"Change Ringing" by Justin Caguiat at Serpentine

At Serpentine, Caguiat works with the gallery’s architectural and infrastructural features, presenting a new series of thermochromic paintings that continuously change in response to heat and light. Change Ringing brings together painting, sculpture, printmaking, sound and film in a site-responsive installation, exploring the relationship between architecture, spirituality and the rituals embedded within everyday urban infrastructure.

Throughout the exhibition, bronze bells cast in the shapes of various flowers and plant seeds ring in continually changing sequences. The score, composed by Lily Pickett, draws on the principles of English change ringing, while the gallery’s walls gather and amplify the bells’ chimes, transforming the space into a listening instrument.

Evolving on ideas first explored in his previous project Zodiac Machine, Change Ringing develops Caguiat’s ideas around devotion, architecture and materiality, considering how buildings accumulate memory, ritual and acts of transformation.

The Bukhman Foundation is proud to be a lead supporter of this new presentation of Caguiat’s multidisciplinary practice.

The exhibition is on view at Serpentine South from 8 October 2026 to 10 January 2027.

About Justin Caguiat
Justin Caguiat (b. 1989, Tokyo) is an interdisciplinary artist. He is best known for his large-scale paintings on unstretched canvas or linen, often spread out across entire walls.

Recent solo exhibitions include Caguiat Delacruz: The Tramp, CCA Wattis Institute of Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (2026); Zodiac Machine, Fundación Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Madrid (2026); Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown (2024); Modern Art (2023, 2020); Greene Naftali, New York (2022); The Warehouse, Dallas (2022); Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo (2021); and 15 Orient, New York (2018). His work is in the collections of Dallas Museum of Art; the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-On-Hudson, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, among others.

About Serpentine

Serpentine in London’s Kensington Gardens (Serpentine North and South) connects artists and audiences through pioneering contemporary art exhibitions, architectural projects, education, and cultural events. With a legacy of over fifty years, it showcases both emerging and internationally renowned artists, writers, scientists, and thinkers.

The annual Serpentine Pavilion, launched in 2000 with Zaha Hadid, presents first UK works by leading architects, while major public art commissions include projects by Eduardo Paolozzi, Anish Kapoor, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Yayoi Kusama, Gerhard Richter, Esther Mahlangu, and Giuseppe Penone.

Maintaining free access for all, Serpentine engages diverse audiences and fosters a strong connection with its local community.

Images

Justin Caguiat, Forensics with Air, 2026. Oil, chalk, pigment on linen, 231.1 x 284.7 cm. Courtesy the artist and Greene Naftali, New York.

Justin Caguiat, Untitled 7 (Alphabet of Dots), 2025, Aquatint and soft-ground etching, gampi paper chine collé over monotype on paper, 35.2 x 26.5 cm. Courtesy the artist; Greene Naftali, New York; Modern Art, London; and Serpentine, London.