Kew Gardens presents their new exhibition Material World inside the Temperate House, featuring a breathtaking installation by artist Nnenna Okore, titled Between Earth and Sky. Okore’s monumental sculpture transforms organic materials into a flowing, immersive form, inviting us to reconsider the beauty and potential of everyday matter.

Bringing together art, plants, and design, Material World explores the connections between textiles and sustainability, highlighting how nature continues to inspire both what we wear and the futures we imagine.

October Gallery is pleased to open for extended hours during the new exhibition El Anatsui: ‘Go Back and Pick’. In collaboration with Frieze Digital Map, visitors are invited to come and see the exhibition at the gallery during Bloomsbury Afternoon and West End Day.

El Anatsui’s internationally renowned sculptural practice continues to challenge the way we look at sculpture today. ‘Go Back and Pick’ presents a new series of wall-mounted sculptures, which evolve from the planar wooden reliefs that characterised his art in the 1980s and 1990s.

This exhibition is in two parts and ‘Go Back and Pick’ can also be viewed at Goodman Gallery in Mayfair.

In the lead-up to our forthcoming exhibition El Anatsui: ‘Go Back and Pick’, we are delighted to offer a special price on the monograph El Anatsui: The Reinvention of Sculpture.

Written by distinguished scholars Okwui Enwezor and Chika Okeke-Agulu, this groundbreaking publication draws on over three decades of research to present an authoritative account of Anatsui’s extraordinary practice. From his early wood reliefs and terracotta works to his later monumental bottletop hangings, the book reveals how Anatsui’s art embodies a restless search for new models of making and meaning.

In a first-time presentation of this Japanese artist’s work at Frieze Masters, October Gallery is delighted to exhibit paintings by Kenji Yoshida. Selected works from the 60s and 70s will highlight waypoints in the evolution of a unique synthesis of Japanese traditional and European modernist styles.

October Gallery, London, presents works by LR Vandy, Alexis Peskine, Xanthe Somers, Zana Masombuka, Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga and Romuald Hazoumè at the 2025 edition of 1-54, London. The Gallery’s booth comprises arresting sculptural works, striking photography and vivid paintings.

El Anatsui: After the Red Moon has begun its highly anticipated world tour, making a global debut at the prestigious Museum of Art Pudong (MAP), Shanghai, where it will be on display until October 2025. El Anatsui’s cascading metal sculptures have dramatically transformed MAP's entrance lobby and Hall X, offering visitors an immersive experience of his masterful exploration of history, materiality and transformation. This global tour marks a significant milestone in Anatsui's career, and we congratulate him on this extraordinary achievement, which continues to captivate audiences around the world.

This exhibition was originally conceived and commissioned as the Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui: Behind the Red Moon for Tate Modern's Turbine Hall, London in 2023.

Exhibition catalogue published by October Gallery to accompany the exhibition Aubrey Williams: Elemental Force. Colour plates throughout with an essay by Gerard Houghton. 12 page softcover.

To celebrate the exhibition Freedom Rising: The Art of Owusu-Ankomah, the comprehensive monograph Owusu-Ankomah: Microcron Begins is now available online and in-store for the special price of £20.

This richly illustrated 307-page volume offers insight into the artist’s visionary practice, presenting key works and writings that chart the development of his distinctive iconography. With parallel texts in German and English, the publication provides an essential resource for those interested in the artist’s exploration of symbolism, identity and the universal language of form.

The Ezen Foundation presents From Ashes to Blossoms, an exhibition in remembrance of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 80 years ago. Curated by a third-generation survivor, this memorial tribute will focus on shared reflection and reciprocal understanding as essential pathways to Peace. Alongside historical memorabilia, artworks by Kenji Yoshida will also be shown. Conscripted as a kamikaze pilot in 1944, Yoshida’s life was saved, counterintuitively, by the atomic bombings of August, 1945, which brought the war to a rapid end. Returning to his interrupted artistic career, Yoshida became a passionate advocate for Peace.

To accompany the exhibition Freedom Rising: The Art of Owusu-Ankomah, join Papa Essel, Artist and Gerard Houghton, Director of Special Projects at October Gallery, for a conversation exploring the complex paintings by the late Owusu-Ankomah.

This first major monograph on pioneering modernist Aubrey Williams, features an extraordinary selection of unpublished and out-of-print writings by the artist, alongside artworks that showcase the full breadth of his practice — from early abstracts and lesser-known murals to his later major works.

See When a gate closes by El Anatsui at the Royal Academy’s 257th Summer Exhibition — a striking work crafted from aluminium and copper wire. Known for transforming everyday materials into shimmering sculptural forms, Anatsui continues to push the boundaries of contemporary art.

Curated by architect Farshid Moussavi RA, this year’s Summer Exhibition explores the theme of ‘Dialogues’ across disciplines and cultures. Celebrating its 257th year, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2025 brings together a vibrant mix of contemporary art and architecture.