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Young Professionals in the Arts (YPA) is a London-based networking group created to foster connections for creative & visual arts professionals

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A huge thank you to artist Simon Bejer @simon.bejer and curator @bethgreenacre_london for giving us such a great tour of ‘And Everything Under the Sun: Simon Bejer for The Sunderland Collection Art Programme’ now on view in St. James’s until 3 Oct 2026 (Tommaso, 67 Jermyn St). It was such a treat to hear how Simon approached the treasures in the Sunderland Collection @sunderlandcollection, researched and engaged with the historic maps and other objects in the collection, and created a great series of pairings, works on paper and sculptures that feel completely contemporary but speak to history as well. Bravo 🙌🙌🙌 and again thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙏 by @ypalondon

Excellent Zineb Sedira @zinebsedira takeover of the Duveen Galleries @tate Britain - and you are encouraged to dance 💃🕺💃🕺💃. Can’t wait for the next #TateLate and getting those dancing shoes ready 🩰🛼👟 by @ypalondon

We had a great visit to ‘Make Space / Make Do’ with a tour led by curator Nicholas Stavri @nicholas_stavri and we also got to hear from the artists Lexi Zelda Stevens @alexiszeldastevens Jon Kipps @jonkipps Matt Foster @matthewfostersculpture Louis Pohl Koseda @lalit_madhav_ and Erika Trotzig @erika_trotzig so a huge thanks 🙏🙏🙏🙏 - a fantastic space, perfect to showcase the work of +20 artists working in a huge range of materials and processes. by @ypalondon

A huge thank you to Artangel’s Mariam Zulfiqar, Pippa Moore and Florence Newlove for hosting YPA London members on the occasion of their new site specific commission ‘Enemies and Rascals’ by Terence Gower now on view at The Original Cell, something of a relic from the building’s status as the country’s first fireproof building. It makes for a fascinating as well as oppressive space to experience Gower’s polyphonic sound installation. Do not miss it and pop round to King’s College’s Maughan Library before 18 October and make sure to check out the accompanying display of historic documents and rare books at Weston Room also concerned with the events of 1775-76 #quebecinvasion #1775 by @ypalondon

An excellent curator led visit to Tracey Emin’s Second Life, a real triumph @tate Modern - huge thanks to organiser extraordinaire Hannah Watson @woopnotgoop @trolleybooks & curator Jessica Baxter 🙌🙌🙌 by @ypalondon

Excellent talk @courtauldres - can’t wait to read Susan L. Siegfried The New Taste - Fashion and Art in the 1820s and 1830s #mustread by @ypalondon

A brilliant visit to the #DrawingBiennial2026 this morning led by @drawingroomlondon co-founder Mary Doyle @marydoyledrawing - a fascinating exhibition of drawings by a broad range of artists from the very established, Alison Wilding, Michael Craig Martin, Richard Deacon, Mona Hatoum, Rana Begum… to emerging artists. And the best part is that you can bid (from 9 June) on all the works as it’s an auction in support of Drawing Room’s programmes. A big thank you to the team for welcoming us so warmly 🙏🙏🙏 - Afterwards we walked to @whitecube #bermondsey for Katharina Grosse’s ‘I Set Out, I Walked Fast’ where YPA London member Henry Primmer-Pyke gave us a great intro to her practice and approach to painting. by @ypalondon

Collect 2026 is now open @somersethouse with a vast array of craft, fine art, fashion, jewellery, furniture and more. Great surprises in the Collect Open and fine selections by galleries and national representations from Canada, Ireland, Poland… worth a visit before it closes on Sunday @collectartfair by @ypalondon

#lucianfreud now @nationalportraitgallery by @ypalondon

A huge thank you to Joy Gregory for an in depth tour of her extensive and fascinating retrospective @whitechapelgallery organised very generously and efficiently by Hannah Watson @trolleybooks 🙏🙏🙏🙏 by @ypalondon

Last weekend to catch the Taylor Wessing Photography Prize @nationalportraitgallery by @ypalondon