Gallop's picks for London galleries, October 22–28, 2026: 4 shows worth the trip, plus 1 last chance, each with a note from Gallop's editors.
Projected across Soho after dark and stretched along its streets by day, Captive Blooms turns goldfish, blossoms, water and city light into a saturated dreamscape poised between spectacle and the fragility of everyday life.
Five artist-makers bring work in clay, stitch, wood, porcelain, glass, and photography to subjects of time, nature, and human connection. Their materials are worked stitch by stitch, with camera shutters, chisels, and drops of liquid clay.
Whiles’s three large woodcarvings combine British seaside imagery with the media and methods of sacred painted medieval carvings. They stand between 150 and 185cm tall and weigh between 160 and 250kg.
More than thirty works by Kahlo appear with garments, jewellery, photographs and memorabilia, introducing her as a dedicated wife, intellectual, modern artist, and political activist. The final section gathers more than 200 commercial objects encompassing her art, image, style, and persona.
Serpentine brings Soto’s kinetic practice into the park through a field of yellow PVC strands suspended from a steel grid. Viewers are invited to enter the sculpture, turning movement, touch, and changing perspective into the work’s material.
Everything else on view: every gallery show in London.
Gallop's picks for the week of October 22: NINAGAWA Mika at The Photographers’ Gallery (Soho); A Moment for Eternity at Hauser & Wirth (West End); Annie Whiles at Matt's Gallery (South London); Frida: The Making of an Icon at Tate Modern (South London). Each comes with a short note on what's in the show.
Last chance the week of October 22: Jesús Rafael Soto at Serpentine South Gallery, until Sunday Oct 25.
Gallop's editors go through every show on view in London each week and pick a handful worth the trip, with a note on each. The same picks go out in Gallop's weekly email every Thursday, and every show is on the Gallop map with the gallery's address and hours.
Gallop's picks for London, every Thursday.
