London’s Top 10 Must-See Exhibitions This Holiday Season
During the Christmas holidays, London will feature ten significant exhibitions. Highlights include a retrospective of Nam June Paik at Tate Modern, showcasing over 200 pieces, including his Sistine Chapel. Olafur Eliasson's largest solo exhibition, In Real Life, is also on display. Tate Britain will host an extensive William Blake exhibit with 300 works and a reconstruction of his home in Soho. The Hayward Gallery will present a retrospective of Bridget Riley covering 70 years. At the Royal Academy of Arts, visitors can see Lucian Freud: The Self-Portraits and Eco-Visionaries. The Design Museum's Moving to Mars delves into Martian colonization, while Serpentine Sackler Gallery features Patrick Staff’s On Venus. Lastly, the Victoria & Albert Museum's Cars: Accelerating the Modern World explores the automobile's impact on society, and Nan Goldin’s Sirens is at Marian Goodman Gallery.
Key facts
- Tate Modern hosts Nam June Paik retrospective with over 200 works, including Sistine Chapel recreated from 1993 Venice Biennale.
- Olafur Eliasson's In Real Life at Tate Modern is his largest solo show, with 30 installations and 7 new works.
- Kara Walker's Fons Americanus fountain is 13 meters tall in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall.
- Tate Britain's William Blake exhibition includes 300 works and a 1:1 reconstruction of his Soho home.
- Bridget Riley retrospective at Hayward Gallery covers 70 years of Op-Art.
- Lucian Freud: The Self-Portraits at Royal Academy of Arts gathers over 50 self-portraits from 1939 to 1993.
- Eco-Visionaries at Royal Academy of Arts features 21 artists and designers addressing climate emergency.
- Moving to Mars at Design Museum includes NASA habitat prototype and RÆBURN space suits.
- Patrick Staff's On Venus at Serpentine Sackler Gallery uses neon and acid water to explore biopolitics.
- Nan Goldin's Sirens at Marian Goodman Gallery is her first London show in 20 years, includes Memory Lost video.
Entities
Artists
- Nam June Paik
- Olafur Eliasson
- Kara Walker
- William Blake
- Bridget Riley
- Lucian Freud
- Steve McQueen
- Mark Leckey
- Patrick Staff
- Nan Goldin
- Dora Maar
- Mary Quant
- Tim Walker
- Virgil Abloh
- Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
- Andrés Jaque
- Konstantin Grcic
- Mica Levi
- Gonzalo Herrero Delicado
- Pedro Gadanho
- Mariana Pestana
- Justin McGuirk
- Brendan Cormier
- Lizzie Bisley
- Mark Godfrey
- Emma Lewis
Institutions
- Tate Modern
- Tate Britain
- Hayward Gallery
- Royal Academy of Arts
- Design Museum
- Serpentine Sackler Gallery
- Victoria & Albert Museum
- Marian Goodman Gallery
- Whitechapel Art Gallery
- Southbank Centre
- NASA
- Hassell
- RÆBURN
- ArtReview
- Biennale di Venezia
- Turner Prize
- Hyundai Commission
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Tate Modern, Bankside
- Tate Britain, Millbank
- Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road
- Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly
- Design Museum, 224-238 Kensington High Street
- Serpentine Sackler Gallery, Kensington Gardens
- Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road
- Marian Goodman Gallery, 5-8 Lower John Street, Soho
- Soho
- Bankside
- Pimlico
- Kensington Gardens
- Venice
- Germany
- New York
- Boston
- Washington
- Stockton
- Birkenhead
- Bognor Regis
- Blackheath