Things to Go See — Art Listings for Autumn

The time of the year when museums and galleries pull out all the stops. Here, a long-list of exhibitions that represent the best of the best, featuring David Bowie, Betty Parsons and Lee Lozano, among others.

The new home of Bowie’s archive, available to the public for the first time, where two hundred items spotlight his career, influences and collaborators. Beyond the display, visitors can book one-on-one time with over 90,000 items from the working archive and collections store. Free tickets drop every six weeks, sign up for email notifications!
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Co-curated by Rajan Bijani and Michael Jefferson, this show places works by Frank Auerbach, Emmanuel Cooper and Lucie Rie in a domestic setting alongside rare designs by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. Heaven. Visits by appointment, location to be revealed upon sending your RSVP.
Until 16 November

A celebration of Dominican-born British writer Jean Rhys, curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Hilton Als. Rhys was a significant presence in post-colonial writing and through her work offered a view into lives and cultures that has hitherto been marginalised, or ignored. Conceived as a collective portrait, this large-scale group show includes works by Agostino Brunias, Hans Bellmer and Somaya Critchlow, among others.
Until 22 November

Mostly celebrated for her paintings of people, this exhibition appreciates the niche of Neel. Spanning her artistic career from 1928 to 1981, these works are engrossing representations of the spaces that the artist worked, inhabited and observed. Whilst on the continent, head to Pinacoteca Agnelli in Turin for Neel’s survey I Am The Century (opening 31 October).
Until 22 November

Spanish-Guinean artist Chidy Wayne's first solo exhibition with Francis Gallery. Influenced by both the artistic avant-garde and ancestral cultural elements, the raw minimalism of Wayne’s work brings up existential questions for us to consider. We are most taken with the Chillida-esque hands that form the subject of his ‘Ego’ series.
Until 26 November

Raven Row’s latest, almost academic, presentation of work produced by Cosima von Bonin over the last 35 years. Von Bonin rose to prominence in Cologne during the 1990s, amongst a group of artists who purposefully produced work in spite of the art market. This is her first exhibition in the UK and includes early objects unseen for more than a decade. Not to be missed.
Until 14 December

Widely known as a NY gallerist, Betty Parsons was also a prolific artist herself — she made bold paintings and playful driftwood sculptures at her seaside studio in Southold, Long Island. It makes perfect sense that her first European retrospective is taking place at the De La Warr Pavilion, with it’s views out onto the Sussex coast.
Until 18 January 2026

Exhumed relics from Hussein Chalayan’s Central Saint Martin graduate collection The Tangent Flows (1993); the mud-dyed Issey Miyake pieces famously photographed by Irving Penn; JW Anderson’s pigeon clutch. A few of many filthy standouts in this unexpectedly brilliant exhibition — an antidote to our sanitised lives.
Until 25 January 2026 

Lozano completely disrupted the New York art world between 1960-1972, going further than any of her other peers practicing post-minimalism and conceptual art. Her General Strike Piece (1969) involved her refusal to attend art world openings and social events. One hundred punny and titillating drawings will be showcased in LA, marking the launch of ‘In the Studio: Lee Lozano’ by curator Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti.
Until 25 January 2026

Miller’s career started in front of the camera as one of the most sought after models in the 1920s. She partook in French surrealism and shot much fashion but she was of course that fearless war photographer who captured a nude self portrait in Hitler’s bathtub. This exhibition sheds light on lesser known images by Miller; most notably those of the landscapes of Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Romania and Greece taken in the 1930s.
Until 15 February 2026