In celebration of Earth Day, join artist Zheng Bo in conversation with publisher and writer Sarah Shin, as they discuss Bamboo as Method, learning from nature, and creativity and ecology.
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A key part of the Edible Utopia programme is our growing of mushrooms in the disused coalholes around the courtyard.
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Make a chair the superhero and a spoon its arch nemesis! Anything goes in this comic creating workshop where you redraw the line between fact and fiction.
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Watch the first in a new In Conversation series profiling the work and influences of Somerset House Studio artists. First up Gareth Pugh and Charles Jeffrey.
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Saxophonist Ben Vince speaks with musician, DJ and close collaborator Coby Sey about his new sound work, part of this year’s ASSEMBLY programme.
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Assembly 2024 features a series of new commissions, collaborations, and live premieres.
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Multidisciplinary artist working across sculpture, video, and digital media, American Artist joins the Somerset House Studios community for a one-month residency in May 2025.
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Somerset House’s new curated online space for art, ideas and the artistic process announces new digital commissions, podcast series, films, editorial features and a live event
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In association with the exhibition Melancholia: A Sebald Variation.
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Drop-in activity for families to test an app inspired by Snoopy and create analogue protest placards.
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Illustrator Sophia Ward leads an afternoon of imaginative exploration.
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Create a communal memory map in this family workshop inspired by the London Festival of Architecture.
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Somerset House and its role in Britain’s colonial past, updating what is currently understood and making ... available in the public domain largely represents white historical perspectives. There is a lack of clarity ... its 400+ year history, on the lives of people of colour. In undertaking this work, we aim to broaden the ...
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Coinciding with the launch of his new exhibition Hassan Hajjaj: La Caravane, join the visionary photographer as he explores his career so far.
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installations, fashion, music and photography. Whether you’re here in person at the heart of London or joining us ... installations, and in February will play host to the latest courtyard commission from Jitish Kallat. Whorled ... March will see the return of the London Original Print Fair, celebrating printmaking in all its myriad ...
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Romance has been a key ingredient of the movies since they began but is there really any such thing as a ‘simple love story’?
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A three-part event programme exploring modes of resistance, resilience and alternative futures.
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The Creators-in-Residence Programme offers the opportunity for digital creatives, excited by the ... production at Somerset House. The Creators-in-Residence will work with the Somerset House and Somerset House ... events, highly produced films, broadcasts and podcasts in collaboration with artists and residents. This ...
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Become an afrobeat poet! Joanna Brown of Africa Writes leads a creative writing workshop in response to photographic imagery from our Malick Sidibé exhibition.
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Last Night In Paris is an art and music collective based in south London full of young innovators and creatives, including artists, musicians, producers, directors and designers.
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