Press releases

A celebratory and defiant take on the history of London’s queer spaces

This exhibition casts a celebratory and defiant eye over the history of the city’s queer spaces.

Posted in | 05 Feb 2019

Whitechapel Gallery and the Authors’ Club launch eight new awards celebrating visual arts publishing

Launched today, excellence in the world’s English-language arts publishing scene will be celebrated through eight new awards for books on art, architecture and design.

Posted in | 25 Jan 2019

Whitechapel Gallery launches first in series of new fiction by leading contemporary writers

Whitechapel Gallery Publishing is delighted to present new short fiction text Cabinet d’amateur, an oblique novel by internationally acclaimed author Enrique Vila-Matas

Posted in | 16 Jan 2019

“la Caixa” Collection of Contemporary Art Selected by Enrique Vila-Matas

Internationally acclaimed authors explore Spain’s leading collection of contemporary art in this series of four displays taking place over the course of a year.

Posted in | 15 Jan 2019

Mariana Mazzucato: Economist in Residence

Whitechapel Gallery announces Professor Mariana Mazzucato as the Gallery’s first Economist-in-Residence.

Posted in | 23 Apr 2026

Gavin Jantjes: The Dream, The Rumour and The Poet’s Song (1985)

Posted in | 15 Jul 2024

Joy Gregory wins the Freelands Award 2023

Joy Gregory with Whitechapel Gallery has won the Freelands Award 2023. This award enables organisations to present an exhibition by a mid-career female-identifying artist who may not yet have received the acclaim or public recognition that her work deserves.

Posted in | 30 Nov 2023

Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon Auction 2023

Leading contemporary artists donate works for charitable Art Icon auction in support of Whitechapel Gallery’s education and community programmes.

Posted in | 10 Jan 2023