Dialogues: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham x Haroun Hayward at Hales Gallery, London — 5 Nov–18 Dec 2026
The second exhibition in Hales Gallery’s Dialogues series, which pairs artists from different generations, places new paintings and watercolours by London artist Haroun Hayward (born 1983) beside historic works from the 1950s onwards by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912–2004), a pioneer of British abstraction and a key figure of the St Ives group. The gallery presents both as treating abstraction as a flexible way of processing experience rather than a fixed style, linked by colour, rhythm and movement. Barns-Graham works cited include Red, Brown + White (1954), Night Town (1958), Sea Sound (1979) and Snow Formation 4 (Red) (1979); Hayward’s new works include A Painting for Wilhelmina Barns-Graham and Drexciya, No 2 (2026). The show coincides with Barns-Graham’s retrospective at Tate St Ives.
| Exhibition | Dialogues: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham x Haroun Hayward |
|---|---|
| Artist(s) | Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Haroun Hayward |
| Gallery | Hales Gallery, London |
| Exhibition type | Two-artist exhibition — abstract painting and watercolour |
| Dates | 5 November – 18 December 2026. Opening reception: 5 November 2026, 6–8pm |
| Address | 7 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA, United Kingdom |
| Opening hours | Wednesday–Friday 11am–6pm; Saturday 11am–4pm; or by appointment |
| Phone | +44 (0)20 7033 1938 |
| [email protected] | |
| Gallery website | halesgallery.com |
| Official exhibition page | Dialogues: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham x Haroun Hayward |
| Artist page | Wilhelmina Barns-Graham at Hales; Haroun Hayward at Hales |
| Social media | Gallery: Instagram @halesgallery, X @HalesGallery, Facebook, Artsy. No artist social accounts are linked from the gallery site. |
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Our in-depth article on this exhibition explores how a St Ives modernist and a painter shaped by rave culture meet across seventy years of abstraction. For more openings in Istanbul, Ankara, London, Paris, Spain, Dubai and the United States, see Upcoming Art Exhibitions in Leading Galleries.
Cover image: Installation view, Haroun Hayward, Event on the Downs, Hales London, 2023. © Haroun Hayward. Courtesy the artist and Hales Gallery. Details are taken from the gallery’s official exhibition, artist and contact pages.