Art Exhibition to See in London this September

 Mixing It Up: Painting Today

When: 9 September – 12 December 2021

Where: Hayward Gallery

Price: £12 

Image: Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Bira, via Southbank Gallery

#FLODown: Bringing together the work of 31 contemporary painters, Mixing It Up: Painting Today exhibits compelling works which draw freely on varied image sources, techniques and traditions and which speak to this moment. Featuring three generations of artists who live and work in the UK, the participating artists come from a diverse range of backgrounds and nationalities with over a third born in continents such as Africa, Asia, South America and North America, highlighting the country’s emergence as a vital international centre of contemporary painting. 

The exhibition is also the first survey of contemporary painting in the Hayward Gallery’s history in which the majority of the artists are women.

Location: 

The Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX

Opening hours:

Monday – Tuesday: Closed

Wednesday – Saturday: 11am – 7pm

Sunday: 10am – 6pm 

Sneakers unboxed: Studio to Street

When: Until 24 October 2021

Where: Design Museum

Price: Starting from £6

Image: MTotoe

#FLODown: Think you know your Air Jordans from Air Force 1s? Sneakers unboxed: Studio to Street explores the cultural phenomenon around trainers (sneakers). Split into two sections, style and performances, the exhibition explores the design process behind some of the most technically inventive shoes of today with the Adidas FutureCraft.Strung shoe-making robot designed by Kram/Weisshaar, Satoshi, a brand using blockchain certification and the world’s first biologically active shoes developed by MIT Design Lab and Biorealize for Puma.

Viewers can also delve into the very lucrative resale market which is currently valued at $10 billion in data visualisations from Stock X. With more than 200 shoes on display, from sneakers originally designed for athletic activities such as the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star, the Puma Disc, and Nike Alpha fly Next%, as well as icons and collaborations that have shaped the rise of sneakers from Michael Jordan and Run-DMC to Supreme and Kanye West, this is not one to be missed.

Location:

224-238 Kensington High St, London W8 6AG

Opening hours: 

Sunday – Thursday: 10am – 6pm 

Friday – Saturday: 10am – 9pm 

 Exhibition at Japan House - Tokyo 1964: Designing Tomorrow

When: Until 7 November 2021

Where: Japan House London

Price: Free. Tickets must be pre-booked online.

Image: Tokyo 1964 Official Poster (No 2) Starting Line, Credit , Courtesy of Prince Chichibu Memorial Sports Museum

#FLODown: Japan House London is opening a brand new exhibition: Tokyo 1964: Designing Tomorrow, which will celebrate the lasting design legacy of the iconic 1964 Olympic Games. Showcasing the revolutionary cultural, architectural and graphic design legacy of the historic Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games via untold stories, artefacts and designs, the exhibition will explore how Japan realised the opportunity of the Games to tell a fresh story and showcase Japanese creativity and design thinking to the world following the Second World War. 

Never before seen in the UK, visitors will discover a number of world firsts, including the pioneering use of the pictogram as a universal language for a global event, the launch of the bullet train (Shinkansen), the emergence of ‘hi-tech’ infrastructure, colour broadcasting and even the first use of the word ‘Paralympic’. Find out more.

Location: 

101-111 Kensington High St, London W8 5SA

Opening hours: 

Monday - Saturday: 11am - 6pm, Sunday: Noon - 6pm

David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020

When: Until 26 September 2021

Where: Royal Academy

Price: starting from £18

Image: David Hockney,No. 370, 2nd May 2020 via Royal Academy of Art

#FLODown: Amid the pandemic, David Hockney RA captured the unfolding of spring on his iPad, creating 116 new works made in the spring of 2020 during a period of intense activity at his home in Normandy. His latest exhibition charts the unfolding of spring, from beginning to end, and is a joyous celebration of the seasons.

Considered to be one of the most important British artists of the 20th century, Hockney continues to investigate new technologies and explore different mediums for creating art, beginning with his iPhone in 2007 before adopting the iPad and Stylus in 2010. This new body of work has been ‘painted’ on the iPad and then printed onto paper, with Hockney overseeing all aspects of production. Opening exactly a year after the works were made during the global pandemic, this exhibition will be a reminder of the constant renewal and wonder of the natural world – as well as the beauty of spring.

Location:

Royal Academy, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD

Opening hours: 

Tuesday –Sunday: 10 am–6pm

Photo London 2021  

When: 8–12 September 2021

Where: Somerset House

Price: from £29

Image: Tim Walker Siobhan Finnigan, London, 1998. © the Artist Courtesy Michael Hoppen gallery.

#FLODown: Photo London presents its sixth edition at Somerset House featuring the world's most iconic photographers, leading photography galleries and publishers, alongside the most exciting emerging galleries and talents exhibiting in the Discovery section. There will also be a series of great events including photography workshops led by Nikon School, a programme of artist talks running online and at Somerset House, as well as an exhibition of work by final-year BA photography students from London’s leading art colleges. 

Location:

Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA

 Opening hours: Public days:

Thursday, 9 September 1–9pm; Friday and Saturday, 10 & 11 September 11am–7pm; Sunday, 12 September, 11am–6.30pm