Hayward Gallery

The Hayward Gallery is closed from February to May 2010 for essential repairs and renewal. It reopens on 19 June with the spectacular exhibition Ernesto Neto. In the mean time the Hayward Touring Exhibitions continue their journey around the country.

Full or Dual Southbank Centre Members get free unlimited entry to all exhibitions at the Hayward Gallery. Join now and we’ll extend your Membership to 15 months, ensuring that you still get a full year’s free access to the Hayward Gallery once it reopens in June 2010, plus you’ll enjoy a bonus three months of other Membership benefits at no extra cost.* www.southbankcentre.co.uk/membership

*Terms and conditions: available until 31 May 2010 on Full or Dual Membership, cannot be combined with any other offer.

 

See all exhibitions and visual arts taking place at  Southbank Centre.

'One of London’s most important spaces for displaying contemporary art, the Hayward Gallery is housed in an austere 1968 building that is both equally loved and derided by the majority of Londoners. Whichever camp you fall into, you’ll agree that it makes an excellent hanging space for the blockbuster exhibitions it puts on.' (Lonely Planet)

The Hayward Gallery was opened by Her Majesty The Queen in 1968. It is an outstanding example of sixties brutalist architecture and is one of the few remaining buildings of this style. It was designed by a group of young architects, including Dennis Crompton, Warren Chalk and Ron Herron. The Hayward Gallery is named after the late Sir Isaac Hayward, the former leader of the London County Council.

Opening hours during exhibitions:

Open daily 10am - 6pm, late nights Friday until 10pm.

Please note:

• In between exhibitions the main galleries are closed.
• Quietest times to visit the gallery are weekday mornings.
• Waterloo Sunset, and the upper foyer are open daily 10 – 6pm and the shop 10 – 6pm. These spaces are also available to hire.

Admission prices and ticket booking

To find admission prices, including concessions and group discounts, please search for the event or exhibition you wish to attend - you will be able to book your tickets online.
For more information and for telephone booking, please call 0844 875 0073.
For Group bookings call 0844 875 0070.

Access information

Wheelchair users and disabled visitors who require a carer may bring a companion whose ticket is free. Unstepped access is via lift from the Southbank Centre Car Park - Hayward Gallery. Blue badge holders receive a free voucher to use at Southbank Centre Car Park - The Hayward Gallery on production of a paid event ticket in the Hayward Gallery Foyer.

Waterloo Sunset Pavilion

Conceived as a 'drop in centre for children and old people and a space for viewing cartoons', Dan Graham’s Waterloo Sunset at the Hayward Gallery 2002–03 is a space for social interaction, learning and fun that is open during and in between exhibitions.

The space houses six touch-sensitive monitors showing cartoons selected by Dan Graham, artist's videos from the Arts Council Collection and new media commissions.

Open 10am - 6pm daily, all year round.

Waterloo Sunset Pavilion is one of several event spaces available for hire.

Hayward Gallery Project Space

Designed to accommodate a regularly changing programme of single installations and small exhibitions of works by emerging artists, Hayward Gallery Project Space is free to the public and open all year round. The Space is adjacent to the Waterloo Sunset Pavilion.

Open 10am - 4pm Sunday - Thursday, 10am - 10pm Friday and Saturday.

The Hayward Gallery Library

• A reference library reflecting the research needs of the exhibition curators
• Public access by appointment only

Read more about the Hayward Gallery Library.

The Hayward Gallery Internship Programme

Here at Southbank Centre we have a rolling internship programme offering interns the opportunity to work within our busy exhibitions team. We recruit for these placements four times a year through adverts on our jobs pages. Unfortunately we are unable to accept speculative CVs/application outside the advertising periods.

For more information download the Hayward Gallery Internship Programme Factsheet

Southbank Centre Shop - Hayward Gallery

Southbank Centre Shop - Hayward Gallery is adjacent to the gallery space and offers a wide range of gifts, books, prints and cards relating to the exhibition programme and the iconic gallery architecture. Read more