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2025 marks 15 years of Duchamp & Sons, Whitechapel Gallery’s youth collective, and with it a generation of collaboration between young people.
To mark the collective’s 15th birthday, we’ve been researching what impact creative, collaborative youth collective spaces have on young people during this pivotal time in their lives, and what we can all learn from a programme like Duchamp & Sons.
We’ve delved into the archives and spoken to over fifty alumni, as well as contributing artists, and Gallery staff, past and present, to hear about their experiences.
We hope this research offers useful insight and tools for other people working in collaborative ways with young people, and highlights the vitality of spaces dedicated to being creative and in community with others.
Here you can find a full length version of the research report, alongside a shorter zine version highlighting key findings.
Credits:
Written & Researched by Amelia Oakley, Curator: Youth Programmes, Whitechapel Gallery
Assistant Research by Sara Ismail and Ansh Meeta, Duchamp & Sons Alumni
