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Aspex Portsmouth

The Vulcan Building, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth PO1 3BF

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023 9277 8080
[email protected]
aspex.org.uk

Wed-Sun 11am-4pm

Open 11am - 4pm on bank holidays

CLASSifications

Until Oct 13
Aspex Portsmouth’s CLASSifications is a new group show featuring Jasleen Kaur, Dinu Li, Jamila Browse, and Joshua Raffell.

Gee Mullins: A Seat At The Table

Until Oct 20
Drawing from a rich tapestry of experience and emotion, food and travel fuel Gee Mullins’ creative process.

Autograph

Rivington Place, London EC2A 3BA

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020 7749 1240
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autograph.org.uk

Wed 11am-6pm, Thu 11am-9pm, Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 12.30-6pm

C. Rose Smith: Talking Back to Power

Until Oct 12
Confronting the histories of violence and wealth on cotton plantations in the Southern United States, Talking Back To Power proposes a reclamation of black visibility

Ernest Cole: A Lens in Exile

Until Oct 12
The first exhibition of Ernest Cole's photographs documenting New York City during the height of the civil rights movement in America

Bloc Projects

71 Eyre Lane, Sheffield S1 4RB

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07791 528277
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blocprojects.co.uk

Wed-Sat 12-6pm

Harcourt Road Exhibition: C & G Artpartment

Sep 28 – Nov 9

Camden Art Centre

Arkwright Road, London NW3 6DG

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020 7472 5500
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camdenartcentre.org

Tue-Wed 11am-6pm, Thu 11am-9pm, Fri-Sun 11am-6pm

Jack O'Brien: The Reward

Oct 4 – Dec 29
As the 2023 recipient of Camden Art Centre’s Emerging Artist Prize at Frieze, London-based artist Jack O’Brien develops a major new commission for Camden’s iconic Gallery Three in the autumn of 2004

Chisenhale Gallery

64 Chisenhale Rd, London E3 5QZ

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020 8981 4518
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chisenhale.org.uk

Wed-Sun 12-6pm

Simnikiwe Buhlungu

Until Nov 3

Delfina Foundation

29/31 Catherine Place, Victoria, London SW1E 6DY

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020 7233 5344
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delfinafoundation.com

Mon-Wed 12-6pm, Thu 12-8pm, Fri-Sun 12-6pm

Moe Satt: Rest the Thumbs on the Cheekbones

Oct 1 – Nov 17
Where musings on resistance and experiments on embodiment fuse into dance. The first European solo exhibition by artist Moe Satt from Myanmar, inc. new commission alongside recent and early works.

Design Museum

224-238 Kensington High Street, London W8 6AG

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+44 20 3862 5900

designmuseum.org

Mon-Thu 10am-6pm, Fri-Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 10am-6pm

Barbie®: The Exhibition

Until Feb 23 2025
A major exhibition exploring the design evolution of one of the world’s most famous dolls: Barbie®.

FACT Liverpool

88 Wood St, Liverpool L1 4DQ

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0151 707 4444
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fact.co.uk

Tue-Sun 11am-6pm

Sara Sadik

Until Oct 13
Sara Sadik presents a film and interactive installation that reflects on brotherhood and belonging, highlighting the complex relationship between alienation, ambition, and securing your legacy.

R.I.P. Germain

Until Oct 13
R.I.P. Germain presents an immersive installation that considers the complex overlaps between alternative currencies, gatekept spaces and odd logics that structure hidden worlds.

Art Plays Games

Until Apr 27 2025
Explore a free exhibition dedicated to showcasing games created by digital artists and independent video game developers.

Fashion and Textile Museum

83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XF

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+44 (0)20 7407 8664
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fashiontextilemuseum.org

Tue-Sat 11am-6pm

Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London

Oct 4 – Mar 9 2025
An exhibition centred around the legendary nightclub Taboo, opened by designer and performance artist Leigh Bowery in 1985.

Focal Point Gallery

The Forum, Elmer Square, Southend-on-Sea SS1 1NS

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01702 534108
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fpg.org.uk

Wed-Sat 11am-5pm

Adham Faramawy: And these deceitful waters

Oct 2 – Jan 4 2025

Gerald Moore Gallery

Mottingham Lane, London SE9 4RW

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020 8857 0448
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geraldmooregallery.org

Sat 10am-4pm and by appointment

Monsoon Clouds and Golden Orioles: The essential beauty of Indian miniature painting

Final week
Until Sep 28
We are pleased to present 'Monsoon Clouds and Golden Orioles – The essential beauty of India miniature painting', a solo exhibition by Jacqueline Synnott from 12th – 28th September 2024

Audit

Until Oct 12
'Audit, the solo exhibition by Reinis Lismanis at the Gerald Moore Gallery, continues the artist's investigation of everyday processes, labour, and the materiality of image-making.

Hastings Contemporary

Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings TN34 3DW

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01424 728377
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hastingscontemporary.org

Wed-Sun 11am-5pm

We are also open on bank holidays, 11am to 5pm.

Immortal Apples, Eternal Eggs

Opens today
Sep 21 – Mar 16 2025
Explore the rich and complex genre of still life in this major new exhibition, bringing together contemporary sculpture, video and installation alongside traditional still life painted works.

Henry Moore Institute

74 The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AH

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0113 246 7467
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henry-moore.org/henry-moore-institute

Tue-Sun 10am-5pm

[Sculpture Research Library open Mon-Fri 10:00–17:00; Archive of Sculptors’ Papers open Tue-Fri by prior appointment.]

Sculpting Royalty: Hew Locke and Mary Thornycroft

Until Nov 3
What happens when the work of a Victorian royal sculptor quite literally clashes with a twenty-first century reframing of monarchy and memorialisation?

Hany Armanious: Stone Soup

Until Nov 3
The Henry Moore Institute will reopen after refurbishment with an exhibition of work by Hany Armanious, one of Australia’s leading sculptors.

Imperial War Museum

Lambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ

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020 7416 5000

iwm.org.uk

Mon-Sun 10am-6pm

Storyteller: Photography by Tim Hetherington

Until Sep 29
A deeper look into the human experience of conflict.

The Lightbox Gallery

Chobham Road, Woking, Surrey GU21 4AA

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01483 737800
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thelightbox.org.uk

Tue-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm

Material Thinking

Until Oct 13
Material Thinking Discoveries are made through making... In partnership with The Ingram Collection and The University of Gloucestershire

Henry Moore in Colour

Until Nov 3
Henry Moore in Colour Organised in partnership with Henry Moore Foundation

LUX

Waterlow Park Centre, Dartmouth Park Hill, London N19 5JF

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020 3141 2960
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lux.org.uk

Wed-Sat 12-5pm

Sulaïman Majali: ‘in the house of names’

Until Nov 3
LUX is pleased to present a new solo exhibition by Sulaïman Majali, ‘in the house of names’, a Margaret Tait Award 2022 commission, presented in collaboration with LUX Scotland.

National Portrait Gallery

St Martin's Place, London WC2H 0HE

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+44 20 7306 0055

npg.org.uk

Mon-Thu 10.30am-6pm, Fri-Sat 10.30am-9pm, Sun 10.30am-6pm

Francis Bacon: Human Presence

Oct 10 – Jan 19 2025
Featuring more than 55 works from the 1950s onwards, this exhibition will explore Francis Bacon’s deep connection to portraiture and how he challenged traditional definitions of the genre.

Nottingham Contemporary

Weekday Cross, Nottingham NG1 2GB

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0115 948 9750
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nottinghamcontemporary.org

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm

Exhibition Launch Party - Donald Rodney

Sep 27, 6.30-11pm
Join us to celebrate the launch of our new exhibition, Donald Rodney: Visceral Canker.

Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery

St Peter’s Road, Petersfield GU32 3HX

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01730 262601
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petersfieldmuseum.co.uk

Tue-Sat 10am-5pm

Peggy Guggenheim: Petersfield to Palazzo

Until Oct 5
Delve into the extraordinary life of Peggy Guggenheim, the 20th-century self-proclaimed ‘art addict’ who called Yew Tree Cottage near Petersfield home from 1934 to 1939.

Royal Academy Of Arts

Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD

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020 7300 8090

royalacademy.org.uk

Tue-Sun 10am-6pm

In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s

Until Oct 13
Marvel at the groundbreaking modernist art made in Ukraine between 1900 and the 1930s.

Michael Craig-Martin

Opens today
Sep 21 – Dec 10

Somerset House

Strand, London WC2R 1LA

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+44 20 7845 4600
+44 333 320 2836
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somersethouse.org.uk

Mon-Sun 11am-6pm

Dono: Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom and Harun Morrison

Until Oct 20
Presenting new work by Somerset House Studios resident artists Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom and Harun Morrison.

South London Gallery

65-67 Peckham Road, London SE5 8UH

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020 7703 6120
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southlondongallery.org

Tue 11am-6pm, Wed 11am-9pm, Thu-Sun 11am-6pm

Nairy Baghramian: Jumbled Alphabet

Sep 27 – Jan 12 2025
For over 20 years Nairy Baghramian (b. 1971, Iran) has been making sculptures that ask you to reconsider your sense of self, space and relation to the object.

Southwark Park Galleries

Southwark Park, London SE16 2UA

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020 7237 1230
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southwarkparkgalleries.org

Wed-Sun 11am-5pm

Joy Labinjo

Until Sep 29
For Southwark Park Galleries’ 40th British-Nigerian painter Joy Labinjo will present a new body of work that celebrates our local community in her largest London institutional exhibition to date.

Paul Purgas // In The Temple of The Earth

Until Sep 29
Paul Purgas presents a new immersive commission incorporating sound and gathered materials which builds on research into the histories of design, music and spiritual philosophy within South Asia

Spike Island

133 Cumberland Road, Bristol BS1 6UX

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0117 929 2266
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spikeisland.org.uk

Wed-Sun 12-5pm

Sophia Al-Maria and Lydia Ourahmane: Grey Unpleasant Land

Private view Sep 27
Sep 28 – Jan 19 2025
A two-person exhibition blending the works and worlds of Sophia Al-Maria and Lydia Ourahmane.

Studio Voltaire

1a Nelsons Row, Clapham, London SW4 7JR

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020 7622 1294
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studiovoltaire.org

Wed-Sun 10am-5pm

In House: Ain Bailey and Holly Graham

Just opened
Until Nov 3
The third in our series of duo exhibitions organised by and for Studio Voltaire’s onsite community of studio artists.

Lap-See Lam

Just opened
Until Dec 15
This major new exhibition by Lap-See Lam (b.1990) develops from the artist’s presentation for the Nordic Pavilion at the 60th Biennale di Venezia, 2024.

Tate Britain

Millbank, London SW1P 4RG

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020 7887 8888

tate.org.uk

Mon-Sun 10am-6pm

Now You see Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920

Until Oct 13
Discover the artists who forged a path for generations to come

Tate Britain Commission: Alvaro Barrington

Until Nov 10
Alvaro Barrington will be the next artist to create a new installation for the Tate Britain Commission.

Tate Modern

Bankside, London SE1 9TG

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020 7887 8888

tate.org.uk

Mon-Sun 10am-6pm

Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and The Blue Rider

Until Oct 20
Discover the story of the friendships that made modern art.

Zanele Muholi

Until Jan 26 2025
A major UK survey of visual activist Zanele Muholi

Anthony McCall: Solid Light

Until Apr 27 2025
Step inside sculptures of light.

V&A

Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL

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020 7942 2000
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vam.ac.uk

Mon-Thu 10am-5.30pm, Fri 10am-10pm, Sat-Sun 10am-5.30pm

Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence

Final week
Until Sep 22

Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection

Until Jan 5 2025
The world's leading photographers, telling the story of modern and contemporary photography. Discover iconic images across subjects such as fashion, celebrity, reportage and the male body.

NAOMI: In Fashion

Until Apr 6 2025
Explore the unequalled career of the iconic fashion model

V&A Dundee

1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee DD1 4EZ

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+44 1382 411611

vam.ac.uk/dundee

Mon 10am-5pm, Wed-Sun 10am-5pm

Photo City: How Images Shape the Urban World

Until Oct 20
Look through the lens at how photography frames the way we experience our cities

Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk

Until Jan 5 2025
From samurai style and geisha chic, to Jedi knights and rock stars, explore the fascinating story of the significance, appeal and influence of this iconic garment.

The Wallace Collection

Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN

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+44 20 7563 9500
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wallacecollection.org

Mon-Sun 10am-5pm

Ranjit Singh: Sikh, Warrior, King

Until Oct 20
Explore the life of the great Sikh leader Ranjit Singh (1780–1839) in this major exhibition, Ranjit Singh: Sikh, Warrior, King.

Flora Yukhnovich and François Boucher: The Language of the Rococo

Until Nov 3

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE

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020 7611 2222
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wellcomecollection.org

Tue-Wed 10am-6pm, Thu 10am-8pm, Fri-Sun 10am-6pm

Jason and the Adventure of 254

Until Jan 12 2025
‘Jason and the Adventure of 254’ is a major solo exhibition by artist Jason Wilsher-Mills.

Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights

Just opened
Until Apr 27 2025
Explore the profound impact of physical work on health and the body at our new major exhibition.

White Cube, Mason’s Yard

25-26 Mason's Yard, London SW1Y 6BU

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020 7930 5373
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whitecube.com

Tue-Sat 10am-6pm

Inside the White Cube: Donna Huddleston

Final week
Until Sep 28
White Cube is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Donna Huddleston.

The Whitworth

The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6ER

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0161 275 7450
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whitworth.manchester.ac.uk

Tue-Wed 10am-5pm, Thu 10am-9pm, Fri-Sun 10am-5pm

Ayo Akingbade: Show Me The World Mister

Until Oct 20
Shot on location in Nigeria, The Fist and Faluyi are Akingbade’s most ambitious productions to date, building upon her continued interest in history, place-making, legacy and power.

Exchanges

Until Nov 24
A vibrant display of new art and textiles from the Whitworth’s collection.

Alison Wilding: Sculptor's Drawings

Until Jan 12 2025
A display of newly acquired works on paper by the British sculptor Alison Wilding.

The 'Death' of the Life Room

Until Jan 12 2025
Set against the backdrop of the 1950s this collection display highlights the challenges faced by the life room tradition from the mid-20th century.

Shirley Craven

Until May 11 2025
Vivid, colour-filled textiles by post-war designer Shirley Craven (b. 1934)