June – August 2026
Christie’s celebrates the dynamism and creativity that London inspires with a summer season of auctions, exhibitions and activities. From June to August, visit 8 King Street to encounter monumental sculpture, contemporary icons, special private sales exhibitionsand many more artistic inspirations. Don’t miss this season’s must-see exhibitions, featuring Dream Big and its significant sculpture from Antiquities to the present day, online until 30 September, and Close Encounters: Figuration, Painting and Landscape in the Arts Council Collection. Christie’s is also proud to present SLG Forever, a milestone exhibition of works donated by influential artists in support of the South London Gallery, while Post-War to Present brings together seminal works and exciting contemporary voices across 20th- and 21st-century art.
Mark your calendar, we look forward to welcoming you to Christie’s this summer.
SELLING EXHIBITION
Close Encounters: Figuration, Painting and Landscape in the Arts Council Collection
Christie’s is proud to present Close Encounters: Figuration, Painting and Landscape in the Arts Council Collection, organised in partnership with the Arts Council Collection and celebrating this landmark institution in its 80th anniversary year.
SELLING EXHIBITION
The Festival of Britain and its legacy: 75 years of Modern British Art
Marking the 75th anniversary of this seminal event, Christie’s is pleased to present The Festival of Britain and its Legacy: 75 Years of Modern British Art, a curated selling exhibition tracing the evolution of British art in the decades that followed.
AUCTION SERIES
Post-War to Present
AUCTION SERIES
Classic Week in London
Classic Week returns this June with a celebration of art from antiquity to the 21st century across seven auctions.
NON-SELLING EXHIBITION
The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the KNMA Collection
Christie’s presents The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the KNMA Collection, a landmark collaboration with the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), celebrating modern and contemporary South Asian art through carefully curated scenes drawn from the museum’s extraordinary collection.
SELLING EXHIBITION
Dream Big
Entering its fifth edition, Dream Big returns as an online selling exhibition dedicated to monumental sculpture, including important works by Annie Morris, Antony Gormley, Fernando Botero, Yayoi Kusama, Marc Quinn and more.
SELLING EXHIBITION
SLG Forever
Christie’s Private Sales is proud to present SLG Forever, an exhibition to raise vital funds for the South London Gallery (SLG), one of London’s leading contemporary art galleries.
IMAGES: © Jake Grewal. Courtesy the artist and Thomas Dane Gallery.