On the first Thursday of every month, over 150 galleries in east London come together and run free art and music events, book launches, exhibitions, talks and private views during a special late opening.
Explore galleries, artist run spaces and studios in east London using our First Thursdays listings to guide you. Alternatively, pick up a printed version from the Whitechapel Gallery or any of the other participating galleries.
Be inspired by our latest Top 5 selected galleries and exhibitions and follow one of our recommended Walking Routes to make the most out of your First Thursday.
Please Note: In response to growing concerns relating to the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), and in order to protect the health and wellbeing of our staff and community of visitors, the First Thursday Bus Tour will be postponed until further notice.
Ten Sarabande artists, one show and a moment that will stay in your minds forever.
Duende - Gallery of Sorts are happy to announce the launch of Guy Archard's new book 'Cumulus'. Edition of 200 (20 Special Edition)
End of the World / Summer / Exhibition: Art and Auction for Ukraine
Was this the moment we started to distance ourselves from our natural environment and enclosure began?
Galleries
Les Fêtes Galantes de London Fields
E83PR
Crane Kalman Brighton x Motel
E28HG
Printers & Stationers
E2 7RH
St. Augustine’s Tower
KELDER Projects
HOXTON 253 art project space
Art Number 23
100 Clements road Block F The Old Biscuit Factory SE16 4DG
The House Mill
The House Mill The Miller's House Three Mill Lare E3 3DU
Boxpark Shoreditch
2-10 Bethnal Green Road
Bumaga Gallery
Chrom-Art @ RB12
The Tommy Flowers
Hylopath
Hackney Picturehouse Gallery
270 Mare St, London E8 1HE
The Stash Gallery
Prescot Street, London E1 8BB, UK
Trate Studios
45 Vyner Street, London E2 9DQ, UK
Wren London
39 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RE, UK
Laura I.Art Gallery
Abbey Road, Barking IG11 7BT, UK
Delphian Gallery
Delphian Gallery, 74, Kingsland Road, London E2 8DL, UK
Transition Two
Lauriston Road, London E9 7HA, UK
Freedom Bookshop
Freedom Press, Whitechapel High Street, London, UK
HSCB Hoe Street Central Bank
Hoe Street, London E17 3AN, UK
Stepney City Farm
London E1 3DG, UK
LUNGLEY Gallery
The Haggerston, Kingsland Road, London, UK
Hans & Fritz Contemporary
HANS & FRITZ CONTEMPORARY, Herald Street, London, UK
Georgie Mason Studio at Stepney City Farm
Stepney City Farm, Stepney Way, London, UK
Candid Arts Trust
3-5 Torrens Street, London EC1V 1NQ, UK
PUBLIC Gallery
17 Amhurst Terrace, London E8 2BT, UK
Standpoint Gallery
Standpoint Gallery, 45 Coronet Street, London N1 6HD, UK
Curious Duke Gallery
Curious Duke Gallery & Framing, 173 Whitecross Street, London EC1Y 8JT, UK
Velorose
Velorose Ltd, 1b Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6EE, United Kingdom
The Old Bank Vault
The Old Bank Vault 283-285 Hackney Road London E2 8NA
Caravansérail
Cheshire Street, London E2 6ED, United Kingdom
SCAN- Spanish Contemporary Art Network
Herald Street, London E2 6JT, United Kingdom
arebyte Gallery
E14 0LG
Tungsten Gallery
Vyner Street, London E2 9DG, United Kingdom
By Other Means
Herald Street, London E2 6JT, United Kingdom
Laura I.Art Gallery
IG11 7BT
FieldWorks Gallery
Richmond Road, London E8 3QW, United Kingdom
NR Project
Minerva Street, London E2 9EH, United Kingdom
Radio London
Redchurch Street, London E2 7DJ, United Kingdom
Kate MacGarry
27 Old Nichol St, London E2 7HR
numer02
Blurton Road, London E5 0NH, United Kingdom
Free Range Shows
E1 6QL
Auto Italia South East
E2 9JS
Spilt Milk Art Cafe
45 Charlotte Road Shoreditch EC2A 5DP
Unit 5 Gallery
Yorkton St London E2 8NH
Exhibit London
Exhibit London 20 Goswell Road EC1M 7AA
Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix
19 Goulston Street, London E1 7TP, UK
Division of Labour
13-19 Herald Street Bethnal Green E2 6JT
GALLERY 46
46 Ashfield Street, London, United Kingdom
Window Space
66 Whitechapel High St, London E1 7PL, UK
Hemera Collective-London Photography Diary
287A Cambridge Heath Road Bethnal Green, London E2 0EL
PoptArt Gallery LDN
The Canary 63 Old Bethnal Green Road E2 6QA
Guest Projects
Sunbury House, Andrews Road, E8 4QL
Pitfield London
The Grayston Centre, London N1, UK
The Ecology Pavilion
The Ecology Pavilion Mile End Park Haverfield Road off Grove Road London E3 5TW
Hanbury Hall
Hanbury Hall 22 Hanbury Street Spitalfields E1 6QR
Carmel by the Green: London Photography Diary
287A Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnel Green E2 0EL
GingerWhite
Roman Road, London E2 0QN, United Kingdom
Unit G Gallery X Bootstrap Company
18 Ashwin Street, London E8 3DL, United Kingdom
12ø
N16 8HG
AND EventSpace1
10 Back Church Lane E1 1X
Rebecca Louise Law
100 Columbia Road, London E2 7QB, United Kingdom
Creative Collective at Machine No. 3
Well Street, Londra E9 6RG, Regno Unito
Tina we salute you
2 Olympic Park Avenue E20 1FT
Lumen Studio
E2 9PA, London
Vital Arts
E1 1BB, London
Lychee One gallery
38-50 Pritchard's Road, London, United Kingdom
Tom’s Etching Studio
9 Queens Yard, White Post Lane E9 5EN
Mercer Chance Gallery
253 Hoxton Street, London N1 5LG, United Kingdom
New Art Projects
New Art Projects 6D Sheep Lane, London, E8 4QS
Fiumano Projects
21 Wren Street, London WC1X 0HF, United Kingdom
Downstairs at Mother
10 Redchurch Street London, E2 7DD
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
162 City Road, London, United Kingdom
Autograph ABP
Rivington Place, London EC2A 3BA, United Kingdom
forty7gallery+7coco
47 Mowlem Street, London, United Kingdom
Unit G Gallery
Unit G Gallery, Collent Street, London, United Kingdom
Pangaea Sculptors’ Centre
45 Gransden Avenue, London E8 3QA, United Kingdom
The Barge House
46a De Beauvoir Crescent, London, United Kingdom
L’Entrepôt
230 Dalston Lane, London E8 1LA, United Kingdom
Providence Row
Dellow Centre, 82 Wentworth Street, London E1 7SA, United Kingdom
Create Day Project
35 Ronald Street, London E1 0DT, United Kingdom
l’étrangère
44a Charlotte Road, London EC2A 3PD, United Kingdom
NEW STUDIO
London E8 4EW, United Kingdom
Ceviche Old St Gallery
2 Baldwin Street, London EC1V 9NU, United Kingdom
The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts
19-22 Charlotte Road, London EC2A 3SG, United Kingdom
Kudos
206 Well Street, London E9 6QT, United Kingdom
Flashback Records
131 Bethnal Green Road, London E2 7DG, United Kingdom
The RYDER Projects
19a Herald Street, London E2 6JT, United Kingdom
Huntergather
19-29 Redchurch Street, London E2 7DJ, United Kingdom
Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives
277 Bancroft Road, London E1 4DQ, United Kingdom
Bert and May
67 Vyner Street, London E2 9DQ, United Kingdom
5CC Hoxton, Electricity Showrooms
39A Hoxton Square, London N1 6NN, United Kingdom
Creative Debuts x The Black & White Building
74 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3AY, United Kingdom
St Joseph’s Hospice
St. Joseph's Hospice, Mare Street, London, United Kingdom
Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX, United Kingdom
ICN Gallery
96 - 98 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4RH, United Kingdom
Hoxton Arches: Arch 402
402 Cremer Street, London E2 8HD, United Kingdom
Alternative Arts
Montefiore Centre, Hanbury Street, London E1 5HZ, United Kingdom
Wilkinson Gallery
50-58 Vyner Street, London, United Kingdom
Westland Place Studios
3-11 Westland Place, London N1 7LP, United Kingdom
Well Hung
239 Hoxton Street, London N1 5LG, United Kingdom
waterside contemporary
2 Clunbury Street, London N1 6TT, United Kingdom
Union Gallery
94 Teesdale Street, London E2 6PU, United Kingdom
The Old Truman Brewery
91 - 95 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL, United Kingdom
The Archivist’s Gallery
2-10 Hertford Road, London, United Kingdom
Nunnery Gallery
181 Bow Road, London E3 2SJ, United Kingdom
The Art Pavilion, Mile End Park
Clinton Road, London E3 4QY, United Kingdom
The Invisible Line Gallery
87 Dalston Lane, London E8 2NG, United Kingdom
PROOF
26 Cheshire Street, London E2 6EH, United Kingdom
The Gallery Café
21 Old Ford Road, London E2 9PL, United Kingdom
The CASS & Bank Space Gallery
59-63 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7PF, United Kingdom
The Tower gallery
395 Barking Road, London E13 8AL, United Kingdom
Sunny Art Centre
7 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1DU, United Kingdom
Studio 1.1
57A Redchurch Street, London E2 7DJ, United Kingdom
Stour Space
7 Roach Road, London E3 2PA, United Kingdom
StolenSpace Gallery
17 Osborn Street, London E1 6TD, United Kingdom
St John on Bethnal Green
200 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9PA, United Kingdom
SPACE Studios
129-131 Mare Street, London E8 3RH, United Kingdom
Silver Odyssey
70 Redchurch Street, London E2 7DP, United Kingdom
Schwartz Gallery
92 White Post Lane, London E9 5EN, United Kingdom
Spitalfields Studios
7 Greatorex Street, London E1 5NF, United Kingdom
The Rose Lipman Building
43 De Beauvoir Rd, London Borough of Islington N1 5SQ, United Kingdom
Iniva at Rivington Place
1 Rivington Place, London EC2A 3BA, United Kingdom
Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA, United Kingdom
The Residence Gallery
229 Victoria Park Road, London E9 7HD, United Kingdom
Raven Row
56 Artillery Lane, London E1 7LS, United Kingdom
Pure Evil Gallery
108 Leonard Street, City of London, London Borough of Hackney EC2A 4XS, United Kingdom
Print Club London
10-28 Miller's Avenue, London E8 2DS, United Kingdom
Royal Drawing School
19-22 Charlotte Road, London EC2A 3SG, United Kingdom
PEER
97 & 99 Hoxton Street
Parasol Unit
14 Wharf Road, City of London N1 7RW, United Kingdom
Pages of Hackney
70 Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0RN, United Kingdom
Oxford House
Oxford House Charity, Derbyshire Street, London E2 6HG, United Kingdom
Motel Studios
Long Street, London, United Kingdom
MKII
71 - 73 Powerscroft Rd, London, United Kingdom
Mayor’s Parlour Gallery
153-159 Bow Road, London E3 2SE, United Kingdom
Maureen Paley
21 Herald Street, London E2 6JT, United Kingdom
Long White Cloud
151 Hackney Road, London E2 8JL, United Kingdom
Londonewcastle Project Space
28 Redchurch Street, London E2 7DP, United Kingdom
Limewharf
lime wharf, Vyner Street, London, United Kingdom
Leyden Gallery
9/9a Leyden Street, London E1 7LE, United Kingdom
L A Noble Gallery
51 King Henry's Walk, London N1 4NH, United Kingdom
KK Outlet
42 Hoxton Square, London N1 6PB, United Kingdom
My Art Invest
150 Commercial Street, London E1 6NU, United Kingdom
Kachette
347 Old Street, London EC1V 9LP, United Kingdom
Juno Shoreditch
134-135 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6JE, United Kingdom
IMT Gallery
210 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9NQ, United Kingdom
The Gallery @ Idea Store Whitechapel
321 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1BU, United Kingdom
Hundred Years Gallery
13 Pearson St, London E2 8JD, United Kingdom
Hoxton Gallery
59 Old Street, London EC1V 9HX, United Kingdom
Howard Griffin Gallery
189 Shoreditch High St, London E1 6HU, United Kingdom
Hales Gallery
7 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA, United Kingdom
HADA Contemporary
21 Vyner Street, London E2 9DG, United Kingdom
Hackney Picturehouse
270 Mare Street, London E8 1HE, United Kingdom
Gasoline Rooms
300 Clare Street, London E2 9HD, United Kingdom
Gallery S O
92 Brick Lane, London E1 6RL, United Kingdom
French Riviera
309 Bethnal Green Road, London E2 6AH, United Kingdom
filmpro ltd
1-15 Cremer Street, London E2 8HD, United Kingdom
Espacio Gallery
159 Bethnal Green Road, London E2 7DG, United Kingdom
Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art
39a Canonbury Square, London N1 2AN, United Kingdom
Eleven Spitalfields
11 Princelet Street, London E1 6QH, United Kingdom
Dreamspace Gallery
1-3 Dufferin Street, London EC1Y 8NA, United Kingdom
Doomed Gallery
65-67 Ridley Road, London E8 2NP, United Kingdom
Display Gallery
26 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2AQ, United Kingdom
Degree Art
12A Vyner Street, London E2 9DG, United Kingdom
Curious Duke Gallery
173 Whitecross Street, London EC1Y 8JT, United Kingdom
Chisenhale Gallery
64 Chisenhale Road, London E3 5QZ, United Kingdom
Centre for Recent Drawing
2-4 Highbury Station Road, London N1 1SB, United Kingdom
Cell Project Space
258 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9DA, United Kingdom
Canal
60 De Beauvoir Crescent, London N1 5SB, United Kingdom
Calvert 22 Foundation
22 Calvert Avenue, London E2 7JP, United Kingdom
Bromley by Bow Centre
St Leonard's Street, Bromley by Bow, E3 3BT
Broad Gallery
406 St John St, London EC1V 4NJ, United Kingdom
Brady Arts Centre
192-196 Hanbury Street, London E1 5HU, United Kingdom
Bloomberg Space
50 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1HD, United Kingdom
Beers London
1 Baldwin Street, City of London, London EC1V 9NU, United Kingdom
Beach London
20 Cheshire Street, London E2 6EH, United Kingdom
Barbican Centre
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS
A-Side B-Side Gallery
Hackney Downs Studios, Amhurst Terrace, London E8 2BT, United Kingdom
Art Represent
264 Globe Road, City of London E2 0JD, United Kingdom
Arcade
87 Lever Street, London EC1V 3RA, United Kingdom
273 Hackney Road
273 Hackney Road, London E2 8NA, United Kingdom
13 The Gallery
13 Green Lanes, Newington Green London N16 9BS
4th Floor Studios
255-259 Commercial Rd, London E1 2BT, United Kingdom
108 Rosebery Ave
108 Rosebery Ave, London EC1R 4TL, United Kingdom
71a Gallery
71a Leonard Street, London EC2A 4QS, United Kingdom
504 Gallery
504 Roman Road, London E3 5LU, United Kingdom
5th Base Gallery
23 Heneage Street, London, United Kingdom
