Art exhibitions to see in London this week: 10 - 16 June 2024

Discover this week's must-see art exhibitions in London, showcasing innovative installations and fashion celebrations.

Harminder Judge: A Ghost Dance

#FLODown: The exhibition at The Sunday Painter features new work by Harminder Judge, including smaller-scale sculptures and a cadaver-like sculpture devised specifically for the space. The show is part of the collaborative exhibition A Ghost Dance with Matt's Gallery, exploring themes of life, death, ritual, and rebirth, drawing on influences from Native American ceremony, Indian Neo Tantric painting, and American Transcendental painting, as well as the artist's own fascination with physical and spiritual transformation.

Date: 24 May - 7 July 2024. Location: The Sunday Painter, 117-119 S Lambeth Rd, London SW8 1XA. Price: Free.

Kenturah Davis: clouds

#FLODown: The Stephen Friedman Gallery is showing Kenturah Davis' debut solo exhibition in the UK, featuring a series of drawings inspired by the artist's essay on perception as an existential state. The exhibition explores themes such as dance, African diaspora, musical notation, literature, and theoretical physics, and includes three portrait-based series: one featuring drawings of Black women in various poses, another with figures framed by recessed mantles and vessels, and a third series based on snapshots of clouds.

Date: 31 May - 20 July 2024. Location: Stephen Friedman Gallery, 5-6 Cork St, London W1S 3LQ. Price: Free.

clouds by Kenturah Davis at Stephen Friedman Gallery until 20 July 2024. Photo by MTotoe.

Eric Manning: 100 Acres

#FLODown:The Richard Saltoun Gallery is hosting a site-specific installation by Canadian artist Erin Manning, titled 100 Acres. The exhibition features a textile-based installation that spans the entire gallery, composed of two long pieces of monks cloth that are sewn, embroidered, knotted, and tufted. The work is part of Manning's "3Ecologies Project", which aims to preserve land by purchasing it and taking it out of the property market. The project seeks to restore the natural balance of ecosystems by removing the land from the market and allowing it to return to a state of natural decay, rather than being exploited for profit.The exhibition invites visitors to participate by making minor repairs to the piece and negotiating a cut in the work. The funds raised from the sale will be used to purchase additional land for the project, which will be preserved and managed through a collaborative process involving local communities, scientists, and artists.

Date: 31 May – 22 June 2024. Location: Richard Saltoun Gallery, 41 Dover St, London W1S 4NS. Price: Free.

Atta Kwami

#FLODown: The Goodman Gallery is hosting a solo exhibition by Atta Kwami, featuring a selection of his works from the past 20 years. The show showcases Kwami's unique style, which combines elements of Ghanaian cloth patterns, jazz, and street art, and explores his expansion of the concept of painting. The exhibition also features an abstracted Kiosk structure, titled Money Can't Buy It, which references Ghanaian street painting. The show is a tribute to Kwami's 40-year career.

Date: 16 May - 29 June 2024. Location: Goodman Gallery London, 26 Cork St, London W1S 3ND. Price: Free.

Exhibition by Atta Kwami at Goodman Gallery until 29 June 2024. Photo by MTotoe.

Elli Antoniou: passages through the caustics

#FLODown: passages through the caustics is a kinetic and immersive installation by Greek artist Elli Antoniou, exploring the relationship between movement, light, and space. The exhibition features stainless steel sculptures, screens, and sound pieces that create a sense of fluidity and transformation, as if the viewer is being transported to another dimension. The work delves into the ideas of metamorphosis, black hole formations, and the blurring of boundaries between art, technology, and architecture, inviting the viewer to question their own sense of identity and existence.

Date: 31 May – 6 July 2024. Location: Cob Gallery, 205 Royal College St, London NW1 0SG. Price: Free.

The Lore of LOVERBOY on show at Somerset House until 1 September 2024. Photo by MTotoe.

The Lore of LOVERBOY

#FLODown: Somerset House is hosting an exhibition celebrating the 10-year milestone of Charles Jeffrey's fashion brand, LOVERBOY. The exhibition, titled The Lore of LOVERBOY, takes visitors on a journey through the brand's creative process, showcasing sensorial spaces, archival materials, and striking outfits. The show provides an immersive look into the world of fashion, highlighting LOVERBOY's unique style and its influence on celebrities such as Harry Styles and Tilda Swinton.

Date: 8 June – 1 September 2024. Location: Somerset House, London
Strand, London WC2R 1LA. Price: Pay What You Can. Book now.

Matthew Barney's SECONDARY: light lens parallax

#FLODown:Matthew Barney's exhibition SECONDARY is a four-part show that explores the relationships between the body, transformation, and violence, themes that have been central to his career. The exhibition at Sadie Coles features new sculptures, drawings, and a film that are connected to a 2023 film inspired by a 1978 football game where a player was paralysed. The sculptures and drawings examine the consequences of physical violence and the anxieties it causes, using materials that evoke elasticity, strength, and fragility. 

Date: 24 May - 27 July 2024. Location: Sadie Coles, 62 Kingly St, London W1B 5QN. Price: Free.

Zanele Muholi, Manzi I, West Coast, Cape Town, 2022. Courtesy the artist and Yancey Richardson Gallery © Zanele Muholi.

Zanele Muholi

#FLODown: Zanele Muholi's acclaimed exhibition returns to Tate Modern, featuring over 260 photographs from her career. The show tells the stories of Black LGBTQIA+ lives in South Africa, challenging dominant ideologies and presenting empowered individuals. The exhibition includes key series Only Half the Picture and Faces and Phases, celebrating Black lesbians, transgender, and gender non-conforming individuals, as well as new works from Somnyama Ngonyama and four monumental sculptures exploring intimacy and protest.  

Date: 6 June 2024 – 26 January 2025. Location: Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG. Price: £18. Concessions available. Book now.

John Baldessari: Ahmedabad 1992

#FLODown: In 1992, artist John Baldessari was invited to live and work in Ahmedabad, India, as part of a residency program with the Sarabhai family. During his stay, he created a series of multi-panelled works that responded to his new surroundings and had a lasting impact on his oeuvre. The works are composed of photographs, found imagery, and local materials such as rubber mudflaps and printed handmade paper. The series reflects the artist's observations of Indian culture and the technological revolution of the 1990s.

Date: 31 May – 27 July 2024. Location: Sprüth Magers 7A Grafton Street London, W1S 4EJ.  Price: Free.

Pascal Dombis, THE END OF ART IS NOT THE END, 2024. Print installation with lenticular sheets, 350 x 275 cm.

Pascal Dombis: THE END OF ART IS NOT THE END

#FLODown: Pascal Dombis' debut solo exhibition THE END OF ART IS NOT THE END at the Bluerider ART London gallery explores the relationship between art, technology, and the digital age, featuring interactive installations and new works that question the nature of language, perception, and space in a post-digital world.

Date: 6 June – 25 August 2024. Location: Bluerider ART London , 47 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4JW. Price: Free.