Thu 13 Nov, 7-8pm
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 11am–6pm |
| Wednesday | 11am–6pm |
| Thursday | 11am–9pm |
| Friday | 11am–6pm |
| Saturday | 11am–6pm |
| Sunday | 11am–6pm |
Access requirements
The Whitechapel Gallery is committed to making all of our events as accessible as possible for every audience member. Please contact access@whitechapelgallery.org if you would like to discuss a particular request and we will gladly discuss with you the best way to accommodate it.
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).
About This Event
This event takes place in the Fierce and Fearless installation in Gallery 5 on floor 1A, accessible by lift or stairs.
This event lasts approximately 1 hour.
This event is free of charge, but you must RSVP using the link on the page.
This event is suitable for those over the age of 16
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.
To the best of our knowledge, there are no planned disruptions to local transport on the date of the event.
Transport
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.
Join bibisbooks for a special evening book club and shared reflection space in response to Joy Gregory: Catching Flies With Honey.
Together, we’ll explore the intertwined themes of folklore, myth, and legend – tracing threads of history, identity, and language that run through both Gregory’s visual storytelling and our focus title, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire. A powerful debut grounded in familial and cultural memory exploring layered experiences of the feminine woven through migration, tenderness, and survival.
This is an invitation to read, reflect, and draw connections between image and word. Attendees are warmly encouraged to bring along a favourite poem, folklore, or story of their own choosing that resonates with these themes to share during the session.
No previous experience with poetry required!
Walk ins are welcome on the day, subject to capacity.
This book club is part of our specially curated Whitechapel Late with Ronan Mckenzie, which accompanies our current exhibition Joy Gregory: Catching Flies with Honey.
Welcome to bibisbooks. A book club and growing community of readers and friends. Together we create space from text, cultivating dynamic discussions that diversify our perspective one book at a time.
Ronan Mckenzie is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice includes photography, curation, and design. Alongside creative still and moving image works for a number of titles and brands including Vogue, Luncheon, Wall Street Journal, Clinique, Glossier and Nike, Ronan continues to work on special projects including designing a chess board for W Budapest, interviewing Carrie Mae Weems for The Barbican, creative direction for musician anaiis, writing for Apartamento and leading educational programmes for Gucci Changemakers. Curatorially, her collaborators include The V&A, The RA, Carl Freedman Gallery, London Design Festival and Somerset House. In addition to working on numerous projects for others, Ronan founded her own gallery and community space HOME (2020-2023), as well as her label SELASI (2020-present).
