Past Event
The Whitechapel Gallery is committed to making all of our events as accessible as possible for every audience member. Please contact publicprogrammes@whitechapelgallery.org if you would like to discuss a particular request and we will gladly discuss with you the best way to accommodate it.
This event takes place in the Zilkha Auditorium at Whitechapel Gallery. You must purchase a ticket to attend the event. Concession tickets are available. This event is suitable for those over the age of 16. This event last approximately 1.5 hours. There are no rest breaks currently scheduled during this event. An audio recording of the event can be obtained by emailing publicprogrammes@whitechapelgallery.org following the event.
If you require a Personal Assistant to support your attendance, we can offer them a seat free of charge, but it must be arranged in advance.
We are unable to provide British Sign Language interpretation for this event. We are unable to provide live closed captioning or CART for this event.
Information about access on site at the gallery is available here https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/visit/access/
This includes information about Lift access; Borrowing wheelchairs & seating; Assistance Animals; Parking; Toilets and baby care facilities; Blind & Partially Sighted Visitors; Subtitles and transcripts; British Sign Language (BSL) and hearing induction loops; Deaf Messaging Service (DMS).
Our nearest train station – Aldgate East Underground (1 min) is not wheelchair accessible. The closest wheelchair accessible stations are Whitechapel (15 min), Shoreditch High Street (15 min) or Liverpool Street (15 min).
Free parking for Blue Badge holders is available at the top of Osborn Street in the pay and display booths for an unlimited period. Spaces are available on a first come, first served basis.
1 April | Free Drop-ins *
Children of all ages and their adults are welcome to come a join an afternoon of activities and workshops inspired by Escape the Slick an exhibition created by Gaby Sahhar in collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery’s Young People’s Collective Duchamp & Sons. Take part in workshops by artists Gaby Sahar & Amy Leung and join a storytelling session with artist Kane Stonestreet.
* Includes free entry to all Whitechapel Gallery exhibitions.
**Due to the lift currently being out of service, workshops in this event are only accessed via stairs
12.00 – 16.00 within Escape the Slick exhibition Galleries 5&6
Drop-in workshop with artist Gaby Sahhar – mark make and draw in response to Escape the Slick
12.00 – 16.00 Creative Studio
Drop-in Workshop with artist Amy Leung exploring materials, movement and creative play
12.30 – 13.00 within Action, Gesture, Paint Exhibition
Reading is Fundamental: storytelling session with artist Kane Stonestreet reading from children’s books representing BIPOC and LGBTQAI+ characters and themes.
12.00 – 16.00 – Workshop with Gaby Sahhar – Escape the Slick
12.00 – 16.00 – Pick up a free copy of our activity book Performing the Outside
Gaby Sahhar is a French-Palestinian artist based in London, working across painting, film and installation. Their work deconstructs the representation of queerness within public spheres to understand its wider impacts on queer consciousness and communities. Drawing on language and vulnerability as tools, their work aims to generate conversations around value systems, affordability and access within inner city cultures. They employ speculative storytelling to outline the different ways in which cities serve the interests of patriarchal capitalist identities to the detriment of others.
Solo exhibitions include MAC VAL, Paris / The Kooples Art Prize (2023); PAGE (NYC), New York (2022); and group exhibitions include Fragment Gallery, New York (2022); Sadie Coles HQ, London (2022).
Gaby is also an alum of Duchamp & Sons.
Amy Leung is a London based artist working across sculpture, drawing and workshops to explore the articulation and communication of joy. She is an arts educator and is interested in the intersections in which community, craft, objects and cultural identity meet.
Kane Stonestreet is a multidisciplinary artist. They are informed by their visual art background, having studied Sculpture and Environmental Art at Glasgow School of Art (2012-2015). Currently, they find performance the most urgent technology of communication and Live Art the most fitting context for their actions.
