Serpentine South Gallery

Championing new ideas in contemporary art since it opened in 1970, Serpentine has presented pioneering exhibitions of 2,263 artists over 45 years, showing a wide range of work from emerging practitioners to the most internationally recognised artists and architects of our time.

Today, Serpentine is two exhibition spaces situated on either side of The Serpentine lake in London’s Kensington Gardens: Serpentine South and Serpentine North, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. Open Tuesday to Sunday 10am-6pm, the Galleries offer free admission throughout the year.

In addition to a seasonal exhibitions programme of eight shows per year, Serpentine presents its annual Serpentine Pavilion during the summer months, the first and most ambitious architecture programme of its kind in the world. These programmes are complemented by a series of outdoor sculpture projects, special artist commissions, digital commissions, public and educational programmes, and major outreach projects including the renowned Edgware Road Project.

Serpentine offers innovative ways for all ages to engage with modern and contemporary art, architecture and design through its exhibitions, projects, education and public programmes. Serpentine is a UK registered charity and receives only 5% of its annual income from governmental support from Arts Council England, with the remaining 95% generated from individual donors, corporate supporters, charitable trusts and earned income. This support is vital to sustaining Serpentine’s artistic community.