great Lionheaded Ancestors, an exhibition of sculptures and wall-based works by Fowokan George Kelly (b. 1943).

Free (rsvp essential)