The gallery’s 2025 programme will include exhibitions devoted to the work of artists such as Arpita Singh and Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley.
The Serpentine Gallery has announced details of its 2025 exhibition programme, in the year that will also mark a quarter century since its nnual Pavilion commission began with Dame Zaha Hadid’s inaugural structure in Hyde Park in 2000.
Opening on the 13th March, the gallery will present the first solo exhibition of Arpita Singh outside India. This display will feature a range of the artist’s work that spans more than six decades. Her paintings draw on Indian miniatures and narratives, interwoven with immediate experiences of social upheaval and international humanitarian crises. The work on display will range from large-scale oil paintings to more intimate watercolours and ink drawings.
Following on closely from this, from the 3rd April the Serpentine will highlight the work of Giuseppe Penone which includes sculptures and works on paper from 1977 to today.Situated in the surroundings of Kensington Gardens, the exhibition will showcase the artist’s continued interest in the relationship between humans and the natural world.
The newly announced programme will also mark the 25th anniversary of the Pavilion Commission with a brand new commission on display as well as a wide variety of events to mark the occasion.
In the Autumn of 2025, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley will present a major new collaborative video game, exhibition and R&D project, commissioned and produced by Serpentine Arts Technologies, at Serpentine North. Working predominantly in animation, sound, performance, and video game development, Brathwaite-Shirley’s practice focuses on intertwining lived experience with fiction to imaginatively archive and empower Black Trans stories.
For full details of the exhibition programme, visit: https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/