We’re back with new exhibitions, inspiring installations and much-loved returning events, alongside new ways to engage with our creative community online.
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Everywhere Playground is a 5-day creative workshop where future artists, ages 16-19 are immersed in and guided by the creative practice of Sam Williams.
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Classic Album Sundays come to Somerset House for an exclusive seasonal special.
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Artist and environmental activist Justin Brice Guariglia presents his largest scale installation to date, formed of nine large solar-powered LED signs.
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Record Label, events, publishing and beyond.
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Unorthodocs returns with an award-winning, diverse selection of documentary screenings
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Talks Programme, Kinetic Sculpture Installation & Sponsors at Collect 2020 Unveiled
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Restraint, breaking convention, and the personal experiences driving her music: musician Karen Gwyer on her new piece commissioned for this year’s ASSEMBLY series.
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Celebrating the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s influential text
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Studios residents Project O present a video artwork considering Somerset House’s historical connection to the British Royal Navy.
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Interdisciplinary artist, interested in the ‘Human-Machine’ as the complex data of the moving body and mind.
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International Art Fair for Modern Craft and Design relocates to Somerset House for its 16th edition
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A series of free and affordable events and activities running throughout the summer holidays with community and family at its heart.
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In this talk join all-round creative Amzy OBR, who has established herself in many creative roles.
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Join Actor and Playwright Yolanda Mercy for this exciting afternoon event, inspired by her hit show Quarter Life Crisis.
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A fortnight of installations and events exploring creative responses to climate change
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Annual games festival Now Play This returns to Somerset House in April for its biggest edition ever, with even more exciting hands-on gameplay for all ages to enjoy
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BBZ's takeover will focus on the marginalised LGBTQI+ POC collectives who are traditionally left out of Carnival celebrations.
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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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