The first-ever David Hockney exhibition at Serpentine Galleries features new paintings alongside the monumental 90-meter frieze A Year in Normandie (2020-2021) — on view in London for the first time. The frieze echoes the Bayeux Tapestry and traces the changing seasons outside Hockney's former Normandy studio during the pandemic. New work includes five still lifes and five portraits of people in his inner circle — family members and caregivers. Free admission.
Why We Love This
The biggest London art event of March 2026. Hockney's first exhibition at Serpentine after decades of the gallery existing in his orbit — and it's free. The 90-meter Normandie frieze alone justifies the visit: a pandemic-era masterwork that channels the Bayeux Tapestry through an iPad and arrives in London for the first time. The new portraits add intimacy to the monumental. Go early in the run — this will be packed.