6 exhibits you need to add to your diary
If you feel this past year has left you culturally deficient, then May 17 can’t come soon enough. From Monday, galleries and museums across the UK will be bursting back to life after a long hibernation, with a host of highly anticipated exhibitions.
If you’ve been left giddy with the sheer excitement of it or can’t quite remember where to start after such a hiatus, we’ve rounded up the six must-see events to visit first.
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms, Tate Modern
Kusama’s iconic immersive installation is finally coming to London. The installation features two rooms: the Infinity Mirrored Room - one of the artist’s largest installations to date - and Chandelier of Grief, a room filled with rotating crystal chandeliers.
Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life, The Hepworth WakefieldMarking their 10th anniversary, The Hepworth Wakefield (named after the Barbara Hepworth, who was born and raised in Wakefield) is hosting the largest exhibition of her work since her death in 1975.
David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020, Royal Academy
All 116 new works featured in David Hockney’s upcoming exhibition were painted during spring last year, on an iPad at his home in Normandy. Full of his signature use of colour and the optimism of spring, it’s proof that good things can come out of a hard year.
Liverpool BiennaleThe first ‘outdoor’ chapter of the 11th Liverpool Biennale opened in March, with the full festival opening with exhibits and events held throughout the city from May.
The Making of Rodin, Tate Modern
Arranged to look like the artist’s studio, many of the 200-plus sculptures that will be featured in this major retrospective have never been seen outside of France, offering the ultimate opportunity to immerse yourself in the artist’s work.