Friday 15 January 2016

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January at the Whitechapel Gallery

Highlights this month


Happy New Year from the Whitechapel Gallery. This month, discover 50 years of art and technology with Electronic Superhighway (2016-1966), see new artists’ films from India and the UK, and learn about curating exhibitions with Inside the Gallery: How to courses.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Surface Tension (1992) Courtesy the artist and Carroll/Fletcher, London. Installation photograph by Maxime Dufour  © Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

Coming Soon

Electronic Superhighway (2016-1966) 
Major Exhibition: 29 Jan - 15 May
Standard Ticket Price: £13.50 (with Gift Aid) £11.95 (without Gift Aid)


"...promises to bleep, glow, throb and ping its way to some important insights." - The Sunday Times

"One of the ten brightest art exhibitions of 2016" - Time Out London

Bringing together over 100 artworks to explore the impact of computer and Internet technologies on artists, Electronic Superhighway (2016-1966) begins with recent works by Cory ArcangelJeremy BaileyJames Bridle and Constant Dullaartand travels back to 1966 via key moments in history.


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What does the internet look like to you?

Share your vision of the internet with @GuardianCulture for a chance to have your work featured in their Electronic Superhighway virtual gallery. Watch our trailer for inspiration, and find out how to submit.
 

#ElectronicSuperhighway
 
Harun Farocki, Parallel I-IV (2012-14), still, Courtesy Harun Farocki Filmproduktion and Greene Naftali, New York

Installation

Harun Farocki
Until 12 Jun | Free Entry
The video installation Parallel I-IV (2012-2014) by Harun Farocki charts the evolution of computer game graphics over 30 years, from the symbolic forms of early gaming to the realism of the present day. More
 
Rachel Maclean, Germs (2013), digital video, 3 minutes, commission by Bold Yin for Channel 4 Random Acts, courtesy the artist

Artists’ Film International
Rachel Maclean & Rohini Devasher

Opens 29 Jan | Free Entry
Germs (2013) by Rachel Maclean and a new work by Indian artist Rohini Devasher are screened in the Zilkha Auditorium as part of the Gallery’s on-going exhibition of recent artists’ film from around the world. More
(Detail) Kamal Boullata, La Ana Illa Ana (There Is No ‘I’ But ‘I’), 1983, Silkscreen, 60 x 40 cm, Image Courtesy of Meem Gallery, Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah

Collection Display

Barjeel Art Foundation Collection
Imperfect Chronology: Debating Modernism II

Until 17 Apr | Free Entry

Don't miss the second of our four displays drawn from the Barjeel Art Foundation Collection of modern and contemporary Arab art. Focusing on works from the 1960s to 1980s, highlights from the display include Palestinian artist and writerKamal Boullata's silkscreens depicting Islamic calligraphy as colourful patterns.More
 

Join our 'in-conversation' with Kamal Boullata, Berlin and Jerusalem based artistJumana Manna and curator Omar Kholeif on Friday 22 January.
 
Talks & Events
Filming Revolution, Courtesy Alice Lebow 2015

Film

Alice Lebow
Filming Revolution

Thu 14 Jan, 7pm
Tickets: £9.50/£7.50 | Book Now

Five years on from the Arab Spring, film-maker Alisa Lebow presents her archive of filmic responses to the revolution in Egypt with special guests including actor, producer and activist Khalid Abdalla.More
 

Talk

Imperfect Chronology
Kamal Boullata & Jumana Manna

Fri 22 Jan, 3pm
£9.50/£7.50 | 
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In conjunction with the Barjeel Art Foundation Collection displays, artistsKamal Boullata and Jumana Mannajoin the second in a series of discussions on art practice in the Middle East hosted at Whitechapel Gallery. More
Whitechapel Gallery 2016

Course

Inside the Gallery:
How to organise an exhibition

Fri 29 Jan, 10am – 5pm | £195/£150
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Find out what it takes to operate as an independent curator with Bárbara Rodríguez Muñoz (Wellcome Collection) and Anna Gritz (South London Gallery).More
 

Course

Inside the Gallery:
How to handle, install and light art

Sat 30 Jan, 10am – 5pm | £195/£150
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Join a beginner’s guide to staging exhibitions. This day-long course is led byThomas Malcherczyk (Hayward Gallery) and lighting experts from Lightwaves LtdMore
Limited Editions
Susan Hefuna, Cityscape Munich, Courtesy Whitechapel Gallery

New Limited Edition

 
Work by leading contemporary artists available exclusively at the Whitechapel Gallery.

Susan Hefuna
Cityscape Munich, 2015
Sugar lift aquatint
Dimensions: 56 x 40 cm
Edition of 20, signed and numbered

Price: £450 including VAT
Whitechapel Gallery Members: £405

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From our friends

Somerset House

Big Bang Data
Until 28 Feb

"Epically informative... head-spinningly interesting" Time Out

Artists and designers help us to understand our brave new world. Book now for this major new exhibition. More
Wonder.land

The National Theatre

wonder.land

A new musical from Damon Albarn, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s iconic story, wonder.land is a coming-of-age adventure that explores the blurred boundaries between our online and offline lives. More