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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 2, 2025 visibility 16 link 19 artists, 4 galleries

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London Gallery Weekend returns for its fifth edition from June 6–8, 2025, featuring 126 participating galleries—11 of them newly established—across three regions: Central, South, and East. The program includes extended hours, curated tours, openings, talks, and evening social events. Highlights include Bruce McLean's conceptual sculpture show at Luxembourg + Co, Gregor Hildebrandt's mini-retrospective at Almine Rech, Jennifer Bartlett's first UK presentation since the 1980s at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, and Norbert Schwontkowski's London debut at Champ Lacombe. Major museum shows include Do Ho Suh's fabric sculpture exhibition at Tate Modern.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 17, 2025 visibility 28 link 39 artists, 11 galleries

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London Gallery Weekend (LGW) returned for its fifth edition from June 6 to 8, 2025, drawing art enthusiasts across 126 participating spaces despite dark clouds and drizzle. The event showcased cutting-edge performances, digital experiments, and bold textile art, but faced challenges as several trendy younger galleries—including Union Pacific, Guts Gallery, The Sunday Painter, and Xxijra Hii—chose not to participate this year. The weekend also overlapped with the debut London edition of South by Southwest (SXSW), a tech and arts conference that brought 20,505 pass-holders from 77 countries, including King Charles III, and featured visual art offerings such as LDN LAB curated by Alex Poots. While SXSW included works by Andy Warhol and Beeple, coordination between the two events was minimal, though a hastily planned SXSW VIP gallery tour occurred before LGW officially began.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 3, 2025 visibility 16 link 8 artists, 6 galleries

Folklore, mythology and tradition: five must-see shows at London Gallery Weekend

London Gallery Weekend features several exhibitions that draw on folklore, mythology, and traditional processes, offering a counterpoint to the AI-dominated art world. The article highlights five female artists whose shows span from Argentina to Australia to South Korea: Anna Perach at Richard Saltoun explores ancient folklore and identity through tufted sculptures; Francis Upritchard at Kate MacGarry presents uncanny sculptures inspired by mythology and science fiction; and Soyoung Hyun at IMT Gallery examines memory and ritual through clay vessels and shadow works. Other shows include indigenous Aboriginal artist Emily Kam Kngwarray and New Zealand-born Upritchard, who borrows from diverse cultural sources.

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article news schedule Jun 6, 2025 visibility 19 link 5 artists, 2 galleries

London Gallery Weekend, Brazil’s National Museum, Jane Austen at the Morgan—podcast

The latest episode of The Art Newspaper's podcast 'The Week in Art' covers three major stories: the fifth edition of London Gallery Weekend, which opens amid a sluggish global art market; the National Museum of Brazil's planned partial reopening after a devastating 2018 fire; and the Morgan Library & Museum's new exhibition 'A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250', featuring a miniature portrait of the author. Host Ben Luke speaks with gallerists Ananya Mukhopadhyay and Jeremy Epstein about the weekend's potential market impact, interviews museum director Alexander Kellner on the recovery efforts, and discusses the Austen portrait with curator Juliette Wells.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 6, 2025 visibility 16 link 12 artists, 3 galleries

London Gallery Weekend 2025: must-see shows for digital art lovers

London Gallery Weekend (LGW) 2025 features a strong digital art focus, with must-see shows by artists including Auriea Harvey, Tyler Hobbs, Beeple, and Robert Alice. Highlights include Beeple's interactive video sculpture *Tree of Knowledge* at the first South By Southwest London festival, LoVid's 25-year exploration of video and hand-stitched textiles at Gazelli Art House, David Salle's AI-assisted paintings at Thaddaeus Ropac, and Máté Orr's digital-first folklore paintings at JD Malat Gallery. The festival, where *The Art Newspaper* moderated a panel, underscores London's emergence as a digital art capital.

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