The Serpentine Gallery is partnering with Google Art Project to enable universal access to the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion commission and the Marathon series of events, which takes place in the Pavilion each year. The Serpentine will be the first architecture partner in this ambitious project, which allows virtual visits to museums and galleries around the world 24 hours a day. more...

The Serpentine Gallery is proud to announce that Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei will create the 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. It will be the twelfth commission in the Gallery's annual series, the world's first and most ambitious architectural programme of its kind. more...

In Summer 2012 the Serpentine Gallery will present a major exhibition of the work of celebrated artist Yoko Ono for the London 2012 Festival, which will include #smilesfilm, a large-scale participatory project. The Serpentine's timely exhibition will reflect upon the enormous impact that Yoko Ono has made on contemporary art, exploring her influential role in art, music, film and performance. more...

A group of works donated by some of the world’s leading contemporary artists was auctioned at Sotheby’s in aid of the Serpentine Gallery’s new space: Serpentine Sackler Gallery opening in 2012. The sale raised £3,758,500, beating the high estimate of £3.2 million. more...

Maqbool Fid Husain, one of India’s most prolific and celebrated artists, has died at the age of 95. In a career spanning several decades, Husain was often called the ‘Picasso of India’ and influenced a whole generation of Indian artists. more...

Unlike unrealized architectural projects, which are frequently exhibited and circulated, unrealized artworks tend to remain unnoticed or little known. Agency of Unrealized Projects (AUP) seeks to document and display these works, in this way charting the terrain of a contingent future. more...

On April 3, the acclaimed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was detained at the Beijing airport while en route to Hong Kong, and his papers and computers were seized from his studio compound. He remains under the custody of the People's Republic of China. The Serpentine Gallery has signed a petition leading an international effort calling for his release. more...

Last autumn, the Serpentine Gallery presented Philippe Parreno’s first solo exhibition in a public institution in the UK. The second part of the conference is now available as a series of podcasts. more...

Egyptian artist Wael Shawky - current artist-in-residency at the Serpentine Gallery's Edgware Road Project - has been selected the winner of the Ernst Schering Foundation Art Award 2011. more...

2010 has been a year of success for the Serpentine Gallery which is also celebrating its 40th anniversary. more...

The 2009 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, designed by Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA, has been awarded Small Projects Winner at the Institution of Structural Engineers 2010 Structural Awards, a prize dedicated to projects with a construction cost of under £1 million. more...

Prize winning architect Zaha Hadid will create a new gallery in The Magazine building in Kensington Gardens. to be known as the Serpentine Sackler Gallery. more...