| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Coordinator: |
Pia Rainey
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| Group email: | Art in London group |
| When: | At least one visit per month to exhibitions, galleries, salesrooms and exhibition related talks |
| Venue: | Anywhere in Greater London |
Art in London is a lively Islington u3a visual arts group with around 130 members. We visit a wide range of exhibitions, museums and galleries across Greater London, with trips generally organised by our Group Coordinator, Pia Rainey. Each visit typically attracts about six to twelve members — a friendly number for exploring and discussing artworks together. We also meet for a chat before entering exhibitions, supporting the Group’s strong social side. Visits are published in an illustrated monthly e-newsletter, sent to all registered members of the Group. Here you will find details of exhibition entry times and meet up points. Members book their own tickets, and suggestions or offers to host events are warmly welcomed. Please see below for upcoming outings, and contact Pia by clicking the email link above if you are interested in joining our Group.
Events programme
HEPWORTH IN COLOUR
Date: Thursday 20 August
Barbara Hepworth (1903 –1975) is best known for her abstract sculptural forms inspired by nature and the rugged seaside landscapes of Cornwall, where she lived and worked. This ambitious exhibition explores the artist’s lifelong fascination with colour and unites for the first time her early innovative sculptures with colour of the 1940s, displayed alongside the most important drawings from that decade.
Place: The Courtauld Gallery
ANISH KAPOOR
Date: Tuesday 8 September
The exhibition features works from many of Kapoor’s most iconic series: flawless steel mirror sculptures that warp, distort and disorient; mysterious objects coated in Vantablack – the blackest known substance in the world – that mystify us with their extraordinary light-absorbing properties; and seemingly depthless voids opening within the gallery, drawing us in with a thrilling sense of vertigo.
Place: Hayward Gallery
V&A EAST MUSEUM
Date: Monday 21 September
At the heart of V&A East Museum are two free permanent galleries, where you can see over 500 objects from the V&A’s collections spanning art, architecture, design, performance, and fashion. The galleries are called Why We Make and you can explore the most important issues in contemporary culture with displays revealing unexpected connections across time and creative discipline.
FRIDA: THE MAKING OF AN ICON
Date: Wednesday 30 September
This exhibition will showcase over 30 of Kahlo’s most iconic works that introduce her ‘many selves’ – the dedicated wife, the intellectual, the modern artist, and the political activist. Alongside treasured garments, jewellery, photographs and memorabilia, there are over 200 works by her contemporaries and the artists she inspired from later generations, celebrating her lasting impact on those who continue to reimagine and reclaim her remarkable story.
Place: Tate Modern
ES DEVLIN: OTHER WORLDS
Date: Monday 12 October
The exhibition will explore Devlin’s genre-defying practice and the vast range of projects she has brought to life around the world. Exhibition highlights include a detailed replica of Devlin’s London studio, filled with her books, objects and maquettes. A wall installation entitled ‘Archive Unboxed’ will present early sketches, paintings, collages, diaries and prints that Devlin produced at school, university and art college.
Place: Design Museum