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Exhibition

Gilbert & George: 21ST CENTURY PICTURES

7 Oct 2025-11 Jan 2026

Hayward Gallery
London SE1 8XX

Overview

Discover the duo’s pictures from the past 25 years, with vibrant, large-scale images that centre the human experience and reflect their motto, ‘Art for All’.

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.

As featured in The Guardian as one of the top art exhibitions to see in autumn 2025.

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