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Join us for a season of exhibitions, architecture, sound commissions, family activities, outdoor art, talks, food, music and more at Serpentine this summer.

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Explore Serpentine's programme through public art projects, exhibitions, virtual talks, articles, interviews and podcasts.

James Barnor
Exhibition Exhibition

James Barnor: Accra/London - A Retrospective

Serpentine North Gallery 19 May - 24 October 2021

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

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Serpentine Pavilion 2021 designed by Counterspace
Pavilion Pavilion

Serpentine Pavilion 2021 designed by Counterspace

Serpentine Pavilion Until 17 October 2021*

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

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Torkwase Dyson: Breathtaking: On Black Beauty and Other Necessary Indeterminacies (Spatial Test With Drawing, _001), 2021
Live Live

Torkwase Dyson: Breathtaking: On Black Beauty and Other Necessary Indeterminacies (Spatial Test With Drawing, _001), 2021

Serpentine Pavilion 25 Sep — 17 Oct 2021

A new sound commission for the Serpentine Pavilion informed by Dyson's long-term thinking around the concept of liquidity.

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Listening to the City
Pavilion Pavilion

Listening to the City

Serpentine Pavilion July - September 2021

A set of sonic landscapes from selected London neighbourhoods paying attention to existing and lost spaces of gathering and belonging.

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Park Nights 2021
Live Live

Park Nights 2021

Serpentine Pavilion Online 27 Sep — 16 Oct 2021

Our summer series returns with five commissions taking place in the Serpentine Pavilion 2021.

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Sophia Al-Maria: Taraxos
Public Art

Sophia Al-Maria: Taraxos

Serpentine Gallery 21 June 2021 — 24 April 2022

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

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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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In the Park

Explore art in the park through sound commissions, sculpture, performance and augmented reality during your visit to Serpentine.

Sophia Al-Maria: Taraxos
Public Art

Sophia Al-Maria: Taraxos

Serpentine Gallery 21 June 2021 — 24 April 2022

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

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Park Nights 2021
Live Live

Park Nights 2021

Serpentine Pavilion Online 27 Sep — 16 Oct 2021

Our summer series returns with five commissions taking place in the Serpentine Pavilion 2021.

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Listening to the City
Pavilion Pavilion

Listening to the City

Serpentine Pavilion July - September 2021

A set of sonic landscapes from selected London neighbourhoods paying attention to existing and lost spaces of gathering and belonging.

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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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Ain Bailey: Atlantic Railton
Live Live

Ain Bailey: Atlantic Railton

Serpentine Pavilion 26 August - 24 September 2021, Daily at 11am and 5pm *(10th + 17th September 11am & 4pm / 11th September 11am only)

A new sound work by the artist Ain Bailey for the 2021 Serpentine Pavilion designed by Counterspace.

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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.
Recipes as Archive: Marie Mitchell
Article

Recipes as Archive: Marie Mitchell

We spoke to three chefs based in London, Johannesburg and New York City for whom cooking and communion are closely linked. Here, Marie Mitchell reflects on the ...

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Belonging in Unbelonging: Sumayya Vally & Adrian Lahoud in Conversation
Article

Belonging in Unbelonging: Sumayya Vally & Adrian Lahoud in Conversation

"Architecture is an extension of who we are and how we recognize ourselves and how we assert our forms of belonging."

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James Barnor Through the Lens of the New Generation

James Barnor Through the Lens of the New Generation

A new era of artists, photographers, filmmakers and fashion designers reflect on James Barnor's enduring influence.

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Serpentine Podcast: Playtesting
Audio

Serpentine Podcast: Playtesting

In Playtesting, we speak to artists working with the metaverse, from counter archives for Black liberation to decentralised frameworks.

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Forest Dreaming with Alvar Aalto

Forest Dreaming with Alvar Aalto

Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen explores the complex relationship between the wood designs of Alvar Aalto and the forests of his native Finland.

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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.

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Into the Fluid Heart of Wallmapu Territory

Into the Fluid Heart of Wallmapu Territory

"My work is very linked to the archive and the revision of history, whether it be to revise chronicles or colonial tales." - Sebastián Calfuqueo

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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

Can video games offer insights into real world environmental systems and ecological thinking?

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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

Alice Bucknell draws a line from the otherworldly, ecological imaginings of writers like Octavia Butler to the "digital gardening" practices of artists like Jak...

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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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