Ugo Rondinone - London summer projects at the Royal Academy
Published on 08/27/2026 at 16:51 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Ugo Rondinone stages a dense London summer across the Royal Academy and Mayfair. As the artist's own exhibition page shows, the project list includes the song is you, more light and light.
London's summer spread
Bond Street and the Royal Academy form the clearest current cluster. Bond Street says the LIGHT flags run until mid-August 2026, and the installation uses 54 flags tied to the artist's sunrisesunset paintings.
The same project extends into the Royal Academy courtyard with The Song Is You, a 10-meter LED sign in rainbow-striped letters. Heni's free report describes the three-part presentation as running across London from June 9 to August 22, 2026.
What the city sees
The public-facing works turn Rondinone's long-running light vocabulary into street scale. They also sit beside an exhibition of new paintings at Sadie Coles HQ, which anchors the gallery side of the presentation.
The result is not a single show but a coordinated group of sites. That matters for Rondinone, whose practice often moves between poem-like titles, color fields, and sculptural shorthand.
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How Rondinone works
Rondinone works across painting, sculpture, installation and public art. His recurring clusters include sunrisesunset, Rainbow Poems, nudes and mountains, all of them built around repetition, language and elemental images.
That breadth helps explain why the London presentation can move from flags to an LED sign to paintings without losing focus. The artist's titles do part of the framing before the viewer even reaches the work.
Where he stands now
Ugo Rondinone currently has London projects on view through late August 2026, with the Royal Academy and Bond Street tied to the same summer cycle.
Ugo Rondinone at a glance
- Artist: Ugo Rondinone
- Medium / Genre: Painting, sculpture, installation, public art
- Born: 1964, Brunnen, Switzerland
- Place(s) of practice: New York and Switzerland
- Active since: 1990
- Key work groups: sunrisesunset, Rainbow Poems, nudes, mountains
- Current/last exhibition: More Light - Sadie Coles HQ, London - June 9 to August 22, 2026
- Major collections: Tate, Centre Pompidou, Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Next date: currently no announced date in the 30-day window
Frequently asked questions about Ugo Rondinone
Where is Ugo Rondinone currently on view?
His London projects are tied to the Royal Academy and Bond Street through late August 2026. Heni and Bond Street both place the presentation in the June 9 to August 22 window.
What is LIGHT in Mayfair?
Bond Street describes it as 54 flags based on Rondinone's sunrisesunset paintings. The project is part of Art in Mayfair 2026.
Which work groups define Ugo Rondinone's practice?
sunrisesunset, Rainbow Poems, nudes and mountains recur across his exhibitions and public projects. They link language, color and elemental imagery.
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