Smaller Galleries: The Best London Exhibitions May 2016
Not all the best art shows are in museums: here's our list of the best London exhibitions on now in independent galleries
Detail: 'Marching on the Butterbur Leaf', 2016, Acrylic on cotton mounted on wood panel, 113.4 x 88cm (44 5/8 x 34 5/8in) Yoshitomo Nara London 2016 best London May Exhibitions 2016 small art galleries london best art exhibitions london 2016
Jeff Koons, Newport Street Gallery
18 May 16 – 16 Oct 16
They're two of the most divisive artists around: now shark-pickler Damien Hirst presents his Jeff Koons collection at his Newport Street Gallery.
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Yayoi Kusama, Victoria Miro
25 May 16 – 30 Jul 16
With her pumpkins, spectacles and jaunty bob, Yayoi Kusama is unmistakle. Now, one of the world's most beloved artists returns to Victoria Miro.
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Georg Baselitz, White Cube Bermondsey
He is perhaps Germany's greatest living artist. Georg Baselitz, peer of Gerard Richter and Anselm Kiefer, arrives at Bermondsey this May.
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Yoshitomo Nara, Stephen Friedman
28 Apr 16 – 01 Jun 16
His big eyed creations are beguiling, sad and strange. Head to Mayfair to check out new work from our favourite Japanese punk.
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Hauser & Wirth
27 May 16 – 30 Jul 16
A love story, told in sweets. Come and experience Felix Gonzalez-Torres heartbreaking meditation of love and loss.
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Stanley Whitney, Lisson Gallery
20 May 16 – 2 July 16
His coloured grids, where simplicity and liveliness meet, are so much more than the sum of their parts. Stanley Whitney is a master of abstraction.
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