‘Present Tense’, the group show currently on at Hauser & Wirth Somerset (until 28 April 2024), is concerned with what’s happening in art right now. Its title tells you as much, as do the artists, whose work engages with the most pressing social issues facing the UK today – from biases around gender, race and sexuality to the corrosive effects of capitalism and technology, and individual loneliness.
But while the show is focused on the present, it also asks a specific question about the future. Namely, who will be the next big names in British art?
