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Sophia Al-Maria: Taraxos
Public Art

Sophia Al-Maria: Taraxos

Serpentine Gallery Arriving Summer Solstice, 21 June

A new sculpture by Sophia Al-Maria, 'taraxos' is a model for understanding and listening to the world.

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Family FOTO
Digital Digital

Family FOTO

Family FOTO is an invitation to be nostalgic: dust off your family album, scroll through your phone or take a selfie to remember.

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Serpentine Pavilion 2021 designed by Counterspace
Pavilion Pavilion

Serpentine Pavilion 2021 designed by Counterspace

Serpentine Pavilion 11 June - 17 October 2021 10:00- 18:00

Counterspace, directed by Sumayya Vally, will design the Serpentine Pavilion 2021.

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Man in glasses sitting down
Exhibition Exhibition

Jennifer Packer: The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing

Serpentine South Gallery 19 May — 22 Aug 2021

New York-based painter Jennifer Packer’s first institutional solo exhibition outside of the US.

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James Barnor
Exhibition Exhibition

James Barnor: Accra/London - A Retrospective

Serpentine North Gallery 19 May - 22 October 2021

British-Ghanaian photographer James Barnor's has recorded major social and political changes in London and Accra.

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Brian Eno: IN A GARDEN
Artist Campaign Exhibition Live Pavilion Project

Brian Eno: IN A GARDEN

Serpentine Pavilion 19 Jun — 23 Jul 2021

If it were a garden, it would be as though some of the plants had moved a bit during the night… - Brian Eno

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Tomás Saraceno: Webs of Life
Artist Campaign Exhibition Digital

Tomás Saraceno: Webs of Life

Serpentine South Gallery Online 19 Jun — 17 Oct 2021

Serpentine and Acute Art present Webs of Life, a project by artist Tomás Saraceno with Arachnophilia.

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Back to Earth

Discover Serpentine's long-term project dedicated to the environment and the climate emergency.

Power Pack: Climate Emergency
Project Resource Project

Power Pack: Climate Emergency

19 Jun 2021

This resource encourages young people to engage with the climate crisis.

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Tomás Saraceno: Webs of Life
Artist Campaign Exhibition Digital

Tomás Saraceno: Webs of Life

Serpentine South Gallery Online 19 Jun — 17 Oct 2021

Serpentine and Acute Art present Webs of Life, a project by artist Tomás Saraceno with Arachnophilia.

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Cooking Sections, CLIMAVORE
Research Artist Campaign Project

Cooking Sections, CLIMAVORE

Serpentine North Gallery Online Offsite International Ongoing

Working with scientists, chefs, farmers, policymakers and practitioners from several other disciplines, Cooking Sections' CLIMAVORE proposes an adaptive, regene...

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140 Artists’ Ideas for Planet Earth
Publication

140 Artists’ Ideas for Planet Earth

3 Jun 2021

A new book inviting artists to re-think the climate emergency

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Brian Eno: IN A GARDEN
Artist Campaign Exhibition Live Pavilion Project

Brian Eno: IN A GARDEN

Serpentine Pavilion 19 Jun — 23 Jul 2021

If it were a garden, it would be as though some of the plants had moved a bit during the night… - Brian Eno

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Back to Earth
Research Artist Campaign Online Event Exhibition Digital Live

Back to Earth

Serpentine South Gallery Online Offsite International 20 Apr 20 – ongoing

The most ambitious project in the Serpentine's history, bringing together over sixty artist-led environmental campaigns.

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Cecilia Vicuña Park Nights 2019

Art & Ideas

Explore the ideas behind our programme in depth and find out more from the artists we're working with.
Forest Dreaming with Aalto

Forest Dreaming with Aalto

Assistant Dean and Professor at Yale School of Architecture Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen explores the relationship between the wood designs of Alvar Aalto and the forest...

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Courtesy of Himali Singh Soin
Article

*Spring is dangerous, like love. And love survives the lovers.*

Himali Singh Soin, together with curator Kostas Stasinopoulos, asked friends to share messages, traces and transmissions of love. Inspired by a letter that a nu...

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Into the Fluid Heart of Wallmapu Territory

Into the Fluid Heart of Wallmapu Territory

As part of ongoing research for Back to Earth, focusing on queer ecologies, scholar and writer Macarena Gómez-Barris speaks with Sebastián Calfuqueo, a Chile...

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Playing Nature: Alenda Y. Chang on Gaming's Role in the Climate Crisis
Article

Playing Nature: Alenda Y. Chang on Gaming's Role in the Climate Crisis

Cover image: A Pacific Northwest-inspired forest biome from Strange Loop Games' Eco (screenshot credit: John Krajewski) We speak with Alenda Y. Chang, writer, ...

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On Practice: Cooking
Audio

On Practice: Cooking

How can cooking bring people together and provide nourishment and care?

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Reading List: On Practice
Article

Reading List: On Practice

A reading list compiled by Serpentine Education & Civic Curators on the occasion of a new podcast series: On Practice.

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Artists World Illustration
Article

Ecological World-Building: From Science Fiction to Virtual Reality

Originating with science fiction and fantasy writers, the practice of creating imaginary worlds is one that has gone on to influence many contemporary artists t...

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Sondra Perry is selected to create the first Dream Commission
Article

Sondra Perry is selected to create the first Dream Commission

Sondra Perry announced as winner of the inaugural Dream Commission.

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Bloomberg Connects

Discover more from the Serpentine with our free Bloomberg Connects digital guide. Hear from artists, curators and special guests talking in-depth about Serpentine exhibitions.

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