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Exhibitions
Explore exhibitions for you to visit showcasing artwork by artists from African and Caribbean heritage.
13 May – 2 August 2025Hauser & WirthFree Admission. In No Time for Despair, Michaela Yearwood-Dan presents a vibrant debut solo exhibition with Hauser & Wirth, transforming the gallery with immersive installations, richly layered paintings, and sculptural works that centre community, joy and queer femininity.
3 July – 29 August 2025GagosianFree Admission. Curated by Amoako Boafo, It’s in the Little Things brings together six Ghanaian artists:Stephen Allotey, Aplerh-Doku Borlabi, Kwesi Botchway, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Adjei Tawiah and Amoak himself.
10 July – 30 August 2025Gallery 1957, LondonFree Admission. In Othello’s Countrymen (The Krio Enigma), Ghanaian-born British-Sierra Leonean artist Arthur Timothy explores race, identity and belonging through the lens of Sierra Leone’s Krio people and their parallels with Shakespeare’s Othello.
30 May – 7 September 2025South London GalleryFree Admission. In Ubiquity II, American artist Leonardo Drew transforms the South London Gallery’s main space with a large-scale, immersive installation. This marks his first solo exhibition at a London institution.
8 August – 11 September 2025198 Contemporary Arts and LearningFree Admission. Witnesses is a two-person exhibition featuring London-based artists Ihsan Saad Ihsan Tahir and Amida Deen, exploring visibility, self-definition, and the politics of the gaze. Taking inspiration from the writing of Audre Lorde, the exhibition considers witnessing as both an intimate
5 June – 20 September 2025Tiwani Contemporary, LondonFree Admission. In Munoonei kana makaditarisa nhai Mwari?, Virginia Chihota delves into the complexities of self-perception and divine observation, using symbolic forms and gestural figuration to render her inner world visible.
19 days to the eventSat 20 SeptRoyal Academy of ArtsRA Members Free / Standard £23 The largest UK survey of American painter Kerry James Marshall, this landmark exhibition brings together 70 works that reframe the tradition of Western painting by centring Black figures and narratives.
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