10 compelling free art exhibitions in London to bookmark this spring
Harriet Cooper, The Glossary
April 2026
Camden Art Centre, a free-to-visit space that aims to connect people to their own creativity through exhibitions, residencies, events and learning programmes, presents a survey of Donald Locke. The Guyanese-British artist worked in a variety of media over five decades, from the late 1960s until his death in 2010. And yet, as the Art Centre says, despite his pivotal role in 20th century sculpture in particular and his contributions as a post-war artist of the Windrush Generation, Locke’s work has remained relatively under-recognised, not least in the UK. That’s all set to change with this deep-dive, which presents over 80 worlds from early ‘biomorphic’ ceramics evoking human and natural forms and sculptures to works from the Plantation Series (c.1972–76); large-scale paintings that incorporate ceramic, metal and wood elements; as well as examples of his later work made in Atlanta, influenced by the assemblage traditions of the American South. […]