Image: Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
Dulwich Picture Gallery has announced a 2027 exhibition programme that will bring together presentations devoted to Jacqueline Marval, David Shrigley and Anwar Jalal Shemza, alongside contemporary displays by Sahara Longe and Caroline Walker. The London gallery’s announcement, issued in an email to subscribers, describes the line-up as a “blockbuster year” but does not yet provide individual exhibition titles, opening dates or detailed descriptions for the 2027 projects.
The programme is presented as a combination of established names and discoveries across different periods and practices. Jacqueline Marval’s inclusion points to a historical focus, while the gallery specifically identifies the displays by Sahara Longe and Caroline Walker as contemporary presentations. David Shrigley and Anwar Jalal Shemza are also named among the principal artists, although the announcement does not indicate whether their work will appear in solo exhibitions, thematic group shows or another format.
The email includes an image credit for Jacqueline Marval’s ‘Les Odalisques’, dated 1902–03 and held by the Musée de Grenoble. The work is identified as ‘Les Odalisques, 1902–1903’, from Ville de Grenoble, Musée de Grenoble, with photography credited to Jean-Luc Lacroix. No further information is supplied about the role of the painting in the forthcoming programme.
The contemporary strand features Sahara Longe and Caroline Walker. The gallery gives no exhibition titles, artwork details or dates for either artist, and does not state whether the two presentations will run concurrently with one another or with the exhibitions devoted to the other named artists. The announcement likewise does not specify lenders, curators, loans or commissioning arrangements.
The programme notice also refers to a much-anticipated Hokusai exhibition planned for October. In the same communication, the Hokusai project is discussed separately from the 2027 announcement, as part of the gallery’s membership message; the email does not give a title, opening or closing date, checklist, lender information or further curatorial details. The current exhibition ‘Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography’ is described as entering its final weeks and scheduled to close on 4 October, but it is separate from the 2027 programme.
Dulwich Picture Gallery is located on Gallery Road in London and identifies itself in the subscriber communication as a registered charity. Further practical information about the 2027 season—including the sequence of exhibitions, ticket-release dates and precise presentation details—has not been included in the announcement.
