Art Exhibitions to see in London this November 2022
There are several exciting exhibitions to see in the city this November. Including an exhibition dedicated to the wonders of ceramics at the Hayward Gallery, an exploration of the works of Paul Cezanne at the Tate Modern, to an immersive exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum exploring the rise of Korean pop culture. Here's our guide to exhibitions you need to see in London this month.
Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art
When: 26 October 2022 - 8 January 2023
Where: Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre
Price: £15
Image: © Woody De Othello. Courtesy of the artist; Jessica Silverman, San Francisco; and Klarna, New York, NY (photo: John Wilson White)
#FLODown: The Hayward Gallery presents Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art, the first large-scale group exhibition in the UK to explore how contemporary artists have used the medium of clay in inventive ways. Featuring 23 international and multi-generational artists, from ceramic legends Betty Woodman, Beate Kuhn, Ron Nagle and Ken Price, to a new generation of artists pushing the boundaries of ceramics today, the exhibition will explore the expansive potential of clay through a variety of playful as well as socially-engaged artworks.
Location: Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX
The Horror Show!
When: until 19 February 2023
Where: Somerset House
Price: from £12
Image: The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain at Somerset House, London 2022. Image by Stephen Chung
#FLODown: Somerset House presents The Horror Show!: A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain, a major exhibition exploring how ideas rooted in horror have informed the last 50 years of creative rebellion. The show looks beyond horror as a genre, instead taking it as a reaction and provocation to our most troubling times. Featuring over 200 artworks and culturally significant objects, this landmark show tells a story of the turbulence, unease and creative revolution at the heart of the British cultural psyche in three acts – Monster, Ghost and Witch.
Location: Strand, London WC2R 1LA
The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion
When: 28 October 2022 - 22 January 2023
Where: Saatchi Gallery
Price: £10/Concessions available
Image: @saatchigallery
#FLODown: Curated by American writer and critic Antwaun Sargent The New Black Vanguard explores a new aesthetic of Black portraiture while examining the cross-pollination between art, fashion and culture in the making of images. Featuring 15 international Black photographers, the exhibition is a celebration of Black creativity both in front of and behind the camera. Expect to find works by Black stylists, models, make-up artists and creative directors who are bringing a radically new set of references and experiences to image-making.
Location: Duke of York's HQ, King's Rd, London SW3 4RY
Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel
When: until 26 February 2023
Where: The Curve, Barbican
Price: Free
Image: Soheila Sokhanvari, @barbican
#FLODown: Rebel Rebel, the first major UK commission by Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari, celebrates and commemorates feminist icons from pre-revolutionary Iran. Sokhanvari transforms the Curve into a devotional space, populated with exquisite miniature portraits of glamorous cultural figures from Iran, exploring the contradictions of Iranian women’s lives between 1925 and the 1979 revolution – an explosive period of both liberation and commodification that proved short-lived. The exhibition is accompanied by a soundtrack, composed by Marios Aristopoulos and features songs by iconic Iranian singers from the period.
Location: Silk St, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DS
Hallyu! The Korean Wave
When: until 23 June 2023
Where: Victoria and Albert Museum
Price: £20 ( concessions available)
Image: Hallyu! The Korean Wave at the Victoria & Albert Museum, 2022, MTotoe
#FLODown: Hallyu! The Korean Wave showcases the colourful and dynamic popular culture of South Korea, exploring the makings of the Korean Wave through cinema, drama, music and fandoms. Expect to see everything from K-drama props, posters, photography, sculpture, fashion, and energetic videos of Gangnam style! More importantly, the exhibition also provides historical context to the rise of Hallyu, highlighting how South Korea rapidly evolved from a country ravaged by war in the late 1950s to a leading cultural powerhouse by the early 2000s.
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL
We Gonne be Alright
When: Until 9 November 2022,
Where: Ed Cross Gallery
Price: Free
Image: Amoako (2021), Pabi Daniel
#FLODown: Ed Cross, is delighted to present We Gonne be Alright, the first UK solo exhibition by Ghanaian painter Pabi Daniel. We Gonne be Alright will feature more than a dozen new paintings by the largely self-taught artist, he uses portraiture as a medium to engage in conversations about identity, cultural expression and preservation. Expect to find depictions of the artist’s personal heroes – including the late fashion designer Virgil Abloh and painter Amoako Boafo – sit alongside less recognisable (though no less powerful) renderings of anonymous young black men and women. For Daniel, such representation is paramount to his practice’s ethos.
Location: 19 Garrett Street London EC1Y 0TY
Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924 – Today
When: Until 19 February 2023
Where: Design Museum
Price: £18.50/16.80 (with/without donation). Concesions available
Image: Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924 – Today at The Design Museum, @designmuseum
#FLODown: The Design Museum is back with another thrilling exhibition exploring the dreamlike relationship between Surrealism and design. Curated with Vitra Design Museum, the exhibition will explore design from the birth of surrealism in 1924 to the current day; spanning classic Surrealist works of art and design as well as contemporary surrealist responses. It will bring together the best in Surrealist design, from furniture, interior design, fashion, photography and world-renowned artworks from Surrealist pioneers such as Salvador Dalí, Dora Maar, Man Ray, Leonora Carrington and Lee Miller, through to contemporary artists and designs, such as Schiaparelli, Dior, Björk.
Location: 224-238 Kensington High Street, Kensington, London W8 6AG
The design museum has extended the ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response) Exhibition. An excellent exhibition exploring the physical sensation of euphoria or deep calm, sometimes a tingling in the body, triggered through sound, touch, and movement. Click here for more.
The EY Exhibition: Cezanne
When: until 12 March 2023
Where: Tate Modern
Price: £22 / Concessions available
Image: Paul Cezanne, Still Life with Apples, 1893-4. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
#FLODown: The Tate Modern has opened an exhibition dedicated to the works of iconic artist Paul Cezanne. The exhibition traces Cezanne’s artistic development from early paintings made in his twenties through to works completed in the final months of his life. Featuring over 80 carefully selected works from collections in Europe, Asia, North and South America, this exhibition gives UK audiences their first opportunity in over 25 years to explore the breadth of Cezanne’s career.
Location: Tate Modern, Bankside, Holland Street, London, SE1 9TG
de/re CONSTRUCT
When: Until 6 November 2022
Where: Cromwell Place
Price: Free
Image: Tanabe Chikuunsai IV & Sawako Kaijima, Disappear XII, 2022, Bamboo madake and rattan, 94.5 x 24 x 28 cm, © The Artist, Courtesy of Schoeni Projects and Wamono Art, Photo by Tadayuki Minamoto
#FLODown: Schoeni Projects presents de/re CONSTRUCT, their inaugural exhibition at Cromwell Place, which features works by Tanabe Chikuunsai IV & Sawako Kaijima and Kensuke Koike who explore themes of deconstructing the past, and the use of technology to reconstruct them into contemporary visual artworks. It celebrates the artists’ craftsmanship and multidisciplinary art forms intending to inspire dialogue and creative exchange.
Location: Wing Gallery 2/F Cromwell Place, South Kensington, SW7 2JE
William Kentridge Exhibition
When: Until 11 December 2022
Where: The Royal Academy of Arts
Price: Tickets £22 - £24.50 (£20-22 without donation) Concessions available.
Image: William Kentridge Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, 2022, MTotoe
#FLODown: This year's single artists exhibition Royal Academy of Arts is an immersive experience dedicated to the works of William Kentridge. The exhibition explores his career spanning 40 years in practices including etching, drawing, collage, film and sculpture to tapestry, theatre, opera, dance and music. The Johannesburg-born artist developed his early work during the apartheid regime of the 1980s, and his electrifying large-scale productions and animations have since been shown across the world.
Location: Main Galleries, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts