Artist talks and performances not to miss at London Gallery Weekend 2026
London Gallery Weekend 2026 brings together a programme of artist talks and live performances across the city, offering rare opportunities to hear directly from leading contemporary artists, curators, and collaborators. Taking place across London from 5β7 June 2026, here is our pick of artist talks and performances not to miss.
Talks
Lisson Gallery: In conversation Lubaina Himid & Magda Stawarska
Artists Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska will be in conversation with Rosie Cooper, Director of Wysing Arts Centre, in relation to a new iteration of the mixed-media installation Zanzibar. The event will be followed by a drinks reception.
Date: Friday 5 June 2026 Time: 3pm. Location: Lisson Gallery, 67 Lisson St. 67 Lisson Street London NW1 5DA. Book here.
Lubaina Himid, 'Shutters Only Hide The Sun (Zanzibar)', 1999. Β© the Artist. Courtesy of Lisson Gallery.
Hollybush Gardens: In conversation Candace Hill-Montgomery & Amy Tobin
Artist Candace Hill-Montgomery will be in conversation with curator Amy Tobin at Hollybush Gardens coinciding with Hill-Montgomeryβs exhibition. Making and exhibiting since the 1970s, her practice is shaped by an experimental approach rooted in her experience of post-war segregation in New York and the revolutionary activism of the period.
Date: Saturday 6 June 2026. Time: 2pm. Location: Hollybush Gardens, 1β2 Warner Yard, London, EC1R 5EY. Book here.
Goodman Gallery: In conversation Ravelle Pillay & Dr. ZoΓ© Whitley
Artist Ravelle Pillay will be in conversation with Dr. ZoΓ© Whitley at Goodman Gallery. The discussion reflects on the themes and ideas within Pillayβs exhibition Revisitations, offering insight into the artistβs practice and curatorial perspectives.
Date: Saturday 6 June 2026. Time: 3pm. Location: Goodman Gallery, 26 Cork Street, Mayfair, London W1S 3ND. Book here.
Ravelle Pillay, Ensemble I, 2026, Oil on canvas. Work: 200 x 150 cm (78.7 x 59.1 in.)
Maximillian William: In conversation Reginald Sylvester II & Natalia Grabowska
Artist Reginald Sylvester II will be in conversation with curator Natalia Grabowska at Maximillian William. The discussion will focus on a new series of paintings featured in his exhibition Until Then, which continues his exploration of the readymade, alongside reflections on the history and limits of abstraction.
Date: Sunday 7 June 2026. Time: 4β5pm. Location: Maximillian William, 47 Mortimer Street, London, W1W 8HJ. Book here.
New Art Projects: In conversation Rachel Mortlock & Harry Grundy
Artists Rachel Mortlock and Harry Grundy will be in conversation at New Art Projects on the closing day of their exhibition Dislocations. The discussion will reflect on their practices and the development of the exhibition, focusing on the use of found objects, industrial and architectural references, and how materials shift meaning through context, use, and process.
Date: Sunday 7 June 2026. Time: 3β6pm. Location: New Art Projects, 357 City Road, London, EC1V 1LR. Book here.
Harry Grundy, Installation view. Courtesy of the Artist and New Art Projects.
Performance
Pi Artworks: Sound Night with Liam Howe & Joe Wilson
Liam Howe and Joe Wilson of Sneaker Pimps will host an evening of sonic exploration for Pi Artworksβ Pi Soundworks, DJing exclusively on vinyl from their combined collections. Expect rare electronic, funk, industrial, and downtempo sounds, alongside an introduction to Pi Soundworksβ new in-gallery recording studio and residency programme for sound-based artists.
Date: Sunday 7 June 2026. Time: 5:00pm. Location: Pi Artworks, 357 City Road, London, EC1V 1LR. Book here
Liam Howe β 1992 (Liam and Joeβs feet)
Studio/Chapple: Performance by Samir Laghouati-Rashwan
Artist Samir Laghouati-Rashwan will present a performance at Studio/Chapple in conjunction with his exhibition May god leave us poor, concluding a year-long research period developed during his Villa Albertine residency in Houston. The work draws on his research Slowness as a resistance, exploring slowness as a form of opposition to hyper-productivity and capitalist systems, informed by slab car culture and DJ Screwβs sound practice.
Date: Saturday 6 June 2026. Time: 1:10pm. Location: Studio/Chapple, Enclave 7, 50 Resolution Way, London SE8 4NT. Book here.
ai. Gallery: Performance by Tangram
The collective Tangram will present the musical performance After the Water Has Left at ai. Gallery, responding to the group exhibition Re-wetting the Void. The work is based on the theme of the Tao of Tea and incorporates an audience-participatory tea ceremony, combining sound, ritual, and collective experience.
Date: Sunday 7 June 2026. Time: 1:30β2pm & 3:30β4pm. Location: Si. Gallery, 1a Tenter Ground, London E1 7NH. Book here.
Mandy El-Sayegh, 2024. Photo: Abtin Eshraghi.
Thaddaeus Ropac: Performance by Red Lady
Artists Mandy El-Sayegh and Alice Walter will present Red Lady, a performance staged within El-Sayeghβs exhibition Jewel Tones at Thaddaeus Ropac. The work uses collage as a method, drawing on fragments from film, fashion editorial, and post-war theatre, as language and gesture unravel into states of instability. Through exaggerated self-presentation, disrupted dialogue, and unsettling intimacy, the performance places the audience in a position of uncertain participation, holding tension between control and collapse.
Date: Friday 5 June 2026. Time: 5pm. Location: Thaddaeus Ropac, 37 Dover Street, London W1S 4NJ. Book here.
Larkin Durey: Performance by Dayo Ade
Artist Dayo Ade will present a performance at Larkin Durey responding to the poem Seedling and Anina Majorβs exhibition Tender Seedlings. The exhibition draws on themes of identity formation through movement, memory, and transformation, where childhood nostalgia meets adult experience as the self is shaped across distance from family, community, and country.
Date: Friday 5 June 2026. Time: 11:30am. Location: Larkin Durey, 13 Masonβs Yard, London SW1Y 6BU. Book here.
Unyimeabasi Udoh, 'No Vehicles (Sister)', 2026. Β© the Artist. Courtesy of Alma Pearl, London.
Alma Pearl: Performance by Dr. Lola Olufemi and Book Launch with Unyimeabasi Udoh
Artist Unyimeabasi Udoh will present a performance-led book launch and walkthrough at Alma Pearl on the occasion of the exhibition No Vehicles, featuring a poetry reading by Dr. Lola Olufemi. The exhibition brings together wall-based sculptures made from road infrastructure materials alongside screenprints derived from photographs of London billboards and hoardings taken over the past year.
Date: Sunday 7 June 2026. Time: 12pm. Location: Alma Pearl, Unit T, Reliance Wharf, 2β10 Hertford Road, London N1 5ET. Book here
KRUPA: Performance by Yijia Wu
Artist Yijia Wu will present Two Houses at KRUPA as part of the group exhibition The desert wind will salt your ruins. The performance stages two parallel acts of making and unmaking to explore how memory is formed and reshaped. Drawing on the artistβs experience of living across countries, the work reflects how new memories can gradually blur or overwrite those formed in other places, tracing identity through distance, displacement, and change.
Date: Saturday 6 June 2026. Time: 4β5pm. Location: KRUPA, 1 Pakenham Street, London WC1X 0LA. Book here.
