Major UK Exhibitions for 2025 Span Soil, Protest, Home, and Disability Design
A comprehensive 2025 exhibition calendar across the UK features significant shows tackling urgent themes. Tate Modern presents a major survey of Do Ho Suh's work exploring home and identity from May 1 to October 19. Steve McQueen curates 'Resistance' at Turner Contemporary from February 22 to June 1, examining a century of UK protest photography. The Serpentine Galleries celebrate 25 years of their Pavilion commission with a new structure and events. 'Soil: The World at Our Feet' at Somerset House from January 23 to April 13 combines sensory artworks and scientific artifacts. Tate Britain hosts a Lee Miller retrospective from October 2 to February 15, showcasing 250 prints. The V&A's 'Design and Disability' from June 7 to February 15 highlights contributions from disabled and neurodiverse creators. The Royal Scottish Academy presents 'Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years' from July 26 to November 2. Ikon Gallery mounts Seulgi Lee's first UK solo show from June 25 to September 7. The Design Museum explores 'more-than-human' design from July 11 to October 5. The Wellcome Collection examines freshwater in 'Thirst' from June 26 to February 1. Impressions Gallery showcases new photography in 'Nationhood: Memory and Hope' from January 11 to April 26. The Photographers' Gallery displays the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2025 shortlist from March 7 to June 15.
Key facts
- Do Ho Suh's Tate Modern survey runs May 1 to October 19, 2025.
- Steve McQueen curates 'Resistance' at Turner Contemporary from February 22 to June 1, 2025.
- The Serpentine Pavilion marks its 25th anniversary in 2025 with a new structure.
- 'Soil: The World at Our Feet' at Somerset House features artists like Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and Ana Mendieta.
- Lee Miller's Tate Britain retrospective includes 250 prints, some never displayed.
- The V&A's 'Design and Disability' exhibition runs from June 7, 2025 to February 15, 2026.
- Andy Goldsworthy's 50-year career is celebrated at the Royal Scottish Academy from July 26 to November 2, 2025.
- The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2025 shortlist includes Cristina De Middel and Lindokuhle Sobekwa.
Entities
Artists
- Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
- Anya Gallaccio
- Ana Mendieta
- Daro Montag
- Marguerite Humeau
- Marshmallow Laser Feast
- Michael Landy
- Steve McQueen
- Vanley Burke
- Henry Grant
- Fay Godwin
- Edith Tudor-Hart
- Tish Murtha
- Humphrey Spender
- Christine Spengler
- Andrew Testa
- Paul Trevor
- Janine Wiedel
- Cristina De Middel
- Rahim Fortune
- Tarrah Krajnak
- Lindokuhle Sobekwa
- Aïda Muluneh
- Shaun Connell
- Roz Doherty Chad Alexander
- Robin Chaddah-Duke
- Grace Springer
- Miriam Ali
- Haneen Hadiy
- Do Ho Suh
- Zaha Hadid
- Arpita Singh
- Guiseppe Penone
- Seulgi Lee
- Andy Goldsworthy
- Lee Miller
- Raqs Media Collective
- Karan Shrestha
- Feifei Zhou
- Zahirah Suhaimi
- Sandra Oviedo
- M'hammed Kilito
Institutions
- Somerset House
- Turner Contemporary
- Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation
- The Photographers' Gallery
- Impressions Gallery
- Tate Modern
- Serpentine Galleries
- Design Museum
- Ikon Gallery
- Royal Scottish Academy
- Tate Britain
- V&A
- Wellcome Collection
- Bradford 2025
- Lehmann Maupin
- Victoria Miro
- Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
- Incheon Art Platform
- Lee Miller Archives
- Colectivo Multipolar
- Aesthetica Magazine
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Margate
- Bradford
- Belfast
- Cardiff
- Glasgow
- Seoul
- South Korea
- New York
- USA
- Paris
- France
- Edinburgh
- Scotland
- Cairo
- Egypt
- Singapore
- Nepal
- Mesopotamia
- Incheon
- North Yorkshire
- England
- Venice
- Italy
- Sydney
- Australia