Exhibitions and Projects

Art Capital: Art for the Elizabeth line

Curated by the Whitechapel Gallery in partnership with Crossrail, the exhibition showcases nine internationally renowned artists and their plans to create major public artworks for London’s newest railway, the Elizabeth line: Spencer Finch, Darren Almond, Douglas Gordon, Richard Wright, Simon Periton, Yayoi Kusama, Conrad Shawcross, Chantal Joffe, and Michal Rovner.

Posted in | 13 Mar 2018

A major solo exhibition by American artist Mark Dion opens this February

A major exhibition of large-scale installations made between the 1990s to the present, including a new commission created especially for London. 

Posted in | 08 Nov 2017

ISelf Collection: The Upset Bucket – a new display exhibiting work from 28 international artists

The Upset Bucket is a new display exhibiting 28 leading international artists drawn from the ISelf Collection

Posted in | 08 Nov 2017

Ground-breaking performance art commissioned by New York based Performa comes to London this Autumn

A new display opening at the Whitechapel Gallery this September presents significant documentary recordings from the archives of New York based performance art organisation Performa.

Posted in | 09 Aug 2017

News

Joy Gregory wins the Freelands Award 2023

Joy Gregory with Whitechapel Gallery has won the Freelands Award 2023. This award enables organisations to present an exhibition by a mid-career female-identifying artist who may not yet have received the acclaim or public recognition that her work deserves.

Posted in | 30 Nov 2023

Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon Auction 2023

Leading contemporary artists donate works for charitable Art Icon auction in support of Whitechapel Gallery’s education and community programmes.

Posted in | 10 Jan 2023

Whitechapel Gallery Announced Winner of 2020 NEON Curatorial Award

Whitechapel Gallery is delighted to announce Chloe Carroll as the winner of the 2020 NEON Curatorial Award, the announcement of which has been postponed for two years owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Posted in | 27 Oct 2022

Gilane Tawadros Appointed New Director of Whitechapel Gallery

16 May 2022 – Whitechapel Gallery is delighted to announce that curator and writer, Gilane Tawadros, has been appointed the new Director of Whitechapel Gallery, London. Currently Chief Executive of DACS, a not-for-profit visual artists' rights management organisation, and previously founding Director of the Institute of International Visual Arts (Iniva), Tawadros will take up her post in October 2022.

Posted in | 16 May 2022

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