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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The Body Series is a new programme of four events focused on the exploration of feminism, sexuality and expression through text, movement and sound.
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With curator Ekow Eshun, spotlighting the works of artists with personal connections to countries in the Caribbean, South America and Africa.
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tickets cost £9.50 (special fair offer, all talks now £5.00!) These can be booked via the Somerset House ... – Breaking industry bias by providing content from the Female Perspective Highlighting the significance of ...
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Contributors to Margaret Busby’s landmark anthology, New Daughters of Africa, explore themes of migration, identity, protest, and new and imaginary landscapes.
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On Da Beat is a widely documented, platinum selling, audio production studio and talent development agency.
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Discover.film will open its vaults to screen a ‘tutti-frutti” selection of some of the best award-winning short film from around the world.
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An outstanding group of portraits by one of the leading painters in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s
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Folds and Folding: a lecture exploring the grey area between art and symmetry, intuitive topology and metaphorical origami.
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A collaboration with Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk which saw a unique new version of his collection The Museum of Innocence, installed at Somerset House.
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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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Studios resident Libby Heaney wants to answer the question: how can we create an ethical framework for AI and quantum computing before it’s too late?
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A new season of activity, with highlights exploring climate change and our relationship with nature
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Somerset House Director Jonathan Reekie CBE selects his cultural highlights of 2018.
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Abbas Zahedi’s interdisciplinary practice blends contemporary philosophy, poetics, and social dynamics with sound, sculpture, and other performative media.
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Somerset House announces its major autumn exhibition celebrating the world's longest-running weekly comic: Beano
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Cross-disciplinary artist and filmmaker, working with a diverse range of media spanning moving-image, sound-design, text, performance and installation
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Free artist led talks in the galleries, providing an opportunity to hear more about the artists’ exhibited works and wider practice.
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Chalet Suisse is a dining experience from pop-up legend Jimmy Garcia, in partnership with Switzerland Tourism.
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This is a project inspired by Black history, heritage and culture.
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