Free entry
1 Apr - 5 Jul 2026
Assembly Room
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 11am–6pm |
| Wednesday | 11am–6pm |
| Thursday | 11am–9pm |
| Friday | 11am–6pm |
| Saturday | 11am–6pm |
| Sunday | 11am–6pm |
Whitechapel Gallery is committed to making all of our exhibitions as accessible as possible for every visitor. 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.
For complete access information about the gallery, please visit https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/visit/access/.
As we celebrate our 125th Anniversary, enjoy a selection of rarely seen films highlighting the work and lives of leading international artists who have exhibited at Whitechapel Gallery over the decades.
The programme includes interviews, archival footage and documentary analysis featuring artists such as Barbara Hepworth, David Hockney, Frida Kahlo, Tina Modotti, Philip Guston, Peter Kennard and Patrick Heron.
Barbara Hepworth – Figures in a Landscape (1953), directed by Dudley Shaw Ashton, 17min
Portrait of David Hockney (1972), directed by David Pearce, 13min
Philip Guston: A Life Lived (1981), directed by Michael Blackwood, 58min
Patrick Heron: Recent Paintings and Selected Earlier Canvases, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 21 June until 16 July 1972 (1972), directed by John Pasmore, 22min
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti (1983), directed by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, 29min
Photomontage Today: Peter Kennard (1983), directed by Chris Rodrigues and Rod Stoneman, 35min
Content warning: please note that Photomontage Today: Peter Kennard contains graphic images of animal slaughter.
Please note that on occasion, when there are other events in the Assembly Room, films may be screened in the Zilkha Auditorium and Studio.
