Whitechapel Gallery May - to June

Upcoming Events Highlights

Talk: The Market Thursday 29 May, 7pm - 9pm Natasha Degen leads a panel discussion on the forces at play between art and money. Speakers include artist Michael Elmgreen, academicKaren van den Berg, and Matthew Slotover, Frieze Art Fair co-director.  More Talk: Stephen Willats: In Conversation Thursday 5 June, 7 - 9pmLooking back at projects from the late 1970s, artist Stephen Willats is joined by Ann Gallagher, Tate Head of Collections (British Art), to discuss the continued importance and impact of a socially engaged art. More

Talk: The Future of Theory III: Digital Futures Thursday 12 June, 7 - 9pm As online platforms increasingly dominate publishing, distribution and research, what impact does this have on theory? A debate on how theory changes within the digital landscape featuring critical theorist Gary Hall and artist and theorist Cornelia Sollfrank. More Special Event: The Voice and the Lens Friday 13 June, 12 - 6pm  The festival opens with Michael Snow’s epic filmRameau’s Nephew (1974), a playful and absurd compendium of the ways sound and image are combined, led by the voice. More

Special Event: The Voice and the Lens Sunday 15 June, 12 - 6pm For the festival finale, an afternoon of films and performances by 20 artists, including work and performance by Robert Ashley, Bruce McLean, Anri Sala, Imogen Stidworthy and Bill Viola, among many others.  More Talk: Clémentine Deliss: Exhibition Histories Sunday Thursday 19 June, 7 - 9pm Curator Clementine Deliss discusses the Whitechapel Gallery’s 1995 exhibition, Seven Stories About Modern Art in Africa, which aimed to provide a context for twentieth century African art through the personal accounts of artists and historians.More