Installation | Somerset House

A large scale installation in the Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court at Somerset House by artist Zheng Bo features a forest of varying types of bamboo. Photo by Dave Parry

Zheng Bo: Bamboo as Method

A large scale new commission from Hong-Kong based artist Zheng Bo, transforming our courtyard into a bamboo garden. →

A digital render of the virtual reality experience Heartbreak and Magic by Libby Heaney. At the centre is an orb like structure from which grow branches and large red blood-like blobs float in the space.

Libby Heaney: Heartbreak and Magic

A new virtual reality artwork and physical installation by the award-winning Somerset House Studios artist and quantum physicist Dr. Libby Heaney. →

A digital collage of random objects overlaid one another. There are figures of people, plants, drawings of roots and skeletal structures and statues.

Theresa Weber: Cycles of Unmasking

For her first public commission in the UK, London-based artist Theresa Weber produces a site-specific installation responding to the history and architecture of Somerset House. →

Whorled (Here After Here After Here)

The new courtyard commission by Somerset House from the Mumbai based artist Jitish Kallat is his first major public commission in the UK. →

Strand Aldwych VoiceLine

The VoiceLine by Nick Ryan

The VoiceLine by Somerset House Studios resident artist Nick Ryan, is the first artist commission for the new Strand Aldwych public space and will be in situ for the next three months. →

Grada Kilomba performance Boca 2021 © Bruno Simao

Grada Kilomba: O Barco / The Boat

Interdisciplinary artist Grada Kilomba brings her critically- acclaimed installation O Barco / The Boat, 2021 to our courtyard. →

Geometries-of-Difference

Amba Sayal-Bennett: Geometries of Difference

A new commission by London-based interdisciplinary artist Amba Sayal-Bennett, exploring the layered architecture and rich history of Somerset House. →

A drawing by SERAFINE1369 depicting bodily movements in sketch form.

SERAFINE1369: We can no longer deny ourselves

Somerset House Studios resident SERAFINE1369 (Jamila Johnson-Small) presents a new large scale, durational work. →

Leeroy New, The Arks of Gimokudan, image © Ben Queenborough/PA

The Arks of Gimokudan by Leeroy New

Philippine artist-designer Leeroy New presents his first UK large-scale installation. →

Arrivals + Departures by YARA + DAVINA installed in front of the South Wing of Somerset House

Drawings: Of Arrivals + Departures

Bring a story of a loved one or some one you admire and have a live drawing created of them →

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