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Bricking it! How a ‘crinkle crankle’ wall reinvented the Serpentine pavilion

Lanza Atelier’s simple, powerful pavilion features an actual serpentine brought to life in a wave of rust-coloured brick – a material never used for the structure before

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3

Peter Doig - House of Music at Serpentine South Gallery review: a buzzing house party

4/5 This whole show is about the communal stimulus created when art and music mix

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2025

Judy Chicago: Revelations review – cosmic cobblers from a dinner party goddess

Her cosmological screed is tiresome and her blissed-out female figures are idealised beyond belief. But at least her musclebound men cavort, weep blood and urinate realistically

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2024

OPINION - Treasured spaces: why London needs pavilions

A new pavilion at the Serpentine Galleries in Hyde Park is now firmly established as a regular moment in London’s annual calendar. Provocative, thoughtful or both, the prestigious architectural commission has seen work by Zaha Hadid, Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Gehry, Ai Weiwei and Sumayya Vally. Now the Lebanese/French architect Lina…

Evening Standard · Jun 21, 2023

Serpentine Pavilion 2023 review – Lina Ghotmeh’s convivial canopy

The celebrated Beirut-born architect Lina Ghotmeh designed her pleated timber pavilion to bring people together in nature. It’s a nice idea, though the details let it down – and the Serpentine’s formula needs a rethink

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2023

Serpentine Pavilion 2023 review – giant cocktail umbrella gives the park a party vibe

French-Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh has unveiled her festive big top. And this symphony of timber is a lovely place to eat and think about food – if you can overlook the clumsy flat-pack feel

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2023

The Serpentine Pavilion 2023 review: Lina Ghotmeh’s invitation to dine is a bland dish

Wasn’t the idea of the pavilion to celebrate and encourage innovation and experimentation?

Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2023

Tomás Saraceno in Collaboration: Web(s) of Life at Serpentine South Gallery review: the anger is palpable

Interesting and necessary thinking abounds here, but that doesn’t always translate into effective art

Evening Standard · May 31, 2023

Grenfell, Steve McQueen, Serpentine Gallery review: a haunting monument to tragedy, hypnotising in its horror

The artist’s 24-minute film of the burnt-out west London tower shows that art can respond to the Grenfell fire

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

‘It’s a bit Mary Poppins’: Lina Ghotmeh to design 2023’s Serpentine pavilion

The Beirut-born architect is aiming for the smallest possible carbon footprint with an African-inspired ‘great shelter’ for meeting in Kensington Gardens

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2022