International Programme
Current, upcoming and recent institutional exhibitions, commissions and artist projects
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9 December 2019
Yayoi Kusama: Fireflies on the Water at Toledo Museum of Art
This special presentation of Kusama's installation (14 December 2019–26 April 2020) is made possible through a generous loan from the Whitney Museum of Art. Toledo, Ohio -
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4 December 2019
The new Rubell Museum features works by Celia Paul and Hernan Bas
Opening on 4 December 2019 the new Rubell Museum features a museum-wide installation of works that chronicle key artists, moments, and movements over the past 50 years. Rubell Museum, Miami -
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29 November 2019
Interiorities, featuring Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Adriana Varejão, now open at Haus der Kunst, Munich
The exhibition (29 November 2019–29 March 2020) focuses on interior of the imagination, as well as with the interior as a real setting, as a private retreat or shelter, or as a space with the potential to reflect and change the social and political zeitgeist. Haus der Kunst, Munich -
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28 November 2019
Gropius Bau announces a major Yayoi Kusama exhibition as part of its 2020 programme
The artist's first large-scale retrospective in Germany takes place 4 September 2020–17 January 2021 and will subsequently be on view at the Museum Ludwig and Fondation Beyeler. Gropius Bau, Berlin -
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26 November 2019
Rubell Museum’s inaugural installation for its new campus features major work by Yayoi Kusama
Opening 4 December 2019, with immersive installations by Yayoi Kusama including Where the Lights in My Heart Go, 2016. Rubell Museum, Miami, Florida -
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26 November 2019
Bent Pool by Elmgreen & Dragset is unveiled in Miami
Commissioned by the City of Miami Beach’s Art in Public Places Program, and located in Pride Park, in front of the Miami Beach Convention Center, Elmgreen & Dragset’s 20-foot-high sculpture Bent Pool, 2019, is an upright arching swimming pool that welcomes visitors to the recently renovated site. Pride Park, Miami -
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25 November 2019
Just announced: Guggenheim Bilbao to present Isaac Julien: Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement in 2020
Isaac Julien’s Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement (on view 25 June–27 September 2020) traverses a collection of Lina Bo Bardi’s most iconic buildings, offering a meditation on the iconic work and on the legacy of the visionary modernist architect and designer (1914–1992). Guggenheim Bilbao -
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22 November 2019
Howardena Pindell features in Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019 at the Whitney
The exhibition (22 November 2019–January 2021) foregrounds how visual artists have explored the materials, methods, and strategies of craft over the past seven decades. Some expand techniques with long histories, such as weaving, sewing, or pottery, while others experiment with textiles, thread, clay, beads, and glass, among other mediums. The traces of the artists’ hands-on engagement with their materials invite viewers to imagine how it might feel to make each work. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York -
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21 November 2019
Idris Khan’s public sculpture 65,0000 Photographs is officially unveiled at One Blackfriars
For this towering sculpture and major public work, Khan has drawn from his personal archive of images from the past six years – some 65,000 images. Using this number of photographs, he has created a monumental column for One Blackfriars. The sculpture represents the volume of photography in the modern age and draws attention to the almost forgotten art of photographic printing, in our ever more digitised world. One Blackfriars, London -
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21 November 2019
Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years, coming soon to The Holburne Museum, Bath
The exhibition (24 January–25 May 2020) is the first to survey Grayson Perry’s earliest forays into the art world will re-introduce the explosive and creative works he made between 1982 and 1994. These ground-breaking ‘lost’ pots will be reunited for the first time to focus on the formative years of one of Britain’s most recognisable artists. The Holburne Museum, Bath -
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13 November 2019
Just announced: an exhibition at the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum by Sarah Sze
Taking place across Rotunda Ramp 6 and Tower Gallery 7, this exhibition (9 October 2020–21 March 2021) will immerse visitors in today’s generative proliferation of images through painting, sculpture, print, sound, video and photography. Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York -
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9 November 2019
Soul of a Nation, featuring Alice Neel and Howardena Pindell, travels to the de Young Museum, San Francisco
Originating at Tate Modern, the exhibition (9 November 2019–15 March 2020) offers a survey of diverse artistic responses to the most seismic years of Black social activism, 1963 to 1983. The de Young Museum, San Francisco -
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7 November 2019
Conrad Shawcross: Bicameral is unveiled at Chelsea Barracks
Made of anodised aluminium, standing 8m tall and with 693 component parts which cascade down in scale as they radiate out, Bicameral is an unprecedented structure, created entirely without welding whilst using techniques drawn from Japanese wood joinery. Chelsea Barracks, London -
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1 November 2019
Stan Douglas: Splicing Block opens at the Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin
The exhibition (1 November 2019–1 March 2020) examines the relationship between music and society, and is at the same time a reflection on the media of film and photography. Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin -
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24 October 2019
Tal R: Men Who Can’t Sit on Horses at Magasin III, Jaffa
The exhibition (24 October 2019–27 March 2020) features a single painting – Natten (The Night) – commissioned especially for Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art. Magasin III, Jaffa -
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22 October 2019
Isaac Julien and Do Ho Suh feature in When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art at ICA Boston
The exhibition (23 October 2019–26 January 2020) considers how contemporary artists are responding to the migration, immigration, and displacement of peoples today. ICA Boston -
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19 October 2019
Now open – the Comcast Technology Center, featuring a site-specific work by Conrad Shawcross
The new Comcast Technology Center building, designed by Foster + Partners, in Philadelphia, features a major site-specific sculpture by the artist. Philadelphia, PA -
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17 October 2019
Isaac Julien features in Love and Ethnology at HKW, Berlin
Subtitled The Colonial Dialectic of Sensitivity (after Hubert Fichte), the exhibition (18 October 2019–6 January 2020) examines Hubert Fichte’s writing and takes it as the starting point for new artistic works on questions of representation and restitution. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin -
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16 October 2019
Do Ho Suh: 348 West 22nd Street at LACMA
A recent gift to LACMA, 348 West 22nd Street (on view from 10 November 2019) replicates the artist’s ground-floor residence from a single New York building. LACMA, Los Angeles, California -
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14 October 2019
A major public work by Yayoi Kusama conceived for Place Vendôme, Paris
We are delighted to co-present with Ota Fine Arts and David Zwirner a major public work by Yayoi Kusama conceived for Place Vendôme, Paris, as part of FIAC Hors les Murs, 2019. Place Vendôme, Paris -
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11 October 2019
ICA Miami presents Yayoi Kusama: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins
ICA Miami presents a special off-site exhibition (12 October 2019–31 January 2020) of Yayoi Kusama’s All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins in the Miami Design District, marking the first time that one of Kusama’s signature Infinity Mirror Rooms will be on view in Miami. ICA Miami -
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10 October 2019
Now open at the Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo – Spirits of Aggregation
An exhibition (10 October 2019–31 January 2020) of works from Kusama's Accumulation or Aggreggation series, first created in the early 1960s, presented with associated documents and photographs. Also on show is the installation Dots Obsession and works from Kusama's ongoing My Eternal Soul series. Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo -
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10 October 2019
Sarah Sze’s Triple Point (Pendulum) goes on view at MoMA
First exhibited at the 55th Venice Biennale, where Sze represented the United States in 2013, the work hovers between many forms at once. MoMA reopens to the public on 21 October 2019. MoMA, New York -
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10 October 2019
Isaac Julien features in Migrating Worlds: The Art of the Moving Image in Britain at Yale Center for British Art
The exhibition (10 October–29 December 2019) brings together work by eight of Britain’s leading film and video artists in the first exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art dedicated exclusively to the moving image. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut -
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7 October 2019
Wangechi Mutu and Do Ho Suh feature in Ruby City’s inaugural exhibition Waking Dream
Mirroring the interests and character of Pace herself, Waking Dream (13 October 2019–2022) underscores several themes reflected in the Linda Pace Foundation Collection, including the creative self, notions of home, vulnerability and resilience. San Antonio, Texas -
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7 October 2019
Ruby City’s inaugural programme includes an exhibition dedicated to Isaac Julien’s Playtime
On public view from 13 October 2019 (until 2020), Julien's immersive video installation addresses representations of global capital. San Antonio, Texas -
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6 October 2019
Varda Caivano features in the Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition Slow Painting, curated by Martin Herbert
Opening at Leeds Art Gallery (24 Oct 2019–12 Jan 2020), Slow Painting features 19 artists whose work spans a myriad of styles and applications, from figuration to abstraction. Leeds Art Gallery -
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2 October 2019
Doug Aitken features in TRANSFORMER: A Rebirth Of Wonder at 180 The Strand
Aitken’s New Era, 2018, is featured in The Store x The Vinyl Factory exhibition TRANSFORMER: The Rebirth Of Wonder at 180 Strand, curated by Jefferson Hack (2 October–8 December 2019). 180 The Strand, London -
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17 September 2019
Francesca Woodman: Portrait of a Reputation at MCA Denver
Featuring over 40 unique vintage prints, as well as notes, letters, postcards, and other ephemera related to the artist’s burgeoning career, this exhibition (20 September 2019–5 April 2020) details Woodman’s creative coming-of-age primarily during the years 1975-79. MCA Denver -
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17 September 2019
Conrad Shawcross features in the Science Museum exhibition The Art of Innovation: From Enlightenment to Dark Matter
The exhibition (25 September 2019–26 January 2020) explores the relationship between science and art over the past 250 years, and how it has helped to interpret, study and explore the world around us. Science Museum, London -
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17 September 2019
Do Ho Suh and Stephen Willats feature in the Chicago Architecture Biennial
Titled …and other such stories, the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial (19 September 2019–5 January 2020) traces dialogues between various practices and the questions they raise across global communities, cities, territories, and ecologies. Chicago, Illinois -
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16 September 2019
Ilse D’Hollander at The Arts Club
The exhibition (16 September 2019–January 2020) features canvases and works on cardboard by the late Belgian artist, focusing on the rich dialogue between representation and abstraction in her work, and shedding light on the ways in which colour and form are perceived. The Arts Club, Dover Street, London -
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Commission
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9 September 2019
Wangechi Mutu: The Met Façade Commission
Wangechi Mutu has created sculptures for The Met's Fifth Avenue façade niches – the first-ever such installation on the Museum's historic exterior – inaugurating a new annual artist commission series (on view 9 September 2019–12 January 2020). The Met Fifth Avenue, New York -
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7 September 2019
Doug Aitken: Sonic Mountain (Sonoma) is unveiled at The Donum Estate, California
The installation responds to changes in the surrounding environment and creates patterns of sound as wind moves through it. The Donum Estate, Sonoma, California -
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1 September 2019
Stephen Willats features in Still Undead: Popular Culture in Britain Beyond the Bauhaus at Nottingham Contemporary
Still Undead (21 September 2019–12 January 2020) explores how Bauhaus ideas and teaching lived on in Britain, via pop culture and art schools. This exhibition coincides with the centenary of the pioneering art and design school’s founding in Weimar. Nottingham Contemporary -
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30 August 2019
Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room – My Heart is Dancing into the Universe goes on permanent display at Crystal Bridges Museum
Previewing from 31 August 2019 and on view to the public from 2 October 2019, Infinity Mirrored Room – My Heart is Dancing into the Universe conveys the illusion of being unmoored in endless space. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas -
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22 August 2019
Do Ho Suh: Robin Hood Gardens at the V&A
Suh’s panoramic film (on view 7 September–13 October 2019) uses time-lapse photography, drone footage, 3D-scanning and photogrammetry to create a visual journey in which the camera ceaselessly pans through and around the building. V&A, London -
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22 August 2019
Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem travels to the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
This major traveling exhibition (on view at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, 14 September–8 December 2019) features works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Isaac Julien, Wangechi Mutu and Howardena Pindell. The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan -
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20 August 2019
Adriana Varejão: Otros cuerpos detrás at Museo Tamayo
A monographic exhibition (24 August–10 November 2019) exploring the lines of research that the Brazilian artist has developed in her artistic practice since the 1990s. Museo Tamayo, Mexico City -
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19 August 2019
Pushing Paper: Contemporary Drawing from 1970 to Now featuring Grayson Perry and Stephen Willats at the British Museum
Celebrating the power of contemporary drawing, this display at the British Museum (12 September 2019–12 January 2020) explores how artists have used the medium to examine themes including identity, place and memory. British Museum, London -
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16 August 2019
Now open at MFA Boston – Women Take the Floor, featuring Alice Neel
This reinstallation of the Level 3 galleries (on view 13 September 2019–3 May 2021) challenges the dominant history of American art by focusing on the overlooked and underrepresented work and stories of women artists. Museum of Fine Arts Boston -
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14 August 2019
Elmgreen & Dragset: Sculptures at Nasher Sculpture Center
The exhibition (14 September 2019–5 January 2020) focuses on Elmgreen & Dragset’s sculptural production, presenting together for the first time a large selection of sculptures that illustrate the artists’ use of multiple aesthetics and working methods. Dallas, Texas -
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14 August 2019
A major exhibition by Sarah Sze to open at Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
For her second solo show at the Fondation Cartier, Sarah Sze will create an immersive exhibition (12 December 2019–10 May 2020) in dialogue with the transparent spaces of Jean Nouvel’s iconic building. Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris -
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23 July 2019
NS Harsha: Gathering Delights at CHAT, Hong Kong
A major survey (28 July–3 November 2019) of the artist, featuring some 30 works that more than 20 years of his practice. CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile), Hong Kong -
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22 July 2019
Grayson Perry: Julie Cope’s Grand Tour at Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
The exhibition (25 July–2 November 2019), which is the final stop of Julie Cope’s Grand Tour, includes the complete series of tapestries and a selection of artefacts from A House for Essex. Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh -
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12 July 2019
Doug Aitken: New Horizon
This nomadic art installation and series of happenings comes to Massachusetts (12-28 July 2019) accompanied by a series of live events and experiences taking place across the state, all centred around a mirror-surfaced hot air balloon and gondola that vividly contrasts with the natural settings of New England. Massachusetts -
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12 July 2019
New commissions by Alex Hartley are featured in In Ruins at Witley Court
Presented by Meadow Arts, In Ruins (12 July–3 November 2019) looks at ideas of ruin and decay through installations, sculptures and other work set in Witley Court's historic landscape. Witley Court, Worcestershire -
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12 July 2019
Sweet Harmony: Rave Today, featuring Conrad Shawcross
As part of this exhibition (12 July–14 September 2019) about the impact of acid house and rave culture, Shawcross presents Golden Lotus (Inverted), a 1981 Lotus Elite, stripped of its engine and overturned, that rotates to a specially-composed soundtrack by Mylo. Saatchi Gallery, London -
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11 July 2019
Opening in May 2020 – Yayoi Kusama at the New York Botanical Garden
Just announced: The New York Botanical Garden will host an exhibition (2 May–1 November 2020) of work by Yayoi Kusama. The New York Botanical Garden -
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10 July 2019
Alex Hartley features in Where Function Ends: Responses to the Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens
To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Edwin Lutyens, Hestercombe Gallery presents new work by three artists that responds to the legacy of the man whose designs transformed the Hestercombe site (on view: 14 July–27 October 2019). Hestercombe, Somerset -
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9 July 2019
Isaac Julien: Baltimore goes on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art
The work (on view 14 July 2019–5 January 2020) unfolds across three videos as a narrative of two people, filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles and an Afro-Cyborg woman embodied by Vanessa Myrie, making their way through significant cultural sites of the city. Baltimore Museum of Art -
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6 July 2019
Tal R: eventually all museums will be ships at Hastings Contemporary
An exhibition (6 July–13 October 2019) of new and recent paintings, sculptures and drawings by the Copenhagen-based artist marks the opening of Hastings Contemporary. Hastings Contemporary -
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5 July 2019
Sculptures by Conrad Shawcross are installed in the gardens of Wilton Crescent
Three sculptures — Formation II (The Dappled Light of the Sun), 2015, Manifold 5:4, 2016, and Paradigm B (Solid), 2019 — are installed in the private gardens of Wilton Crescent, SW1, and are viewable from the street. Wilton Crescent, London, SW1 -
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5 July 2019
Grayson Perry is included in Talking Maps at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford
The exhibition (5 July 2019–8 March 2020) is a celebration of maps and what they tell us about the places they depict and the people that make and use them. Bodleian Libraries, Oxford -
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29 June 2019
Chantal Joffe is included in Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
The exhibition (29 June–27 October 2019) is the first survey exhibition of collage ever to take place in Britain. It spans a period of more than 400 years and includes more than 250 works. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh -
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29 June 2019
Expect the Unexpected, featuring Sarah Sze, opens at The Lowry, Salford
An eclectic and provocative exhibition (29 June–29 September 2019) of work by visual artists who incorporate elements of chance in their work, inspired by John Cage’s hugely influential performance piece 4’ 33”. The Lowry, Salford -
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28 June 2019
Adriana Varejão: Por uma retórica canibal at MAMAM, Recife, Brazil
Curated by Luisa Duarte, this major exhibition (28 June–8 September 2019) features works created from the early 1990s to present. Recife, Brazil -
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28 June 2019
Howardena Pindell is featured in ACE: Art on Sports, Promise, and Selfhood
The artists in this exhibition (28 June–7 December 2019) use sports and athletic culture to explore how youth, gender, race, promise, and identity are intertwined with athleticism. University Art Museum, University at Alabama -
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24 June 2019
Doug Aitken is featured in The Coming World: Ecology as the New Politics 2030–2100
This major exhibition (28 June–1 December 2019) at The Garage, Moscow, takes a look at a future already in the making, when the environmental agenda will become one of the main political questions. The Garage, Moscow -
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18 June 2019
Paintings by David Harrison are included in Dog Show at Southwark Park Galleries
An exhibition (18 July–8 September 2019) of dog-related artworks by David Harrison, Joan Jonas, Martin Creed, Lucian Freud, William Wegman, David Shrigley and others. Southwark Park Galleries
