Saatchi Gallery posts three free shows

Saatchi Gallery is promoting three free exhibitions in London this summer, with current displays spanning abstract painting, thread-built portraiture and flower-themed contemporary art. The gallery’s website lists “Spectral Interference,” “Perspicere: States of Transition” and “Inflorescence” as now showing at its Chelsea space. All three opened on May 21, according to the gallery’s listings. An Ian Visits post published on June 1 also highlighted the trio as free exhibitions currently on view. ### Which three shows are on view at Saatchi Gallery now? “Spectral Interference” is a solo exhibition by London-based painter Anna Liber Lewis in Gallery 1, Saatchi Gallery says. The gallery describes the show as a new body of work that departs from her earlier grid-based paintings and moves into abstraction. The exhibition runs from May 21 to June 13, 2026, and the gallery says entry is free and pre-booking is not required. (saatchigallery.com) “Perspicere: States of Transition” is in Gallery 2 and is curated by BSMT Gallery, according to Saatchi Gallery. The gallery says Perspicere’s works are built by wrapping thread around nails, layer upon layer, until photorealistic portraits emerge from intersecting lines. That exhibition also runs from May 21 to June 13, 2026, with free entry and no pre-booking required. “Inflorescence” is in Gallery 4 and brings together new works by artists who appeared in the gallery’s 2025 exhibition “Flowers – Flora in Contemporary Art & Culture,” Saatchi Gallery says. (saatchigallery.com) The gallery says the show celebrates “the beauty and significance of flowers” and runs from May 21 to July 26, 2026. ### What did the social and local listings say? Ian Visits said on June 1 that there are “currently three free exhibitions” at Saatchi Gallery. (saatchigallery.com) The site described the three displays as abstract paintings, intricate thread portraits and flower-inspired contemporary works, matching the themes shown on the gallery’s own listings. The social briefing that surfaced the item pointed to an X post citing those same exhibitions as free summer options in London. The gallery’s own website provides the fuller details that were not included in the brief social mention, including gallery locations inside the building and end dates for each show. ### Are all three exhibitions free in the same way? (ianvisits.co.uk) Saatchi Gallery says “Spectral Interference” and “Perspicere: States of Transition” are free entry shows and do not require pre-booking. The gallery’s ticket FAQ also says free exhibitions usually do not require pre-booking and are usually located on the ground floor. “Inflorescence” is free only through June 17, according to Saatchi Gallery. (ianvisits.co.uk) The gallery says entry to that show will be by ticket from June 18. ### Where is the gallery positioning these shows in its wider summer program? Saatchi Gallery’s homepage says a larger exhibition, “The Sun and The Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial,” opens on June 5 and runs to Sept. 8, 2026. The site presents the three free shows alongside that upcoming major ticketed exhibition in its current “What’s on” listings. (saatchigallery.com) The gallery’s upcoming page also lists the RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show 2026 from June 19 to Aug. 2, with tickets from 6 pounds. (saatchigallery.com) That means the current free exhibitions are part of a broader summer schedule that mixes no-charge displays with ticketed seasonal shows. ### If you want to go, what are the next dates to know? June 13 is the closing date for both Anna Liber Lewis’s “Spectral Interference” and Perspicere’s “States of Transition,” according to Saatchi Gallery. (saatchigallery.com) June 17 is the last day “Inflorescence” is listed as free to enter, and June 18 is when ticketed entry begins for that show. The next major opening at the venue is “The Sun and The Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial” on June 5. (saatchigallery.com 1) (saatchigallery.com 2)