Southbank Centre We’re Back
Good news – our exhibition Among the Trees is reopening.
We’re back and can’t wait to see you!
Bringing together artworks that explore our relationship with trees and forests, the Hayward Gallery’s Among the Trees exhibition is reopening.
To thank our wonderful Members and Supporters for their ongoing loyalty, on Thursday 30 and Friday 31 July Among the Trees is open just for them. Then from Saturday 1 August, the exhibition opens to the public.
Pre-booking online is essential. Members and Supporters go free, but need to book a time slot, too.
pre-book now →Enter a forest of art
Take a peek at the Among the Trees exhibition
By turns poetic, adventurous and thought-provoking, the exhibition features drawing, painting, photography, immersive video installations and large-scale sculpture, including a cast of a 2,000-year-old olive tree.
Artists include Peter Doig, William Kentridge, Zoe Leonard, Giuseppe Penone and Jennifer Steinkamp.
Image credit: Mariele Neudecker, And Then the World Changed Colour: Breathing Yellow, 2019. Installation view, Among the Trees, Hayward Gallery, 2020. © Mariele Neudecker 2020. Courtesy of Hayward Gallery. Photo Linda Nylind.
What the critics said
★★★★
‘beautiful, stirring forest of art at the Hayward Gallery’
The Observer
★★★★
‘Sprawling evocation of the elusiveness and majesty of trees’
Evening Standard
★★★★
‘A Tree-mendous Exhibition’
The Londonist
Keeping you safe
We’re Covid-secure
As we welcome you back, our number one priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our visitors and staff, so we’ve introduced a number of measures to help everyone stay safe. Once you’re inside, follow our one-way system, keep a safe distance from others and use the hand sanitiser provided. The measures we’ve introduced include regular and thorough cleaning and going cash-free.
find out more→Before you visit
New opening times
We’re now open on Wednesday – Saturday, 11am – 7pm and Sunday, 10am – 6pm; and closed on Monday and Tuesday.
Pre-booking online is essential
All visitors must book online before visiting. Members and Supporters go free, but need to book a time slot, too. To reduce contact, the Hayward Gallery Ticket Office is closed.
There’s no need to print your ticket – just show your phone to our hosts on entry.
Reduced visitor numbers
We’re admitting fewer visitors than usual so that you can easily keep a safe distance from others and enjoy a crowd-free visit.
When you book, you’re given a time slot to make sure that we keep to a safe number of people within the gallery.
Keep others safe
You’re strongly encouraged to wear a face covering during your visit, for your safety and the safety of other visitors and staff.
Please, stay at home if you have symptoms of illness such as a cough, sore throat or fever or have been in contact in the past 14 days with someone who has coronavirus. You can email customer@southbankcentre.co.uk to refund or exchange your ticket.
When you arrive
Entrance to the exhibition is via the Hayward Gallery main entrance. We are operating a one-way system.
Get here as close to your time slot as possible – you won’t be able to come into the Hayward Gallery to wait, and our other buildings are still closed for now.
Inside the gallery
Toilets, including accessible toilets, are open for ticket holders in the Hayward Gallery Foyer. Our cloakroom is closed, so please leave bags over 40 x 25 x 25cm at home. Visitors with prams, buggies and wheelchairs are welcome.
Free for NHS workers
To say thank you to the NHS, we are offering free admission to all NHS workers. There is a limit of ten NHS worker tickets per hour. Tickets must be booked in advance by emailing customer@southbankcentre.co.uk
Live in Lambeth?
Lambeth resident tickets are £5. Tickets must be booked in advance via our website. ID may be requested on arrival.
Under 30?
Under-30s tickets are £5. Tickets must be booked in advance via our website. ID may be requested on arrival.
While you’re here
Eat in
Book ahead for a sit-down, slap-up meal in one of our onsite restaurants. See what’s open in and around the Southbank Centre to make a day of it.
Take away
The Hayward Gallery Cafe is closed, but there are plenty of places to grab a coffee or lunch to go, including Beany Green, Pret A Manger, the Wahaca van and SNOG.
Browse our shop
After visiting the exhibition, discover eco-friendly products inspired by Among the Trees, as well as exclusive posters and the exhibition catalogue. The shop is now cash-free.
Our online shop opens on Thursday 30 July.
find out more →Looking for more?
Members go free
Can’t see the forest for the trees? Take all the time you need with unlimited free entry to the exhibition.Your Membership will help to support us through this difficult time, where we face enormous financial uncertainty.
Join now and make a difference to the arts.