Life Is More Important Than Art,Whitechapel Gallery

Life Is More Important Than Art

This exhibition explores the intersection of art and everyday life and the role of the contemporary art institution at a time of uncertainty and change.

14 June 2023 - 17 September 2023

Tues-Sat 11am-6pm Thursday until 9pm

Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX

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Moving Bodies, Moving Images,Whitechapel Gallery

Moving Bodies, Moving Images

This exhibition brings together recent films by artists who explore the intersection of dance, choreography and moving image.

12 October 2022 - 08 January 2023

Tuesday 11am–6pm Wednesday 11am–6pm Thursday 11am–9pm Friday 11am–6pm Saturday 11am–6pm Sunday 11am–6pm

Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX

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Emma Talbot,Whitechapel Gallery

Emma Talbot: The Age / L’Età

For her winning Max Mara Art Prize for Women commission, Emma Talbot (b. 1969, UK) questions deeply rooted positions of power, governance, attitudes to nature and representations of women through an acutely personal lens.

30 June 2022 - 04 September 2022

Tuesday-Sunday 11am-6pm Thursday until 9pm

Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX

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London OPen 2022, Whitechapel Gallery

The London Open 2022

This triennial exhibition showcases the most dynamic talent from across the capital.

30 June 2022 - 04 September 2022

Tuesday-Sunday 11am-6pm Thursday until 9pm

Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX

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Yoko Ono, Mend Piece,Whitechapel Gallery

Yoko Ono: MEND PIECE for London

Visitors are invited to participate in an interactive installation by world-famous artist, musician and activist Yoko Ono.

25 August 2021 - 02 January 2022

Tuesday-Sunday 11am-6pm Thursday until 9pm

Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX

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Theaster Gates,Whitechapel Gallery

Theaster Gates: A Clay Sermon

his is part of a multi-venue presentation dedicated to Theaster Gates clay practice for 2021-22 alongside the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) and Serpentine.

29 September 2021 - 09 January 2022

Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 6pm; First Thursdays, 11am – 9pm

Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX

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Nocturnal Creatures 2021

Nocturnal Creatures 2021

For one night only, Whitechapel Gallery and nearby historic, outdoor and unusual spaces in East London are transformed by installations, films, live performances, music, and food experiences. 

17 July 2021 - 17 July 2021

6-11pm

Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX

Eileen Agar

Eileen Agar: A Surrealist Trailblazer Whitechapel Gallery – Sue Hubbard

As a new young arts writer, I once went to Eileen Agar’s flat in Kensington. I honestly didn’t know who she was at that time. The flat was quite conventional, except for a few collages on the walls and her famous Bouillabaisse hat – constructed of cork and decorated with a large orange plastic flower, a blue plastic star, assorted shells, glass beads and starfish – sitting on a stand.

24 May 2021

Hiscox Collection,Whitechapel Gallery

Accelerate your escape: Gary Hume explores the Hiscox Collection

Selected by British Artist Gary Hume, the exhibition features important works by renowned artists from the Hiscox Collection.

25 August 2020 - 03 January 2021

Tuesday-Sunday 11-6 Thursday until 9pm

Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX

Radical Figures,Whitechapel Gallery

Radical Figures: A New Art Movement? – Edward Lucie-Smith

The rather splendid show of new figurative painting, now on view at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, boasts that it is the first event of its kind since the New Spirit in Painting exhibition that made such an impact here in London in the now long-ago 1980s.

5 February 2020

Radical Figures Whitechapel Gallery

Radical Figures: Painting in the New Millennium

Reopened

Radical Figures: Painting in the New Millennium brings together a new generation of artists who represent the body in radical ways to tell stories and explore vital social concerns.

06 February 2020 - 30 August 2020

Tuesday-Sunday 11-6 Thursday until 9pm

Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX

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The Film London Jarman Award

The Film London Jarman Award

To celebrate the eleven-year partnership between the Whitechapel and the Film London Jarman Award, the Whitechapel will present works from the six artists shortlisted in 2019 every day in the Zilkha Auditorium.

 

26 November 2019 - 08 December 2019

Tuesday-Sunday 11:00am – 6:00pm. Thursdays until 21:00.

Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX

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Anna Maria Maiolino Whitechapel Gallery

Anna Maria Maiolino: Making Love Revolutionary

With simple materials like clay, paper and ink Anna Maria Maiolino (b.1942, Italy) constructs a fascinating world rooted in human conditions such as longing, fragility and resistance.

25 September 2019 - 12 January 2020

Tuesday - Sunday 12-6pm Thursdays until 9pm

Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX

London Art Book Fair 2019 Whitechapel Gallery

London Art Book Fair 2019

For four exciting days, creative and cutting-edge publishers, big and small, transform the Whitechapel Gallery into the London Art Book Fair.

05 September 2019 - 08 September 2019

Thursday 6pm–9pm Friday 11am–6pm Saturday 11am–6pm Sunday 11am–4pm

Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX

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Nocturnal Creatures Whitechapel Gallery

Nocturnal Creatures

Nocturnal Creatures is a free annual late-night festival inviting everyone to explore a host of extraordinary local spaces transformed by leading international artists.

20 July 2019 - 20 July 2019

6-11pm

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Helen Cammock Whitechapel Gallery

Helen Cammock: Che si può fare

The winner of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women Helen Cammock is a visual poet whose drawings, prints, photographs and films juxtapose word and image.

25 June 2019 - 01 September 2019

Tuesday-Sunday 11am-6pm Thur until 9pm Monday closed

Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX

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Michael Rakowitz Whitechapel Gallery

Michael Rakowitz

Premiering Rakowitz’s most important projects from two decades, eight multifaceted installations draw on architecture, cultural artefacts, cuisine and geopolitics from 750BC to today.

04 June 2019 - 25 August 2019

Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 6pm; Thursdays, 11am – 9pm

Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX

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Queer Spaces Whitechapel Gallery

Queer Spaces: New Whitechapel Gallery Exhibition Opens

Over half of London’s LGBTQ+ venues closed between 2006 and 2016 New exhibition explores queer spaces through contemporary artworks and rare archival material. It asks what defines a ‘queer space’ and questions what the cultural legacy of these under-threat venues is?

2 April 2019

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