Share this article 10 of the Best Art Exhibitions Reopening in London in 2021 From big names like Hockney and Kusama to the launch of London Gallery Weekend.
After non-essential retail and outdoor hospitality reopened last month, allowing the U.K.’s bars and restaurants to welcome customers after months of closures, the U.K. is now poised to allow the next relaxing of lockdowns. One of the key changes in this phase of restrictions easing is the opening of art galleries, many of which have been closed for the entirety of 2021 so far.
While commercial galleries were permitted to open in April, next week marks the first time that national institutions such as the Tate Modern and Whitechapel Gallery can welcome guests. Additionally, a number of venues across London are due to take part in the London Gallery Weekend, welcoming people back to locations across the capital.
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Waypoints: A Journey on Foot by Rob Martineau (Cape, £16.99 )
At the age of 27, Martineau, a former lawyer in London, quit his job and embarked on a 1,000 mile walk with a backpack through West Africa, from Accra to Ouidah on the Beninese Coast. This is his story, beautifully-written, of how his pilgrimage of sorts changed him forever. In a good way.
Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism by Kathleen Stock (Little Brown, £16.99)
Stock tackles several key axioms of trans activism, from the idea that everyone has an inner gender identity that might not match their biological sex to the pressure on people to acknowledge and legally protect gender identity instead of biological sex. A clear-sighted analysis in tricky territory.
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