Exhibition
Gilbert & George: 21ST CENTURY PICTURES
7 Oct 2025-11 Jan 2026
Hayward Gallery
London SE1 8XX
Overview
This exhibition showcases Gilbert & George’s artistic journey, highlighting new pictures created since the start of the millennium.
With bold, single-word titles, each piece delves into societal norms and taboos, spanning the mundane and the illicit, with their art challenging boundaries of taste and propriety.
21ST CENTURY PICTURES features key series like NEW HORNY PICTURES (2001), THE LONDON PICTURES (2011), THE BEARD PICTURES (2016), and THE CORPSING PICTURES (2022), exploring themes of hope, fear, sex, religion, corruption and death.
Abstract Erotic: Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse, Alice Adams
The Courtauld
until 14 Sep
Tai Shani: The Spell or The Dream
Somerset House
until 14 Sep
Millet: Life on the Land
The National Gallery
until 19 Oct
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2025
National Portrait Gallery
until 12 Oct
Cecil Beaton’s Garden Party
Garden Museum
until 21 Sep
Richard Rogers: Talking Buildings
Sir John Soane’s Museum
until 21 Sep
Jasmir Creed: Urban Spectrum
Cedric Bardawil
until 4 Oct
Emily Kam Kngwarray
Tate Modern
until 11 Jan
Robyn Denny Mosaics
Vardaxoglou Gallery
until 4 Oct
Edward Burra – Ithell Colquhoun
Tate Britain
until 19 Oct
Suzanne Song
White Cube, Mason’s Yard
until 27 Sep
Interior Motives
Hauser & Wirth London
until 20 Sep
Alex Da Corte: Summer Song
Sadie Coles HQ, Bury Street
until 27 Sep
Ancient India: living traditions
The British Museum
until 19 Oct
Nicolas Deshayes: The Natural World
Modern Art, Bury Street
until 20 Sep
Kiefer / Van Gogh
Royal Academy Of Arts
until 26 Oct
Freedom Rising: The Art of Owusu-Ankomah
October Gallery
until 4 Oct