Nengi Omuku and Lindsey Mendick are included in British Art Show 10: A Chorus of Strangers, curated by Ekow Eshun with Hayward Gallery Touring. Opening in Coventry in October 2026, the landmark 10th edition of British Art Show forms a key part of the Southbank Centre’s 75th anniversary national programme.
British Art Show 10: A Chorus of Strangers takes place against a backdrop of heightened anxiety intensified by a divisive political culture, an accelerating climate crisis, and growing public distrust in institutions. In polarising times, the exhibition asks: what forms might empathy or shared imagination take?
At its core, A Chorus of Strangers considers how art can challenge fears of otherness and difference often sparked in periods of uncertainty or change. Rather than framing the outsider or stranger figure as a threat, British Art Show 10 invites a shift towards empathy – moving away from rigid distinctions of ‘us’ and ‘them’ to explore the variety of perspectives that comes from looking through the eyes of others.
Among the artists featured in this exhibition are Okiki Akinfe, Alex Margo Arden, Liz Johnson Artur, Alvaro Barrington, Shiraz Bayjoo, Lubna Chowdhary, Shawanda Corbett, Jesse Darling, Ufuoma Essi, Joy Gerrard, Louise Giovanelli, Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Nnena Kalu, Jasleen Kaur, Christina Kimeze, Julian knxx, Matthew Krishanu, Alastair Mackinven, Melanie Manchot, Lindsey Mendick, Emma McNally, Dala Nasser, Jack O’Brien, Nengi Omuku, Precious Okoyomon, Hannah Perry, Mohammed Sami, Rae-Yen Song, Emma Talbot, Nicole Wermers and Osman Yousefzada.
The exhibition dates are:
Coventry | 2 October 2026 - 10 January 2027
Swansea | 12 February - 16 May 2027
Bristol | 19 June - 19 September 2027
Sheffield | 23 October 2027 - 20 February 2028
Newcastle Gateshead | 24 March - 18 June 2026
