Hosted by Michael R. Bloomberg, Bettina Korek, CEO, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, the legendary Serpentine Summer Party took place on Tuesday 27 June 2023 on the Serpentine grounds and the Serpentine Pavilion from 7pm to 10pm.

This year’s Serpentine Summer Party was an artist-led path through Kensington Gardens, bringing contemporary culture’s most eminent generation of patrons together with leaders from the arts and public sectors.

Leading figures from the worlds of international art, fashion, music, film, sports and business attended the most significant patronage fundraiser event of the season.

Leadership:

Bettina Korek, CEO, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine, Michael R Bloomberg, The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Justine Simons, Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries, Lady Elena and Lord Norman Foster, Anna Wintour and Lisa Love.

Artists:

Lina Ghotmeh, Gabriel Massan, Sissel Tolaas, Tomás Saraceno, Es Devlin, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Anthony Gormley, Sumayya Vally, Yinka Shonibare, Grayson Perry, Isaac Julien, Tomma Abts, Michael Craig Martin, Mary McCartney, Julian Knxx, Yinka Ilori, Larry Achiampong and more.

VIPs:

Diane Kruger, Venus Williams, Andrew Garfield, Orlando Bloom, Nile Rodgers, Ruth Wilson, Ellie Goulding, Natasha Lyonne, Lena Dunham, Minnie Driver, Damson Idris, Russell Tovey, Caroline Polachek, Munroe Bergdorf, Duro Oluwu, Amelia Dimoldenberg, Charithra Chandran, Sope Dirusu, Self-Esteem (Rebecca Lucy Taylor), ASAP Nast, Aitch, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Zadie Smith, Bianca Jagger, Georgia May Jagger, Jourdan Dunn, Alexa Chung, Benji B, Major League DJz and Aga Khan Master Musician Trio, Lennon Gallagher, Justin Theroux, Anna Cleveland, Erin Wasson, Pixie Geldof, Olaolu Slawn, Jessica Gomes and David Harewood, Kai-Isaiah Jamal, Olivia Grant, Ozwald Boateng and Matt Berry, Emma Weymuth, Anna Cleveland, Russell Tovey, Abigail Spencer, Julian Knxx, Ikram Abdi Omar, Mary Charteris and more.

Fashion designers and their squads:

David Koma with Diane Kruger, Paul Smith with Orlando Bloom, Emilia Wickstead with Alexa Chung, Vivienne Westwood’s Andreas Kronthaler with Vivienne’s granddaughter Cora Corré,
Roksanda Ilincic with Golda Rosheuvel and Arch Hades, Erdem Moralioglu with Ruth Wilson, Chet Lo with Tsunaina and Susie Lau, Priya Ahluwalia with Sope Dirisu, Dominique Tipper, Saffron Hocking and Charithra Chandran, Molly Goddard with Ellie Rowshell and Theo Ellis from Wolf Alice, Anissa Kermiche, Anna Jewsbury of Completedworks and Samuel Ross.