Whitechapel Gallery - Summer at Whitechapel Gallery!

 

Dear Friends, This August, embark on a cultural getaway at Whitechapel Gallery. Discover the work of South African artist Gavin Jantjes' in his largest UK retrospective; delve into Dominique White's mysterious sea-soaked sculptures, and take a stand with Peter Kennard's 'Archive of Dissent. – covering 50 years of political protest.  This week, we're opening an original exhibition curated by students from the MA Curating Art and Public Programmes course. Read on for more details. Entrance is free every Thursday evening as part of our Whitechapel Lates and enjoy special drinks offers at our Summer pop up café. Exhibitions  Gavin Jantjes: To Be Free! A Retrospective 1940 - 70  Opens 12 Jun 2024 Ticketed ★★★★  'Fierce and subtle'  – The Observer ★★★★ 'Seething anger is cradled within beautiful images'  – The Arts Desk Book now. Max Mara Art Prize for Women Dominique White: Deadweight Until 15 Sep 2024 Free ★★★★ ‘Enter Dominique White’s tolling sea-bell of an exhibition and you will be hooked, then dragged down deep.’  – The Guardian Find out more Peter Kennard: Archive of Dissent  Until 19 Jan 2025 Free ★★★★ ‘Electrifying visual shocks’  – The Guardian ★★★★ ‘Definitive protest images that go beyond worlds’  – The Observer ★★★★ ‘Vicious, confrontational images  – Time Out Find out more.   Archipelago: Visions in Orbit Opens 15 Aug 2025 Free Introducing a new exhibition from the MA Curating Art and Public Programmes course, this exhibition uses the idea of an archipelago to draw threads between disparate artistic positions.  Read more. Find Out More Upcoming Events Access BSL Tour: Gavin Jantjes Thu 15 Aug, 6.30-7.30 pm Join the Whitechapel Gallery and Chisato Minamimura for a BSL-Led  tour of Gavin Jantes’ exhibition ‘To Be Free! Chisato Minamimura is a Deaf performance artist, choreographer and BSL art guide who is currently a Work Place artist at The Place Free, Booking Required. Readings Subtexts: Expansions: Will Alexander & Maggie O'Sullivan Thu 22 Aug, 6.30pm Join us for a poetry reading featuring two visionary poets, organised in partnership with the Centre for Contemporary Writing (QMUL), this event will take audiences on a journey through cosmic and materially profound landscapes £5, Booking Required Talk Alexis Pauline Gumbs: Survival is a Promise Thu 5 Sep, 6.30pm Join celebrated poet, scholar and activist Alexis Pauline Gumbs as she explores her latest book, illuminating the extraordinary life of acclaimed ‘Black feminist lesbian warrior poet’ Audre Lorde.  £5, Booking Required Youth Duchamp & Sons: Taster Evening Wed 18 Sep, 5-7pm Aged 15 – 24? Interested in art, meeting new people and getting involved in creative projects? We’re looking for new members to join our youth collective Duchamp & Sons. Deadline: Fri 6 Sep, 10am. Find out more.  Browse Events Summer Pop Up: Alba x Whitechapel Gallery We are overjoyed to welcome a brand new Summer pop-up, from our lovely friends and neighbours, Alba Caffe. Launching with Climpson & Sons coffees, Nemi teas, refreshing soft drinks as well as a delectable selection of homemade bakes, the warm and wonderful women-led Alba Caffe team will gradually expand the menu over the summer. Every Thursday, enjoy an evening drinks offer as a part of Whitechapel Lates. Visit Today Editions Dominique White has created a series of unique Cyanotype prints for Whitechapel Gallery on the occasion of Dominique White: Deadweight, Max Mara Art Prize for Women 2 July – 15 September 2024. Whitechapel Gallery editions are generously donated by the artists. All proceeds from the sale of these works directly support our exhibition and education programmes. Buy Now From Our Friends: SLG South London Gallery Firelei Báez: Sueño De La Madrugada (A Midnight's Dream) On until 8 Sep, 2024 Known for her striking paintings, she also makes drawings, installations, and sculptures. Firelei Báez takes over the South London Gallery with new immersive installations and large abstract paintings. She uses rich colours, elements from nature, sound and light to reflect on complex colonial histories.   Find Out More

Whitechapel Gallery - Opening this week...Dominique White: Deadweight

 

Dear Friends, Continuing our series of Summer exhibitions, opening this week is Deadweight, a new body of work from artist Dominique White, winner of the ninth Max Mara Art Prize for Women. Weaving together concepts of Afrofuturism, Afro-pessimism and Hydrarchy,  Deadweight comprises four large-scale sculptural works which continue the artist’s interest in creating new worlds for ‘Blackness’ and fascination with the metaphoric potency and regenerative power of the sea. Dive in and find out more. Dominique White: Deadweight Opens 2 Jul Also Showing Gavin Jantjes: To Be Free! A Retrospective 1940 - 70  Opens 12 Jun Ticketed ★★★★  'Fierce and subtle' - The Observer ★★★★ 'Seething anger is cradled within beautiful images' - The Arts Desk Book now. Coming Soon: Peter Kennard: Archive of Dissent  Opens 23 Jul Free Peter Kennard, artist, activist, and the UK's first (and only) Professor of Political Art, has created powerful images of resistance since the 1970s. This exhibition is one of the most comprehensive displays of his work to date. Find out more.   What's On Upcoming Events Talk To Be Free? Art and the Politics of Liberation Sat 6 Jul, 2 - 5.30pm An invigorating day of panel discussions exploring how artists resist political oppression, the cultural forms emerging from political change, and the impact of international artistic solidarity on liberation movements.  £15 (includes exhibition entry) Booking Required. Talk Dominique White and Taylor Le Melle in conversation Thu 11 Jul, 6.30pm Join Dominique White in conversation with writer and curator Taylor Le Melle in an evening exploring the artist's new commission, Deadweight. £5, Booking Required Talk Claire Bishop: Disordered Attention Thu 18 Jul, 6.30pm Art historian and critic Claire Bishop in joined in conversation by Isobel Harbison for a talk drawing on her latest book, Disordered Attention: How We Look at Art and Performance Today. £5, Booking Required Whitechapel Lates Peter Kennard & Friends Thu 25 Jul, 6-9pm A special evening celebrating the opening of Archive of Dissent. Programme highlights include Peter Kennard in conversation with artist and curator Harris Elliott, poetry from playwright, poet, novelist and spoken word artist Kae Tempest, and Moroccan-inspired music from Arfoud Brothers & Sisters. Find out more.  Browse All Events From The Editions Gallery To coincide with To Be Free!, his new exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery Gavin Jantjes has created a new etching titled Succulent Night (2024). The edition, relates to Jantjes' recent paintings from his Kirstenbosch (2023-ongoing) series, named after the national botanic garden in Cape Town. Buy Now From Our Friends: Serpentine Gallery Off Site Performance: Adham Faramawy, Daughters of the River 11 Jul, 8pm Join Adham Faramawy to a performance of dance, sound and spoken word to tell stories of the romances and toxicities of rivers and waterways. Borrowing from Alexander Pope’s poem ‘Windsor-Forest’, the performance slips between poetic and narrative storytelling. Find Out More

Whitechapel Gallery - New season just dropped at Whitechapel Gallery

 

In Our Galleries Opening next week, a brand new spring season of exhibitions and events. Zineb Sedira: Dreams Have No Titles Opens 15 Feb 2024 Encompassing film, sculpture, photography and performance, Zineb Sedira’s immersive installations draw on cinematic and personal history to foreground the importance – and joy – of collective experiences Learn more. Andrew Pierre Hart: Bio-Data Flows & Other Rhythms - A Local Story Opens 15 Feb 2024 A new commission from interdisciplinary artist and experimental music producer Andrew Pierre Hart draws on Whitechapel’s longstanding history as a home for migrant and diasporic communities and continues the artist’s interest in exploring connections between sound and painting. Learn more.  Edge Effects Opens 31 Jan 2024 Edge Effects is a participatory project about our stewardship of the planet and the promotion of a mindful understanding of our place in nature. In taking time to observe a leaf, to listen and learn from its stories, we ask, might the oak tree or the sprig of rosemary impart its valuable wisdom if we look for long enough? Learn more.    Talks & Events Workshops Family Day: Dreams Have No Titles 17 Feb, 12-4pm Join a series of collaborative family workshops with artists and performers Maya Gurung-Russell Campbell and Timberlina. Inspired by our spring exhibitions, these workshops encourage collaboration, play and creative making. Learn more. Performance Panopticon 360: Vasiliki Papapostolou 17 Feb, 2 & 4pm Free To accompany the new exhibition by Andrew Pierre Hart, dancer Vasiliki Papapostolou (a.k.a Tarantism) presents Panopticon 360. This conceptual dance piece draws on a wide range of practices from physical theatre, contemporary dance and Ballroom, to explore the ways we internalise surveillance, managing ourselves, our bodies and behaviours. Learn More.  Talk Algerian Cinema: Zineb Sedira & Olivier Hadouchi 22 Feb, 6.30pm £5 Join artist Zineb Sedira in conversation with curator Olivier Hadouchi as they delve into Algerian cinematic history, exploring what we can learn by revisiting film from a time of utopias and great promises. Book Now. The London Open: Artists, Have Your Say Have you ever applied for, exhibited at, or visited The London Open?  Whitechapel Gallery and Artquest are collaborating on new research into the Gallery's triennial open-call exhibition to ensure it is open, accessible and encouraging of as broad a range of artists and practices as possible. Get involved - complete the Artquest survey by Wednesday 28 February 2024 and have your say on how The London Open grows for a new generation.   Complete The Survey From The Bookshop Buy beautifully illustrated books, the latest exhibition catalogues and art-inspired gifts in Whitechapel Gallery Bookshop - managed by Koenig Books. Zineb Sedira: Dreams Have No Titles Rich with artistic, cinematic, musical, archival, and political references, this collection of three journals offers a glimpse into Zineb Sedira’s working process and the inspirations that have nourished her practice. £22.80 Documents of Contemporary Art: The Magazine Surveying case studies of transformational magazines from the early 1960s onwards, this anthology contextualises the artist’s magazine, interrogating the art worlds it has by turns created and superseded. £18.95   Browse Online From The Editions Gallery Whitechapel Gallery Limited Editions are generously donated by the artists. All proceeds from the sale of these works directly support our exhibition and education programmes. Sol Calero Frutas y culebras 2021 Calero’s distinct visual language draws upon visual clichés and imported ideas that we might associate with Latin America,  She uses stereotypically ‘tropical’ imagery such as exotic fruit and salsa dresses, inviting the audience to reconsider notions of creation, privilege and cultural appropriation. Digital pigment print onto Somerset Photo Rag 300gsm, 48.8 x 42 cm Discover our Limited Editions