The opening of the Serpentine Pavilion marks the beginning of the Serpentine Summer Season. From Frida Escobedo's 'living timepiece' to a monumental floating outdoor sculpture on the Serpentine, here's everything you need to know.
She's young, she's cool and she's the first woman to design the Pavilion since the late, great Zaha Hadid. Frida Escobedo's Serpentine Pavilion marries Mexican and British influences in the most harmonious of ways. For the duration of the summer, the Pavilion hosts a jam-packed programme of events, including the popular Park Nights arts series, and Radical Kitchen lunches, intended to trigger debate about food, politics, and art.
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This summer, the Serpentine Sackler Gallery presents the work of Turner-Prize winning German artist Tomma Abts in her first UK solo exhibition to date. Best known for her colourful geometric patterns, mesmerising illusions in oil and acrylic and her 48cm x 38cm format, Abts' is one of the most celebrated artist's of her generation. A retrospective not to miss.
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The name Christo conjures up many things: the Reichstag shrouded in silvery fabric in Berlin, the Pont Neuf wrapped in fabric in Paris in 1985 and the 92,900 square meters of wrapped coastline in Australia. Over the last 50 years, the Bulgarian sculptor, together with his late wife Jeanne-Claude, has created some of the most dramatic outdoor sculpture and art installations in the world. Now, Christo presents his first major work in the UK, on the Serpentine.
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