Press releases

Veronica Ryan: Multiple Conversations

Veronica Ryan: Multiple Conversations is a major exhibition dedicated to the award-winning British artist Veronica Ryan (b.1956, Plymouth, Montserrat).

Posted in | 27 Nov 2025

Forward Programme 2026-2027

2026 marks Whitechapel Gallery’s 125th anniversary, providing a unique opportunity to celebrate the Gallery’s groundbreaking history, while setting out a bold new direction for the future.

Posted in | 11 Nov 2025

Candice Lin: g/hosti

Whitechapel Gallery presents a new commission from artist Candice Lin (b. 1979, Concord, Massachusetts, US) featuring an absorbing and disorientating labyrinth. 

Posted in | 01 Jul 2025

Joy Gregory: Catching Flies with Honey

Joy Gregory: Catching Flies with Honey, will be the first major survey show of the artist, Joy Gregory (b.1959, UK), winner of the eighth annual Freelands Award and one of the UK’s most innovative artists working with photography today.

Posted in | 26 Jun 2025

London celebrates leading American filmmaker Jem Cohen with a season of screenings, music and performance

The Whitechapel Gallery, Barbican and Hackney Picturehouse present a major film and music season for the first comprehensive UK retrospective of Brooklyn-based filmmaker Jem Cohen (b. 1962) from 31 March to 28 May 2015.

Posted in | 11 Mar 2015

Richard Long to be honoured as Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon

Posted in | 19 Jan 2015

Alex Sainsbury announced as Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Whitechapel Gallery

Posted in | 06 Jan 2015

Whitechapel Gallery Announces Winner of the 2014 NEON Curatorial Award

Posted in | 04 Dec 2014