Publisher Margaret Busby explores the rise of Carnival as a means of celebration and defiance for the Windrush generation
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Assembly 2024 features a series of new commissions, collaborations, and live premieres.
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is a hard-hitting, honest document of the plight of disenchanted British-born black youths. Set in ... employers treat him with suspicion because of his colour – his sense of alienation grows. In a bid to find ... a sense of purpose in the streets and in chases with the police. PREMIERE: IN THOSE DAYS | DON LETTS ...
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We ask members of the Somerset House Creative Community what they're thinking about this Earth Day
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For the second performance night of the series, Nabihah invites Khyam Allami to play special sets designed specifically for the Rifle Range at Somerset House.
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Providing you with unique insight into some of the world’s most exciting voices in medium, the ... photographic medium and its significance in the contemporary art world today. Talk tickets cost £9.50, ... these can be booked via the Somerset House website. Nikon talks are free of charge however booking in ...
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As part of our Utopia Think Tank Weekend, work collaboratively and use your imagination in a free Utopian workshop.
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1-54 Forum, the fair’s talk programme, returns with a focus on productive networks of creatives of the African global diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Further exhibition highlights revealed
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A new group exhibition offering a different perspective on the human impact on the planet
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Curator, writer and artist Legacy Russell curates the final episode of Transmissions Season 2, entitled Glitched Narratives.
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studios based in Somerset House. Each participant will explore how to focus ideas; pattern cut & ... a multi-disciplinary designer, PhD Candidate in Regenerative Textiles at Living Systems Lab, Central Saint Martins and ... is the founder of CQ Studio, which she founded during her Master’s in Biodesign from Central Saint ...
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Leeds-based artist Simeon Barclay ruminates on how art has helped him understand his place in the world
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American-born, London and Beirut-based artist, educator, and composer, often working collaboratively across mediums.
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i-D's Matthew Whitehouse in discussion with photographers Alice Hawkins & Ken Grant.
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ARTIST TALK: ALEJANDRA CARLES-TOLRA | SAT 22 JUN, 16.00- 17.00 | EAST WING GALLERY | DROP-IN ... Artist Alejandra Carles-Tolra will give a talk in front of her photographic work from the series Where We ... Belong exhibited in GENERATIONS: Connecting Across Time and Place. Where We Belong is a body of work ...
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The Future Artists Programme is a 5-day immersive workshop, welcoming aspiring creatives from underrepresented backgrounds, aged 16-19.
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A double book launch featuring Hito Steyerl in conversation with Nina Power, and the editors of e-flux discussing new collection, Supercommunity.
/whats-on/duty-free-art-and-supercommunity
Led by disabled artist Raquel Meseguer Zafe, this session explores rest and horizontality as methods for artistic strategy.
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A new photography exhibition celebrating the work of two of the most exciting photographers working in fashion today
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