Presenting highlights from this year’s shortlist of contemporary illustration, entered by emerging & established talent to the Association of Illustrators’ annual competition.
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Situated in our spectacular courtyard, Arrivals + Departures is a large-scale interactive installation exploring birth, death and the journey in between by artist duo YARA + DAVINA.
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Drop in to the Utopia Treasury to see a short documentary film and sculptural dance video art piece by artist Mira Calix.
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Artist duo that develops forms of art-led inquiry into the multiples layers of power and violence that flow through physical and cultural spaces.
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Watch our short film exploring the work of Good Grief, Charlie Brown! featured artist Mel Brimfield
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This Bright Land is a major new cultural festival taking place across the month of August at Somerset House.
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Director Shane Meadows’ sharply observed and already iconic coming-of-age story centres on a young boy growing up in the Midlands during the early 1980s.
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Dynamic saxophonist and composer Ben Vince shares his new work, 'Falling into Time' as part of ASSEMBLY 2020.
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The Somerset House Terrace Bar with San Miguel has returned to our stunning River Terrace.
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An experimental club night celebrating urban wilderness and the repurposing of derelict space.
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Alien pop and dark club and drone round off a full day of new commissions, performances and critical discussion.
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Offering training, development and London Living Wage paid opportunities to the next generation of cultural producers
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The Soca Kingdom will host a Soca edition of the series, championing the genre of music that originated within a marginalised subculture in Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1970s.
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An author of short fiction and journalist covering literature, film, art, music, politics, gender, sexuality and football.
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Critically acclaimed vocalist, and producer Lafawndah premieres a new sound piece, Antinomy for ASSEMBLY.
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On Pride weekend Resis'dance bring you an evening celebrating queer female & non-binary artists at Somerset House Studios.
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A showcase of the world’s most ambitious and imaginative designers, curators and design institutes working today.
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London’s longest running art fair will celebrate its 40th anniversary this year.
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Free workshops running across the weekend.
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Artist exploring the emotional resonances in the architectural, mechanical and electrical infrastructure.
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