Jenny Waldman, Director, Art Fund:
“London Gallery Weekend offers an abundance of opportunities for museums, galleries and artists to meet and forge new connections. I’m so pleased Art Fund is able to continue our partnership for a third year – enabling us to support curators working in regional museums across the UK to attend the event in London, as well as providing great opportunities for students to gain invaluable experience and insight into the world of contemporary art.”

Separate from the Art Fund partnership, in 2023 London Gallery Weekend established a European Curator Bursary Fund for colleagues from international institutions. Increasing the fund for 2024, London Gallery Weekend will support travel and accommodation for curators from up to six European institutions to visit London for the weekend, inviting them to engage with the rich gallery and events programme during their stay.

Contemporary Visual Arts Network England
For the first time, Contemporary Visual Arts Network England (CVAN) will partner with London Gallery Weekend in an advisory capacity for the fourth edition in 2024. CVAN will be working with LGW, alongside Art Fund, to deepen LGW’s engagement with the institutional sector through CVAN’s regional UK network. Both advising LGW on the initiatives concerning regional curators, and contributing to outreach for the Curator Bursary Fund, the partnership is developed to achieve a greater understanding of the specific and different regional needs of institutions across the UK. The activities resulting from this partnership will benefit from the fair and equitable approach that is ingrained in CVAN’s organisation.

Paula Orrell, National Director, Contemporary Visual Arts Network England (CVAN):
“CVAN are delighted to partner with London Gallery Weekend. It is an excellent opportunity to support curators across England and engage with commercial galleries. We are working in a challenging climate. The bursaries are a great example of the support our colleagues need in regional galleries and museums. It is challenging for curators to build partnerships when networking is complex, and there are significant financial barriers. More access and open dialogue between the public sector and commercial sector is needed more than ever.”

In Central London, early highlights of the gallery programme include: mixed media assemblages made whilst on residency in India by John Baldessari at Sprüth Magers; a new series of acid-hued paintings by Harmony Korine drawn from his new film Aggro Dr1ft at Hauser & Wirth; a new series of paintings by Jacqueline de Jong in dialogue with a group of works from the 1960s at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery; a historic exhibition presenting Lynda Benglis’ sparkle knots and video works at Thomas Dane Gallery; new works bridging representation and abstraction by Raphaela Simon at Michael Werner Gallery; the UK debut of two films by Andrea Büttner at Hollybush Gardens; a survey exhibition of the late surrealist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun at Ben Hunter; intricate hand-assembled collages celebrating black women by Sharon Walters at HackelBury Fine Art; new photographic works by Dayanita Singh at Frith Street Gallery; a solo exhibition by American sculptor Hannah Levy at MASSIMODECARLO; an exhibition in support of Gasworks, showcasing artist editions from the organisation's last 30 years, on view in David Zwirner’s Upper Room; and the first UK solo show by Yi To presented at LGW newcomer Alice Amati.

London Gallery Weekend welcomes new participants from the new Bloomsbury Group of galleries, including: Brunette Coleman whose space will be dominated by an ambitious, site-specific cold room by Amsterdam-based artist Brianna Leatherbury; a. SQUIRE who will show new paintings of gay bathhouse scenes by Düsseldorf-based artist Ryan Huggins; and Hot Wheels Athens London, who will present new works by Danish artist Jesper List Thomsen. Also in Bloomsbury – in their space on Museum Street – Herald St will show photographs by artist Annette Kelm, and Union Pacific, newly relocated to the area, will present a series of new, large-scale paintings by Jin Han Lee.

Early highlights from galleries in South London include: a selection of new paintings by Georg Baselitz at White Cube’s Bermondsey space; an exhibition by Isabella Benshimol Toro that delves into ideas about identity, sexuality and domesticity at ZÉRUÌ; works on paper by Jade de Montserrat at Bosse & Baum; speculations over regenerative public space in the form of Can Altay’s exhibition at Arcade; new sculptures by Vincent Fecteau at greengrassi; and a group show of expressive, gestural paintings by Carole Gibbons, Roy Oxlade and Max Wade at Sid Motion Gallery.

In East London, highlights include: a presentation of choreographed photographs by Hannah Starkey at Maureen Paley; Dean Sameshima’s exhibition of photographs that consider the anonymity and loneliness pervading shared experiences in public spaces at Soft Opening; BLCKGEEZER’s exhibition examining ‘Black Nausea’ at new LGW participant ALMA PEARL; an exhibition of new and recent ceramic work by London-based artist Renee So at Kate MacGarry; and – in their LGW debut – the first UK solo show by American artist Violet Dennison at Ilenia.

London Gallery Weekend is pleased to continue the collaboration with public art commissioners UP Projects to present a series of artist performances which will be delivered across the weekend event. The performance programme is an opportunity for members of the public to freely experience performance artworks by some of the most exciting artists working today.