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We produce and curate great art and ambitious projects
Looking Forward develops interdisciplinary projects that move across exhibitions, research, publishing, residencies, digital platforms, and public programmes. We work with institutions, artists, and communities to explore how curating can respond to contemporary cultural, ecological, and social urgencies.
Our work is structured around long-term collaborations, flexible formats, and shared authorship, adapting to different scales, contexts, and challenges. From field-based projects and experimental pedagogies to strategic consultancy and critical publishing, each strand contributes to a wider commitment to rethinking how culture is created, organised, and shared.
Presentation of Marzia Migliora's Monograph at Galleria Franco Noero
Conversation on 05 June at 7:30 PM with Marzia Migliora and Eva Brioschi at Galleria Franco Noero, Turin. The conversation is hosted by Archivorum on the occasion of the Notte degli Archivi event, part of the ninth edition of Archivissima. Conceived as a concept book in which the body of work is revisited through seven recurring themes in Marzia Migliora's practice, Marzia Migliora: Sette Mostre Immaginifiche 1993-2024 consists of seven exhibitions on paper, curated by seven
Slow Disasters Study Circle: Land and Food Transitions
Slow Disasters: Land and Food Transitions is an online study circle that creates space for dialogue about the transformations shaping land and food today, as part of the Mexican edition of the Slow Disasters project. How do we inhabit the changes currently moving through our territories and food systems? We invite you to participate in Slow Disasters: Land and Food Transitions, a study circle that opens a space for dialogue in the face of gradual, yet increasingly profound,
Slow Disasters in Oaxaca: Thinking and Cooking for the Soil
Launched in Santo Domingo Tomaltepec in Oaxaca , Pensar y Cocinar represents the Mexican chapter of Slow Disasters, a long-term, multi-continental project and methodology by British artist Andrew Merritt. Since August 2025, the project has been applying Merritt's methodology of using art and food to respond to "slow disasters", the gradual, often invisible processes of socio-ecological degradation. In the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, these processes manifest as soil erosion,
SHCG Journal: Engagement, Outreach or Participation?
We are pleased to share that a new journal article by our Community Engagement Curator, Sylvia Keck-Soler, has been published in the Social History in Museums Journal. Titled "Engagement, Outreach or Participation? Reflections on Community Work and Creative Health in London Art Institutions", the article builds on the insights gathered during last year's Feedforward Series on Creative Wellbeing. Sylvia's investigation offers a timely insight into how major London arts organis
Feedforward: Curating in a Climate Crisis 2
On the 19th of March 2026, Looking Forward convened the second iteration of its Feedforward series Curating in a Climate Crisis , bringing together curators and researchers to address the role of curatorial work within the climate and ecological emergency. This Feedforward session, hosted at Gasworks in London, and convened by Francesca Fantoni, Assistant Curator at Looking Forward, brought together curators from major UK institutions. Participants contributed expertise acros
Feedforward: Curating in a Climate Crisis
On the 29th of January 2026, Looking Forward convened curators and cultural producers working at the intersection of art and ecology for a Feedforward session titled Curating in a Climate Crisis. Bringing together practitioners working across institutional, independent and interdisciplinary contexts, the session created space to reflect collectively on what it means to curate amidst ecological collapse and how curators and cultural institutions might respond with care and ima
Soft Ground: Textiles and Self-Soothing
Soft Ground is a four-month programme of free weekly drop-in textile-based art sessions designed to support mental wellbeing through creativity, routine, and communal making. Drawing from neurodivergent practices and trauma-informed methodologies, the sessions are open to all but particularly welcoming to neurodivergent participants. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Soft Ground: Textiles and Self-Soothing is currently paused due to the temporary closure of our host venue, SET Social Peckham
Report of Food for Landscapes: Recipes for Slow Disasters
During Design Week South Africa (23–26 October), Food for Landscapes: Recipes for Slow Disasters unfolded in Cape Town as an exhibition and meeting point for thinking, tasting, and talking about how landscapes and people might heal. The project marks the first South African activation of a long-term, multi-continental project and methodology by British artist Andrew Merritt , which uses art, food, and ecological research to address “slow disasters” , a term coined by Mer
Free Webinars: Research and Development Fund by Arts Council England
A free online event providing a guide to the Research and Development funds and tailored advice on your application drafts. Want to apply for a grant of the Arts Council England as an individual practitioner? ACE is pausing the Developing Your Creative Practice grant until April 2026. In the meantime, to meet the needs of individual artists and practitioners, they have launched a Research and Development fund within National Lottery Project Grants. This 90-minute online sessi
Food for Landscapes at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden
The talk takes place during the anniversary event organised by the indigenous nursery and botanical studio Happy by Nature. As part of the Slow Disasters programme, artist Andrew Merritt and wild food expert Loubie Rusch (Local Wild and Sustainability Institute) will present Food for Landscapes – Recipes for Slow Disasters on Saturday, 18 October, at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden in Cape Town. The talk takes place during the anniversary event organised by the indigenous nur
"Food for Landscapes: Recipes for Slow Disasters" at Design Week Cape Town
An exhibition and public session in Cape Town, resulting from a Field Kitchen activation in the Lynedoch Valley, South Africa. Exhibition Venue Church House, 1 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town Exhibition Opening Hours 23 - 25 October 2025 10:00 - 17:00 26 October 2025 10:00 - 16:00 Interactive Session with the Public 26 October 2025 14:00 - 15:30 ( RSVP here ) Field Kitchen is part of Field Hospital, a methodology being activated across three continents. It uses art, food,
Looking Forward at DCDC25: Reimagining Accessibility Through AI
We’re excited to announce that our director, Carolina Lio, will be speaking at this year’s Discovering Collections, Discovering...
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