London Gallery Weekend returns with a packed programme of openings and live events, inviting audiences to explore some of the city's most compelling new exhibitions across a range of venues and disciplines.
At Cedric Bardawil, visitors can catch a live set from indie art pop band This Is The Deep, staged alongside Alice Macdonald's exhibition 'Every Window is a Holiday.' The group takes cues from the pop classicism of the 1950s and 60s, with arrangements that nod to producer Phil Spector and filmmaker David Lynch. Their cinematic sound layers horns, strings, percussion and synth into an immersive sonic and visual experience.
Victoria Miro hosts the opening reception of Shahzia Sikander's 'High Seas; Closed Skies.' Central to the show is the artist's acclaimed new animation, '3 to 12 Nautical Miles,' a luminous cinematic work that traces the lasting currents of power and trade shaping the global landscape from the nineteenth century to today.
Lisson Gallery presents a new iteration of 'Zanzibar' by Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska at 67 Lisson Street. The mixed-media installation explores memory, movement, loss and belonging, pairing nine diptychs painted by Himid in 1999 with a 38-minute, multi-layered libretto composed by Stawarska.
TINA opens Katie Shannon's exhibition 'Bedding,' a show that moves between interior collapse and outward projection. Here, the 'outside' — rendered through performance, nightlife and social excess — emerges not as a means of escape but as a frenzied counterpoint to inertia.
The Essential Details
📅 Dates: 5–7 June 2026 📍 Location: Galleries across London, with programming spread citywide and guided routes in areas including Mayfair, Fitzrovia, Soho, Shoreditch, East London, St James’s, Bloomsbury, Clerkenwell, and Spitalfields 🕐 Hours: Friday 5 June: 11 am–6 pm; Saturday 6 June: 11 am–6 pm; Sunday 7 June: 12 pm–5 pm 🎟️ Admission: Free to attend
Plan Your Weekend
London Gallery Weekend brings together more than 120 participating contemporary galleries, with talks, tours, family workshops, performances, and special events across the city. The 2026 edition also includes curated routes and navigation tools to help visitors move neighborhood by neighborhood.
The Cedric Bardawil gallery welcomes visitors through vivid red double doors set beneath a classic white arched entrance marked 1 & 3.The street-facing entrance of COB Gallery presents the 2025 group exhibition 'In Tandem,' with artworks visible through the glass facade and participating artists listed on the window.The understated brushed-metal frontage of Cooke Latham Gallery, marked simply with the number 41 and set within warm red brickwork.The Copperfield front elevation showcases a Victorian yellow-brick gable with arched, green-glazed sash windows beneath a clear blue sky.The elegant street-level entrance of Cristea Roberts Gallery, featuring bronze doors and expansive glass windows displaying current exhibitions.The elegant white facade of the David Zwirner gallery stands out among historic brick buildings on a tranquil London street.The elegant arched entrance to Des Bains at number 20 is framed by a passing vehicle captured in motion blur.The exterior view of Edel Assanti gallery in Fitzrovia, London, showing its brick facade and glass-fronted contemporary exhibition space.The exterior view of Edel Assanti gallery on Bury Street in St James's, London, showing its signature storefront and current exhibition.The Elizabeth Xi Bauer gallery presents its 'Umbilical Cord' exhibition behind sleek black storefront windows in a converted brick building.The understated dark-brick exterior of Emalin's Helmet Row gallery in London, seen during the Contour Fatigue II exhibition, April 2026.The Clerk's House, home to Emalin gallery, stands as a historic Georgian brick landmark on Shoreditch High Street in London.The elegant façade of Flowers Gallery on Cork Street, London, featuring a bronze sculpture displayed in its expansive front window.A striking monochrome view of the Frith Street Gallery and surrounding architecture, glimpsed through the bare trees of a tranquil London square.The Gagosian shop in London's Burlington Arcade showcases art books and objects behind elegant wood-framed display windows.The minimalist stone facade of Gagosian Grosvenor Hill in London, with contemporary artworks visible through its expansive gallery windows.Installation view of a large, colourful André Butzer painting at Galerie Max Hetzler, London, 2024, photographed by Lucy Dawkins.The elegant white stucco frontage of Gallery 1957, framed by ornate iron railings and a classical columned entrance in London.The Gazelli Art House contemporary gallery on Dover Street in Mayfair, London, its multi-storey facade filled with vibrant artworks.Evening view of a General Assembly gallery glowing above the HUMO restaurant, its arched window framing patrons and artwork.The minimalist exterior of Goodman Gallery reveals a vibrant abstract artwork through its expansive glass windows.The white stone corner facade of GRIMM gallery presents Matthias Weischer's 'Off Target' 2025 exhibition, visible through its large street-level windows.The elegant terracotta facade of Grosvenor Gallery welcomes visitors with contemporary artworks visible through its glass storefront.The front entrance of Hales Gallery in London, featuring sleek black glass doors framed by traditional red brickwork.
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