Serpentine Galleries - NOW OPEN: Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst

 

NOW OPEN Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst: The Call 4 October 2024 - 2 February 2025 Serpentine North FREE A collaboration between artists Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst, and Serpentine Arts Technologies, The Call proposes new cultural, legal, and technical rituals for art in the age of AI. Discover the first UK solo exhibition of Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst, two of the most influential artists working in artificial intelligence today. The Call addresses current societal concerns with AI, platforming musical ensembles from across the UK in an immersive, participatory experience for the public. Centred on the collective creation of new vocal datasets, governance frameworks and polyphonic AI models, the exhibition demonstrates how AI can enhance the power and artistry of the voice, and envisions new ways to build AI systems collaboratively and ethically.  BOOK NOW NOW OPEN Dr Esther Mahlangu: Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu 4 October 2024 - 28 September 2025 Serpentine North Garden FREE Celebrated for her brightly coloured geometric paintings rooted in South African native Ndebele culture, Dr Esther Mahlangu (b. 1935, South Africa) has been creating large-scale and site-specific works for the past eight decades. She began painting at the age of ten, learning the traditional Ndebele techniques and visual language of covering houses in bold patterns from her mother and grandmother. Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu, presented in the garden at Serpentine North, is the artist’s first public mural in the UK. Painted over sixteen wooden panels, the work depicts Ndebele shapes and patterns outlined with a black borders. The title of the work translates directly from Ndebele as ‘I am because you are’, emphasising the importance of communities and unity among humans and other living species. PLAN YOUR VISIT FRIEZE WEEK AT SERPENTINE Serpentine at Allied Editions 9-13 October Stand P03, Frieze Art Fair, Regent's Park Allied Editions is delighted to return to Frieze London with a unique presentation at the fair, staged in Regent’s Park from 9-13 October 2024. Allied Editions is a unique artists’ editions collective composed of seven of London’s leading not-for-profit arts organisations. Visit stand P03 for exclusive editions from Judy Chicago, Barbara Kruger, Lauren Halsey and Yoko Ono. SHOP ONLINE A Celebration of Christo & Jeanne-Claude Wednesday 9 October, 12-6pm The Magazine, Serpentine North   To celebrate Christo and Jeanne-Claude, an original drawing by Christo of The Mastaba (Project for London, Hyde Park, Serpentine Lake), 2018, will be on display in The Magazine at Serpentine North on Wednesday 9 October, for one day only during The Magazine’s opening hours of 12 - 6pm. Don't miss the chance to view this unique drawing during Frieze Week. FIND OUT MORE PLAN YOUR VISIT Our galleries are free and open to all, open Tuesday-Sunday 10am-6pm. Please note the following altered opening hours during Frieze Week. SERPENTINE NORTH Monday 7 October - 10am-6pm Tuesday 8 October - 11am-6pm   SERPENTINE SOUTH Open from 11 October   SERPENTINE PAVILION Sunday 6 October - CLOSED Thursday 10 October - 10am-4pm FIND OUT MORE

SERPENTINE STREAMS Hans Ulrich Obrist discusses Art on Tezos "We need to bring art, science and technology together."    Over the past two years, we've worked with the Tezos Foundation to develop projects on the Tezos blockchain at the intersection of these subjects, including Gabriel Massan's video game Third World: The Bottom Dimension and Judy Chicago's exhibition Revelations. Hear more from Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist who discusses these projects and artists who minted their work on Tezos Blockchain.    WATCH NOW FROM OUR FRIENDS Southbank Centre Haegue Yang in conversation with Yung Ma Thursday 10 October Join us for a lively discussion with Haegue Yang about her multifaceted practice and the ideas behind her exhibition Leap Year at the Hayward Gallery.   FIND OUT MORE

Image Credits: Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst conducting a recording session in London, 2024. Courtesy: Foreign Body Productions. Image: Esther Mahlangu, photo by Clint Strydom, courtesy of The Melrose Gallery © Photo: readsreads.info André Grossmann © 2018 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation Serpentine Pavilion 2024, Archipelagic Void, designed by Minsuk Cho, Mass Studies. © Mass Studies. Photo: Iwan Baan. Courtesy: Serpentine. Portrait of Haegue Yang ©HAM/Sonja Hyytiäinen, 2023. Courtesy of the Artist.

Serpentine - WATCH NOW! PORTRAITS FOR THE FUTURE EVENT GOING LIVE

 

WE'RE ON! TUNE IN NOW Virtual event PORTRAITS FOR THE FUTURE: A CELEBRATION OF JAMES BARNOR  LIVE 31 MARCH, 7PM BST ONLINE, FREE Join Tyler Mitchell, Naomi Campbell, Edward Enninful and other luminaries from the worlds of photography, fashion and art at our unmissable free virtual event Portraits for the Future happening NOW, celebrating legendary British Ghanaian photographer James Barnor. The broadcast will have subtitles and BSL throughout.    We have launched a Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund a programme of free activities in the park related to Barnor’s Serpentine exhibition this summer—photography, poetry, music and more.   Please visit the page today if you would like to help, and to learn more about the rewards and experiences that have been curated for contributors to the campaign.    We hope you can join us!    The Serpentine team

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Serpentine Galleries - Event Today: Enter the Artist's World

YOUR INVITATION TO ENTER THE ARTIST'S WORLD “Once you choose to open the door, then you’ve accepted a virtual space and an impossible new world. You’re giving in…maybe the walls dissolve, maybe there are two suns, maybe a flower becomes the size of a skyscraper and there are no limits to what you can expose the body to once people have opened that door.”  – Jakob Kudsk Steensen To encounter the immersive virtual landscapes and meditative soundscapes of Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen is to be transported into a new world. JOIN US HERE VIRTUAL EVENTS Two upcoming virtual events provide an opportunity to learn more about immersive experiences, advanced technologies and the creative concepts that power new digital art works. ARTIST TALK TODAY (WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY), 5pm GMT / 12pm EST Join a live conversation with Jakob Kudsk Steensen and Serpentine Senior Strategist at Large, Ben Vickers, as they discuss simulating nature, immersive story-telling and multi-player game worlds. ADD TO CALENDAR LIVESTREAM  TUESDAY 16 MARCH, 6.30PM Join a live-streamed, multi-player, immersive event with Jakob Kudsk Steensen, Rindon Johnson, Alenda Chang and Mikkel Rosengaard located in a new version of Steensen’s 2016 work Primal Tourism. READ MORE Co-presented by

WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST? Here we take a deeper look at some of the artist’s key influences... SCIENCE FICTION  Drawing inspiration from science fiction writers like Jeff VanderMeer (Annihilation, Wonderbook), Steensen uses technology to create alternative realities grounded in real ecologies that are carefully blended with imaginary ecosystems. ECOLOGY & SLOW MEDIA Inspired by ecological science-fiction and scientific research, Steensen harnesses the effects of the philosophy of “slow media”, whereby he uses the technological to foster attention rather than distraction.   FIND OUT MORE PREVIOUS COLLABORATIONS WITH STEENSEN CATHARSIS (2020) We presented Catharsis by Steensen as part of global public art project, CONNECT, BTS, a series of major art projects open free to the public in five cities on four continents initiated by South Korean pop group BTS. Catharsis immerses audiences within a digital simulation of a re-imagined old-growth forest, a forest that has developed undisturbed over hundreds of years. READ MORE THE DEEP LISTENER (2019) Created by Steensen, this audio-visual ecological expedition through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park was a journey to both see and hear five of London’s species: London plane trees, bats, parakeets, azure blue damselflies and reedbeds. This was selected as the first Serpentine Augmented Architecture commission made in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture and Sir David Adjaye OBE.  LISTEN NOW

Serpentine Galleries - Enter the Artist's World

 

ENTER THE ARTIST'S WORLD ARTIST WORLDS: JAKOB KUDSK STEENSEN How can virtual worlds transform the way we relate to our real life environment? Artist Worlds is a two-part virtual event exploring the relationship between technology, ecology and sustainability in art through the work of Jakob Kudsk Steensen (Catharsis, The Deep Listener) and friends. Co-presented by UBS and Serpentine. ARTIST TALK WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY, 5PM Join a live conversation with Jakob Kudsk Steensen and Serpentine Senior Strategist at Large, Ben Vickers, as they discuss simulating nature, immersive story-telling and multi-player game worlds. ADD TO CALENDAR   LIVESTREAM  TUESDAY 16 MARCH, 6.30PM Jakob Kudsk Steensen will take you on a live multiplayer tour of a new version of his work, Primal Tourism, with a conversation and readings by artist Rindon Johnson, writer Mikkel Rosengaard and academic Alenda Chang. READ MORE BACK TO EARTH In a new collaboration, Pompeii Commitment has invited three Serpentine Back to Earth artists to take part in Archaeological Matters, its first contemporary art programme. The artists will share insights from their ongoing research, which intersects archaeology, archaeobotany and archaeozoology. TAI SHANI Tai Shani is a Turner Prize-winning artist. Watch her visual response to a conversation she had with Serpentine curator Lucia Pietroiusti, covering topics such as dancing plagues, communist psychedelic witches, hyper-sexual fungi and descents and ascents.   Shani is developing Untitled Hieroglyphs, a film and sound art project based on her research into psychedelics, feminism and myth. This work is emerging from her Manchester International Festival/British Art Show commission, The Neon Hieroglyph. WATCH NOW ALEXANDRA DAISY GINSBERG Artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg examines our fraught relationships with nature and technology. Here she speaks with Serpentine curator Rebecca Lewin about her upcoming work for pollinators, which are a vital part of our ecosystem. WATCH NOW Commissioned by The Eden Project, Ginsberg has developed a special algorithm that optimises garden design, including plant species and layout, for pollinators rather than humans. READ MORE

Shop NEW LIMITED EDITION We are delighted to announce a new limited edition by Alex Katz. Generously donated on the occasion of the Serpentine's 50th anniversary, Ariel 3 illustrates Katz's distinctive portrait style, through the flatness of colour and fluidity of line, exemplifying his life-long quest to capture the present, fleeting moment in paint. You can find this and other limited editions at our online shop. READ MORE

Digital guide BLOOMBERG CONNECTS AVAILABLE ON iOS AND ANDROID FREE Hear from artists, curators and special guests about Serpentine exhibitions through interviews, films and exhibition tours brought to your mobile. Download the Bloomberg Connects app for free from the App Store or Google Play.  READ MORE