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    Hayward Gallery past exhibitions

    Relive the highlights of Hayward Gallery's 50-year history

    Hayward Gallery has an esteemed archive with over 50 years of thought-provoking contemporary art exhibitions, including artists such as Tracey Emin, Andy Warhol and Antony Gormley.

    2021

    1. Matthew Barney, Redoubt, 2018. Production still. © Matthew Barney, courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels, and Sadie Coles HQ, London. Photo: Hugo Glendinning
      Redoubt, 2018. Production still. © Matthew Barney, courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels, and Sadie Coles HQ, London. Photo: Hugo Glendinning

      Matthew Barney: Redoubt

      See the artist’s first solo museum presentation in the UK in over a decade
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    2. Installation view of Igshaan Adams Kicking Dust at Hayward Gallery, 2021 © Igshaan Adams, 2021. Photo Mark Blower
      Installation view of Igshaan Adams Kicking Dust at Hayward Gallery, 2021 © Igshaan Adams, 2021. Photo Mark Blower

      Igshaan Adams: Kicking Dust

      The South African artist’s first solo exhibition in the UK takes inspiration from indigenous dance.
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    2020

    1. Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Horizontal - Vaakasuora, 2011, at Among the Trees, Hayward Gallery, 2020. © Crystal Eye, Helsinki, 2020. Courtesy of Hayward Gallery. Photo Mark Blower
      Mark Blower

      Among the Trees

      An exhibition of work by 37 international artists celebrates trees and forests
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    2. Installation view of Ryan Mosley, My Brother Paul, 2020 at Southbank Centre's Everyday Heroes, on until 7 November 2020. Copyright the artist. Photo credit_ Linda Nylind
      Installation view of Ryan Mosley, My Brother Paul, 2020 at Southbank Centre's Everyday Heroes, on until 7 November 2020. Copyright the artist. Photo credit_ Linda Nylind

      Everyday Heroes

      Our outdoor spaces come alive with a free exhibition celebrating key workers through art and poetry
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    2019

    1. Installation view of Bridget Riley, Composition with Circles 4, 2004 at Hayward Gallery 2019 © Bridget Riley 2019 Photo Stephen White & Co.
      Installation view of Bridget Riley, Composition with Circles 4, 2004 at Hayward Gallery 2019 © Bridget Riley 2019 Photo Stephen White & Co.

      Bridget Riley

      A major retrospective exhibition spanning 70 years of this celebrated British artist’s work
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    2. Thabiso Sekgala, Tiger, 2012. Inkjet fibra print, 70x70cm. Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery.
      Thabiso Sekgala, Tiger, 2012. Inkjet fibra print, 70x70cm. Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery.

      Thabiso Sekgala: Here Is Elsewhere

      A free HENI Project Space exhibition exploring home, intimacy, place and belonging
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    3. Luciano Castelli, Goldene Schallplatte 3, 1974. © Luciano Castelli. Courtesy of the artist
      Luciano Castelli, Goldene Schallplatte 3, 1974. © Luciano Castelli. Courtesy of the artist.

      Kiss My Genders

      A group exhibition exploring gender identity and gender fluidity
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    4. Hicham Berrada, Augures mathématiques, 2019 (detail). C-Print. © ADAGP Hicham Berrada. Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour, Paris/London
      Hicham Berrada, Augures mathématiques, 2019 (detail). C-Print. © ADAGP Hicham Berrada. Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour, Paris/London

      Hicham Berrada: Dreamscapes

      A free HENI Project Space exhibition of kaleidoscopic works bringing together art and science
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    5. Kate Cooper, We Need Sanctuary, 2016. Image courtesy of the artist.
      Kate Cooper, We Need Sanctuary, 2016. Image courtesy of the artist.

      Kate Cooper

      A free HENI Project Space exhibition exploring gender, technology and the body
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    6. Diane Arbus: Jack Dracula at a bar, New London, Conn. 2007 Courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / Copyright © The Estate of Diane Arbus, LLC.
      Jack Dracula at a bar, New London, Conn. 1961 9 3/4 × 6 5/8 in. (24.8 × 16.9 cm) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007 Courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York/ Copyright © The Estate of Diane Arbus, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

      diane arbus: in the beginning

      An exhibition exploring the formative first half of the influential photographer’s career
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    7. Kader Attia, Measure and Control, 2013
      Kader Attia, Measure and Control, 2013. Series of 5 vitrines (detail). Vintage vitrine, stuffed animal (cheetah), African mask, framed vintage photograph. Courtesy of the artist and GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Habana. Photo: Ela Bialkowska.

      Kader Attia: The Museum of Emotion

      The first UK survey exhibition of Kader Attia’s urgent, poetic and political work
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    8. Aleksandra Mir Presents the Pre-Presidential Library
      Aleksandra Mir

      Aleksandra Mir

      A free HENI Project Space exhibition featuring US tabloid coverage of Donald Trump
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    2018

    1. Installation view of Richard Wilson's 20:50 (1987) at Space Shifters, Hayward Gallery 2018. Photo: Mark Blower
      Installation view of Richard Wilson's 20:50 (1987) at Space Shifters, Hayward Gallery 2018. Photo: Mark Blower

      Space Shifters

      A major group exhibition of sculptures and installations that explored perception and space
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    2. DRAG: Self-portraits and Body Politics
      Victoria Sin, Cthulhu Through the Looking Glass, 2017, film still. Courtesy: the artist

      DRAG: Self-portraits and Body Politics

      A free HENI Project Space exhibition exploring and questioning identity, gender, class and politics
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    3. Lee Bul, Via Negativa II (interior detail), 2014. © Lee Bul 2018. Courtesy: Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York and Hong Kong. Photo: Mark Blower.
      Mark Blower

      Lee Bul

      Lee Bul transformed Hayward Gallery into a spectacular dream-like landscape
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    4. Andreas Gursky, Les Mées, 2016
      Andreas Gursky, Les Mées, 2016 © Andreas Gursky/DACS, 2017 Courtesy: Sprüth Magers

      Andreas Gursky

      The first major UK retrospective of the work of the acclaimed German photographer
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    2015 - 16

    1. Installation view of Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, OPERA (QM.15), 2016
      Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, OPERA (QM.15), 2016. Installation view: The Infinite Mix: Contemporary Sound and Image. Photo © Linda Nylind

      The Infinite Mix

      A pop-up exhibition of soulful and audacious audio-visual artworks
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    2. Girl at end of Metal Corridor installation by Carsten Höller in Hayward Gallery
      Carsten Höller, Decision Corridors, 2015 © Carsten Höller. Installation View Carsten Höller l Decision, Hayward Gallery, London 2015. Courtesy of the artist, Photo © Linda Nylind

      Carsten Höller: Decision

      An interactive exhibition of large-scale installations, exploring perception and decision-making
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    3. Waterloo Billboard Commission of Superflex Euro (2012)
      Superflex, Euro (2012). Photo: Hayward Gallery, 2017

      Hayward Gallery Waterloo Billboard Commissions

      A series of large-scale billboard artworks seen by thousands of people crossing Waterloo Bridge each day
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