September at the Whitechapel Gallery

Coming Soon, Emily Jacir: Europa  Opening 30 September This first UK survey of artist Emily Jacir focuses on her dialogue with Europe, Italy and the Mediterranean in particular. Known for her poignant works of art that are as poetic as they are political and biographical, Jacir explores histories of migration, resistance and exchange. More Exhibitions Music for Museums Until 29 Nov | Tickets from £12 Opening tonight, Music for Museums is a season of live experimental music featuring works by ground-breaking composers and artists. Performances are on Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons, with an accompanying programme of free film screenings. Book Artists' Film International Opens 30 September | Free Only two weeks to catch this season ofArtists' Film international, featuring artists from Argentina, Canada, Norway, the USA and India. This season of artists' film and video from around the world covers topics including climate change, domesticity, poetry and politics. More Barjeel Art Foundation Collection: Imperfect Chronology Until 6 December | Free The first in a series of four chronological displays, Debating Modernism I,  highlights works from the Barjeel Art Foundation’s rich collection. Over the course of the exhibition artists from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine and elsewhere in the region tell the story of Arab art from the modern to the contemporary period. More A Utopian Stage: Festival of Arts Shiraz-Persepolis Until 4 October | Free  Last chance to see this archive display including film, posters and photographs, bringing the avant-garde Festival of Arts Shiraz-Persepolis to life. A melting pot of music, theatre and performance, the festival featured artists including Ravi Shankar and composer John Cage. More Talks and Events Film Parviz Tanavoli: Poetry in Bronze 25 Sept, 3pm |  £9.50/£7.50 With a career spanning three continents and more than half a century, this documentary tells the story of how the artist was inspired to create his unique body of work. Film screening, followed by a Q&A between Parviz Tanavoli and writer, director and producer of the film, Terrence Turner. Book Symposium Walter Benjamin Now 26 Sept, 11am-6pm | Tickets from £15 A day-long celebration of the life and legacy of the great essayist, thinker and philosopher, Walter Benjamin, 75 years to the day since his death. With screenings, readings and discussions. Book Talk Moving Image 3 Oct, 3pm |  £9.50/£7.50 Artist Rosa Barba is joined by Curator and editor of the Moving Image: Documents of Contemporary Art publication Omar Kholeif to discuss her work. The discussion considers the expanded field of the moving image in recent artistic practice. The event is also the UK premier of the artist’s filmSubconscious Society (2013). Book Whitechapel Gallery Shop Materiality  £15.95 Edited by Petra Lange-Berndt, this anthology investigates materiality in art that attempts to expand notions of time, space, process or participation. It looks at materials that obstruct, disrupt or interfere with social norms, surfacing as impure formations and messy, unstable substances. More Buy Art Billy Childish, juju reclining, 2015  £175 (Full Price) | £157.50 (Member's Price) English artist Billy Childish creates this limited edition - exclusively for the Whitechapel Gallery. A Photogravure etching, hand coloured by the artist. Edition of 85 works, signed and numbered.  Contact More From our Friends Soldiers and Suffragettes: The Photography of Christina Broom Until 1 November | Museum of London Docklands | Free The first major exhibition showcasing the UK’s first female press photographer. From First World War soldiers to Suffragette processions, view life in London at the start of the 20th century through the lens of Christina Broom. More Gathered Leaves: Photographs by Alec Soth 6 October 2015 - 28 March 2016 | Media Space, Science Museum See a decade of work by the award-winning American photographer Alec Soth in his first major UK exhibition, highlighting his remarkable career as one of the world’s foremost photographers. Fragmentary, funny and sad, Soth’s work captures a profound sense of what it is to be human. More