Martin Wong: ‘Malicious Mischief’ is at Camden Art Centre, Jun 16-Sep 17. Taking you from the hedonism of San Francisco to the dereliction of New York, via graffiti, Chinese iconography and the AIDS crisis, Wong’s work is a micro-history of modern underground America. Wong kicked against the mainstream, documenting the outer margins of American and its queer, countercultural societies. The Summer Exhibition 2023 is at the Royal Academy of Art, Jun 13-Aug 20. Go spot all the red dots and try to nab yourself a bargain while you’re at it. It’s a great level playing field of art, where anyone – even you – could have a chance of having their work up on the gallery’s famed walls, if they’re good enough. The Royal Academy’s annual open-entry art bonanza is back once again, promising its usual mix of big name academicians showing alongside Shirley from down the road who recently got into watercolours. The National Portrait Gallery reopens on Jun 22. ![]() Reopening of the National Portrait GalleryĪfter a three year renovation, the National Portrait Gallery is finally reopening its doors in June with ‘a full re-presentation of the collection, combined with a significant refurbishment of the building, the creation of public spaces, a more welcoming visitor entrance and public forecourt, and a new Learning Centre.’ The real question is, will they still have that terrifyingly awful, soul-drainingly bad Ed Sheeran portrait on display? No barbecues or CapriSun please.Īnselm Kiefer: ‘Finnegan’s Wake’ is at White Cube Bermondsey, Jun 7-Aug 20. And now he’s back to absolutely ruin the summer with his jaw-dropping ruminations on war, death and disease, this time inspired by James Joyce’s ‘Finnegans Wake’. The great imposing miserablist of post-war German art returns to White Cube Bermondsey, where in 2016 he created one of the most brutal, suffocating and brilliant exhibitions that gallery’s ever put on. ‘Bathers’ is at Saatchi Yates, Jun 1 to Aug 10. Those are some seriously big names, so this show is sure to make a splash. This show is uniting giants of the genre (your Picassos, your Hockneys, your Turners) with contemporary artists including Hurvin Anderson, Peter Doig and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, all shown alongside younger names like Sujin Lee and Danny Fox. More details here.īathing is a big theme in art history, with countless artists exploring the relationship between bodies of water and bodies of people. Tomas Saraceno: ‘Web(s) of Life’ is at The Serpentine, Jun 1-Sep 10. He collaborates with them to create huge web-based installations, exploring their knack for architecture and aesthetics, and their ability to signal shifts in weather, climate, pollution levels, and ecological well being. ![]() You’ve heard of nightmare fuel, well for some people, Tomas Saraceno’s art is nightmare napalm, because the Argentine artist has some very particular collaborators: spiders. Most galleries and museums take August off, so this lot has to see you through to the autumn. ![]() Summer's finally here, and with it comes a whole season of incredible exhibitions.
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