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Find out about artist Zohra Opoku, whose self-portrait Rhododendron (2015) was displayed outside our Hayward Gallery from 2020 to 2021.

Revisiting the legendary Pink Floyd concert in our Queen Elizabeth Hall which cemented the band a place in rock history… and a ban from our venues.

Hayward Gallery’s Marie-Charlotte Carrier explores how trees challenge our sense of time in this short video from 2020’s Among the Trees exhibition.

Artist Eija-Lissa Ahtila explains how she created her huge, cinematic portrait of a spruce tree, Horizontal – Vaakasuora, for the Hayward Gallery.

Artist Eva Jospin explains how she created her fairytale-like installation Forêt Palatine entirely from cardboard, for Hayward Gallery’s Among the Trees exhibition.

Our playlist brings you some of Ludwig van Beethoven’s most brilliant works, including the well-known choral movement of his Ninth Symphony.

Naturalist, activist and writer Dara McAnulty explains how the restrictions of lockdown altered his daily interactions with nature.

Music professor Laura Tunbridge explains when and why Beethoven wrote his most famous masterpiece, the Symphony No.9 with its celebrated ‘Ode to Joy’.

Hayward Gallery director Ralph Rugoff leads a virtual tour of Among the Trees, our 2020 exhibition exploring our relationship with trees and forests.

Artist and author Paul Wood reveals the story behind the London Plane tree, which can be found on streets throughout the city.

Ben Watt, formerly of Everything But The Girl, talks about going solo again and collaborations in this interview ahead of a 2021 Southbank Centre gig.

See how the 2019-20 Hayward Gallery exhibition Bridget Riley compared to the artist’s 1971 solo exhibition in these interactive images.