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Hear from artist Peter Doig, collaborator Laurence Passera, curator Natalia Grabowska and Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist on the exhibition House of Music.

Hear from artist and game designer Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, curator Tamar Clarke-Brown and producer Ruth Waters about the exhibition THE DELUSION.

In this video, hear from artist Giuseppe Penone, Serpentine’s Curator at Large Claude Adjil, and Serpentine’s Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist about the exhibition Thoughts in the Roots.

Four people reflect on a work in Arpita Singh's exhibition Remembering, each bringing their own meanings, curiosities, perspectives, and questions.

"A tree’s body is itself a sculpture” – Artist Giuseppe Penone in his Turin studio

'emajendat', Lauren Halsey's first solo exhibition in the UK, transforms Serpentine South into an immersive ‘Funk garden’ that offers an extension of Kensington Gardens into the galleries.

Artist Lauren Halsey speaks with her close friend, filmmaker Barrington Darius, about 'emajendat', her exhibition at Serpentine.

'The Call' by artists Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst is an exhibition exploring what new rituals we might want to nurture for the age of AI.

Hear from artists Larry Achiampong and Nengi Omuku as they discuss how Yinka Shonibare CBE has influenced their own artistic practices.

Hans Ulrich Obrist introduces a new large-scale public work at Serpentine South by artist Gerhard Richter.

Throughout her six-decade career, artist Judy Chicago has contested the absence and erasure of women in the Western cultural canon.

Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist discusses Silent Writings, a digital artwork by American artist Barbara Kruger.

“Sculpture is a thing like a miracle. It is built up, decked out, made arbitrarily not as the sign of thoughts but as a thing within the limits of the shape.” — Georg Baselitz

Gabriel Massan introduces 'Third World: The Bottom Dimension', a multi-part project conceptualised by Massan alongside team of artists and collaborators.

In this film, Saraceno speaks on the responsive nature of the exhibition and how he plans on inviting as many different species into the space as possible.

Artist and writer Barbara Chase-Riboud walks us through her life story and the evolution of her practice in the context of her major retrospective exhibition, 'Barbara Chase-Riboud: Infinite Folds'.

Speaking from her studio and home garden in Khartoum, Sudan, artist Kamala Ibrahim Ishag shares some of the memories and stories behind her work.

In this video, hear from artist Dominque Gonzalez-Foerster on her exhibition at Serpentine South, 'Alienarium 5'.

Radio Ballads presents four bodies of work created through collaboration with social workers, carers, organisers, and residents.

We sat down with Hervé Télémaque in his Serpentine exhibition to discuss the ways his work is informed by his personal experience.

British-Ghanaian photographer James Barnor's career spans six decades, two continents and numerous photographic genres.

This exhibition brings together new and existing works in an immersive, site-specific installation.

Formafantasma (Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin) are designers who dissect the ecological and political responsibilities of their discipline.

For their newly commissioned exhibition at Serpentine, P. Staff presents their most ambitious work to date.

Hans Ulrich Obrist and Joseph Constable discuss the inspirations behind the works in Albert Oehlen's eponymous exhibition at Serpentine.

Serpentine presents the first UK solo exhibition of works by Luchita Hurtado (b.1920, Maiquetía, Venezuela).

In this film artist Hito Steyerl discusses her project at Serpentine, which includes an exhibition, Power Plants; an app, Actual Reality OS, and a series of walks, Power Walks.

Serpentine presents the first UK solo exhibition by the late Swiss visionary artist, healer and researcher Emma Kunz (1892–1963) that features over 40 of her rarely seen drawings.

Grace Wales Bonner discusses her Serpentine exhibition A Time for New Dreams, alongside artists Liz Johnson Artur, Kapwani Kiwanga, Laraaji and Eric N. Mack.

Atelier E.B, the collaborative fashion label by designer Beca Lipscombe and artist Lucy McKenzie, share the ideas behind their exhibition Passer-by.

Known for creating complex immersive ecosystems, Huyghe presents a major new exhibition at Serpentine.

Christo discusses the exhibition of the artists’ work at Serpentine, which draws upon their use of barrels to create artworks and The London Mastaba, Serpentine Lake.

Sondra Perry constructs multifaceted narratives that explore the imagining, or imaging, of blackness throughout history.

BOB is the creation of American artist Ian Cheng and forms part of his first solo UK exhibition.

Rose Wylie finds inspiration for her visually compelling paintings through her daily encounters and a variety of sources.

Curator, Rebecca Lewin talks about American artist Wade Guyton's uses of digital technologies as tools to create both large-scale paintings on linen and smaller compositions on paper.

Torbjørn Rødland talks about his exhibition The Touch That Made You at Serpentine.

Arthur Jafa, Ming Smith and Frida Orupabo discuss their work presented in the exhibition A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions.

Grayson Perry leads a tour around his exhibition, The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever!

Hear John Latham's colleagues, friends, and family talk about this extraordinary artist and the works within A World View: John Latham.

Shumon Basar is a writer, thinker and cultural critic. Between 1996 and 1999 he worked at the then-named Office of Zaha Hadid.

FT Architecture and Design critic Edwin Heathcote presents a Facebook Live tour of Zaha Hadid: Early Paintings and Drawings at the show's private view.

Artist Marc Camille Chaimowicz and curator Melissa Blanchflower lead a tour of his exhibition An Autumn Lexicon.

Artist Helen Marten gives an introduction to her Serpentine exhibition Drunk Brown House.

Alex Katz and Head of Programmes Lizzie Carey-Thomas talk about the exhibition Quick Light.

Etel Adnan and curator Rebecca Lewin talk about Adnan's first solo exhibition in a UK public institution, which shows work from across her career.

This exhibition focuses primarily on af Klint's body of work, The Paintings for the Temple, which dates from 1906–15.

Serpentine presents the first major exhibition of work by Kerstin Brätsch and Adele Röder in a UK public institution.

Michael Craig-Martin talks about his exhibition, Transience, at Serpentine from 25 November 2015 to 14 February 2016.

Simon Denny presents a guide to his exhibition, Products for Organising at Serpentine from 25 November 2015 to 14 February 2016.

In Summer 2014, in a unique work created for the Serpentine called 512 Hours, the artist Marina Abramović performed at Serpentine for the duration of her exhibition.

Pascale Marthine Tayou talks about the inspiration for his work and his exhibition BOOMERANG.

Rachel Rose talks about her exhibition, Palisades, at Serpentine North.

Architect Marina Tabassum (Marina Tabassum Architects) and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist discuss the 2025 Serpentine Pavilion.

Architect Marina Tabassum describes how her recently unveiled Serpentine Pavilion, A Capsule in Time, blurs the boundaries between enclosure and opening.

Speaking from her studio, architect Marina Tabassum tells us about her practice and design for this year's Serpentine Pavilion.

How are Serpentine Pavilions made? The team from Serpentine, Stage One and AECOM take us through the design, build and delivery of the annual architectural commission.

Architect Minsuk Cho (Mass Studies) and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist discuss the Serpentine Pavilion 2024.

Architect Minsuk Cho describes the range of sensory experiences that his Serpentine Pavilion offers.

Architect Minsuk Cho discusses his design for this year's Serpentine Pavilion, 'Archipelagic Void'.

Architect Lina Ghotmeh and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist discuss the Serpentine Pavilion 2023.

Lina Ghotmeh speaks about her design for the 2023 Serpentine Pavilion.

In this film, architect Lina Ghotmeh shares the process of designing the Serpentine Pavilion 2023.

Theaster Gates discusses 'Black Chapel', Serpentine Pavilion 2022, in conversation with Sir David Adjaye OBE and Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Architect and director of Counterspace Sumayya Vally speaks about her design for the 2021 Serpentine Pavilion.

Architect Junya Ishigami speaks about his design for the 2019 Serpentine Pavilion.

Frida Escobedo discusses the influences on her 2018 Serpentine Pavilion.

Architect Frida Escobedo, celebrated for dynamic projects that reactivate urban space, was in conversation with Mohsen Mostafavi, Marina Otero Verzier and Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Diébédo Francis Kéré talks about his 2017 Pavilion design, his work in Burkina Faso and his German influences.

Berlin-based architect Francis Kéré in conversation with Stefano Boeri, Mohsen Mostafavi, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Saskia Sassen.

Diébédo Francis Kéré's wooden pavilion is captured from above in this drone footage shot by Dezeen at the Serpentine Pavilion 2017 press preview.

Take a look at the 2016 Serpentine Architecture Programme and learn about the history of the Serpentine Pavilion. Produced in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture.

Bjarke Ingels, Kunlé Adeyemi, Frank Barkow and Regine Leibinger, Yona Friedman and Asif Khan discussed their designs for the 2016 Pavilion and Summer Houses.

Architect Asif Khan talks about the design for his 2016 Serpentine Summer House.

Frank Barkow talks about Barkow Leibinger's design for their Serpentine Summer House.

Yona Friedman talks about his 2016 Serpentine Summer House.

Kunlé Adeyemi talks about the design for his 2016 Serpentine Summer House.

Bjarke Ingels talks about his design for the 2016 Serpentine Pavilion.

Architects José Selgas and Lucía Cano discuss the concepts behind the design of the 2015 Serpentine Pavilion.

Peter Zumthor discusses his design for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011, followed by a collaborative performance between Fritz Hauser and Peter Conradin Zumthor.

Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron, Michael Craig-Martin and Hiroshi Sugimoto discuss the concepts behind the Serpentine Pavilion 2012 by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei.

Architect Sou Fujimoto discusses his visionary design for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013.

Smiljan Radić talks to Oliver Wainwright about creating a place of refuge for London – and why being crude is more important than being polished.

The 2009 Pavilion was designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of leading Japanese architecture practice SANAA.

The design team responsible for the celebrated Beijing National Stadium came together again in London in 2012 in a special development of Serpentine's acclaimed annual commission

Smiljan Radić, the architect of the 2014 Pavilion Commission, discusses the concepts behind his design with Serpentine Directors Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto explains how he used a rigid geometric grid for his Serpentine Pavilion to create a soft and natural atmosphere.

Discover the Serpentine Pavilion 2010 designed by Jean Nouvel.

Discover the Serpentine Pavilion 2011 designed by Peter Zumthor.

In this conversation, artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist discuss the Pollinator Pathmaker project.

Hear artist Gabriel Massan in conversation with Tamar Clarke-Brown and Hans Ulrich Obrist to celebrate the launch of their exhibition, video game and web3 project at Serpentine.

Architect Lina Ghotmeh and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist discuss the Serpentine Pavilion 2023.

Barbara Chase-Riboud is in conversation with Yesomi Umolu, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Public Practice, Serpentine.

Serpentine’s Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist leads a panel talk with artists Seba Calfuqueo and Adham Faramawy.

To commemorate the opening of her solo exhibition, Kamala Ibrahim Ishag is in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine.

Back to Earth: Manthia Diawara in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, A Letter From Yene

Equilibrium: A Public Gathering on Environmental Justice brought together artists, campaigners and thinkers to address questions of environmental justice.

In the face of ecological crisis, how can art, design and philosophy effect long-term change?

The Understory of the Understory is the fourth instalment in an ongoing festival series on consciousness and intelligence across species, part of Serpentine’s General Ecology project.

Watch Cao Fei in conversation with curator and academic Yang Beichen, HX designer Sun Xiaoxi, Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist, and curator Joseph Constable.

Serpentine's Artistic Director, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and renowned fashion designer and Serpentine Council member Gabriela Hearst in-conversation around her ethos and practice.

Architect Sumayya Vally in conversation with Serpentine Artistic Director, Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen discussed the Serpentine Augmented Architecture commission in a conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine.

Serpentine Galleries presented the third installment of this symposium and research project, presented as part of the General Ecology project.

Junya Ishigami and Jakob Kudsk Steensen discussed the Serpentine Pavilion 2019 and the Serpentine Augmented Architecture commission in a conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Will a computer ever compose a symphony, write a prize-winning novel, or paint a masterpiece? And if so, would we be able to tell the difference?

On the occasion of Grace Wales Bonner's Serpentine exhibition A Time For New Dreams, Ishmael Reed was in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Serpentine and Artsy presented a conversation with Pierre Huyghe and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine, to discuss Pierre Huyghe's exhibition UUmwelt.

Lee Ufan in conversation with Serpentine's Artistic Director, Hans Ulrich Obrist at the Korean Cultural Centre UK.

Artist Rose Wylie discussed her practice and her Serpentine exhibition, QUACK QUACK, with Artistic Director, Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Rose Wylie finds inspiration for her visually compelling paintings through her daily encounters and a variety of sources, from art history and comic books to celebrity stories and sport.

A conversation between Alejandro Jodorowsky and Hans Ulrich Obrist following the Serpentine Cinema London premiere of Jodorowsky’s newest film, Endless Poetry (Poesia Sin Fin).

The Serpentine Gallery Garden Marathon was the sixth in the Gallery's acclaimed Marathon series. This two-day event explored the concept of the garden.

The Memory Marathon explored memory, archaeological excavation and historical recordings through overlaps and interactions between artistic practice and scientific enquiry.

The Memory Marathon explored memory, archaeological excavation and historical recordings through overlaps and interactions between artistic practice and scientific enquiry.

The 89plus Marathon brought emerging practitioners, born in or after 1989, together with influential thinkers of all generations.

The Map Marathon celebrated a number of key anniversaries: from the 40th anniversary of the Serpentine Gallery to the 2500th anniversary of the first, original Marathon, in 490 B.C.

Stewart Brand, John Brockman, Richard Prum and Hans Ulrich Obrist discuss De-Extinction.

The 2014 Serpentine Marathon included artists, writers, scientists, film-makers, choreographers, theorists and musicians, who presented on the topic of Extinction.

John Berger discusses the film Ways of Listening (from The Seasons in Quincy: Portraits of John Berger), memories, stories and reads a new work the 2011 England riots.

The Memory Marathon explored memory, archaeological excavation and historical recordings through overlaps and interactions between artistic practice and scientific enquiry.

Hear from artist and game designer Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, curator Tamar Clarke-Brown and producer Ruth Waters about the exhibition THE DELUSION.

Serpentine Arts Technologies presents the fifth annual strategic briefing focusing on the importance of Creative R&D in shaping technologies for public good.

Shortly before 'The Call' closed, the artists invited members of the public to see for themselves how these models were developed through one final recording session at Stone Nest.

Can collective governance be a way to build more supportive structures for AI projects?

Hear artist Gabriel Massan in conversation with Tamar Clarke-Brown and Hans Ulrich Obrist to celebrate the launch of their exhibition, video game and web3 project at Serpentine.

Look back on Artist Worlds Twitch Best Bits with Serpentine Arts Technologies.

Discover Third World: The Bottom Dimension, a multi–level video game led by Gabriel Massan and Serpentine Arts Technologies.

Follow along as artist Fannie Sosa plays a live demo of Hivemind alongside artists Navild Acosta and Calum Bowden who is accompanied by Tamar Clarke-Brown.

How can the metaverse support Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property, sovereign rights and custodianship?

FAE3 identifies new patterns for organisational and creative innovation within the broader space of decentralised technologies.

Compendium is a research and development tool created by Serpentine Synthetic Ecologies Lab, a growing library of creative and critical inquiry in life science and ecology.

How can fermentation and our relationship with microbial life inform different disciplinary practices?

2022 Digital Commission, Hivemind, transforms the labyrinth framework, first developed for R&D Labyrinths Series 1, into an artist-led game.

Discover the interactive murder mystery and live playtesting event produced by Serpentine Arts Technologies and R&D Platform in collaboration with Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley.

Within this conversation Robin McNicholas and Alex Boyes discuss examples, risks and metrics for success across virtual production beyond visual arts.

In this workshop Chris MacInnes introduces you to Unity—a free game engine for Mac, Windows and Linux––by taking you through beginner-level, development workflows.

Listen to artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy in conversation with Serpentine Arts Technologies R&D Platform Producer Alex Boyes discuss their creative practice.

Artist, technologist and producer Amelia Winger-Bearskin explores how we can future-proof technologies just like the stories and mythologies that sustain us.

Serpentine’s Legal Lab launched in 2019 to support the future ecosystem for art, science and technology through investigating legal issues and prototyping accessible legal solutions.

Throughout this workshop, participants learned ways to engage the audience/users of their work by designing for interactivity with mediums you engage.

FAE2 outlines what is required from 21st century cultural infrastructure in order to shape the metaverse’s evolution.

Join artist and digital-performer of Team Rolfes, Sam Rolfes along with Serpentine R&D Platform Producer Alex Boyes as they discuss Rolfes’ practice.

The R&D Labyrinths series guides you through the back-end of the software interfaces that various artists use to make their work.

The R&D Labyrinths series guides you through the back-end of the software interfaces that various artists use to make their work.

The R&D Labyrinths series guides you through the back-end of the software interfaces that various artists use to make their work.

This is a recording of the live event which took place on Serpentine’s Twitch on May 5th at 6pm BST.

Discover Jakob Kudsk Steensen’s simulated realities through the lens of cutting-edge technologies to explore the fragility of our natural world and ecosystems at risk.

The Deep Listener by Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen is an audio-visual ecological expedition through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park.

Serpentine's Digital Commissions Programme commissioned pioneering artists with the goal of challenging and reshaping the role that technology can play in our culture and society.

Discover Serpentine Digital's 2019 commissions.

Artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen discussed the Serpentine Augmented Architecture commission in a conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine.

The Deep Listener (2019) by Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen (b.1987) is an audio-visual ecological expedition through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park.

BOB is the creation of American artist Ian Cheng and forms part of his first solo UK exhibition.

Artist and writer James Bridle talks about technology, clouds and miracles.

The Serpentine's third digital commission, Cloud Index is by British artist and writer James Bridle.

Get a taste of this interactive simulation where players experiment with opportunities to pollute the herd, lose points and experience loss of control over their bad corgi.

In the Serpentine Galleries' second Digital Commission artist Ian Cheng invites you to enter the world of Bad Corgi: a shadowy mindfulness app for contemplating chaos.

Bambii is a Toronto-based DJ and producer known for her genre-spanning sets which embrace the spirit of dance and rave culture and open up new paths for the free exploration of music.

In October, Serpentine hosted an experimental performance by Christelle Oyiri, an artist and filmmaker of Ivorian, Guadeloupean and Martinican origin, born in the Paris region.

Brazilian-born visual artist, writer and psychologist Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro presented a new performance and installation which explores ritual, dance and celebration.

The Living and The Dead Ensemble are a group of artists, performers and poets from Haiti, France and the United Kingdom.

John Glacier’s first ever live performance – direct from Park Nights at the Serpentine Pavilion.

The second of five performances in summer 2021 as part of Serpentine Galleries x Boiler Room: Park Nights 2021.

The first of five performances happening in summer 2021 as part of Serpentine x Boiler Room: Park Nights 2021.