24/7
A landmark exhibition examining our inability to switch off from our 24/7 culture
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A landmark exhibition examining our inability to switch off from our 24/7 culture
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A summer of free activity for all ages including workshops, talks, performances and pop-ups
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Aindrea Emelife, curator of BLACK VENUS unpacks the exhibition and legacies of Black women.
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Watch the first of a series of short films exploring the work of contemporary artists featured in Good Grief, Charlie Brown!
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Explore the industry and processes of independent magazine publishing with our Print! Tearing It Up film series.
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An innovative sensory installation in our courtyard by British artist Michael Pinsky.
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Watch artist Babak Ganjei as he invites us into his darkly comedic practice and self-professed sitcom lifestyle.
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Somerset House Podcast releases a brand new six-part series, The Process, which takes listeners behind the scenes with some of today’s most exciting artists on their journey to create new works.
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We continue our series of participatory rituals throughout summer. Based on the 12 mythic Labours of Herakleos.
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The VoiceLine by Somerset House Studios resident artist Nick Ryan, is the first artist commission for the new Strand Aldwych public space and will be in situ for the next three months.
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Exploring the state of nightlife and the London–Manchester interplay with an evening of panels, installations & music.
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Somerset House has today opened recruitment for the Black Business Incubator at Somerset House in partnership with Mentor Black Business and Sponsored by Morgan Stanley
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Five days of sound and performance extolling the best in contemporary electronic and experimental music and the makers behind it
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The biggest free outdoor contemporary circus event in central London this summer
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Nastja Säde Rönkkö, an interdisciplinary artist from Finland, spent six months without access to the internet to study the effects of offline existence.
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Now Play This festival has packed its digital bags and will be coming to your home for a weekend of play, creativity and experimentation.
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Exhibitions, public programmes and events to come this spring/summer
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A rare public talk and Q&A session with architect Alison Brooks.
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Asking vital questions about the effects of emerging technologies on daily life.
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A two-part event looking at how prisons seize time as a form of punishment and resources to reclaim landscapes from state entities
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