It's almost time...
There are only two weeks left until our next Hayward Gallery exhibitions open! Book now to experience unmissable, radical art in Linder: Danger Came Smiling and Mickalene Thomas: All About Love, celebrating two pioneering feminist artists.
And on the theme of love, this Valentine's Day we have an extra special treat for you with two tickets for the price of one! Book online using the code LOVE – valid for visits on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 February.
An introduction to Linder Sterling
Get to know artist Linder Sterling in our latest video. From early glamour photography to digital deep fakes, the body and how it is photographed is central to Linder’s approach to image-making.
Linder: Danger Comes Smiling opens Tuesday 11 February – ticket also includes entry to Mickalene Thomas: All About Love.
‘This is a well-deserved retrospective of a subversive and unrelenting British art hero’ The Guardian
5 things to know about Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
Learn more about Mickalene Thomas in our blog piece exploring five key facts about her artistic journey and inspirations. Mickalene Thomas’ vibrant, large-scale portraits of Black women celebrate self-empowerment and challenge common definitions of beauty, sexuality, celebrity, and politics.
Mickalene Thomas: All About Love opens Tuesday 11 February – ticket also includes entry to Linder: Danger Came Smiling.
'The Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery is set to be totally transformed by Mickalene Thomas’ large-scale, jewel encrusted, intricately patterned portraits’ AnOther Magazine
Pay what you can
Tickets are available with our ‘pay what you can’ offer on Tuesday and Sunday, from 4pm until 6pm.*
Mickalene Thomas in Conversation with Renée Mussai
TUE 11 FEB
Join the artist behind our Hayward Gallery show, and writer and curator Renée Mussai, for a discussion about Thomas’ work and its themes of Black female identity.
Linder in Conversation with Marina Warner
FRI 14 FEB
Delve into Linder’s first London retrospective with the artist herself, as she discusses her works in the Hayward Gallery’s exhibition with the cultural historian.
Members' presale now open.
General sale opens Wednesday 29 January, 10am.
Yoshitomo Nara
TUE 10 JUN – SUN 31 AUG
Our summer exhibition is now on sale! Dive into the captivating, creative world of Yoshitomo Nara in the largest European retrospective of one of Japan’s most celebrated artists.
Header:
Linder, Untitled, 1976. Tate, purchased 2007. © Linder. Photo: Tate
Mickalene Thomas, Din avec la main dans le miroir et jupe rouge, 2023. © Courtesy the artist.
Mickalene Thomas, Afro Goddess Looking Forward, 2015. Rhinestones, acrylic and oil on wood panel. Courtesy of the artist.
Linder, Oh Grateful Colours, Bright Looks I, 2009. Photomontage on photograph, photography by Tim Walker. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Robert Glowacki
Other images:
Linder, Untitled, 1976. Tate, purchased 2007. © Linder. Photo: Tate
Mickalene Thomas, Din avec la main dans le miroir et jupe rouge, 2023. © Courtesy the artist.
Yoshitomo Nara, Missing in Action, 1999. Courtesy of Sally and Ralph Tawil and Yoshitomo Nara Foundation. © Yoshitomo Nara.
*Not available during final week of the exhibition (29 Apr – 5 May).
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