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.
2023
Hiroshi Sugimoto
The largest survey to date of an artist renowned for his alluringly enigmatic photographsMore infoHeecheon Kim: Double Poser
The artist’s first UK exhibition explores how technology affects our perceptions of the worldMore infoAmol K Patil: The Politics of Skin and Movement
An exhibition exploring casteism, conditions for workers and the relationship between bodies and landMore infoDear Earth
This engaging group show explores themes of care, hope, and emotional and spiritual connection with our environmentMore infoMike Nelson: Extinction Beckons
The first major survey of the artist’s work includes installations and sculptural works from the past 25 yearsMore info
2022
Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Marvel at artists who’ve stretched the possibilities of clay in unexpected waysMore infoIn the Black Fantastic
An exhibition of contemporary artists exploring myth, science fiction and the legacies of AfrofuturismMore infoLouise Bourgeois: The Woven Child
A major retrospective of the legendary artist’s late-career fascination with fabric and textilesMore info
2021
Mixing It Up: Painting Today
An exhibition of 31 artists whose paintings entrance, transfix and challenge usMore infoMatthew Barney: Redoubt
See the artist’s first solo museum presentation in the UK in over a decadeMore infoIgshaan Adams: Kicking Dust
The South African artist’s first solo exhibition in the UK takes inspiration from indigenous dance.More info
2019
Bridget Riley
A major retrospective exhibition spanning 70 years of this celebrated British artist’s workMore infoThabiso Sekgala: Here Is Elsewhere
A free HENI Project Space exhibition exploring home, intimacy, place and belongingMore infoKiss My Genders
A group exhibition exploring gender identity and gender fluidityMore infoHicham Berrada: Dreamscapes
A free HENI Project Space exhibition of kaleidoscopic works bringing together art and scienceMore infoKate Cooper
A free HENI Project Space exhibition exploring gender, technology and the bodyMore infodiane arbus: in the beginning
An exhibition exploring the formative first half of the influential photographer’s careerMore infoKader Attia: The Museum of Emotion
The first UK survey exhibition of Kader Attia’s urgent, poetic and political workMore infoAleksandra Mir
A free HENI Project Space exhibition featuring US tabloid coverage of Donald TrumpMore info
2018
Space Shifters
A major group exhibition of sculptures and installations that explored perception and spaceMore infoDRAG: Self-portraits and Body Politics
A free HENI Project Space exhibition exploring and questioning identity, gender, class and politicsMore infoLee Bul
Lee Bul transformed Hayward Gallery into a spectacular dream-like landscapeMore infoAndreas Gursky
The first major UK retrospective of the work of the acclaimed German photographerMore info
2015 - 16
The Infinite Mix
A pop-up exhibition of soulful and audacious audio-visual artworksMore infoCarsten Höller: Decision
An interactive exhibition of large-scale installations, exploring perception and decision-makingMore infoHayward Gallery Waterloo Billboard Commissions
A series of large-scale billboard artworks seen by thousands of people crossing Waterloo Bridge each dayMore info