Exhibitions 2015
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Kara Walker
Norma 13 November 2015 – 16 January 2016 Victoria Miro Mayfair The second of two exhibitions at the gallery in autumn 2015 by the celebrated American artist Kara Walker. Often provocative and humorous, Kara Walker's work explores the tensions and power plays of racial and gender relations. Walker's work engages with historical narratives and the ways in which these stories have... Learn More -
Elmgreen & Dragset: Self-Portraits
13 October – 7 November 2015 Victoria Miro Mayfair The exhibition features a new series of works that are representations of museum wall labels of other artists’ works, including David Hockney, Ross Bleckner, Roni Horn, Martin Kippenberger, and Nicole Eisenmann, among others. Learn More -
Forces in Nature – curated by Hilton Als
13 October – 14 November 2015 London Gallery II A group exhibition curated by the celebrated US critic and author Hilton Als. The exhibition explores the idea of man in nature and includes works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Verne Dawson, Peter Doig, NS Harsha, Alice Neel, Chris Ofili, Celia Paul, Tal R, Sarah Sze, Kara Walker, and Francesca Woodman.... Learn More -
Kara Walker
Go to Hell or Atlanta, Whichever Comes First 1 October – 7 November 2015 London Gallery I The first of two exhibitions at the gallery in autumn 2015 by the celebrated American artist Kara Walker. Often provocative and humorous, Kara Walker's work explores the tensions and power plays of racial and gender relations. Walker's work engages with historical narratives and the ways in which these stories have... Learn More -
Varda Caivano
9 September – 3 October 2015 Victoria Miro Mayfair The artist's third solo exhibition at the gallery comprises works that suggest lines of evolution, of continuity and departure, in her practice. A selection of recent painting and work on paper displays the abiding capacity of the artist’s work to strike a subtle balance between the materiality of paint and... Learn More -
Doug Aitken
12 June – 31 July 2015 Victoria Miro Mayfair A specific constellation of five key works that has been conceived for the gallery by the artist, and deals with contemporary ideas of time through the use of sound, touch, light and reflectivity; with each work existing in a zone between abstraction and representation. At the core of the exhibition... Learn More -
Conrad Shawcross: Inverted Spires and Descendent Folds
10 June – 31 July 2015 London Gallery II An exhibition of new sculptures in steel and cast bronze. Considered 'maquettes' - some for realised commissions, and others propositions for works on a monumental scale - this body of work focusses on two lines of enquiry: Shawcross's ongoing explorations of the four-sided tetrahedron as a tessellating form in his... Learn More -
Ian Hamilton Finlay: 1789 1794
10 June – 31 July 2015 London Gallery I An exhibition of the work of Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) marking the 90th anniversary of the artist's birth. A philosopher, sculptor, poet and gardener, Finlay drew on and reinvigorated the classical tradition. This exhibition, curated by Pia Maria Simig, features work Finlay created in response to the French Revolution, and... Learn More -
Idris Khan: Conflicting Lines
1 May – 6 June 2015 Victoria Miro Mayfair An exhibition of new work in the artist's fourth solo presentation with the gallery. Working across mediums including sculpture, painting and photography, Khan is well known for his large-scale works, which use techniques of layering to arrive at what might be considered the essence of an image, and to create... Learn More -
Tal R: Chimney school of sculpture
23 April – 30 May 2015 London Gallery I An exhibition of new work by the Copenhagen-based artist, accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, with essay by Tom Morton, view an online version . Tal R has often used the word 'kolbojnik', meaning leftovers in Hebrew, to describe his practice of sourcing and collecting a wide range of imagery,... Learn More -
NS Harsha: Upward Movement
26 March – 25 April 2015 Victoria Miro Mayfair The artist's second solo exhibition with Victoria Miro and his first in the Mayfair gallery. One of the most significant Indian artists of his generation, Harsha draws on a broad spectrum of Indian artistic and figurative painting traditions and popular arts as well as the western art canon. He has... Learn More -
Sarah Sze
30 January – 28 March 2015 London Gallery II Sarah Sze's exhibition at Victoria Miro spans all three spaces. This is the artist's third solo show with the gallery and her first presentation in Europe since representing the United States at the 2013 Venice Biennale. In the Wharf Road galleries the exhibition comprises three installations - one on each... Learn More -
Sarah Sze
30 January – 14 March 2015 Victoria Miro Mayfair Spanning all three spaces, this is the artist's third solo show with the gallery and her first presentation in Europe since representing the United States at the 2013 Venice Biennale. In the Wharf Road galleries the exhibition comprises three installations - one on each floor - that the artist has... Learn More -
Sarah Sze
30 January – 28 March 2015 London Gallery I Spanning all three spaces, this is the artist's third solo show with the gallery and her first presentation in Europe since representing the United States at the 2013 Venice Biennale. In the Wharf Road galleries the exhibition comprises three installations - one on each floor - that the artist has... Learn More
