London galleries are launching a packed week of late-January exhibitions, featuring solo shows by Jessica Rankin at White Cube (embroidered paintings and works on paper), R. Crumb at David Zwirner (a survey of his six-decade career in countercultural drawing), Alexandra Christou at Sadie Coles HQ (rarely seen 1990s paintings of Greek life), Christina Mackie at Goldsmiths CCA (interdisciplinary installation), and a group show 'Geometry in Motion' at Stephen Friedman Gallery (exploring geometry and seriality).
This flurry of openings signals the city's art scene returning to full momentum after the holiday lull, offering a diverse range of practices from intimate textile-based abstraction to radical graphic art and overlooked figurative painting. The week highlights both established international names and rediscovered or under-recognized artists, reflecting London's role as a global hub for commercial and institutional contemporary art.