South London Gallery

23/06/2026

Join us for a screening of Wild Style (1983), a cult film which captured the birth of hip-hop and graffiti culture in 1980s New York.

Presented alongside Paulo Nimer Pjota’s exhibition, Encantados, this iconic film brings the energy of sampling, remixing and street creativity to the screen.

Wed 8 July, 6.30 - 8.30pm
£10 / £5 concessions
Book now: https://f.mtr.cool/frmxukhvct

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Video courtesy: Arrow Video

19/06/2026

5 things to spot in Paulo Nimer Pjota, Encantados 🔎

1. Music - Pjota samples and remixes imagery, filling his paintings with imagined instruments and creatures that encourage us to wonder what Pjota’s fantasy orchestra sounds like.

2. Vases - Repeated throughout his work, vases act as symbolic containers of life and memory, linking ancient traditions with contemporary imagery.

3. Butterflies - Butterflies can refer to the soul, transformation, renewal and rebirth, and in different cultures represent joy, love and the spirits of the deceased.

4. Foreboding - Although his paintings are colourful and playful on the surface, danger, predation, and entrapment are important undercurrents throughout the work in the show.

5. Moving beyond myths - Drawing from mythology, personal memory and visual archives, Pjota remixes past and present into new work, which in some ways is like a cabinet-of-curiosities.

See Encantados at SLG until 23 August

🔗 Read the full post here: https://f.mtr.cool/peynalhcwu

18/06/2026

It's the last weekend to visit SLG Forever at Christie’s London ✨

As we celebrate our 135th birthday, the SLG Forever campaign aims to raise £2 million to support the gallery’s future, ensuring we continue to champion artists and remain free and open for all for years to come.

A stellar group of artists with strong connections to the SLG have generously donated art works to a special exhibition and online sale with Christies London, including Oliver Bak, Nairy Baghramian, Alvaro Barrington, Firelei Báez, Sir Frank Bowling, Chila Burman, Peter Davies, Leonardo Drew, Tracey Emin, Ryan Gander, Antony Gormley, Katharina Grosse, Anish Kapoor, Allison Katz, Christina Kimeze, Michael Landy, Francesca Mollett, Gabriel Orozco, Estate of Pope.L, Pedro Reyes, Magali Reus, Ana Segovia, Raqib Shaw, Yinka Shonibare, Silät (Wichi Community, Argentina), Keith Tyson, Edmund de Waal, Joseph Yaeger.

Visit Christie’s, 8 King St, London SW1Y 6QT
The sale continues online until 30 September

09/06/2026

Join us for a free talk marking the second event in our series exploring Rooms of Neighbours, an exhibition that goes beyond gallery walls. Curated by Ben Broome, this evolving project unfolds across twelve homes on Clifton Crescent, Peckham, with artworks installed inside private living spaces and shared areas.

On 24 Jun artist, Olukemi Lijadu, and resident, Pamela Dayes, hold conversation reflecting on their collaboration within this unique, street-wide exhibition in Peckham. Working with family photographs and shared personal histories, their project explores connections between generations, cultures and lived experience.

Wed 24 Jun, 6.30–8pm
Free, Book now: https://www.southlondongallery.org/events/rooms-of-neighbours-with-olukemi-lijadu-and-pamela-dayes/

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Photo Credit: Jorge Stride

08/06/2026

"I use clay as language and a grounding tool. They aren’t objects so much as presences that occupy space the way a living thing does." - Ranti Bam

Ranti Bam’s practice is rooted in a deep engagement with clay, a material she views as a living entity. For Bam, clay is the most primal of all materials: earth and water shaped by hand and transformed by the fire of the kiln. She connects this process to the idea of the primal feminine, an instinctive source of creation and wildness that exists within all of us.

Free to visit at the SLG’s Fire Station Galleries until 23 August 2026.
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Image:
Ranti Bam: Sacred Groves, 2026. South London Gallery.
Photos: Adriana Kytkova and Jo Underhill

08/06/2026

05/06/2026

NOW OPEN! SLG Forever is a new exhibition, free to visit at Christie’s London this June. To raise vital funds for the South London Gallery, over 25 artists, who have strong connections to the SLG have generously donated works, for an exhibition and online sale with Christie's

03/06/2026

Explore Paulo Nimer Pjota's celestial, botanical and mythical worlds at SLG this summer.

The exhibition is titled 'Encantados',which translates to 'enchanted' in Portuguese. It draws on the dual definitions of the word, which can refer to being charmed and filled with delight, but also to a state of being placed under a spell or bewitched.

Pjota’s works leave the viewer to make their own sense of his fantastical scenes.

Free to visit, Wed-Sun, until 23 Aug.
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Photos: Jo Underhill