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Exhibitions

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David Hockney: A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts about Painting
Exhibitions

David Hockney: A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts about Painting

Serpentine North Gallery 12 March - 23 August 2026

In his first exhibition at Serpentine, David Hockney invites viewers to slow down and notice the extraordinary within the everyday.

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Cecily Brown: Picture Making
Exhibitions

Cecily Brown: Picture Making

Serpentine South Gallery 27 March - 6 September 2026

Cecily Brown presents paintings inspired by Serpentine’s unique location in Kensington Gardens, a site of personal significance to the artist.

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Amar Kanwar
Exhibitions

Amar Kanwar

Serpentine North Gallery 23 September 2026 - 31 January 2027

  For over two decades, New Delhi-based artist and filmmaker Amar Kanwar has developed a distinctive body of lyrical films that move between documentary, travelogue and visual e...

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In the park

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Serpentine Pavilion 2026 by LANZA atelier
Pavilion

Serpentine Pavilion 2026 by LANZA atelier

Serpentine Pavilion 6 June - 25 October 2026

Serpentine Pavilion 2026: a serpentine by LANZA atelier, founded by Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo

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Jesús Rafael Soto: Pénétrable BBL Jaune
Public Art

Jesús Rafael Soto: Pénétrable BBL Jaune

Kensington Gardens 16 June - 25 October 2026

Presented in Kensington Gardens, Pénétrable BBL Jaune is a public art sculpture, part of Soto’s celebrated Pénétrable series.

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Park Nights

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Park Nights 2026: Sophia Stel
Events Live

Park Nights 2026: Sophia Stel

Serpentine Pavilion 10 July 2026, 8pm

Park Nights 2026 presents I feel amazing, an evening of music with producer and vocalist Sophia Stel. Presented in collaboration with Stone Island Sound.

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A blackand white image of Chanel Beads
Events Live

Park Nights 2026: Chanel Beads

Serpentine Pavilion 17 July 2026, 8pm

Park Nights 2026 presents Your Day Will Come, an evening of music with Chanel Beads. Presented in collaboration with Stone Island Sound.

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Park Nights 2026: Shala Miller
Events Live

Park Nights 2026: Shala Miller

Serpentine Pavilion 2 & 3 October 2026, 8pm

Park Nights 2026 presents an evening of improvised vocal performance with Shala Miller in the 2026 Serpentine Pavilion.

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Park Nights 2026: Ebun Sodipo
Events Live

Park Nights 2026: Ebun Sodipo

Serpentine Pavilion 25 September 2026, 8pm

Park Nights 2026 presents Ebun Sodipo’s Atlantic Cruises: The Sex Tour, in the 2026 Serpentine Pavilion.

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Events and Activities

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Park Nights 2026
Live

Park Nights 2026

Serpentine Pavilion July - October 2026

Park Nights returns for a series of interdisciplinary artistic interventions on selected evenings staged in the Serpentine Pavilion 2026.

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Relaxed Hours
Events

Relaxed Hours

Serpentine North Gallery 21 July 2026, 10am-12pm

Our Relaxed Hours session welcomes visitors with disabilities, neurodiverse needs and sensory processing differences alongside their families, friends and carers.

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Serpentine Family Days
Live

Serpentine Family Days

Serpentine Pavilion Select Sundays from June to August 2026, 11am-3pm

Join us across the summer for a vibrant series of Family Days, celebrating Serpentine’s 2026 programme.

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Saturday Talks: Tamsin Hong on LANZA atelier's 2026 Serpentine Pavilion
Events Pavilion Live

Saturday Talks: Tamsin Hong on LANZA atelier's 2026 Serpentine Pavilion

Serpentine Pavilion Saturday 25 July 2026, 12pm

Tamsin Hong, Exhibitions Curator, leads a tour of the 2026 Serpentine Pavilion a serpentine by LANZA atelier.

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Ongoing Projects

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A purple, virtual landscape with mountains, rivers, and a eclipsing sun.
Publication Research Resource

Future Art Ecosystems

Online Annual Strategic Briefing

An annual strategic briefing for practitioners and organisations with an interest in the development of future art ecosystems.

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Serpentine Podcast
Projects

Serpentine Podcast

Online Ongoing
Full transcripts with sound description

Serpentine Podcast explores art and ideas for a changing world.

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How We Hold: Rehearsals for Art and Social Change
Resource

How We Hold: Rehearsals for Art and Social Change

Ongoing resource

A book inviting arts educators, cultural workers, facilitators and organisers, who want to use creative practice to work towards change, through personal and social transformation.

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Support Structures for Support Structures
Projects

Support Structures for Support Structures

Ongoing

A new fellowship programme supporting artists working at the intersection of art, spatial politics and community practice.

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Changing Play
Projects

Changing Play

2014 - ongoing

Changing Play is an ongoing partnership between Serpentine Education and the Portman Early Childhood Centre.

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Arts Technologies

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A purple, virtual landscape with mountains, rivers, and a eclipsing sun.
Publication Research Resource

Future Art Ecosystems

Online Annual Strategic Briefing

An annual strategic briefing for practitioners and organisations with an interest in the development of future art ecosystems.

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Legal Lab
Lab Resource

Legal Lab

Online September 2019 - ongoing

Exploring how the law can better support collaborations across art, science and technology

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THE DELUSION
Exhibitions Digital Projects

THE DELUSION

2025 - Ongoing

A video game commission and multiplayer immersive experience from Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley that explores themes of polarisation, censorship and social connection.

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Archive

Discover over 50 years of Serpentine

From the architectural Pavilion and digital commissions to the ideas Marathons and research-led initiatives, explore our past projects and exhibitions.

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