Interdisciplinary artist Grada Kilomba brings her critically acclaimed installation O Barco/The Boat, to Somerset House this Autumn
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UK Gay Bar Directory is a moving image archive of gay bars in the UK. Shot over a period of nine months, the film documents over 100 gay bars across 14 cities.
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It’s with great pleasure that we reveal another season of contemporary art, cutting edge music, design and fashion.
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On the occasion of Blondie’s 40th anniversary, we showcased a series of iconic and previously unpublished photographs by Chris Stein, co-founder of Blondie.
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London’s new space where young people from all backgrounds can meet employers, chat about skills development and network with other creatives.
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In association with 24/7, the next in our series of quarterly masterclasses takes on the topic of self and surveillance, with artist, filmmaker and researcher Manu Luksch.
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We mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day with interactive events online, exploring how art and culture can inspire positive action in relation to the current ecological crisis.
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A range of talks spanning topics as broad as demystifying the process of collecting craft to a deep dive into the material glass.
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Our digital strand of the Creative Careers & Skills programme at Somerset House, bringing you fortnightly bite-sized snippets of inspiration over lunch-time sessions.
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This October, Somerset House and 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair are proud to present new and rarely seen works from internationally renowned South African artist Athi-Patra Ruga
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Engaging in issues of water scarcity and ecological emergency, photographer Aida Muluneh presents a new series of work commissioned by WaterAid.
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Common Study is a space for art, education, and politics.
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Noir Papillon Group (NPG) is a Black British independent Film, TV and radio production company.
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To mark what would have been opening night of Film4 Summer Screen 2020, we invited the cast and filmmakers of Rocks to discuss the making of the film
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Listen back to a performance by Jacob Samuel and Samir Kennedy that looks into the existence of infinity with contributions from Coby Sey, Beatrice Dillon and more
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Revisit last year’s (Inter-), a two-day event programme exploring image, sound and digital art that closed off 2019’s Amplify artist residency at Somerset House Studios.
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Artist whose work addresses biopower, marginality and the (de)construction of cultural histories.
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Somerset House Studios resident Sonya Dyer presents a new commission.
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Spotlight Tours of North: Fashioning Identity, free with admission.
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