Ending SoonDavid Zwirner London
Steven Shearer: My Moody Muse
Until Jul 31
PaintingDrawing & Works on PaperContemporary Art
New figurative oil paintings on bodily fragility, mortality, and transformation
Mayfair Art Crawl
Mayfair has one of the highest concentrations of major international galleries in the world, with Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, Pace, David Zwirner and more all within a short walk of each other. These are the exhibitions currently on show.
Showing 8 museums and 13 exhibitions
David Zwirner London
David Zwirner's London gallery in Mayfair is part of one of the most influential commercial gallery networks in the world, with spaces in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and Hong Kong. The gallery represents major artists including Yayoi Kusama, Gerhard Richter, and Wolfgang Tillmans, alongside significant postwar estates. Exhibitions here consistently attract serious collectors and critical attention from across Europe.
Gagosian Davies Street
Gagosian's principal London gallery on Davies Street in Mayfair is where the gallery stages its most significant UK presentations. Representing a roster including Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, and Richard Serra alongside major postwar estates, exhibitions here regularly draw international collectors and art-world attention. Part of a global network of over 20 locations across New York, Paris, and beyond.
Gagosian Grosvenor Hill
One of three Gagosian spaces in London, the Grosvenor Hill gallery occupies a grand space in Mayfair and presents high-profile exhibitions from the gallery's globally renowned roster. Gagosian represents artists including Damien Hirst, Cindy Sherman, and the estates of major postwar figures, across a network of over 20 locations worldwide. The three London spaces often run ambitious programming simultaneously.
Hauser & Wirth London
Hauser & Wirth's London gallery on Savile Row is part of one of the most influential gallery networks in the world, with spaces across New York, Los Angeles, Somerset, and Asia. The Mayfair space presents museum-caliber exhibitions spanning major living artists and significant estates, from Louise Bourgeois to Rashid Johnson. A dedicated bookshop and arts programming complement the exhibition program.
Ending SoonHauser & Wirth London
Roni Horn
Until Aug 1
SculptureDrawing & Works on Paper
First London show in a decade — new drawings and a rare cast-glass sculpture
Ending SoonHauser & Wirth London
Francis Picabia
Until Aug 1
Painting
Five decades of Picabia — from Dada and Transparencies to late abstractions
Pace Gallery London
Pace's London gallery in Mayfair is part of one of the world's leading commercial gallery networks, founded in 1960 and now operating globally across New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and beyond. The gallery represents a roster spanning generations, from the estates of Alexander Calder and Mark Rothko to major living artists. The London space regularly stages ambitious solo exhibitions and art fair presentations.
Royal Academy
Founded in 1768, the Royal Academy is Britain's oldest fine arts institution, led by and for practising artists. Located in Burlington House on Piccadilly, it stages some of the most attended loan exhibitions in the world, alongside the annual Summer Exhibition, an open submission show held continuously since the RA's founding. Free to enter the courtyard, with ticketed access to the main galleries.
Royal Academy
Summer Exhibition 2026
Until Aug 23
Mixed Media
Annual open exhibition coordinated by Ryan Gander on Interconnectedness
2.8/5 from 4 ratings · 5 reviews total
"But for pure painterly excellence, you won't get much better than Glen Pudvine and Harriet Porter. The former's image of two hands unfolding a piece of paper is stunningly executed. The latter's painting of a small, silver pot is beautiful, hazy, minimal, serene."
Royal Academy
Young Artists' Summer Show 2026
Until Aug 30
Mixed Media
Free open-submission exhibition for UK students aged 4–18, now in its 8th year
Royal Academy
Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam
Until Oct 25
PaintingDrawing & Works on Paper
Dadd's intricate Victorian fairy paintings made during 42 years in Bethlem and Broadmoor
4.3/5 from 4 ratings · 5 reviews total
"Dadd was an interesting artist before Bedlam but became a great one in it – and a modern artist at that. In his own lonely way he overthrows the rules of art, reaching for unsettling new truths akin to those Manet and Whistler were probing, out in the “sane” world."
Sadie Coles HQ Savile Row
Five-storey Mayfair townhouse on London's famous tailoring street, opened 2025. Offers ambitious multi-floor exhibition programming in a distinguished Georgian setting.
Sadie Coles HQ Savile Row
Helen Marten - This Weather
Until Sep 12
Video & Moving ImageContemporary Art
Five-film meditation on life stages, with animation and composed sound
Sadie Coles HQ Savile Row
John Currin: Opening Credits
Until Sep 12
PaintingDrawing & Works on PaperContemporary Art
John Currin returns with new paintings of women in Arcadian landscapes
Thaddaeus Ropac London
Set in Ely House, a Georgian townhouse in Mayfair, Thaddaeus Ropac's London space presents major contemporary artists in an unusually intimate and architecturally distinguished setting. The gallery represents significant international figures including Georg Baselitz, Anselm Kiefer, and Robert Longo. Ropac operates galleries across Salzburg, Paris, and Seoul, and is considered one of Europe's most respected contemporary art dealers.
Ending SoonThaddaeus Ropac London
The Sky in the Cave
Until Jul 31
PaintingSound ArtContemporary Art
Resonance Paintings connecting Palaeolithic cave acoustics to contemporary art
Ending SoonThaddaeus Ropac London
Mandy El-Sayegh: Jewel Tones
Until Jul 31
PaintingInstallationPerformanceContemporary Art
Site-specific show colliding luxury aesthetics with war reportage
