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Curator at Large: Spring 2025

Spring has arrived, and with it comes a fresh wave of exhibitions sweeping through London’s galleries. This season, shows delve into everything from nature’s hidden structures to the dynamic tension between opposing ideas that shape how we live, think, and feel. Whether you’re craving quiet reflection or bold confrontation, we’ve selected these exhibits for their promise to spark curiosity and conversation.

By Sophie Heatley | 24 Apr 2025

Jure Kastelic: Cathedral and Bazaar

© Jure Kastelic | Courtesy of Carl Kostyál, London | Stockholm | Hong Kong

In October 2024 Jure Kastelic had his debut solo exhibition ‘Musical Chairs’ with Carl Kostyál in Milan. Now, back for his second instalment in London, Kastelic continues to explore the push and pull of opposing forces—ideas that shape how we live, what we desire, and how we assign value to things. At its core, his practice asks: what holds value in a world where everything feels increasingly diluted? Drawing from both analogue and digital influences—including online forums, classical painting, and economic theory—Kastelic crafts surreal, dreamlike scenes that reflect the tensions of life in late capitalist society.

Carl Kostyál, London | 1 May – 8 Jun 2025

Giuseppe Penone: Thoughts in the Roots

Giuseppe Penone, Alberi libro (Book Trees), 2017 and Respirare l’ombra (To Breathe the Shadow), 2000 | Installation View, Serpentine South. © George Darrell. Courtesy of Giuseppe Penone and Serpentine.

A key figure in the Arte Povera movement, Giuseppe Penone has spent over five decades exploring the profound connection between humans and nature. Thoughts in the Roots brings together works from 1969 to the present, highlighting his poetic use of natural materials such as wood, bronze and marble. Set both within the gallery and in the surrounding park, the exhibition reveals the hidden structures and rhythms of the natural world through Penone’s quietly powerful sculptures and installations.

Serpentine South Gallery, London | 3 Apr – 7 Sep 2025

Eileen Perrier: A Thousand Small Stories

From the series Afro Hair and Beauty Show, 1998-2003 | Courtesy of Eileen Perrier and Autograph

For over 30 years, Eileen Perrier has used portrait photography to connect people and celebrate the power of being seen. Drawing on her dual Ghanaian and Dominican heritage, she blends 19th-century European and contemporary African studio styles to explore identity, belonging and representation. Often working in makeshift studios and community spaces, Perrier’s portraits centre shared experiences—from family ties to beauty salons—highlighting individuality while bridging cultural and social divides. This first retrospective brings together key series from her career, featuring three generations of her own British Ghanaian family, and her recent work on the pressures faced by teenage girls.

Autograph, London | 17 Apr – 13 Sep 2025

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Rose Wylie: When Found becomes Given

Installation View, Rose Wylie: When Found becomes Given, David Zwirner, London, 2025

Featuring recent single- and multipanel works from Rose Wylie, When Found becomes Given, the show blends personal, historical and imagined narratives across time and space. Wylie’s bold, seemingly playful style belies a deep and witty exploration of how images are composed and perceived. Her layered approach often involves reworking motifs and mixing unexpected elements to create visual echoes that challenge traditional perspective and storytelling.

David Zwirmer: London | April 3 – 23 May 2025

Amoako Boafo: I Do Not Come to You by Chance

Installation View | Courtesy of Amoako Boafo. © Prudence Cumings Associates Ltd.

Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo’s first UK solo exhibition features new, finger-painted portraits that celebrate Black identity with authenticity and joy, while challenging stereotypes through powerful, intimate works. The exhibition also includes an immersive recreation of Boafo’s childhood courtyard in Ghana, designed with architect Glenn DeRoche, reflecting themes of community and memory. Key works like Self-Portrait with Cacti (2024) invite reflection on space, identity, and shared creativity.

Gagosian Grosvenor Hill, London | 10 Apr – 24 May 2025

The Shape of Colour

Paul Feeley, Untitled, 1962 | Courtesy of The Artist and Waddington Custot

Building on Waddington Custot’s 2019 exhibition Colour Is, The Shape of Colour continues to explore the transformative power of colour in shaping how we perceive art and space. Spanning works from the 1950s to today, the exhibition examines how artists use colour and form to blur the lines between painting and sculpture. Featuring pieces by Josef Albers, Vanessa Jackson, David Annesley, Sheila Hicks, and others, the show reveals how colour can create spatial illusions, challenge perception, and turn flat surfaces into vibrant, multidimensional experiences.

Waddington Custot, London | 22 April – 29 May 2025

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24/04/2025
Clay With Large Class Sizes

Class sizes have been an issue this year. I know that others have it worse, but a large class size is a large class size. Students do better in smaller classes…FACT! We have four 2nd grade classes all at 25 students each. We have four 4th grade classes now(as of a week ago), but my special area team voted to keep the old schedule to avoid having a split planning time(I did not vote to keep the old schedule), and have the three 4th grade classes at 31, 31, and 29 come to specials. It is a struggle to restructure lessons and manage supplies when classes are large. Just 5 to 10 more students than “normal” can really through the balance of a class off. I have managed to do the coil pot lesson with 2nd grade, but there is more of a “rush” on my end of things in prepping for before class & firing. I also feel like my flying through clay!!! How do you all handle large class sizes? What are your biggest classes?(I’m coming at this from an elementary perspective.)

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14/04/2025
Curator at Large: The London Lowdown

Uncover six exhibitions we think you should see in London before spring, from Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami to tech-tinged dreamscapes.

By Sophie Heatley | 16 Jan 2025

With Christmas behind us and New Year resolutions underway (kind of), I can’t quite believe we’re already halfway through January 2025. Torn between being thrilled that the hardest month of the year is almost over and somewhat shook at how quickly it’s gone, I’m distracting myself with the fortification of my arts and culture diet. Now definitely feels like a good time to sit back, have a coffee, and plan a few exhibition visits. Here are six we think you should check out in the next few months.

Installation view, Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami, Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London | Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd

Gagosian London presents new works by Takashi Murakami, reinterpreting iconic Japanese art through his signature lens. Blending tradition and modernity, Murakami explores Japan’s cultural evolution post-Edo period, pairing mythical guardians of Kyoto with contemporary landscapes. Using AI, sketches, and past works, Murakami reimagines historical motifs with vibrant inventiveness. Highlights include his take on the Four Symbols and re-workings of Matabei’s Rakuchū-Rakugai-zu and the Rinpa school. Also for the diary: the artist will be in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist on December 11 at the Royal Academy.

Gagosian Grosvenor Hill, London, until 8 Mar 2025

Neena, aan uthii—Acaye Kerunen Installation View | Courtesy of Pace Gallery

Pace presents Neena, aan uthii—Acaye Kerunen’s vibrant UK solo debut. Translating to See me, I am here in Alur, this exhibition showcases sculptures, sound installations, and performance inspired by Ugandan communities and ecological knowledge. Based in Kampala, Kerunen combines visual art, performance, and activism in climate-conscious creations. Her vivid tapestries use natural dyes from roots, flowers, and grasses, blending rich hues like indigos, tangerines, and fuchsias that reflect Uganda’s diverse landscapes. I wouldn’t want to miss this immersive celebration of embodied knowledge and environmental artistry.

Pace, London, until 22 Feb 2025

Installation view of Lawrence Perry: They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? at IBF Contemporary, London | Photo: Tom Carter

Lawrence Perry’s psychologically charged, witty paintings bring universal fables into sharp, contemporary focus. Blending sumptuous textures with uncanny worlds, his work explores themes of desire, violence, and image saturation. Ambitious and visceral, the show crowns Perry’s unique and arresting style, an aesthetic that fuses Renaissance opulence with 70s Californian excess.

IBF Contemporary, London, until 12 Feb 2025

Installation view of Claudia Martínez Garay: Borrowed Air | Courtesy of GRIMM Gallery

Following acclaimed shows at Nottingham Contemporary and Dundee Contemporary Arts, GRIMM Gallery presents Borrowed Air, Martínez Garay’s third UK solo exhibition. Exploring “moments of rupture” where European modernity collides with Andean cosmo-visions, her works in printmaking, etching, and painting give voice to historically underrepresented perspectives. Pieces like Intrusos en sus tierras (2024) challenge official histories, using school textbook aesthetics and a striking brown-white chromatic motif to confront colonial narratives with political and emotional depth.

GRIMM, London, until 22 Feb 2025

Installation view of Jana Schroder: M. I. G. H. T | Courtesy of Skarstedt Gallery

Showcasing a selection of new paintings across three different series: SYNACLIPS, FRONTRACKS SYNACLIPS SPE and CORTEXOPHIS, Jana Schroder: M. I. G. H. T. explores the Metamorphosis in Generative Human Thinking (M.I.G.H.T.), an acronym devised by the artist to evoke ambiguity and doubt. Immersed in a tech-tinged dreamscape, Schröder explores the clash between digital floods of information and our analogue minds, reflecting how constant connectivity is reshaping our perception and attention– and not necessarily for the better. Biomorphic shapes undulate in vivid pinks, greens, yellows, and blues, like neural networks suspended in water—a mesmerising look at our evolving relationship with technology.

Skarstedt, London, until 1 Feb 2025

Installation view from Jonathan McCree’s Through The Wrong End Of A Telescope | Courtesy of Sim Smith Gallery

I couldn’t not include Jonathan McCree’s Through The Wrong End Of A Telescope. A playful, improvisational journey, McCree’s third solo show with the gallery features a constellation of cardboard, cast aluminium, folded metal sculptures, paintings, and drawings in a fluid exploration of lived experience and non-linearity. Each piece invites viewers into a dynamic game of perception, challenging them to carve their own unique path through its emergent relationships.

Sim Smith, London, until 8 Feb 2025

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13/04/2025