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10 December 2013 –9 March 2014
From William Blake and John Constable to Paul Nash, this display presents visions of the English east coast from the past 200 years.
26 November 2013 - 23 November 2014
The Whitechapel Gallery’s site-specific commission by French Algerian artist Kader Attia revisits the biblical story of Jacob’s Ladder with a towering floor to ceiling structure of rare artefacts and books.
2 October – 15 December 2013
The Whitechapel Gallery presents the first major solo exhibition in London of renowned artist Sarah Lucas. Bringing together over two decades of sculpture, installation and photography, SITUATION explores Lucas’s remarkable career and assesses the vital role she plays in British art.
17 September – 1 December 2013
Gallery 7
From the Pre-Raphaelites and L.S. Lowry, to exquisite Victorian glassware and Pilkington’s Lancastrian pots, Nothing Beautiful Unless Useful celebrates works in public collections across the North West of England in the first in a series of displays in collaboration with the Contemporary Art Society.
7 September 2013 – 23 February 2014
The Whitechapel Gallery presents a new archive display exploring the first decade of Acme Studios, the pioneering artists’ initiative which, since 1972, has played an important role in establishing east London as a centre for the visual arts.
5 July–13 October 2013
Coinciding with The Spirit of Utopia, an exhibition which looks at the role art can play in offering alternative ways of configuring society, this season’s films are based on social and collaborative projects.
4 July – 5 September 2013
Ten leading international artists and collectives speculate on alternative futures for society, the economy and the environment in the Whitechapel Gallery’s summer exhibition, The Spirit of Utopia.
16 April – 14 June 2013
The Whitechapel Gallery presents a major exhibition of Romanian-born artists Gert and Uwe Tobias. The artists’ collaborative woodcuts, detailed collages, wall paintings and new ceramic sculptures will be part of a site specific installation for the Gallery.
16 April – 23 June 2013
Three artists’ films offering different approaches to performance and the body as part of Artists’ Film International, a touring programme of international film, video and animation.
20 March – 7 April 2013
Laure Prouvost, winner of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women, presents the two-part installation Farfromwords: car mirrors eat raspberries when swimming through the sun, to swallow sweet smells at the Whitechapel Gallery.The new commission is the culmination of the fourth edition of the prize.
19 March – 9 June 2013
Each year the Whitechapel Gallery invites a contemporary artist to create new work for the Children’s Art Commission. For the latest commission artists Simon and Tom Bloor present an interactive installation, transforming the gallery walls into a giant chalkboard for visitors to draw on using colourful hand-made chalk sculptures
9 March – 1 September 2013
The Whitechapel Gallery presents a new archive display revisiting the Gallery’s 1951 exhibition Black Eyes and Lemonade. Coinciding with the Festival of Britain, the exhibition challenged established ideas about the cultural value attached to particular kinds of objects.
16 April – 14 June 2013
The Whitechapel Gallery presents a major exhibition of Karl Blossfeldt’s historic photographs and publications. Blossfeldt (1865-1932) was a pioneering German photographer who came to prominence in the 1920s. A trained sculptor, draughtsman and teacher, he created exquisitely beautiful, close-up photographs of plants.
7 January – 8 March 2013
The Whitechapel Gallery presents the first major UK survey of Irish artist Gerard Byrne. Byrne is renowned for his films which revisit historic moments and conversations, ranging from an interview with philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre; science fiction writers Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov discussing the future; and articles from Playboy magazine.
16 January–15 April 2013
Through film, painting and performance, Warboys weaves together both tangible physical places and objects with abstract gesture and metaphor that allude to psychological spaces.
The Whitechapel Gallery announced today that Omar Kholeif is appointed Curator.
1 October - 19 October 2013
The Whitechapel Gallery’s Collecting Contemporary Art Course provides art enthusiasts with an essential guide to collecting contemporary art including high-profile talks, trips to artist studios and a behind-the-scenes tour of a world-famous auction house.
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