Tabish Khan Picks Five Must-See South London Summer Exhibitions

Art critic Tabish Khan selects five exhibitions across South London for summer 2026. At The Sunday Painter, Dominic Watson's 'Vinegar & Piss' features a ship built from found playhouse parts, with a giant vomiting head and running water, critiquing national decline through July 11. Suzie Olczak's 'To Tide You Over' at Coleman Project Space combines sculpture, film, and printmaking around water themes, including living plants and a film of the Severn tidal bore, until July 12. Adrian Balseca's 'The Voyage' at 92 Webster Road addresses biopiracy via a crate-like room with peepholes, referencing rubber plant extraction from Brazil to Kew Gardens, through July 5. At Sim Smith, Melissa Joseph's 'Heft' uses sheep wool to create works on fence types and a musical instrument, paired with Max Bainbridge's hollowed tree trunk sculpture, until July 18. Almas Art Foundation's group show 'Of Roots and Routes' features five women artists of Sudanese heritage, including Fayrouz Omer's textile figures and suspended sculptures on migration, plus jewelry, tapestry, and painting, through July 18.