Our monthly roundup of our favourite London based exhibitions this January, as curated by the BRUSHWRK team…
UNPRESSED
The Gallery at The Playroom
7th - 19th January 2025
"Announcing… UNPRESSED 1!! Loads of lovely artists and prints, workshops and more"
Art from the Islamic World
William Morris Gallery
Until 9th March 2025
"The first exhibition to explore the influence of art from the Islamic world on William Morris, one of Britain’s most important nineteenth century designers and thinkers"
Lauren Halsey: emajendat
Serpentine South Gallery
Until 23rd February 2025
"For the past decade, Lauren Halsey (b. 1987, Los Angeles, USA) has developed a distinct visual language deeply rooted in South Central Los Angeles where her family has lived for generations. Through objects and installations, Halsey archives and remixes the changing signs and symbols of her environment, gathering physical and graphic material from her neighbourhood. In her work Halsey merges past, present and future via her interest in iconography connected to the African diaspora, Black and queer icons and architecture. Halsey cites the collective sonic and visual layering associated with funk music as the blueprint for her approach to making, traversing time and drawing on a wide range of sources"
New Contemporaries
ICA London
January 15th - March 25th 2025
"Marking 75 years of New Contemporaries, the annual exhibition returns to the ICA, having had a regular presence here in the 1960s, 70s, 80s and more recently in the 2010s. New Contemporaries is a unique platform, which provides emerging and early career artists with a wider audience to their work. This edition features 35 artists who have been selected through an open call by artists Liz Johnson Artur, Permindar Kaur and Amalia Pica"
Philip Colbert: The Battle for Lobsteropolis
Saatchi Gallery
Until 13th January
"Saatchi Gallery presents The Battle for Lobsteropolis, a new exhibition by celebrated contemporary artist Philip Colbert. Known for his hyperpop history paintings, Colbert continues his signature battle scene series, where the lobster battles artificial intelligence in the retro-future world Lobsteropolis"
Looking for Leonardo: The Quest for a Renaissance Masterpiece
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Until 26th January 2025
"When the founders of Dulwich Picture Gallery began assembling the collection at the beginning of the 19th century, they were determined to find a masterpiece by the artist and inventor, Leonardo da Vinci. However, discovering a work by Leonardo proved difficult. Join the quest to find this Renaissance master and follow his trail through the Dulwich Picture Gallery collection — navigating fakes, mistakes and surprises along the way"
Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism
Royal Academy
28th January - 21st April 2025
"A major exhibition featuring over 130 works by ten important Brazilian artists from the twentieth century, capturing the diversity of Brazilian art at the time"
VOGUE: Inventing the Runway
LIGHTROOM
Until 26th April 2025
"VOGUE: Inventing the Runway is a spectacular new immersive exhibition exploring the history of the fashion runway show, from the intimate couture salons of the early 20th century to the unforgettable pop-culture events of the present.
Narrated by Cate Blanchett, the show utilises Vogue’s remarkable archive and contributor network to create an experience that brings together the industry’s leading voices from the past, present, and future"
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