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'emajendat', Lauren Halsey's first solo exhibition in the UK, transforms Serpentine South into an immersive ‘Funk garden’ that offers an extension of Kensington Gardens into the galleries.

Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist discusses Silent Writings, a digital artwork by American artist Barbara Kruger.

“Sculpture is a thing like a miracle. It is built up, decked out, made arbitrarily not as the sign of thoughts but as a thing within the limits of the shape.” — Georg Baselitz

Artist and writer Barbara Chase-Riboud walks us through her life story and the evolution of her practice in the context of her major retrospective exhibition, 'Barbara Chase-Riboud: Infinite Folds'.

Serpentine presents the first UK solo exhibition of works by Luchita Hurtado (b.1920, Maiquetía, Venezuela).

Hans Ulrich Obrist and Joseph Constable discuss the inspirations behind the works in Albert Oehlen's eponymous exhibition at Serpentine.

BOB is the creation of American artist Ian Cheng and forms part of his first solo UK exhibition.

Rose Wylie finds inspiration for her visually compelling paintings through her daily encounters and a variety of sources.

Shumon Basar is a writer, thinker and cultural critic. Between 1996 and 1999 he worked at the then-named Office of Zaha Hadid.

Arthur Jafa, Ming Smith and Frida Orupabo discuss their work presented in the exhibition A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions.

Hear John Latham's colleagues, friends, and family talk about this extraordinary artist and the works within A World View: John Latham.

FT Architecture and Design critic Edwin Heathcote presents a Facebook Live tour of Zaha Hadid: Early Paintings and Drawings at the show's private view.

Artist Marc Camille Chaimowicz and curator Melissa Blanchflower lead a tour of his exhibition An Autumn Lexicon.

Michael Craig-Martin talks about his exhibition, Transience, at Serpentine from 25 November 2015 to 14 February 2016.

Simon Denny presents a guide to his exhibition, Products for Organising at Serpentine from 25 November 2015 to 14 February 2016.

In Summer 2014, in a unique work created for the Serpentine called 512 Hours, the artist Marina Abramović performed at Serpentine for the duration of her exhibition.

Pascale Marthine Tayou talks about the inspiration for his work and his exhibition BOOMERANG.

Rachel Rose talks about her exhibition, Palisades, at Serpentine North.

This exhibition focuses primarily on af Klint's body of work, The Paintings for the Temple, which dates from 1906–15.

Serpentine presents the first major exhibition of work by Kerstin Brätsch and Adele Röder in a UK public institution.

Alex Katz and Head of Programmes Lizzie Carey-Thomas talk about the exhibition Quick Light.

Etel Adnan and curator Rebecca Lewin talk about Adnan's first solo exhibition in a UK public institution, which shows work from across her career.

In this film, Saraceno speaks on the responsive nature of the exhibition and how he plans on inviting as many different species into the space as possible.

Artist Helen Marten gives an introduction to her Serpentine exhibition Drunk Brown House.

Grayson Perry leads a tour around his exhibition, The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever!

Torbjørn Rødland talks about his exhibition The Touch That Made You at Serpentine.

Curator, Rebecca Lewin talks about American artist Wade Guyton's uses of digital technologies as tools to create both large-scale paintings on linen and smaller compositions on paper.

Sondra Perry constructs multifaceted narratives that explore the imagining, or imaging, of blackness throughout history.

Christo discusses the exhibition of the artists’ work at Serpentine, which draws upon their use of barrels to create artworks and The London Mastaba, Serpentine Lake.

Known for creating complex immersive ecosystems, Huyghe presents a major new exhibition at Serpentine.

Atelier E.B, the collaborative fashion label by designer Beca Lipscombe and artist Lucy McKenzie, share the ideas behind their exhibition Passer-by.

Grace Wales Bonner discusses her Serpentine exhibition A Time for New Dreams, alongside artists Liz Johnson Artur, Kapwani Kiwanga, Laraaji and Eric N. Mack.

Serpentine presents the first UK solo exhibition by the late Swiss visionary artist, healer and researcher Emma Kunz (1892–1963) that features over 40 of her rarely seen drawings.

In this film artist Hito Steyerl discusses her project at Serpentine, which includes an exhibition, Power Plants; an app, Actual Reality OS, and a series of walks, Power Walks.

For their newly commissioned exhibition at Serpentine, P. Staff presents their most ambitious work to date.

This exhibition brings together new and existing works in an immersive, site-specific installation.

Formafantasma (Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin) are designers who dissect the ecological and political responsibilities of their discipline.

British-Ghanaian photographer James Barnor's career spans six decades, two continents and numerous photographic genres.

We sat down with Hervé Télémaque in his Serpentine exhibition to discuss the ways his work is informed by his personal experience.

Radio Ballads presents four bodies of work created through collaboration with social workers, carers, organisers, and residents.

In this video, hear from artist Dominque Gonzalez-Foerster on her exhibition at Serpentine South, 'Alienarium 5'.

Speaking from her studio and home garden in Khartoum, Sudan, artist Kamala Ibrahim Ishag shares some of the memories and stories behind her work.

Gabriel Massan introduces 'Third World: The Bottom Dimension', a multi-part project conceptualised by Massan alongside team of artists and collaborators.

Throughout her six-decade career, artist Judy Chicago has contested the absence and erasure of women in the Western cultural canon.

Hans Ulrich Obrist introduces a new large-scale public work at Serpentine South by artist Gerhard Richter.

Hear from artists Larry Achiampong and Nengi Omuku as they discuss how Yinka Shonibare CBE has influenced their own artistic practices.

Artist Lauren Halsey speaks with her close friend, filmmaker Barrington Darius, about 'emajendat', her exhibition at Serpentine.

'The Call' by artists Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst is an exhibition exploring what new rituals we might want to nurture for the age of AI.

"A tree’s body is itself a sculpture” – Artist Giuseppe Penone in his Turin studio

In this film, architect Lina Ghotmeh shares the process of designing the Serpentine Pavilion 2023.

Architect Junya Ishigami speaks about his design for the 2019 Serpentine Pavilion.

Diébédo Francis Kéré talks about his 2017 Pavilion design, his work in Burkina Faso and his German influences.

Architect Sou Fujimoto discusses his visionary design for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013.

Smiljan Radić talks to Oliver Wainwright about creating a place of refuge for London – and why being crude is more important than being polished.

The 2009 Pavilion was designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of leading Japanese architecture practice SANAA.

The design team responsible for the celebrated Beijing National Stadium came together again in London in 2012 in a special development of Serpentine's acclaimed annual commission

Smiljan Radić, the architect of the 2014 Pavilion Commission, discusses the concepts behind his design with Serpentine Directors Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Architects José Selgas and Lucía Cano discuss the concepts behind the design of the 2015 Serpentine Pavilion.

Discover the Serpentine Pavilion 2010 designed by Jean Nouvel.

Discover the Serpentine Pavilion 2011 designed by Peter Zumthor.

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto explains how he used a rigid geometric grid for his Serpentine Pavilion to create a soft and natural atmosphere.

Architect Asif Khan talks about the design for his 2016 Serpentine Summer House.

Frank Barkow talks about Barkow Leibinger's design for their Serpentine Summer House.

Yona Friedman talks about his 2016 Serpentine Summer House.

Kunlé Adeyemi talks about the design for his 2016 Serpentine Summer House.

Take a look at the 2016 Serpentine Architecture Programme and learn about the history of the Serpentine Pavilion. Produced in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture.

Diébédo Francis Kéré's wooden pavilion is captured from above in this drone footage shot by Dezeen at the Serpentine Pavilion 2017 press preview.

Peter Zumthor discusses his design for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011, followed by a collaborative performance between Fritz Hauser and Peter Conradin Zumthor.

Architect Frida Escobedo, celebrated for dynamic projects that reactivate urban space, was in conversation with Mohsen Mostafavi, Marina Otero Verzier and Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Berlin-based architect Francis Kéré in conversation with Stefano Boeri, Mohsen Mostafavi, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Saskia Sassen.

Bjarke Ingels, Kunlé Adeyemi, Frank Barkow and Regine Leibinger, Yona Friedman and Asif Khan discussed their designs for the 2016 Pavilion and Summer Houses.

Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron, Michael Craig-Martin and Hiroshi Sugimoto discuss the concepts behind the Serpentine Pavilion 2012 by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei.

Bjarke Ingels talks about his design for the 2016 Serpentine Pavilion.

Frida Escobedo discusses the influences on her 2018 Serpentine Pavilion.

Architect and director of Counterspace Sumayya Vally speaks about her design for the 2021 Serpentine Pavilion.

Theaster Gates discusses 'Black Chapel', Serpentine Pavilion 2022, in conversation with Sir David Adjaye OBE and Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Lina Ghotmeh speaks about her design for the 2023 Serpentine Pavilion.

Architect Lina Ghotmeh and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist discuss the Serpentine Pavilion 2023.

Architect Minsuk Cho describes the range of sensory experiences that his Serpentine Pavilion offers.

Architect Minsuk Cho (Mass Studies) and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist discuss the Serpentine Pavilion 2024.

Speaking from her studio, architect Marina Tabassum tells us about her practice and design for this year's Serpentine Pavilion.

How are Serpentine Pavilions made? The team from Serpentine, Stage One and AECOM take us through the design, build and delivery of the annual architectural commission.

Architect Minsuk Cho discusses his design for this year's Serpentine Pavilion, 'Archipelagic Void'.

In this conversation, artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist discuss the Pollinator Pathmaker project.

The Understory of the Understory is the fourth instalment in an ongoing festival series on consciousness and intelligence across species, part of Serpentine’s General Ecology project.

Serpentine's Artistic Director, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and renowned fashion designer and Serpentine Council member Gabriela Hearst in-conversation around her ethos and practice.

Serpentine Galleries presented the third installment of this symposium and research project, presented as part of the General Ecology project.

On the occasion of Grace Wales Bonner's Serpentine exhibition A Time For New Dreams, Ishmael Reed was in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Junya Ishigami and Jakob Kudsk Steensen discussed the Serpentine Pavilion 2019 and the Serpentine Augmented Architecture commission in a conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Rose Wylie finds inspiration for her visually compelling paintings through her daily encounters and a variety of sources, from art history and comic books to celebrity stories and sport.

The Serpentine Gallery Garden Marathon was the sixth in the Gallery's acclaimed Marathon series. This two-day event explored the concept of the garden.

The Memory Marathon explored memory, archaeological excavation and historical recordings through overlaps and interactions between artistic practice and scientific enquiry.

The Memory Marathon explored memory, archaeological excavation and historical recordings through overlaps and interactions between artistic practice and scientific enquiry.

John Berger discusses the film Ways of Listening (from The Seasons in Quincy: Portraits of John Berger), memories, stories and reads a new work the 2011 England riots.

The Memory Marathon explored memory, archaeological excavation and historical recordings through overlaps and interactions between artistic practice and scientific enquiry.

Hear artist Gabriel Massan in conversation with Tamar Clarke-Brown and Hans Ulrich Obrist to celebrate the launch of their exhibition, video game and web3 project at Serpentine.

Stewart Brand, John Brockman, Richard Prum and Hans Ulrich Obrist discuss De-Extinction.

The 2014 Serpentine Marathon included artists, writers, scientists, film-makers, choreographers, theorists and musicians, who presented on the topic of Extinction.

The Map Marathon celebrated a number of key anniversaries: from the 40th anniversary of the Serpentine Gallery to the 2500th anniversary of the first, original Marathon, in 490 B.C.

The 89plus Marathon brought emerging practitioners, born in or after 1989, together with influential thinkers of all generations.

A conversation between Alejandro Jodorowsky and Hans Ulrich Obrist following the Serpentine Cinema London premiere of Jodorowsky’s newest film, Endless Poetry (Poesia Sin Fin).

Artist Rose Wylie discussed her practice and her Serpentine exhibition, QUACK QUACK, with Artistic Director, Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Lee Ufan in conversation with Serpentine's Artistic Director, Hans Ulrich Obrist at the Korean Cultural Centre UK.

Serpentine and Artsy presented a conversation with Pierre Huyghe and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine, to discuss Pierre Huyghe's exhibition UUmwelt.

Back to Earth: Manthia Diawara in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, A Letter From Yene

Will a computer ever compose a symphony, write a prize-winning novel, or paint a masterpiece? And if so, would we be able to tell the difference?

Equilibrium: A Public Gathering on Environmental Justice brought together artists, campaigners and thinkers to address questions of environmental justice.

In the face of ecological crisis, how can art, design and philosophy effect long-term change?

Watch Cao Fei in conversation with curator and academic Yang Beichen, HX designer Sun Xiaoxi, Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist, and curator Joseph Constable.

Artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen discussed the Serpentine Augmented Architecture commission in a conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine.

Architect Sumayya Vally in conversation with Serpentine Artistic Director, Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Serpentine’s Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist leads a panel talk with artists Seba Calfuqueo and Adham Faramawy.

To commemorate the opening of her solo exhibition, Kamala Ibrahim Ishag is in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine.

Barbara Chase-Riboud is in conversation with Yesomi Umolu, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Public Practice, Serpentine.

Architect Lina Ghotmeh and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist discuss the Serpentine Pavilion 2023.

Follow along as artist Fannie Sosa plays a live demo of Hivemind alongside artists Navild Acosta and Calum Bowden who is accompanied by Tamar Clarke-Brown.

Discover the interactive murder mystery and live playtesting event produced by Serpentine Arts Technologies and R&D Platform in collaboration with Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley.

Compendium is a research and development tool created by Serpentine Synthetic Ecologies Lab, a growing library of creative and critical inquiry in life science and ecology.

In this workshop Chris MacInnes introduces you to Unity—a free game engine for Mac, Windows and Linux––by taking you through beginner-level, development workflows.

Listen to artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy in conversation with Serpentine Arts Technologies R&D Platform Producer Alex Boyes discuss their creative practice.

Join artist and digital-performer of Team Rolfes, Sam Rolfes along with Serpentine R&D Platform Producer Alex Boyes as they discuss Rolfes’ practice.

The Deep Listener (2019) by Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen (b.1987) is an audio-visual ecological expedition through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park.

BOB is the creation of American artist Ian Cheng and forms part of his first solo UK exhibition.

Get a taste of this interactive simulation where players experiment with opportunities to pollute the herd, lose points and experience loss of control over their bad corgi.

The Serpentine's third digital commission, Cloud Index is by British artist and writer James Bridle.

Shortly before 'The Call' closed, the artists invited members of the public to see for themselves how these models were developed through one final recording session at Stone Nest.

Can collective governance be a way to build more supportive structures for AI projects?

Hear artist Gabriel Massan in conversation with Tamar Clarke-Brown and Hans Ulrich Obrist to celebrate the launch of their exhibition, video game and web3 project at Serpentine.

Look back on Artist Worlds Twitch Best Bits with Serpentine Arts Technologies.

Discover Third World: The Bottom Dimension, a multi–level video game led by Gabriel Massan and Serpentine Arts Technologies.

FAE3 identifies new patterns for organisational and creative innovation within the broader space of decentralised technologies.

How can the metaverse support Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property, sovereign rights and custodianship?

How can fermentation and our relationship with microbial life inform different disciplinary practices?

2022 Digital Commission, Hivemind, transforms the labyrinth framework, first developed for R&D Labyrinths Series 1, into an artist-led game.

Within this conversation Robin McNicholas and Alex Boyes discuss examples, risks and metrics for success across virtual production beyond visual arts.

FAE2 outlines what is required from 21st century cultural infrastructure in order to shape the metaverse’s evolution.

Throughout this workshop, participants learned ways to engage the audience/users of their work by designing for interactivity with mediums you engage.

Artist, technologist and producer Amelia Winger-Bearskin explores how we can future-proof technologies just like the stories and mythologies that sustain us.

Serpentine’s Legal Lab launched in 2019 to support the future ecosystem for art, science and technology through investigating legal issues and prototyping accessible legal solutions.

Artist and writer James Bridle talks about technology, clouds and miracles.

Discover Serpentine Digital's 2019 commissions.

Serpentine's Digital Commissions Programme commissioned pioneering artists with the goal of challenging and reshaping the role that technology can play in our culture and society.

This is a recording of the live event which took place on Serpentine’s Twitch on May 5th at 6pm BST.

The R&D Labyrinths series guides you through the back-end of the software interfaces that various artists use to make their work.

The R&D Labyrinths series guides you through the back-end of the software interfaces that various artists use to make their work.

The R&D Labyrinths series guides you through the back-end of the software interfaces that various artists use to make their work.

Discover Jakob Kudsk Steensen’s simulated realities through the lens of cutting-edge technologies to explore the fragility of our natural world and ecosystems at risk.

The Deep Listener by Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen is an audio-visual ecological expedition through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park.

In the Serpentine Galleries' second Digital Commission artist Ian Cheng invites you to enter the world of Bad Corgi: a shadowy mindfulness app for contemplating chaos.

Artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen discussed the Serpentine Augmented Architecture commission in a conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine.