Overview

  • Route

    It’s lovely that a walk to see contemporary art in London can include a stroll through the city’s incredible Royal Parks, as well—Regents and Green Park on the way to galleries in London Galleries; or perhaps Hyde Park if your destination is South Kensington museums, like Serpentine where we’re presenting 'Web(s) of Life', the first major exhibition in the UK of artist Tomás Saraceno and collaborators from 1 June. [Read my full route description below]
  • It’s lovely that a walk to see contemporary art in London can include a stroll through the city’s incredible Royal Parks, as well—Regents and Green Park on the way to galleries in London Galleries; or perhaps Hyde Park if your destination is South Kensington museums, like Serpentine where we’re presenting 'Web(s) of Life', the first major exhibition in the UK of artist Tomás Saraceno and collaborators from 1 June. 

    I am lucky that the latter is part of my daily commute, and this mix of nature and urbanity reminds me of my hometown of Los Angeles where I would hike all the time. I am excited that two great American artists are having solo shows during London Gallery Weekend: Gary Simmons at Hauser and Wirth on Savile Row and Jane Dickson at Alison Jacques. I had the pleasure of working with Simmons on a project for Frieze Los Angeles on the Paramount Backlot in 2020, and his new paintings and sculptures here precede a major survey upcoming at the MCA Chicago this summer. Jane Dickson’s show is her first in London in more than 20 years, and I’m looking forward to seeing her nocturnal paintings of New York City after enjoying her work in last year’s Whitney Biennial. Staying central, Sabine Moritz’s emotive, abstract canvases are at Pilar Corrias and Caragh Thuring at Thomas Dane before moving on to a group show of some of the greats – Polke, Kiefer, Beuys at Thaddaeus Ropac. I use the outer circle of Regents Park to take me across to the Lisson Gallery to see 'Matter as Actor' an intriguing group show of artists working with the complex entanglements of humans and the more-than-human world featuring, among others, Serpentine Back to Earth collaborators Revital Cohen and Tuur van Balen. It’s a happy and heady mix of art and nature.