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10 April - 17 May 2025
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<strong>Xu Zhongmin</strong>, <em>Egg shape A Silver, Egg shape B Red, Egg shape E Black</em>, 2024<h2>
AUBREY WILLIAMS: ELEMENTAL FORCE<br>
22 May - 26 July 2025
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<em>Quartet No 5, opus 92</em>
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<strong>Huang Xu</strong>, <em>Flower No.2 (Chrysanthemum)</em>, 2011.<br>
Giclee print, 120 x 120 cm.<h2>EDDY KAMUANGA ILLUNGA<br>Available from our Book Store, £45.95 + P&P</h2>248 pages, 200 full colour plates throughout. Published by Rizzoli.<h2>DREAM NO SMALL DREAM: The Story of October Gallery<br>Available from our Book Store. £40 + P&P</h2>304 pages, full colour plates throughout. Edited by Gerard Houghton.
 
 

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EXPO CHICAGO | BOOTH 443
25th April – 27th May 2025 Vip Day Thursday 24th April, 2025
October Gallery, London will participate in the 2025 edition of EXPO CHICAGO. The gallery returns to the fair with a dynamic presentation of works by Alexis Peskine, Zana Masombuka, Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga and El Anatsui.
Zana Masombuka, Nges’rhodlweni: Is’memo 5, 2023.
Giclée print on Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm paper, 84 x 56 cm.
Alessandro Wang © Museum of Art Pudong. Courtesy of the Artist
EL ANATSUI: AFTER THE RED MOON
Museum of Art Pudong, Shanghai, China
30th September, 2024 – 7th October, 2025
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.
Installation view of El Anatsui: After the Red Moon, 2024.
Alessandro Wang © Museum of Art Pudong. Courtesy of the Artist
EDDY KAMUANGA ILUNGA at Louvre Abu Dhabi
29th January - 25th May 2025
Louvre Abu Dhabi presents Louvre Abu Dhabi presents Kings and Queens of Africa: Forms and Figures of Power, featuring Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga’s striking painting Oubliez le passé et vous perdez les deux yeux.

In this work, Kamuanga draws inspiration from the endangered Mangbetu people, originally from Sudan and later settlers in the northeastern Kongo Kingdom in the 1500s. Caught between tradition and modernity, the Mangbetu represent a vanishing cultural heritage, embodying resilience and identity amid change.
Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, Oubliez le passé et vous perdez les deux yeux, 2016.
Acrylic and oil on canvas, 200 x 220 cm.
JULIEN SINZOGAN at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
21st February – 1st June, 2025
The Fitzwilliam Museum’s upcoming exhibition explores the complex history of the struggle to abolish transatlantic slavery, highlighting the individuals, communities, and movements that fought against oppression.

Among the featured works is a striking piece Land Ho! by Julien Sinzogan, whose intricate pen-and-ink compositions draw from the annual Egúngún masquerades of Yorubaland. These ceremonies, where ancestral spirits reunite with the living, serve as a powerful metaphor for return and remembrance.
Julien Sinzogan, Land Ho!, 2010.
Coloured inks and acrylic on paper, 150 x 110 cm.
© Julien Sinzogan. Private Collection.
Photo: Jonathan Greet, 2014.
Obituary: Kwesi Owusu-Ankomah
Born: October,1956 – Died: Thursday 6th February, 2025.
All the directors and staff of October Gallery, London, were immensely saddened to learn that our dear friend, the artist Kwesi Owusu-Ankomah, fondly known as ‘Brother’ to all his friends, passed away on the 6th of February, in Ghana. He was 68 years old.
Owusu Ankomah
Photo: Jonathan Greet, 2014.
Photo by Kevin Todora.
AUBREY WILLIAMS at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
15th March – 27th July, 2025
Texas, USA
The Modern presents Feeling Color: Aubrey Williams and Frank Bowling, an exhibition celebrating the contributions of these two artists to the evolution of abstract painting in the late twentieth century. 

The show highlights Aubrey Williams’ dynamic exploration of abstract forms alongside Bowling’s painterly and experimental approach. Together, their works offer a powerful reflection on the impact of abstraction in modern art. 
 
Feeling Color presents works from Williams’ expansive series Shostakovich (1980–81), and The Olmec-Maya and Now (1982–88), as well as other works on canvas and paper. 
Exhibition View of Feeling Color: Aubrey Williams and Frank Bowling. Courtesy of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
Photo by Kevin Todora.
JUKHEE KWON at Lechbinska Gallery
2nd April – 7th June, 2025
Zurich, Switzerland
Lechbinska Gallery presents Land of Morning Calm, a group exhibition featuring works by South Korean artists. This timely exhibition engages in dialogue with Hallyu! The Korean Wave, opening at the Rietberg Museum in Zurich, and reflects on the evolving cultural landscape of South Korea.

Featured are works by Jukhee Kwon, who transforms abandoned books into striking sculptures. Her practice is an act of both destruction and renewal, giving discarded objects a new existence as intricate works of art.
Jukhee Kwon, Empty Nest, 2025.
Paper (1 book), 12 x 19 x 16 cm.

 

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WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
FILMS & TALKS
8th March - 5th April, 2025
To accompany the solo exhibition of works by William S. Burroughs, October Gallery will holding a compelling series of talks and film screenings.
Brion Gysin, William Burroughs at the Institut Française (Naked Lunch Launch series, Paris, October 1959), (detail), 1959.
Black and white photographic print, 19 x 25 cm.

Archived: 06/04/2025
© Estate of William S. Burroughs.
CELEBRATE THE FINAL EXHIBITION DAY OF WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
Saturday, April 5
Exhibition 12.30 – 6.30 pm
Paid bar in the Gallery 3.00 – 6.00 pm
Free entry, drop-in
Join October Gallery in marking the final day of the art of William S. Burroughs with extended opening hours and a celebratory gathering. The exhibition features rarely seen works from spray paint, ink and acrylic to markers and gunshots. More about the exhibition here

At 3 pm, the panel discussion What’s Left of a Radical Vision When It’s All Come True? will take place upstairs in the Theatre (Sign up for the waiting list). Following the discussion, The Cat Inside (2007), a soundscape by Ramuntcho Matta, will be played in the Gallery along with Matta’s film of the seminal Electronic Revolution, describing the concept and method of Burroughs and Brion Gysin’s genre-defining literary multimedia experiments.

Visitors can also browse a selection of books and catalogues by Burroughs and those who were closely connected to him. Books and catalogue selection
William S. Burroughs, Burn Unit, 1987.
Paint on Arches paper. 76.2 x 58.4 cm.

Archived: 06/04/2025
© Estate of William S. Burroughs.
LR VANDY at The Artist’s Garden
The roof of Temple tube station, London, WC2R 2PH
3rd October, 2024 – 3rd September, 2025
The Artist’s Garden and theCOLAB proudly present M A R Y M A R Y, a landmark outdoor sculpture exhibition in central London showcasing the work of nine women artists, including LR Vandy. It is set within The Artist's Garden — a once-overlooked half-acre rooftop above Temple tube station, now the world’s first sculpture garden dedicated to women artists.
LR Vandy, Superhero Cog Woman #01, 2019/2024. Installation view, MARY MARY at theCOLAB The Artist's Garden, Temple Station roof terrace, 2024. Image courtesy theCOLAB and © Nick Turpin.

Archived: 02/04/2025
EL ANATSUI at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark .
11th October, 2024 - 27th April, 2025
El Anatsui's installation Akua's Surviving Children is now on view at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in the new exhibition OCEAN. Anatsui discovered these driftwood logs on the shores of Hellebaek in Denmark, and upon examining the weathered wood, he drew a poignant connection to the victims of slavery.

OCEAN is an exhibition, where history and the present meet in an intersection between art and science.


Archived: 02/04/2025
SANTOS MOTOAPOHUA DE LA TORRE and EL ANATSUI at Fondation Opale

Lens, Switzerland
15th December, 2024 – 20th April, 2025
The exhibition NOTHING TOO BEAUTIFUL FOR THE GODS at Fondation Opale highlights the intersection of art and spirituality and unfolds in three steps with more than 60 works.

The exhibition seeks to lift the veil on the visual expressions of Indigenous cultures, often ignored in the context of contemporary art, and to reveal their current relevance with featured artists such as El Anatsui and Huichol artist Santos Motoapohua de la Torre.
Santos Motoapohua de la Torre, Dos Divinidades: Tatewari y el Águila, 2018.

Beads, beeswax and plywood, 150 x 120 cm.

Archived: 02/04/2025
New Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga prints available
Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga’s striking new works from his current solo exhibition Nature Morte can now be acquired as giclee prints at the gallery and from our online store.

Energie red (Red Energy) and Ces êtres à part (Those Other People) poignantly confront the human toll and environmental devastation caused by industrial-scale mining, driven by the relentless demand for modern technology.
Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, Ces êtres à part (Those Other People), 2024.

Edition of 25. Archival giclée print (HDX ink) on 100% cotton 300gms archival paper, 40 x 43.4 cm (image size). Signed by the artist

Archived: 02/04/2025
Photo © Maria Green.
AUBREY WILLIAMS at AGBI
16th January - 18th March, 2025
15 Churton St, Pimlico, London
Aubrey Williams: Life Force at AGBI (Artists' General Benevolent Institution) celebrates the legacy of renowned artist Aubrey Williams (1926–1990). A pioneering figure in post-war British art, Williams’ dynamic use of colour and form continues to shape contemporary artistic discourse.

The exhibition will be open Tuesday through Thursday, 10 am – 5 pm, by appointment only. Contact AGBI here admin@agbi.org.uk
Private View of Aubrey Williams: Life Force at AGBI, 2025.
Courtesy of AGBI.

Archived: 18/03/2025
Photo © Maria Green.
Artists Xanthe Somers and Gaia Ozwyn in conversation with Curator Eleri Fanshawe.
The discussion delves into their influences, artistic practices, and the new works featured in Material Sensibilities.


Archived: 16/03/2025
GOVINDA SAH ‘AZAD’ at Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
19th October, 2024 – 23rd February, 2025
JMW Turner and changing visions of landscape is a major new exhibition exploring artists' approaches to landscape from the 17th century to the present day.

The exhibition includes works by Govinda Sah ‘Azad’ who first encountered Turner’s art while studying at the College of Fine Art in Kathmandu. Sah’s later move to Margate introduced him to the Kentish coastline, where Turner famously captured its unique light in many of his late works. Today, Sah continues to live and work in Margate.
Govinda Sah 'Azad', Here/Everywhere, 2023.
Oil and acrylic on canvas, 140 x 160 cm.

Archived: 23/02/2025
Watch the full Gallery Talk: Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga in conversation with Hannah O’Leary on our YouTube channel.
Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, one of the leading contemporary artists from the Democratic Republic of Congo, explores the inspirations and themes behind his latest series of paintings featured in our current exhibition, Nature Morte.
Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, Ces êtres à part (Those Other People), 2024.

Edition of 25. Archival giclée print (HDX ink) on 100% cotton 300gms archival paper, 40 x 43.4 cm (image size). Signed by the artist

Archived: 16/02/2025
Gallery Talk: Artists Xanthe Somers and Gaia Ozwyn in conversation with Curator Eleri Fanshawe.
Saturday, 1st February, 2025
3.00 – 4.30pm at October Gallery.
Entry: Free
Join us for a discussion between Artists Xanthe Somers and Gaia Ozwyn and October Gallery’s Curator, Eleri Fanshawe which explores the relationship between the artists and their chosen materials to create bold ceramics and textured paintings. The conversation will investigate the artists’ influence, their practice and the new works presented in the exhibition Material Sensibilities.

The talk takes place on the gallery’s ground floor and has disabled access.


Archived: 02/02/2025
Aubrey Williams: Art, Histories, Futures
Available from Friday, 22nd October, 2024
We are delighted to announce that Aubrey Williams: Art, Histories, Futures, the first major monograph on pioneering modernist Aubrey Williams, will be published on 22nd October, 2024.

The book features an extraordinary selection of unpublished and out-of-print writings by Williams, alongside artworks that showcase the full breadth of his practice — from early abstracts and lesser-known murals to his later major works.

The monograph is edited by Ian Dudley and Maridowa Williams, with a foreword by Alex Farquharson, introduction by Kobena Mercer and is published by the Paul Mellon Centre.


Archived: 31/01/2025



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