Cecily Brown Presents Major Solo Exhibition at London's Serpentine Galleries

British painter Cecily Brown has opened a significant solo exhibition titled 'Picture Making' at The Serpentine Galleries in London. The show, which began on March 27, 2026, and continues through September 6, 2026, marks her first major institutional presentation in the United Kingdom since 2005. Brown, who has been based in New York for three decades, returns with a collection that includes newly created works alongside selected paintings dating back to 2001. The exhibition explores themes of woodland scenes and park life, featuring dynamic compositions where figures, lovers, and natural elements appear and dissolve within gestural, vibrant canvases. Art advisor Jacqueline Nowikovsky previewed the installation in Hyde Park. The presentation is noted for its immersive quality, blurring boundaries between the gallery space and the adjacent Kensington Gardens. Brown's approach emphasizes painting as a temporal experience, challenging contemporary trends toward immediate readability. Concurrently, the Serpentine's North Galleries feature David Hockney's large-scale work 'A Year In Normandie,' creating a dialogue between two British artists' interpretations of nature. The exhibition affirms Brown's position as a leading figure testing the possibilities of painting through sustained engagement and refusal of fixed imagery.