29 June 2020 • Mark Westall
Whitechapel Gallery is opening to the public on Tuesday 14th July 2020 with new Health & Safety measures in place to prioritise the welfare of staff and visitors. The spring exhibition programme, including Radical Figures: Painting in the New Millennium, Carlos Bunga’s monumental environment and Spain’s most important collection of contemporary art will be extended through the summer.
22 April 2020 • Mark Westall
Whitechapel Gallery is bringing film, video and animation from around the world to audiences at home as part of its Artists’ Film International (AFI) programme. During our precarious times, every Tuesday a film selected by one of 20 global partners launches on Whitechapel Gallery’s website.
14 October 2019 • Mark Westall
The Whitechapel Gallery, Collezione Maramotti and Max Mara have announced the five shortlisted artists for the 8th edition of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women: Allison Katz, Katie Schwab, Tai Shani, Emma Talbot and Hannah Tuulikki.
4 August 2019 • Tabish Khan
Destruction of heritage, explosions of colour, Manga, dark matter, writing, moon meditation and giant headphones.
25 January 2019 • Mark Westall
The Richard Schlagman Art Book Awards launched today, 25th January 2019, to celebrate excellence in the world’s English-language arts publishing scene
9 January 2019 • Mark Westall
The Whitechapel Gallery has just announced that Rachel Whiteread is the sixth artist to receive the prestigious annual Art Icon award in partnership with Swarovski.
23 December 2018 • Tabish Khan
This week’s Top Art Exhibitions to see in London’ include Addiction, skulls, forensics, armour, darkness, design, and architecture.
26 September 2018 • Mark Westall
hitechapel Gallery has today unveiled the transformation of its ground-floor gallery into a vast, eerily abandoned public swimming pool. The Whitechapel Pool (2018) is a large-scale site-specific installation created by artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset.
17 September 2018 • Mark Westall
We met in a gay club in Copenhagen, called After Dark. They later went bankrupt. We’re still keeping our heads above water.
27 August 2018 • Tabish Khan
This week’s Top7 art exhibitions to visit include: Tentacles, depression, children, optical illusions, flowers, blueprints and migration.
5 August 2018 • Tabish Khan
Politics, twins, windows, bodies, Pakistan, a donkey and artificial intelligence.
6 May 2018 • Tabish Khan
Whale skeletons, live birds, Jesus in goal, North Korean propaganda, venomous creatures and a pink ceiling.
29 April 2018 • Mark Westall
London based non-profit collective Allied Editions partner with New York organisations to launch exclusive artist editions at Frieze New York.
18 April 2018 • Mark Westall
Helen Cammock is the seventh winner of the prestigious Max Mara Art Prize for Women. The Prize produced in collaboration with Whitechapel gallery supports UK-based female artists who have not previously had a solo survey exhibition, making it the only visual art prize of its kind the UK.
6 October 2017 • Mark Westall
Allied Editions is a unique artist’s editions collective organised by Camden Arts Centre, Chisenhale Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), South London Gallery, Studio Voltaire, Serpentine Galleries and Whitechapel Gallery.
28 June 2017 • Staff
Watch live coverage of Art Night London with FAD Magazine on Facebook including new commissions by Jake & Dinos Chapman, Benedict Drew and Lindsay Seers.
18 June 2017 • Tabish Khan
Japanese architecture, Pieta, ghostly ships, spinning smartphones, a diverse artist, electricity, a skip, guns and students.
7 May 2017 • Tabish Khan
Mosaics, punks, kinetic art, Lucio Fontana, fake news, optical illusions and collage.
5 April 2017 • Mark Westall
Art Night will activate various historic and iconic sites, secret locations and public spaces throughout the East End.
28 October 2016 • Mark Westall
Whitechapel Gallery has just announced that the Scottish painter Peter Doig (b. 1959) is the fourth artist to receive the prestigious annual Art Icon award.
7 August 2016 • Tabish Khan
A dangerous world, a decapitated horse, an arts prize, playful sculpture and an annual institution.
22 July 2016 • Syndicate
Whitechapel Gallery has commissioned the anonymous group to scrutinise gender diversity at hundreds of European galleries
20 June 2016 • Hannah Hayes-Westall
Mary Heilmann is one of the most positive artists we’ve met. So it’s a surprise when she reveals that one of the most important tools in her arsenal is knowing when to start a fight.
30 May 2016 • Tabish Khan
Art critic Tabish Khan brings you the top art exhibitions to visit this week.
