Looking to spend the weekend surrounded by art? From immersive digital worlds to rare installations, here are four art exhibitions worth adding to your plans this weekend.
A Likely Story — Bell House, Dulwich
Historic Bell House becomes part of the exhibition in Rosie Bayliss’ latest solo show, where newly created paintings and drawings respond directly to the Georgian rooms and the surrounding gardens. Figures appear suspended in moments of quiet contemplation as domestic interiors blur into imagined landscapes. Visitors are encouraged to consider how architecture and everyday spaces shape the stories we tell ourselves. Best of all, admission is completely free.
Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography — Dulwich Picture Gallery
Spanning more than 100 years of photography, this major exhibition charts the changing face of American cities through the people who built and transformed them. Bringing together work by more than thirty influential photographers, including Alfred Stieglitz, Dorothea Lange, Diane Arbus and Bruce Davidson, the exhibition captures everything from bustling streets and neighbourhood life to moments of crucial protest and social change.
FRAMELESS — Marble Arch
If you’d prefer to step inside the work of art instead of admiring it from afar, FRAMELESS remains one of London’s most ambitious immersive art experiences. Across four large-scale digital galleries, masterpieces by artists including Monet, Van Gogh, Dalí, Kandinsky and Klimt are reimagined through floor-to-ceiling projections, sound and interactive technology.
Ana Mendieta — Tate Modern
One of the summer’s most significant exhibitions, Tate Modern’s retrospective celebrates the pioneering Cuban-American artist whose work bridged sculpture, performance, photography and film. Bringing together her iconic Silueta series alongside rarely seen installations and moving-image works, the exhibition explores Mendieta’s enduring engagement with feminism and the body’s relationship to the natural world.
