# Through Our Eyes: Sámi Art and Culture

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.

- Type: Show
- When: Friday 6 November 2026 until Nov 6 – Feb 7
- Where: Somerset House (Terrace and Courtyard Rooms), Strand, London WC2R 1LA
- Artists: Outi Pieski
- Part of: [London](https://artweekguide.com/london)
- Event's own page: https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/press/through-our-eyes-s%C3%A1mi-art-and-culture
- On Art Week Guide: https://artweekguide.com/events/through-our-eyes-sami-art-and-culture

## From the organiser

The UK's first group exhibition of Sámi art, with works by around 19 Sámi artists across sculpture, installation, photography, video, design and performance, including a new commission by Outi Pieski. Curated by Matti Aikio and Cliff Lauson.

## Also on Friday 6 November

- **All day** · [Arcadia by Sir John Akomfrah](https://artweekguide.com/events/arcadia-by-sir-john-akomfrah) — Museum at Natural History Museum (Jerwood Gallery). 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.
- **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.