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Exhibitions and Projects

Zineb Sedira: Dreams Have No Titles

For Spring, 2024, Whitechapel Gallery presents the UK debut of the critically acclaimed exhibition Dreams Have No Titles by French-Algerian artist Zineb Sedira (b.1963 France, lives and works in London). 

Posted in | 09 Nov 2023

Nicole Eisenman: What Happened

This Autumn, Whitechapel Gallery presents the first major UK retrospective of the artist Nicole Eisenman.

Posted in | 03 Aug 2023

Whitechapel Gallery presents a new summer season: Life Is More Important Than Art

Taking inspiration from African American writer and novelist James Baldwin (b.1924, USA – d.1987, France), who observed that life is more important than art … and yet that is why art is important, Whitechapel Gallery presents a free three-month programme of collaborations with artists, performers and thinkers to examine the interface between art and everyday life, and connections between local and global concerns at a time of uncertainty and change.

Posted in | 21 Jun 2023

Whitechapel Gallery announces future plans for 2023/24

Whitechapel Gallery was founded in 1901 to present “the finest art of the world for the people of the East End, London”. Now, more than 120 years later, we are renewing our commitment to this founding mission under the new directorship of Gilane Tawadros, recognising our pioneering history as a place for contemporary art and ideas that sits in the heart of London’s East End, and the opportunities this offers to collaborate and connect with global, diverse communities on our doorstep and around the world.

Posted in | 06 Jun 2023

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

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