London Gallery Weekend May 31 - June 2 | Bernheim London

Bernheim gallery is glad to announce its participation in the London Gallery Weekend, which will return from Friday 31 May to Sunday 2 June 2024 for its fourth edition.

A key moment in the international art world calendar, London Gallery Weekend showcases the strength ofthe London art scene and draws collectors and curators from around the UK and abroad, as well as the city’s art-loving public. With over 130 participating galleries confirmed so far – ranging from established galleries to emerging spaces and featuring 16 new participants – London Gallery Weekend demonstrates the vibrancy and variety of the London gallery scene. The 2024 edition will also feature the return of the popular public performance programme developed in collaboration with UP Projects, that will see free, artist-led performances taking place over the course of the three-day event. In a new partnership for 2024, the Government Art Collection (GAC) will acquire one work on display during the weekend from a London gallery. LGW is pleased to announce an expanded LGW European Curator Bursary scheme this year alongside the return of the Art Fund Travel Bursary for Visiting Curators delivered in partnership with Art Fund and with support from Contemporary Visual Arts Network.

Each of London Gallery Weekend’s three days focuses on one area: starting with Central London on Friday, followed by South London on Saturday and culminating on Sunday in the East End.

The exhibitions will be complemented by a programme of workshops and kids events, guided tours, talks and special performances; all of which are totally free and accessible to all. Participating galleries will be open across the three days, closing at 5pm on Sunday.

 

In Central London, early highlights of the gallery programme include: mixed media assemblages made whilst on residency in India by John Baldessari at Sprüth Magers; a new series of acid-hued paintings by Harmony Korine drawn from his new film Aggro Dr1ft at Hauser & Wirth; a new series of paintings by Jacqueline de Jong in dialogue with a group of works from the 1960s at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery; a historic exhibition presenting Lynda Benglis’ sparkle knots and video works at Thomas Dane Gallery; new works bridging representation and abstraction by Raphaela Simon at Michael Werner Gallery; the UK debut of two films by Andrea Büttner at Hollybush Gardens; a survey exhibition of the late surrealist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun at Ben Hunter; intricate hand-assembled collages celebrating black women by Sharon Walters at HackelBury Fine Art; new photographic works by Dayanita Singh at Frith Street Gallery; a solo exhibition by American sculptor Hannah Levy at MASSIMODECARLO; an exhibition in support of Gasworks, showcasing artist editions from the organisation's last 30 years, on view in David Zwirner’s Upper Room; and the first UK solo show by Yi To presented at LGW newcomer Alice Amati.

London Gallery Weekend welcomes new participants from the new Bloomsbury Group of galleries, including: Brunette Coleman whose space will be dominated by an ambitious, site-specific cold room by Amsterdam-based artist Brianna Leatherbury; a. SQUIRE who will show new paintings of gay bathhouse scenes by Düsseldorf-based artist Ryan Huggins; and Hot Wheels Athens London, who will present new works by Danish artist Jesper List Thomsen. Also in Bloomsbury – in their space on Museum Street – Herald St will show photographs by artist Annette Kelm, and Union Pacific, newly relocated to the area, will present a series of new, large-scale paintings by Jin Han Lee.

 

Early highlights from galleries in South London include: a selection of new paintings by Georg Baselitz at White Cube’s Bermondsey space; an exhibition by Isabella Benshimol Toro that delves into ideas about identity, sexuality and domesticity at ZÉRUÌ; works on paper by Jade de Montserrat at Bosse & Baum; speculations over regenerative public space in the form of Can Altay’s exhibition at Arcade; new sculptures by Vincent Fecteau at greengrassi; and a group show of expressive, gestural paintings by Carole Gibbons, Roy Oxlade and Max Wade at Sid Motion Gallery.

 

In East London, highlights include: a presentation of choreographed photographs by Hannah Starkey at Maureen Paley; Dean Sameshima’s exhibition of photographs that consider the anonymity and loneliness pervading shared experiences in public spaces at Soft Opening; BLCKGEEZER’s exhibition examining ‘Black Nausea’ at new LGW participant ALMA PEARL; an exhibition of new and recent ceramic work by London-based artist Renee So at Kate MacGarry; and – in their LGW debut – the first UK solo show by American artist Violet Dennison at Ilenia.