Serpentine has announced a major solo exhibition by Amar Kanwar, opening at Serpentine North on 23 September 2026 and running until 31 January 2027. The show will feature landmark works from Kanwar's career, including the feature-length film *Such a Morning* (2017), the seven-screen installation *The Peacock's Graveyard* (2023), and the world premiere of a new multi-screen work, *The Charcoal Man* (2026), commissioned by Serpentine. Kanwar, based in New Delhi, is known for poetic, politically charged moving-image works that explore decolonisation, the Partition of India and Pakistan, displacement, violence, justice, ecology, and memory.
The exhibition matters because it positions Kanwar as one of the most important voices in contemporary moving-image art, bringing together a trilogy of immersive works that address urgent global questions around power, humanity, and collective responsibility. Serpentine's leadership—CEO Bettina Korek and Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist—described Kanwar as a pioneer who expands what film can be within an exhibition, offering a contemplative, ethical counterpoint to the accelerations of the present. The show also marks the London premiere of *The Peacock's Graveyard*, originally commissioned for Sharjah Biennial 15, and the debut of *The Charcoal Man*, which extends Kanwar's long engagement with the 1947 Partition.