Non-Profit

Whitechapel Gallery

The Whitechapel Gallery is a public art gallery on the north side of Whitechapel High Street, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

77-82 Whitechapel High St, London E1 7QX, UK

Playing a central role in London’s cultural landscape, the Whitechapel Gallery has premiered world-class artists from modern masters such as Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Frida Kahlo to contemporaries such as Sophie Calle, Paul Noble, Thomas Struth, Sarah Lucas and Mark Wallinger.

The gallery’s year-round programme includes exhibitions, artist commissions, collection displays, historic archives, education resources, art courses providing visitors with something free and inspiring to do and see every day.

 

Contacts & Details
OPENING:
Tue – Sun 11 am – 6 pm

CLOSING DAYS:
Mon

T: +44 (0) 20 7522 7888
M: info@whitechapelgallery.org
W: Whitechapel Gallery

ADDRESS
77-82 Whitechapel High St, London E1 7QX, UK

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Current Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Zineb Sedira: Dreams Have No Titles
“Dreams Have No Titles” at the Whitechapel Gallery addresses a pivotal moment in the history...
15 Feb 2024 - 12 May 2024
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Past Exhibitions
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Nicole Eisenman: What Happened
Nicole Eisenman: What Happened brings together over 100 works from across the artist’s three-decade...
11 Oct 2023 - 14 Jan 2024
Whitechapel Gallery
London
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Zadie Xa: House Gods, Animal Guides and Five Ways 2 Forgiveness
For her largest solo exhibition in London to date, Korean-Canadian artist, Zadie Xa (b.1983) presents a new body of work commissioned by Whitechapel Gallery.
20 Sep 2022 - 30 Apr 2023
Whitechapel Gallery
London
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Phantoms of Surrealism
The exhibition investigates the fundamental role of women in the Surrealistic movement in the UK
19 May 2021 - 12 Dec 2022
Whitechapel Gallery
London
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Emma Talbot: The Age
Emma Talbot, winner of the eighth Max Mara Art Prize for Women, premieres a new body of work at the Whitechapel Gallery in June.
30 Jun 2022 - 04 Sep 2022
Whitechapel Gallery
London
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Simone Fattal: Finding a Way
For her first solo presentation in the UK, internationally acclaimed artist, Simone Fattal leads us on...
21 Sep 2021 - 15 May 2022
Whitechapel Gallery
London
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Theaster Gates: A Clay Sermon
The exhibition is part of a multi-venue presentation by the artist
29 Sep 2021 - 09 Jan 2022
Whitechapel Gallery
London
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Nalini Malani: Can You Hear Me?
The first artist's UK commission is unveiled at Whitechapel Gallery
23 Sep 2020 - 31 May 2021
Whitechapel Gallery
London
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Accelerate Your Escape: Gary Hume Explores the Hiscox Collection
A selection of artworks made by Gary Hume spans the last fifty years of contemporary art history
25 Aug 2020 - 03 Jan 2021
Whitechapel Gallery
London
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Youth Forum selects from the Hiscox collection
During the lockdown, while confined in their homes, Whitechapel Gallery’s Youth Forum, Duchamp &...
31 Aug 2020 - 03 Jan 2021
Whitechapel Gallery
London
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Anna Maria Maiolino: Making Love Revolutionary
The exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery spans the multi-dimensional fifty-year career of Brazil-based artist...
25 Sep 2019 - 12 Jan 2020
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Exhibitions
Ulla von Brandenburg: Sweet Feast
A new film work by artist Ulla von Brandenburg, Sweet Feast was commissioned by Whitechapel Gallery...
20 Sep 2018 - 31 Mar 2019
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Exhibitions
Staging Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock‘s painting Summertime 9A (1948) premiered in the UK in the 1958 at the Whitechapel...
04 Sep 2018 - 24 Mar 2019
Whitechapel Gallery
London
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Elmgreen and Dragset: This Is How We Bite Our Tongue
This Is How We Bite Our Tongue features works by the artistic duo Michael Elmgreen (b. 1961, Denmark)...
27 Sep 2018 - 13 Jan 2019
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Exhibitions
Mikhail Karikis: No Ordinary Protest
No Ordinary Protest is a new commissioned project by the Greek-British artist Mikhail Karikis, who...
18 Aug 2018 - 06 Jan 2019
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Exhibitions
Surreal Science: Loudon Collection with Salvatore Arancio
During his life, the collector George Loudon was fascinated by scientific objects and reunited an...
25 Aug 2018 - 06 Jan 2019
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Exhibitions
Leonor Antunes: The Frisson of the Togetherness
Portuguese artist Leonor Antunes is staging a large-scale installation in the exhibition spaces of the...
03 Oct 2017 - 09 Apr 2018
Whitechapel Gallery
London
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Thomas Ruff: Photographs 1979 – 2017
The exhibition allows visitor to experience the artwork of German artist Thomas Ruff (b. 1958), whose...
27 Sep 2017 - 21 Jan 2018
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Exhibitions
Cally Spooner: Soundtrack for a troubled time and notes on humiliation
Athens and London based artist Cally Spooner is presenting a new video installation after her Whitechapel...
30 Aug 2017 - 26 Nov 2017
Whitechapel Gallery
London
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Alicja Kwade: Medium Median
Berlin-based artist Alicja Kwade’s new installation presents astronomical data exploring our position...
28 Sep 2016 - 25 Jun 2017
Whitechapel Gallery
London
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Eduardo Paolozzi Solo Show
The retrospective gives the possibility to visitors to see over 250 works of the British artist’s...
16 Feb 2017 - 14 May 2017
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Exhibitions
Guerrilla Girls: Is it even worse in Europe?
The Guerrilla Girls new commission for the Whitechapel Gallery revisits their 1986 poster stating “It’s...
01 Oct 2016 - 05 Mar 2017
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Exhibitions
William Kentridge: Thick Time
South African artist William Kentridge (b.1955, Johannesburg) is renowned for his animated expressionist...
21 Sep 2016 - 15 Jan 2017
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Exhibitions
Imprint 93
This archive display brings together rarely seen material from a 90’s mail art project featuring artists...
19 Mar 2016 - 25 Sep 2016
Whitechapel Gallery
London
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Keith Sonnier: Light Works
Making three-dimensional drawings with neon, American artist Keith Sonnier (b.1941) bathes spaces and...
10 Jun 2016 - 11 Sep 2016
Whitechapel Gallery
London
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Mary Heilmann: Looking at Pictures
The surreal beach life of Los Angeles, the 1960s counter culture, pop songs and friendships with New...
07 Jun 2016 - 21 Aug 2016
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Exhibitions
Electronic Superhighway (2016-1966)
A major exhibition bringing together over 100 works to show the impact of computer and Internet technologies...
29 Jan 2016 - 15 May 2016
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Exhibitions
Emily Jacir: Europa
This first UK survey of artist Emily Jacir focuses on her dialogue with Europe, Italy and the Mediterranean...
30 Sep 2015 - 03 Jan 2016
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Exhibitions
Peter Liversidge: Notes on Protesting
British artist Peter Liversidge (b. 1973, Lincoln) presents a new solo exhibition at the Whitechapel...
14 Mar 2015 - 14 Jun 2015
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Exhibitions
Adventures of the Black Square
Adventures of the Black Square takes Kazimir Malevich‘s radical painting of a black square –...
15 Jan 2015 - 06 Apr 2015
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Exhibitions
Richard Tuttle: I Dont Know. The Weave of Textile Language
The UK’s largest ever survey of the renowned American sculptor and poet Richard Tuttle (b 1941) comprises...
14 Oct 2014 - 14 Dec 2014
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Exhibitions
Sarah Lucas: Situation
Situation by Sarah Lucas is the first major solo show in London of the British artist bringing together...
02 Oct 2013 - 15 Dec 2013
Whitechapel Gallery
London
Exhibitions
Collection Sandretto Re Rebaudengo: A Love Meal
A Love Meal, on view at The Whitechapel Gallery, is the third in a series of displays of rarely-seen...
19 Mar 2013 - 09 Jun 2013
Whitechapel Gallery
London
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