Saatchi Gallery Presents The Sun and The Moon: Celestial Art Exhibition Opening June 2026
From 5 June to 8 September 2026, the Saatchi Gallery in London will host 'The Sun and The Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial.' This exhibition, covering two floors and nine galleries, explores how celestial entities have shaped art and culture. Sponsored by Cazenove Capital, it follows the 2025 showcase 'FLOWERS – Flora in Contemporary Art and Culture.' Highlights include themed galleries and significant installations like Luke Jerram's six-metre 'Helios' sculpture and immersive pieces by teamLab. Artists such as Patrick Caulfield, Barbara Hepworth, and more than 150 others will be featured. Historical items include the Sol Invictus Celtic Bust and a replica of the Nebra Sky Disc. Tickets will be available from 15 April 2026, starting at £13.
Key facts
- Exhibition runs 5 June to 8 September 2026 at Saatchi Gallery, London
- Features over 150 artists including Luke Jerram, teamLab, Barbara Hepworth, and Nancy Holt
- Occupies two floors and nine gallery spaces with a 24-hour thematic journey
- Headline sponsor is Cazenove Capital, continuing partnership from 2025 FLOWERS exhibition
- Includes Luke Jerram's six-metre 'Helios' sculpture with NASA imagery at 1:230 million scale
- Tickets from £13, available from 15 April 2026, with media preview on 4 June 2026
- Second in Saatchi Gallery series following 2025's FLOWERS exhibition
- Curatorial partners include Royal Museums Greenwich, The Salisbury Museum, and The Atlantis Bookshop
Entities
Artists
- Harry Adams
- Bunmi Agusto
- Rabia S. Akhtar
- Else Alfelt
- Thelma Ayre
- Roya Bahram
- Álvaro Barrington
- Christiane Baumgartner
- Su Blackwell
- Marj Bond
- Carol Bramley
- Christopher Le Brun
- Gill Button
- Gareth Cadwallader
- Helen Caddick
- Leonora Carrington
- Marguerite Carnec
- Patrick Caulfield
- Bernard Cheese
- Billy Childish
- Rune Christensen
- Isobel Church
- Cecil Collins
- Jaclyn Conley
- Mark Connolly
- Jack Coutu
- Martyn Cross
- Sophie Crockett
- Ellie Davies
- Tom Davidson
- Malcolm Dakin
- Shezad Dawood
- Elizabeth Deane
- Joseph Wright of Derby
- Susan Derges
- Frank Bernard Dicksee
- Peter Doig
- Sam Douglas
- Ben Drury
- Evelyn Dunbar
- Marcel Dzama
- Ben Edge
- Syotatsu
- Bryony Ella
- Mary Fedden
- Stanislav Filko
- Darcey Fleming
- Ian Fleming
- Hannah Frank
- Olivia Fraser
- Terry Frost
- fuchsia
- Kay Gasei
- Sky Glabush
- Maro Gorky
- Douglas Gray
- Kimberley Gundle
- Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurriwiwi
- Tom Hammick
- William Hogarth
- Barbara Hepworth
- Jamie Hewlett
- Dan Hillier
- Akiko Hirai
- Francis Edwin Hodge
- Nancy Holt
- Sigrid Holmwood
- Thomas Hooper
- Henry Hudson
- Maqbool Fida Husain
- Yinka Ilori
- George Wallace Jardine
- Luke Jerram
- Sunju Jin
- Jitish Kallat
- Orla Kane
- Jai Khanna
- Owain Kirby
- Klaus Janson
- Marcos Kueh
- Kunisada Sanmu
- Jim Lambie
- Audrey Large
- Elizabeth Loveday
- Lucy Mahon
- Dora Maar
- Sekai Macache
- Alexander Mackenzie
- Dindga McCannon
- Oliver McConnie
- Dave McKean
- Richard McVetis
- Anders Scrmn Meisner
- George Méliès
- Andrew Millar
- Henrietta Hoyer Millar
- Joan Miró
- Kate Montgomery
- Henry Moore
- Paul Nash
- Charles Newington
- Catherine Nickford
- Jacque Njeri
- Ellis O'Connor
- Fumie Onuki
- Zak Ové
- Shanti Panchal
- Katie Paterson
- Carl-Henning Pedersen
- Rusty Peters
- Álvaro Petritoli
- Aina Petrova (Ursuuna Archives)
- Otto Piene
- Freya Pocklington
- Emilie Pugh
- Carol Puruntatameri
- Saad Qureshi
- Arthur Rackham
- Paula Rego
- Bridget Riley
- Sam Riley
- Martha Rosler
- Michael Rothenstein
- John Russell
- Anwar Saeed
- Anna Sampson
- Margo Selby
- Anwar Jalal Shemza
- David Shrigley
- James Simmonds
- Monica Sjöö
- Carolein Smit
- Sophie Smorczewski
- Annelie Solis
- Austin Osman Spare
- Georges Spiro
- Blair Hughes-Stanton
- Olivia Strange
- Shannon Swinburn
- Sinta Tantra
- Sue Thatcher
- Lenore Tawney
- teamLab
- John Titchell
- Suzanne Treister
- George Turner
- Paula Turmina
- Elisabeth Vellacott
- Joe Webb
- Whatshisname
- Lian Zhang
- Pamela Colman Smith
- Dr Stuart Green
- Professor Lucie Green
- Duncan Speakman
- Sarah Anderson
- Aleksandra Mir
- Paul Foster
- Dominic Emmerson
- Niamh Elain
- Amelia Okell
- Margureite Carnec
- Aina Petrova (URSUUNA)
- Dr. Stuart Green
- Albrecht Dürer
- JMW Turner
- Ithell Colquhoun
- Elizabeth Vellacott
Institutions
- Saatchi Gallery
- Cazenove Capital
- Royal Museums Greenwich
- The Salisbury Museum
- The Atlantis Bookshop
- NASA
- University College London
- Schroders plc
- British Council
- teamLab
- Saatchi Gallery Lates
- FTSE 100
- National Trust
- Finch and Co.
- Karun Thakar Collection
- Lychee One Gallery
- Glasgow Print Studio
- Derby Museums
- Orleans House Gallery
- Somerset House
- Jerwood Collection
- Redfern Gallery
- Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery
- University of Dundee
- Artlyst
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Chelsea
- Duke of York's Headquarters
- King's Road
- SW3 4RY
- Great Basin Desert
- Utah
- USA
- Aarhus
- Denmark
- Bristol
- UK
- India
- Australia
- Bath Assembly Rooms
- Duke of York's HQ, King's Rd, London SW3 4RY