# Arcadia by Sir John Akomfrah

Sir John Akomfrah's five-screen film installation *Arcadia* is shown in the Jerwood Gallery at the Natural History Museum. It looks at the Columbian Exchange and is its first showing in London. It belongs to the museum's free contemporary art programme, and no ticket is required.

- Type: Museum
- When: Friday 6 November 2026
- Where: Natural History Museum (Jerwood Gallery), Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD
- Artists: Sir John Akomfrah
- Part of: [London](https://artweekguide.com/london)
- Event's own page: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/arcadia.html
- On Art Week Guide: https://artweekguide.com/events/arcadia-by-sir-john-akomfrah

## From the organiser

London debut of Akomfrah's five-screen film installation about the Columbian Exchange, part of the museum's free contemporary art programme. Free, no ticket required.

## Also on Friday 6 November

- **All day** · [Through Our Eyes: Sámi Art and Culture](https://artweekguide.com/events/through-our-eyes-sami-art-and-culture) — Show at Somerset House (Terrace and Courtyard Rooms). A group exhibition of Sámi art in London, the first of its kind in the UK. Around 19 Sámi artists show work in sculpture, installation, photography, video, design and performance, including a newly commissioned piece by Outi Pieski.
- **All day** · [The Nue Black Aesthetic](https://artweekguide.com/events/the-nue-black-aesthetic) — Museum at Design Museum. A large exhibition at the Design Museum in London surveying contemporary Black designers working in furniture, architecture, fashion and installation. Guest-curated by Charlene Prempeh, it brings together more than 100 objects, arranged across six sections.
- **5:30 PM** · [Highgate Art Fair 2026, Private View](https://artweekguide.com/events/highgate-art-fair-2026-private-view) — Fair at Highgate Primary School (Victorian Hall). This is the third edition of an independent contemporary art fair in the Victorian Hall of Highgate Primary School, London. Between 40 and 50 artists, galleries and collectives take part. The ticketed private view opens the fair, which continues over the weekend with workshops and a children's exhibition.
- **6:00 PM** · [Kentaro Okumura solo show, Opening](https://artweekguide.com/events/kentaro-okumura-solo-show-opening) — Show at Vardaxoglou Gallery. Vardaxoglou Gallery in London opens a solo exhibition by Kentaro Okumura with an evening reception. The show then continues into December, running until 19 December.