Unorthodocs
Unorthodocs returns with an award-winning, diverse selection of documentary screenings
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Channel is Somerset House’s new curated online space for art, ideas and the artistic process.
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Imran Perretta: A Riot In Three Acts
A new commission using sound, sculpture and performance to reflect on the narratives of our urban spaces, and the social inequality and racial violence that shape them.
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Exhibition
Fragrance Futures
A panel discussion exploring the future of perfume and evolving sensory experience with three contemporary perfume experts.
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Talk
Extreme Romanticism: Agnes Gryczkowska (NAKED), Vessel and John Bence with Chal Ravens
Horror, terror, power, awe. A new ‘Romanticism’ for Brexit Britain?
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Assembly
I Should Be Doing Something Else Right Now Live w/ Vivienne Griffin
Vivienne Griffin kick starts the I Should Be Doing Something Else Right Now Live programme with a broadcast exploring themes of connection and commonalities.
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Online Event
Lafawndah in conversation with Christelle Oyiri
Musician Lafawndah delves into the themes, processes and influences behind her new audio work Antinomy.
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Talk
Eat Your Own Ears
Tom Baker, head honcho of iconic tastemakers Eat Your Own Ears, is joined by special guests to take over the decks on our first Saturday.
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Bump & Brunch
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2023
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, the leading art fair dedicated to the promotion of contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora, returns to London for its 11th edition.
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Art Fair
The Listening Party
Imran Perretta’s Listening Party series culminates in a one-off rave in the Deadhouse, a unique space underneath the courtyard of Somerset House.
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Music
Earth Day 2020
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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Workshops & Live Stream
Hannah Perry: GUSH
This Autumn, Somerset House showcases a new body of work by British artist and Somerset House Studios resident Hannah Perry, in her first major UK solo exhibition since 2015
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Shonagh Marshall in conversation with Lena de Casparis
Join Shonagh Marshall, curator of Hair by Sam McKnight in conversation with Lena de Casparis, Culture Director at Elle UK.
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Fashionably Late
Family Drop In Workshop: History, Mystery & Futures Foretold
Illustrator Sophia Ward leads an afternoon of imaginative exploration.
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Workshop
TOAST Virtual Workshop: Decorative Knitwear Mends with Shelley Zetuni
Join repair expert Shelley Zetuni as she demonstrates how to create a patterned darn.
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Online Event
Decentralise
This is a project inspired by Black history, heritage and culture.
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Somerset House Summer Series
Somerset House Summer Series with American Express returned in July 2024 with eleven nights of unmissable gigs in the intimate and immersive setting of our spectacular courtyard.
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Music
Forest Fringe: The Amateurs Club with Petra Korner
The Amateurs Club is a free DIY film school, for July we are exploring cinematography with Petra Korner.
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Somerset House Studios
Mabel Confirmed to Perform Somerset House Summer Series with American Express on 17 July 2022
Somerset House Summer Series with American Express are thrilled to announce Mabel will be joining the line-up, closing the open-air live music festival on 17 July 2022.
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Dismantle Yourself curated by Graham Dunning
On 15 April Graham Dunning deconstructs the rave with Dismantle Yourself, a night of experimental dancefloor focused electronic music.
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Music
Masterclass Lates- Method for the Mystics
Demystify process, get hands on and develop a specialist skill at designer led evening activities and gallery lates.
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Workshop