The godmother of pop art arrives at the Serpentine Galleries this week in all her loud-mouthed glory. Barbara Kruger’s pithy text statements and images spew out of the Serpentine South and into Kensington Gardens in a riotous stream of consciousness in Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You, the American artist’s first institutional show in London in over 20 years. It features installations, film, soundscapes and banners, as well as public screens courtesy of Outernet Arts.

As you step inside, the decibels immediately rise, courtesy of an audio chorus of greetings, emotions and sentiments that accompany you on your journey. Kruger often borrows language and images from advertising, graphic design and the media to probe the mechanisms of power, gender and capitalism. In Untitled (No Comment), 2020 – making its UK premiere – she splices together snippets of footage found on social media, with questions and quotes from French philosopher Voltaire and American rapper Kendrick Lamar in a three-channel video work. Steel yourself for a verbal and visual onslaught. Trust us, it’s worth it.