The exhibition files have been maintained systematically and date from 1947 – to the present. They typically contain correspondence with artists, galleries, owners of works, records on hanging, catalogues, transport, sponsorship, insurance, and condition reports. Here you can see some examples, starting from an invoice by architect Erno Goldfinger relating to the famous exhibition ‘This is Tomorrow‘ (1956) and a draft review of it by Lawrence Alloway, to a label for the exhibition ‘Salvador Dali: Art-in-Jewel’ (1971), through two letters, one from the art critic John Berge to the Whitechapel’s Director Bryan Robertson (1952) and the other one from the artist Mark Rothko to Robertson (1961). To see an image in full, press the left button on the mouse. To see its details, press the right button, select “Open link in a new tab”, and zoom in.
You can see the Catalogue of the Archive Holdings HERE
Review of the exhibition 'This is Tomorrow' (1956), drafted by Lawrence Alloway, an art-critic and member of Independent Group, for the Institute of Contemporary Arts press release.
Invoice sent by the architect Erno Goldfinger to the Whitechapel gallery, relating to his participation in the exhibition 'This is Tomorrow' (1956).
Letter from the artist Mark Rothko to Bryan Robertson, an artist and the Director of the Whitechapel Gallery at the time, about Rothko's Exhibition in 1961. Page 1 of 2.
Letter from John Berger, the art critic and the one-time curator for the Whitechapel Gallery, to Bryan Robertson, an artist and the Director of the Whitechapel Gallery at the time, about the exhibition ‘Looking forward: Realist Pictures by Contemporary British Artists’ (1952). Page 1 of 2.
