Hayward Gallery schedules Nan Goldin Nov 2026

Hayward Gallery has scheduled a major solo exhibition by Nan Goldin for late 2026, giving London its first UK institutional presentation of the artist’s work in more than two decades. Southbank Centre announced on May 18 that the show, titled “You Never Did Anything Wrong,” will open at the Hayward Gallery on November 24, 2026, and run through March 7, 2027. The presentation closes out Southbank Centre’s 75th anniversary year, according to the venue’s press release. Southbank Centre describes Goldin as an American artist and activist whose work over five decades has documented personal relationships, addiction and queer communities. ### When does the show actually open, and for how long? The Southbank Centre listing gives firm dates: November 24, 2026, to March 7, 2027, at the Hayward Gallery in London. The venue page says the exhibition will be staged at the Southbank Centre site on Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX. The Hayward Gallery’s upcoming program also places the Goldin show after its Anish Kapoor exhibition, which is scheduled to run through October 18, 2026. (southbankcentre.co.uk) The title “You Never Did Anything Wrong” appears in both the Southbank Centre event page and the institution’s press release. Heise’s weekly photo-news roundup also reported that the Hayward had announced the exhibition and said it would open in November 2026. ### Why is this London show being treated as a return? Southbank Centre said the exhibition marks Goldin’s first institutional exhibition in the UK since 2002. (southbankcentre.co.uk) Arts publications that picked up the announcement, including Artsy and Ocula, repeated that framing and described the show as a major return to London for the artist. Nan Goldin has long been associated with diaristic photography and slide-based presentations centered on intimacy, grief, sexuality and addiction. Southbank Centre said the Hayward exhibition will survey work made across the past five decades. ### What does the Hayward say visitors will see? (southbankcentre.co.uk) Southbank Centre says the exhibition will focus on “the beauty and fragility of the human condition.” Its event page presents the show as a major solo exhibition by the “acclaimed American artist and activist.” The press release says Goldin’s work forms what she has called “a record of my life that no one can revise.” Digital Camera World, citing the new exhibition announcement, said the show includes work in which Goldin turns her camera toward classical sculpture, old master paintings and still lifes alongside the snapshot aesthetic for which she is known. That description should be read as secondary reporting on the exhibition’s content, rather than the Hayward’s full curatorial statement. (southbankcentre.co.uk) ### How does this fit into the Hayward’s wider program? Southbank Centre’s listings show the Hayward Gallery is reopening on June 16, 2026, with an Anish Kapoor exhibition, followed by Goldin in November. The Nan Goldin show is one of the named major exhibitions on the venue’s forward calendar. The Southbank Centre press page lists the Goldin announcement among its May 2026 releases. (digitalcameraworld.com) The institution said the exhibition rounds off its 75th anniversary year, tying the show to a broader anniversary program across the complex. ### Where can readers track tickets and updates? Southbank Centre has already published an event page for “Nan Goldin: You Never Did Anything Wrong,” with dates, venue information and booking links. (southbankcentre.co.uk) The Hayward Gallery venue page and the Southbank Centre press page also carry the announcement and related updates for the 2026 program. (southbankcentre.co.uk 1) (southbankcentre.co.uk 2)