How Do We Find Love?
Our autumn 2026 season explores the profound complexities of human relationships, desire, and intimacy.
13 November 2026 - 30 May 2027
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Jeffrey Gibson: no simple word for time
In his first solo exhibition at a UK museum, American artist Jeffrey Gibson (b.1972) created a new site-specific installation for the Sainsbury Centre.
Liquid Gender
In an exploration of the relationship between gender expression and identity, with a focus on pre-colonial traditions, the Sainsbury Centre presented works by a myriad of internationally acclaimed artists, including new work, UK premieres, and new acquisitions.
In Event of Moon Disaster
An Emmy Award-winning interactive experience that was a deep dive into misinformation and conspiracy. Using AI to tell an alternative history, the show brought to light how an event as influential as the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing could be manipulated, and how doubt could be cast on even the most well-known of facts.
What is Truth?
In 2024, the Sainsbury Centre investigated how we can know what is true in the world around us through a series of fascinating, interlinked exhibitions – In Event of Moon Disaster, Liquid Gender, Jeffrey Gibson: no simple word for time and The Camera Never Lies – bringing together some of the world’s leading artists and creative thinkers, plus a new, interlinking publication.
Sediment Spirit: The Activation of Art in the Anthropocene
Curated by John Kenneth Paranada, the first Curator of Art and Climate Change at a UK museum, this exhibition brought together local and international artworks from the 1960s to the present day that respond to the climate crisis in all its complexities.
The Stuff of Life | The Life of Stuff
In this major international exhibition, visitors met artworks composed of salvaged materials, resynthesised fragments, and e-waste that demonstrate the ingenuity of human creativity to re-imagine our relationships with the planet and inspire people to positively engage with our shared future.
Planet for our Future: How do we adapt to a transforming world?
Our new approach to exhibition programming, empowering art to address fundamental societal challenges through themed seasons, kicked off in Autumn 2023 with Planet for our Future. This asked one fundamental question that confronts us all: How do we adapt to a transforming world?
Empowering Art: Indigenous Creativity and Activism from North America’s Northwest Coast
Empowering Art was a ground-breaking exhibition of rich but rarely seen artworks, bringing together exceptional contemporary and historical pieces from across the Northwest Coast of North America.
Julian Stair: Art, Death and the Afterlife
Leading ceramic artist, Julian Stair OBE, presented new works created in response to the global pandemic, offering commemoration and solace for those who have died and lost loved ones.
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