Exhibitions and Projects

Chris Marker

16 April – 22 June 2014

The first UK retrospective of visionary French filmmaker, photographer, writer and multimedia artist Chris Marker (1921 – 2012).

Posted in | 16 Apr 2014

Contemporary Art Society: The Best is Not Too Good for You

18 March – 1 June 2014

Bright and bold pots, plus prints by leading British and international Pop artists go on display at the Whitechapel Gallery. Highlights include: Picasso plates of faces from the Attenborough Collection; Babe Rainbow by Peter Blake, the British Pop artist famed for the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper album cover; and Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry’s huge pot depicting skateboarders called Designer Rebellion.

Posted in | 18 Mar 2014

Stephen Willats: Concerning Our Present Way of Living

4 March – 14 September 2014

This archive display focuses on Willats' exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1979.

Posted in | 04 Mar 2014

Hannah Höch

15 January – 23 March 2014

The first major UK exhibition of the influential German artist Hannah Höch (1889-1978). Hannah Höch was an important member of the Berlin Dada movement and a pioneer in collage.

Posted in | 15 Jan 2014

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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