The author of the 2022 Serpentine Gallery summer pavilion will be Theaster Gates

The author of this year's pavilion at the London Serpentine Gallery will be the American artist Theaster Gates, who will be assisted in the realization by the local studio of David Adjaye. Gates drew inspiration for his design from the sacred typology of chapels and blast furnaces in the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, which is renowned as the cradle of ceramics in Great Britain.
The wooden pavilion, titled Black Chapel, will feature a roof oculus that will create a feeling of a sanctuary in the circular structure. At the entrance to the pavilion, there will be a bell salvaged from the Saint Lawrence Church in Chicago (Joseph Molitor, 1911), which was demolished eight years ago and will announce the beginning of individual performances with its sound. Gates hopes that his design will become "a space for deep reflection and a place where people find rest. The name Black Chapel is significant because it reflects the invisible aspects of my artistic practice. This name acknowledges the role that sacred music and sacred art have played in my artistic practice, and the collective quality of these emotional and communal initiatives."
The summer pavilion will be accessible to visitors of Kensington Gardens from June 10 to October 16, 2022.

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