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On the first Thursday of every month, Whitechapel Gallery celebrates the vibrancy of East London’s art community with curated recommendations for free exhibitions, music events, book launches, and more.

Explore galleries, artist-run spaces, and studios in our local area using our First Thursdays online listings to guide you. Alternatively, pick up a printed copy of the recommended programme from the Gallery foyer.

Get inspired – check out our latest Top 5 galleries and exhibitions, or follow one of our recommended Walking Routes to make the most out of your First Thursday.

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Belonging and Beyond

What does it mean to be unguarded? What do we reveal of ourselves to each other?

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Found On The Way

Beto Fame’s paintings, weave urban experiences and memories into poetic, collage-like compositions guided by chance. Found on the Way captures his transformative journey, shifting from vibrant tropical hues to earthy tones of longing and belonging.

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Clutching At Ornaments

Celia Croft Jesse Glazzard Finnegan Travers In a diary like state the exhibition follows a journey through intimacy, touch and the spaces in-between.


Walking Routes

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July

July is back with fresh First Thursdays picks, so don’t miss tonight’s highlights! The walking route will be approximately one hour and fifteen minutes long and comprise three galleries. The first stop will be at Gallery 46 for Clutching At...
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May

First Thursdays is back! What could be better than a lovely stroll around East London on such a sunny day? Join today’s one-hour-long walking route to Gallery 46 and Seventeen Gallery. And don’t forget, it’s also the last Thursday Late...
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April

First Thursdays is back! The first stop is at Hales for The National Gallery Project, a solo exhibition by Ken Kiff (b. 1935, Dagenham, Essex — d. 2001, London, UK) . Kiff’s first show at the gallery centres on works directly connected to...

Exhibitions

Explore the current exhibitions at East London’s galleries, studios and artist run spaces.


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