Whitechapel Gallery is situated in a Grade II* listed and purpose-built gallery, originally designed by Charles Harrison Townsend in 1901.
In 2009 a major capital expansion project was undertaken to incorporate the adjacent former Passmore Edwards library building into the main Gallery, providing increased capacity to present ambitious new work across expanded gallery spaces and new purposebuilt education, community and archive spaces.
Our historic building now encompasses seven exhibition spaces, a fully equipped auditorium as well as a variety of study and studio spaces, including an archive space, which offers an invaluable resource for artists, academics, historians and students. We are also home to a specialist bookshop, managed by Koenig Books, and Alba Cafe.
The Capital Project was generously supported by:
Trusts, Foundations and Companies
Clore Duffield Foundation
The Foyle Foundation
The Garfield Weston Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
City Bridge Trust
The Mercers’ Company
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust
The Alan Evans Memorial Trust
The Annenberg Foundation
Artek
The Assembly
Cale Associates
Canada House Arts Trust
CHK Charities Limited
The Clothworkers’ Foundation
The Eranda Foundation
Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte
The Goldsmiths’ Company Charity
Heritage of London Trust
The Idlewild Trust
John Kobal Foundation
Kvadrat
The Kirby Laing Foundation
MLA London
The Monument Trust
The Oppenheimer Charitable Trust
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
The Pilgrim Trust
R and S Cohen Foundation
The Rayne Foundation
The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
The Vivienne and Sam Cohen Charitable Trust
The Wolfson Foundation
The Worshipful Company of Grocers
The Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors
And those that wish to remain anonymous
Collectors’ Circle
Maryam & Edward Eisler
Jack Kirkland
Bina & Philippe von Stauffenberg
Charles Asprey
and those that wish to remain anonymous
Named Galleries and Spaces
Clore Creative Studios
supported by the Clore Duffield Foundation
Foyle Reading Room
supported by The Foyle Foundation
Zilkha Auditorium
supported by Nina and Michael Zilkha
Pat Matthews Gallery
supported by David Matthews
Outset Project Gallery
supported by Outset Contemporary Art Fund
Victor Petitgas Gallery
supported by Catherine and Franck Petitgas
176 / Zabludowicz Collection Project Gallery
supported by Anita and Poju Zabludowicz
Library Dining Room
supported by Robert Taylor and Michael Kallenbach
Tom Bendhem Gallery
Supported by the Tom Bendhem Estate
Whitechapel Project Founding Partners
Brian Boylan
Antje & Andrew Geczy
The Glass-House Trust
Peter & Maria Kellner
Richard & Janeen Haythornthwaite
Brian & Lesley Knox
Keir McGuinness
Dasha Shenkman
Tishman Speyer Properties
