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Audience looking at the installation view of Nick Cave works, In the Black Fantastic at Hayward Gallery

Past Hayward Gallery exhibitions

Relive some recent highlights from the Hayward Gallery

For more than half a century the Hayward Gallery has presented thought-provoking contemporary art shows.

Among the many artists to be exhibited here are household names such as Tracey Emin, Andy Warhol, Anish Kapoor, Diane Arbus, Paul Klee, Bridget Riley, and Antony Gormley.

Gilbert & George: 21ST CENTURY PICTURES
Three large artworks of a red face and other colourful elements with the words 'Sex!!, Money and Race' on each

Gilbert & George: 21ST CENTURY PICTURES

7 October 2025 – 11 January 2026

Yoshitomo Nara
Artwork of a small figure in a red dress and brown hair

Yoshitomo Nara

10 June – 31 August 2025

Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
An art gallery features large, vibrant, multi-layered collage artworks displayed on blue and white walls.

Mickalene Thomas: All About Love

11 February – 5 May 2025

Linder: Danger Came Smiling
Two people in a large room looking at a multicoloured sculpture and framed works on the walls

Linder: Danger Came Smiling

11 February – 5 May 2025

Haegue Yang: Leap Year
A modern art gallery space featuring large, intricate sculptures made of metal frames, beads, and hanging lights against bright blue walls

Haegue Yang: Leap Year

9 October 2024 – 5 January 2025

Tavares Strachan: There is Light Somewhere
An installation view of the Intergalactic Palace sculpture, with bits of torn sheet music and lights lining the walls.

Tavares Strachan: There is Light Somewhere

18 June – 1 September 2024

When Forms Come Alive
Large black bubble structure

When Forms Come Alive

7 February 2024 –⁠ 6 May 2024

Hiroshi Sugimoto
A person looks at Hiroshi Sugimoto, Sea of Buddha installed in the Hayward Gallery.

Hiroshi Sugimoto

1 October 2023 –⁠ 7 January 2024

Dear Earth
A large, pyramidal stepped planter filled with various grasses and small plants, resembling a living ziggurat, displayed in a white gallery room.

Dear Earth

21 June –⁠ 3 September 2024

Mike Nelson: Extinction Beckons
A large indoor art installation featuring a derelict building partially buried in a massive mound of yellow sand.

Mike Nelson: Extinction Beckons

22 February – 7 May 2023

Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Visitors in a bright white gallery viewing several large, colorful, textured sculptures that resemble abstract mounds or cakes.

Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art

26 October 2022 – 8 January 2023

In the Black Fantastic
Audience looking at the installation view of Nick Cave works, In the Black Fantastic at Hayward Gallery

In the Black Fantastic

19 June – 18 September 2022

Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child
A masked woman views a large sculpture of a giant spider with long legs perched atop a circular metal cage containing fabric and painted objects, in a white gallery.

Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child

9 February – 15 May 2022