13 Nov 2024 - 12 Jan 2025 | Book now

Skate at Somerset House

Skate, London's premier winter experience returns to Somerset House, welcoming visitors for an unparalleled skating experience in the heart of the capital, against the magical backdrop of our iconic courtyard. → https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/skate-somerset-house

Until 19 Jan 2025 | Book now

Making a rukus!

An exhibition exploring the joy, friendship, resistance and art of Black LGBTQIA+ people in Britain. → https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/making-a-rukus

What's On

07 Nov 2024 - 23 Feb 2025 | Free

Aut-OOO-Arcadia: Louis Morlæ

A solo exhibition by artist Louis Morlæ, and the culmination of Somerset House Studios and UAL Creative Computing Institute’s Creative Technologies Fellowship.

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23 Nov 2024 - 12 Jan 2025

Es Devlin: Face to Face: 50 Encounters with Strangers

A new exhibition by acclaimed artist and stage designer Es Devlin.

Aerial view of the Nelson Stairway, Somerset House, Image by Kevin Meredith

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Historical Highlights Tour

In this one-hour experience, you'll take a walk through the varied and surprising history of Somerset House.

The Bitten Peach, Skate at Somerset House, New Year's Eve

Tue 31 Dec 2024 | Book now

New Year's Eve with The Bitten Peach

Celebrate the arrival of 2025 with us at our ultimate New Year’s Eve extravaganza featuring the UK’s first queer Pan-Asian performance collective, The Bitten Peach.

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Vincent Van Gogh, The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)The Courtauld

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The Courtauld Gallery

The Courtauld Gallery, located in the North Wing, is home to one of the world’s great art collections. Open daily, 10.00-18.00.

SOIL - Unearthed - Mycelium by Jo Pearl © Elsa Pearl

23 Jan - 13 Apr 2025 | Book now

SOIL: The World At Our Feet

This groundbreaking exhibition unites visionary artists and thinkers from around the world to explore the remarkable power and potential of soil.

Valerie Mason-John, 1998. Photo by Michele Martinoli

11 Oct 2024 - 19 Jan 2025 | Book now

Making a rukus!

An exhibition exploring the joy, friendship, resistance and art of Black LGBTQIA+ people in Britain.

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Video

Imran Perretta: A Requiem For the Dispossessed

Watch a responsive film, capturing the tone and mood within Imran Perretta's exhibition 'A Riot in Three Acts'.

Channel is Somerset House’s new curated online space for art, ideas and the artistic process.

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Podcast

More Than a Space

Why has the club been so pivotal to the history of black queer placemaking?

Video

Fully Automated Arcadia

Artist Louis Morlæ reimagines how technology will impact our working future.

Video

Making A Rukus!

Artist Evan Ifekoya and Curator Topher Campbell reflect on clubbing, community building and making their own archives.

Podcast

What is the legacy of the 2011 riots?

What one site in Croydon can tell us about the biggest moment of civil unrest in Britain in a generation.

Video

How to... LOVERBOY!

Charles Jeffrey presents a twist on an educational video aimed at guiding its viewers on the creative process.

Video

Assembly 2024

Watch a collection of new commissions, collaborations, talks and live performances.

Philomene Pirecki's stall at the Artists' Fair

Editorial

The Artists' Fair 2024

Writer, filmmaker and Somerset House Studios alumni Juliet Jacques reflects upon her visit to this year's Artists' Fair.

Video

The Power of Cute

A video essay unpacking the lure and sinister nature of cuteness.

Podcast

The Darker Side of Cute

Artist Sean-Kierre Lyons explores how cuteness can be used to sugar coat difficult messages

Podcast

Felt Cute, Might Shapeshift Later

Artist Hannah Diamond explores the transformative powers of cuteness and the intersecting aesthetics of pop music and internet culture.

Podcast

Not Strictly Speaking: Assembly Podcast Series

A three-part podcast series exploring different manifestations of the voice in response to the Assembly programme. Underpinned by a new sound commission from French composer Felicia Atkinson.

Documentaries & Films

Studio 01

Explore the work of two artists featured in the Jerwood Somerset House Studios Residency.

Video

Bamboo As Method

Artist Zheng Bo explores the restorative nature of creating artworks with plants.

Podcast

Is Failure More Productive Than Success?

We step inside the community of designers on site at Makerversity in Somerset House to explore the role of mistakes in the design process.

Podcast

The Black British Renaissance

Tracing the legacy of Black British fashion with Andrew Ibi, Jazzie B & Martine Rose.

Talk

In Conversation: Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen

The artist duo sit down with Orit Gat to share the ideas and process behind their commission for Channel.

Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen: May The Fox Take You

Editorial

For Resistance is My Nature

Caitlin Quinlan unpacks the tensions in Revital & Tuur’s moving image work: life and death, loss and heartbreak, as well as the systemic violence of industrial and political processes.

Video

Between Beauty & Violence

Revital & Tuur unpack the unique writing and filmmaking process that fuelled their commission for Channel.

Podcast Series

Soft Life

Our new podcast series exploring alternative ideas around work, time, the body and ecology emanating from Somerset House and beyond.

Artist Phoebe Collings James working on some ceramics

Video

Grounding Practice: Phoebe Collings-James

In this Grounding Practice episode, the ceramicist and multi-disciplinary artist takes us on a meditative journey through their moulding, shaping, glazing and painting of clay.

Somerset House Studios

As the home of cultural innovators, Somerset House connects creativity and the arts with wider society.

Somerset House Studios

Somerset House Studios is an experimental workspace in the centre of London connecting artists, makers and thinkers with audiences.

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Somerset House Studios Artists

Up to 70 artists are resident at any one time and are supported to develop their practice for a defined period.

28, 30 Jan & 01 Feb 2025 | Book now

Hyper Functional, Ultra Healthy

Biannual series dedicated to examining the intersections of well-being and societal shifts, particularly in the face of technological and ecological change.

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Somerset House Studios Assembly Residency

Somerset House Studios is inviting applications from artists working in music and sound for a 12-month residency (April 2025 - March 2026).

07 Nov 2024 - 23 Feb 2025 | Free

Aut-OOO-Arcadia: Louis Morlæ

Aut-OOO-Arcadia is a solo exhibition by artist Louis Morlæ, and the culmination of Somerset House Studios and UAL Creative Computing Institute’s Creative Technologies Fellowship.

06, 13 & 20 Feb 2025 | Book now

Home Movies

A critical film screening programme, curated by artists in residence.