We remember and give thanks for the life of Lord Rothschild, who died on 26 February 2024 aged 87.
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An expansive series of events and activities uncovering all the different properties, meanings, and possibilities that soil holds.
/whats-on/soil/soil-events
A thrilling new open-air experience that takes an inventive twist on the traditional fairground
/press/dodge-drink-dine-dodgems-somerset-house
With film and video playing a key role in enabling skaters to document their local scenes, No Comply features four new film commissions documenting the community.
/blog/skateboarding-scenes
Join a line up of female practitioners and provocateurs, whose achievements are known for changing the face of contemporary conversations.
/whats-on/print-tearing-it-up/print-in-conversation-practitioners-provocateurs
Listen now to a new three-part audio work by artist and Savage Messiah author Laura Grace Ford, generated by psychogeographic walks – drifts - through parts of West London.
/blog/open-your-palm-feel-dust-settling-there
Leeds-based artist Simeon Barclay ruminates on how art has helped him understand his place in the world
/blog/simeon-barclay-defying-norm
Billy Donsanjh uses archive footage, and original interviews to tell the forgotten stories of the South Asian diaspora in his West Midlands hometown.
/blog/kaleidoscope-qa-filmmaker-billy-dosanjh
Rediscover the city through an audio work by artist and Savage Messiah author Laura Grace Ford, the latest PAUSE, a mid-week moment to take in an artist’s work in full
/blog/open-your-palm-feel-dust-settling-there-laura-grace-ford
Architect and visual artist Yazan Khalili curates an episode of Transmissions, featuring Noor Abed, Noor Abuarafeh, Dina Mimi and Amani Yacoub.
/whats-on/transmissions-yazan-khalili
A 2-day programme of installations, presentations, panel discussions and live performances exploring image, sound and digital art.
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Somerset House announces details of Skate at Somerset House, with new headline partner Switzerland Tourism
/press/skate-somerset-house-switzerland-tourism
Photographer Ken Grant shares details of his process having focused on the trade and tradition of northern England for more than three decades.
/blog/documenting-north
Dr. Gail Lewis explores Black radicalism, anti-capitalist place-making and abolitionist geography with Lola Olufemi and Imani Robinson.
/blog/antagonistic-contradictions
Somerset House explores the possibilities of design and invention for radical social and environmental change in a new free exhibition
/press/makerversity-designing-real-world
We talk to Georgia Taglietti of Barcelona's Sónar Festival ahead of the second edition of Nocturnal City.
/blog/nocturnal-city-clubbing-futures
Exploring unsanctioned public art – or graffiti – as an intrinsically utopian practice.
/whats-on/venturing-beyond
An ontological adventure into voice recognition, language, semiotics, sensory experience, immersive sound and imagination.
/blog/recognition-podcast-nick-ryan
Watch a talk exploring the organic phenomena of mycelium both in the natural world and in design
/blog/fungi-futures-movements-mycelium
Looking forward to innovative and thought-provoking creativity at Somerset House in the year ahead.
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