Yoshitomo Nara at Hayward Gallery

🏛️ EXHIBITION 🏛️

A must-see for lovers of contemporary art, punk energy, and emotional storytelling. Japan’s most iconic artist brings his defiant, wide-eyed characters to London in a breathtaking retrospective covering over 40 years of work.

🖼 What to Expect:

▪️ 150+ works — paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations & ceramics

▪️ Rare early drawings and never-before-seen sketchbooks

▪️ A full-scale recreation of Nara’s wooden studio

▪️ Themes of childhood, rebellion, peace & protest

▪️ Soundtrack inspired by The Ramones & Nick Drake

📍 Where:

Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London

📅 When:

Now until 31 August 2025

🕒 Extended opening hours every Thursday & Friday in August

🎟 Tickets: From £20 | Free for Southbank members | Lambeth residents get discounted rates

🎫 Book here: southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/art-exhibition/yoshitomo-nara

This is Nara’s first UK public solo exhibition — and it’s already making waves for its raw emotion, political charge, and tender punk spirit.

📽 Watch the full video to step inside his dreamlike world.

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