Introducing Collect 2020
Discover what you can expect from Collect: International Art Fair for Modern Craft and Design presented by the Crafts Council.
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Discover what you can expect from Collect: International Art Fair for Modern Craft and Design presented by the Crafts Council.
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Announcing 2017 dates & festival headliners
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The 2019 Talks Programme is guest curated by William A. Ewing.
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Learn the basics of setting up a live coding session & soundscape making.
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Key information ahead of your visit, including opening times, accessibility and bag policy.
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Artist and filmmaker Kadeem Oak explores the colonial legacies of Britain’s botanical collections.
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Moving image artist and researcher Onyeka Igwe spotlights a series of Black women filmmakers.
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Tag Agency is a youth culture and marketing agency that transforms young lives through the power of culture, community and storytelling.
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An evening with the three exciting and talented poets, exploring how poetry resonates with the shape of our memories, helping us to imagine other worlds and viewpoints.
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Acclaimed dub producer, Aba Shant i-I, will celebrate Notting Hill Carnival’s beginnings with a night of reggae and dub.
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Originally a barrel vaulted bargehouse linked directly to the Thames, the galleries are now our most modern and adaptable events space.
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Six highlights from an ongoing series featuring resident and guest artists talking about the work, creative inspirations and urgent ideas of our time
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Explore our new exhibition dedicated to the work of the late French-Moroccan photographer, artist and activist Leila Alaoui in this virtual tour.
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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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Take a look at all the action from the annual general meeting at Somerset House Studios with artist performances, installations and DJs across three subterranean levels.
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A trilogy of events including performances, lectures, workshops and discussion.
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Just a few of the year’s highlights from across Somerset House Studios, celebrating the community’s work and achievements
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A programme of multi-site visits curated by artist Eloise Hawser, based on research into unusual and contested spaces, museums and collections around the UK.
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