At a glance
A rooftop celebration of collective joy, rave culture, friendship, escape and the strange things that still make us feel intensely alive.
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Artlovers Tip
Go late afternoon and stay for sunset. Euphoria makes more sense when the rooftop changes from exhibition space into a social space and the London skyline becomes part of the experience.
Weather: Much of the venue is outdoors with limited covered space, so check the forecast.
Don’t just come for the art — come for the transition from art to evening. See the works, watch the light change over London, have a drink at Frank’s Cafe and let the rooftop become part of Euphoria itself.
Inside the exhibition
Description
For its 20th anniversary season, Bold Tendencies brings its 2026 programme together under one central idea: euphoria.
But this is not simply an exhibition about happiness.
The artists explore euphoria as something more unstable and interesting: collective release, desire, music, political solidarity, friendship, transformation, escapism and those moments when the boundaries of the individual seem to dissolve into something larger.
That idea is particularly effective at Bold Tendencies. Since 2007, the organisation has transformed the upper floors of a Peckham multi-storey car park into an experimental public art and performance space. Euphoria extends across visual art, concerts, dance, literature, talks and creative learning.
The exhibition asks a very contemporary question: where do we find genuine intensity in a culture increasingly shaped by algorithms, screens and manufactured experiences?
Worth travelling for?
Yes — especially as part of a Peckham art afternoon. The individual works matter, but the real attraction is the combination of contemporary art, industrial architecture, skyline, music and communal summer atmosphere. It feels less like visiting a conventional exhibition and more like entering an evolving cultural space.
