Art news to be on your radar this week: 25 - 31 June 2026

Major institutional announcements and landmark cultural investments this week highlight the evolving landscape of contemporary art and public culture across the UK and beyond, from Nan Goldin’s long-awaited return to London’s Hayward Gallery to Rene Matić winning one of photography’s most prestigious prizes.

Nan Goldin exhibition announced at Hayward Gallery for November 2026

The Hayward Gallery at the Southbank Centre has announced a major exhibition by American artist and activist Nan Goldin titled You Never Did Anything Wrong, opening in November 2026 at the Hayward Gallery in London. The exhibition marks Goldin’s first UK institutional show since 2002 and brings together key works spanning more than five decades of her practice, known for its raw and intimate documentation of relationships, addiction, queer communities, and everyday life. Through photography and immersive slideshow installations, the exhibition explores how Goldin turns personal experience into broader social and political reflection, offering an immersive encounter with one of contemporary art’s most influential voices within the Brutalist space of the Hayward Gallery. Click here to discover more.

Nan Goldin. Image credit Max Michael Cramer.

Rene Matić Wins 2026 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize

Rene Matić has won the 2026 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize for their exhibition AS OPPOSED TO THE TRUTH, shown at CCA Berlin, with the £30,000 award announced at The Photographers’ Gallery in London on 14 May 2026.

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Rene Matić. Image credit Heather Shuker.

Royal Academy of Arts announces 2027 exhibition programme

The Royal Academy of Arts have announced their 2027 exhibition programme, featuring Rembrandt: Radical Printmaker, a major show of Simone Leigh’s work, and Matisse, Picasso, Klee: Masterpieces from the Museum Berggruen. The season also includes the 259th Summer Exhibition and the reopening of Burlington Gardens with a new public gallery space.

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Left: Architect's visualisation of the new entrance on Redchurch Street, and right: the new lower ground floor on Bethnal Green Road. Image courtesy of Rich Mix.

Rich Mix secures £2.2 million investment to transform East London cultural hub for its 20th anniversary

Rich Mix, East London’s multi-arts venue for grassroots music, film and community creativity, has secured over £2 million in funding from Arts Council England alongside additional support from partners including the Aldgate & Allhallows Foundation and City Bridge Foundation to transform its Shoreditch building as it marks its twentieth year. The investment will fund a major redevelopment of the site, including a new entrance on Redchurch Street, improved accessibility, upgraded infrastructure and more flexible spaces for events, exhibitions and community use, designed to better connect the venue with its diverse local audiences and strengthen its long-term sustainability. Alongside the physical transformation, Rich Mix is introducing a new leadership structure featuring a Creative Director, Executive Director, Artistic Advisory Board and Youth Board to reflect and represent the communities it serves. The organisation will also celebrate its anniversary with a programme of music, film, exhibitions and storytelling that reflects its history and impact, including supporting over 2.5 million audiences, 10,000 live events and 150,000 artists since opening in 2006. A new documentary and permanent exhibition will further explore its legacy and future role in East London’s cultural landscape.

The Tate Britain Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026. Image credit Jason Ingram.

Tate Britain Garden Wins Gold at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026

The Tate Britain Garden, designed by Tom Stuart-Smith and funded by the Clore Duffield Foundation and Project Giving Back, has been awarded a gold medal at the 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The show garden presents a preview of the upcoming Clore Garden at Tate Britain, set to open in 2027 on Millbank, and explores the relationship between art, nature and community. Inspired by East Asian woodlands, it features drought-tolerant planting designed for London’s changing climate, alongside a 1949 Barbara Hepworth sculpture, a circular bench made from reused materials and a water feature referencing mycorrhizal fungi. The garden will later be incorporated into the permanent Clore Garden project, currently under construction at Tate Britain.

Through the Eyes of The Eagle brings by Jemma Powell and Mary West on display at The Chancery Rosewood. Image credit MTotoe/ FLO London

Through the Eyes of The Eagle brings by Jemma Powell and Mary West at The Chancery Rosewood

Now open at The Chancery Rosewood, Through the Eyes of The Eagle brings together works by artists Jemma Powell and Mary West in response to Theodore Roszak’s iconic eagle sculpture originally created for the former American Embassy in Grosvenor Square. The exhibition explores contrasting perspectives of London through architecture and nature, with Powell’s paintings capturing the quiet textures of light, weather and history across the city’s surfaces, while West’s expressive works introduce movement and organic energy inspired by the natural world.

Admission is free and the exhibition is open to the public until 18 July at 30 Grosvenor Square, London W1K 6DA. rosewoodhotels.com