Events

Our school and London’s galleries demonstrate the usual hustle and bustle, showcasing the work of up and coming and celebrated artists. Here is a selection of some of them. At the top are selected illustrated current events, as well as few reviews from the past shows. Let us know if you have seen artist, artwork or event that inspired you and if you wish to write a review!

Scroll right down for more London-wide art events listings!  Also you can read more news on our Community News page.

ART SHOWS 2026

Frida: The Making of an Icon at Tate Modern London

Read here about this exhibition and about next Friends of PSAD Lecture on Friday 16th October, 2026.

Until 3 January, 2027

Tickets £25 / Free for Members 

RA Summer Exhibition 2026

Read here review by Clare Frankl Bertram about PSAD students and tutors who are exhibiting.

16 June – 23 August, 2026

Tickets £23.50–25.50

Serpentine Summer pavilion 2026 at Kensington Gardens

This year’s pavilion is designed by LANZA atelier who ‘chose brick as the primary material to celebrate the distinctly English garden tradition and establish a conversation with the existing brick façade of the Serpentine South Gallery, which was originally built as a tea pavilion’. (Serpentine galleries)

Address: Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA

Open daily: 6 June – 25 October 2026

FREE ENTRY

George Stubbs at National Gallery

Room 1: See the works of the master of horse painting, George Stubbs.

FREE ENTRY

Henry Moore at Kew Gardens

‘Set across Kew’s iconic landscapes and world-renowned botanical collections, the Henry Moore: Monumental Nature exhibition brings art and nature together on an extraordinary scale, blurring the boundaries between sculpture and living form.’ Kew gardens

Until 31 January 2027 at Kew Gardens, Richmond, London

Tickets: £25 /£11 after 4pm

CERAMIC EVENTS  New in Autumn 2026

CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS

SOPHIE MACCARTHY

Accidental Compositions

20 August – 12 September

NB! Sophie will be running a slip decorating workshop at PSAD on Sunday 1 November

PETER BEARD

The Long Practice of Change

17 September – 10 October

AKIKO HIRAI

Things That Disappear When Touched

15 October – 7 November

63 Great Russell Street

Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3BF

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