Sound Art

“We must break out of this limited circle of pure sounds and conquer the infinite variety of noise-sounds.”, Luigi Russolo, The Art of Noises (1913)

Showing 10 sound art exhibitions on now and coming soon in London & the UK.

Ends in 13 days

The Whitworth

Michaela Yearwood-Dan

Until Oct 18

CeramicsMixed MediaDrawing & Works on PaperSound ArtPainting

First UK institutional show — lush, queer, multi-sensory commission celebrating Blackness and healing

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ICA London

Autumn Knight: I Can't Complain

Until Nov 29

Sound ArtPerformanceVideo & Moving ImageInstallationContemporary Art

Solo show exploring the pleasures and politics of everyday complaining

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John Hansard Gallery

Becoming Doctors

Until Dec 5

FreePhotographyMixed MediaDrawing & Works on PaperSound ArtVideo & Moving Image

Stories of identity, inequality and the future of care.

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Serpentine South Gallery

Justin Caguiat: Change Ringing

Starting Oct 8

FreeSound ArtVideo & Moving ImagePrintsInstallationPaintingSculptureContemporary Art

Thermochromic paintings and ringing bronze bells transform Serpentine South.

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BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art

Keiken: Seeds, Stones, and Future Bones

Until Jan 17, 2027

Digital ArtSound ArtInstallationSculptureContemporary Art

A sci-fi game world unfolds across sculpture, sound and installation

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Barbican Art Gallery

Yuko Mohri: In Concert

Until Jan 24, 2027

FreeSound ArtInstallationSculptureContemporary Art

A site-responsive commission of light, sound and kinetic sculpture

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Hayward Gallery

Andrius Arutiunian: They Tried to Count Us

Starting Nov 24

FreeSound ArtInstallationSculptureContemporary Art

A shrine to the cosmos where myth and radio astronomy share one orbit

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William Morris Gallery

Earthly Paradise: Radical Living in the UK

Until Mar 28, 2027

PhotographySound ArtPainting

Two centuries of British art, activism, and unconventional homes

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Tate Modern

Hyundai Commission: Tarek Atoui

Starting Oct 13

FreeSound ArtPerformanceInstallationSculptureContemporary Art

A new sound commission for the Turbine Hall

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Spike Island

Özgür Kar

Starting Feb 20, 2027

FreeSound ArtVideo & Moving ImageInstallationSculptureContemporary Art

Deadpan video and sculpture staging mortality as opera and theatre

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