Top 5 Summer Art Exhibitions in Central London

Tabish Khan, the @LondonArtCritic, selects five must-see shows in London this summer. At Gagosian Grosvenor Hill, Christo and Jeanne-Claude's 'Air' suspends a large polyethylene form bound with ropes above visitors, accompanied by sketches, maquettes, and a fabric-wrapped Volvo, on view until 21 August. Dale Lewis's 'Lost Illusions' at Edel Assanti presents more personal paintings incorporating memories of his deceased grandfather, flowers, and butterflies, alongside a Christmas tree whose baubles reference protests over asylum hotels, COVID, and Brexit; until 14 August. 'Nor here, Nor there' at Robilant marks the gallery's split from Robilant & Voena, featuring Yoan Capote's fish-hook landscape, Vittorio Marella's figurative works of bodies from behind, and Raya Kassisieh's copper roots evoking life and death, informed by her Palestinian heritage; until 7 August. Anna Freeman Bentley's 'Conduits' at Lehmann Maupin depicts domestic interiors rich with details hinting at inhabitants' wealth, class, and gender, probing viewer assumptions; until 14 August. Willi Siber's 'Dimension V – Baroque Nature' at Bluerider presents abstract forms with dips, curves, and holes that invite touch, offering no narrative but playful exploration of materials; until 16 August.