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Noah Davis

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Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.

Primarily based in Los Angeles, Noah Davis created a body of figurative paintings that explores a range of Black life.

Motivated by the desire to ‘represent the people around me’, Davis painted figures diving into pools, sleeping, dancing, and looking at art in scenes that can be both realistic and dreamlike, joyful and melancholic. Davis drew from anonymous photography, personal archives, film, art history and his imagination to create a ravishing body of work. Often enigmatic, his paintings reveal a deep feeling for humanity and the emotional textures of the everyday.

In 2012, Davis co-founded The Underground Museum to give free access to world-class art for the people of Arlington Heights, LA. This exhibition presents over 50 of Davis’ works in painting, sculpture, curating and community-building from 2007 to his untimely death in 2015.

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Noah Davis is initiated by Barbican, London and DAS MINSK, Potsdam where it will be on display 7 September 2024 – 5 January 2025. The exhibition will tour to the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles 8 June – 31 August 2025.

This exhibition is generously supported by Clore Wyndham, part of the Noah Davis Exhibition Circle.

Opening hours

Sat-Sun 10am - 6pm
Mon Closed
Tue-Wed 10am - 6pm
Thu-Fri 10am - 8pm*
Bank Holidays 12pm - 6pm

*From 5-8pm on Thursdays, entry to the gallery is Pay What You Can

*Thu 6 Feb: 10am – 6pm 

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Our PWYC visits take place every Thursday from 5 – 8pm (last entry is 7pm).

Select the price you can pay and enjoy the exhibition. If you're able to pay £18, you'll be helping to support our Visual Arts programme.

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Universal Credit: £13

Students: £13

Art Fund Members: £9

Under 14s: Free

Discounts are subject to availability. They cannot be combined to make greater savings.

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*Excludes £1.50 booking fee

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Every Thursday from 5–8pm, entry to Noah Davis is priced Pay What You Can.

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