17 Apr - 05 May 2025 | Book now

Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition 2025

The highly-anticipated Sony World Photography Awards exhibition returns to Somerset House. → https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/sony-world-photography-awards-exhibiti…
10 - 20 Jul 2025 | Book now

Somerset House Summer Series

Somerset House Summer Series with American Express returns this July for 11 nights of unmissable gigs in the iconic setting of our spectacular open-air courtyard. → https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/somerset-house-summer-series

What's On

Salt Cosmologies, Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court Somerset House
Until 27 Apr 2025
Salt Cosmologies

New commission by Hylozoic/Desires (Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser) exploring the complex weave of histories and myths around Britain’s imperial salt monopoly in India.

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Zofia Kulik, Light Rose I (Smokes), 2000 © the artist, courtesy: Persons Projects
14 - 18 May 2025 | Book Now
Photo London 2025
Photo London returns for its landmark tenth edition at Somerset House from 14 - 18 May 2025
Aerial view of the Nelson Stairway, Somerset House, Image by Kevin Meredith
Historical Highlights Tour
In this one-hour experience, you'll take a walk through the varied and surprising history of Somerset House.
Virtual Beauty Web Header
23 Jul – 28 Sep 2025
Virtual Beauty
A thought-provoking exhibition exploring the impact of digital culture and technologies on the traditional definitions of beauty today.
London Design Biennale 2025
06 - 29 June 2025
London Design Biennale 2025
Discover today’s designers and ideas that will change our world.
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Vincent Van Gogh, The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)The Courtauld
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The Courtauld Gallery
The Courtauld Gallery, located in the North Wing, is home to one of the world’s great art collections. Open daily, 10.00-18.00.
SOIL - Unearthed - Mycelium by Jo Pearl © Elsa Pearl
23 Jan - 13 Apr 2025 | Book now
SOIL: The World at Our Feet
This groundbreaking exhibition unites visionary artists and thinkers from around the world to explore the remarkable power and potential of soil.
Salt Cosmologies, Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court Somerset House
Until 27 Apr 2025
Salt Cosmologies
New commission by Hylozoic/Desires (Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser) exploring the complex weave of histories and myths around Britain’s imperial salt monopoly in India.
Thomas Nicolon
17 Apr - 05 May 2025 | Book now
Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition 2025
The highly-anticipated Sony World Photography Awards exhibition returns to Somerset House this Spring.

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Channel is Somerset House’s new curated online space for art, ideas and the artistic process.
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Salt Cosmologies
Film
Salt Cosmologies
This film follows artist duo Hylozoic/Desires (Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser) as they speculate on the complex weave of history & myth that surrounds the Great Hedge of India.
Film still featuring a cow
Documentary
Soil: The World at Our Feet
A documentary following five artists as they explore humanity’s relationship with the soil beneath us.
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Podcast Series
Soil: Common Ground
Soil is unsung, and largely hidden from view. What if we were to put it in the foreground? To think of it as a collaborator? A three-part podcast series exploring soil through the lens of art.
Valerie Mason-John, 1998. Photo by Michele Martinoli
Podcast
More Than a Space
Why has the club been so pivotal to the history of black queer placemaking?
Louis Morlæ
Video
Fully Automated Arcadia
Artist Louis Morlæ reimagines how technology will impact our working future.
Still from Making a Rukus! Video
Video
Making A Rukus!
Artist Evan Ifekoya and Curator Topher Campbell reflect on clubbing, community building and making their own archives.
How to LOVERBOY
Video
How to... LOVERBOY!
Charles Jeffrey presents a twist on an educational video aimed at guiding its viewers on the creative process.
Assembly 2024
Video
Assembly 2024
Watch a collection of new commissions, collaborations, talks and live performances.
Philomene Pirecki's stall at the Artists' Fair
Editorial
The Artists' Fair 2024
Writer, filmmaker and Somerset House Studios alumni Juliet Jacques reflects upon her visit to this year's Artists' Fair.
The Power of Cute
Video
The Power of Cute
A video essay unpacking the lure and sinister nature of cuteness.
The Darker Side of Cute Podcast
Podcast
The Darker Side of Cute
Artist Sean-Kierre Lyons explores how cuteness can be used to sugar coat difficult messages
Hannah Diamond
Podcast
Felt Cute, Might Shapeshift Later
Artist Hannah Diamond explores the transformative powers of cuteness and the intersecting aesthetics of pop music and internet culture.
Not Strictly Speaking Assembly Podcast Series
Podcast
Not Strictly Speaking: Assembly Podcast Series
A three-part podcast series exploring different manifestations of the voice in response to the Assembly programme. Underpinned by a new sound commission from French composer Felicia Atkinson.
Studio 01 on Channel
Documentaries & Films
Studio 01
Explore the work of two artists featured in the Jerwood Somerset House Studios Residency.
Zheng-Bo
Video
Bamboo As Method
Artist Zheng Bo explores the restorative nature of creating artworks with plants.
Makerversity Podcast
Podcast
Is Failure More Productive Than Success?
We step inside the community of designers on site at Makerversity in Somerset House to explore the role of mistakes in the design process.
The Process Podcast - The Missing Thread - The Black British Renaissance
Podcast
The Black British Renaissance
Tracing the legacy of Black British fashion with Andrew Ibi, Jazzie B & Martine Rose.
Revital & Tuur In Conversation
Talk
In Conversation: Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen
The artist duo sit down with Orit Gat to share the ideas and process behind their commission for Channel.
Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen: May The Fox Take You
Editorial
For Resistance is My Nature
Caitlin Quinlan unpacks the tensions in Revital & Tuur’s moving image work: life and death, loss and heartbreak, as well as the systemic violence of industrial and political processes.
Video
Between Beauty & Violence
Revital & Tuur unpack the unique writing and filmmaking process that fuelled their commission for Channel.

Somerset House Studios

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Somerset House Studios

Somerset House Studios is an experimental workspace in the centre of London connecting artists, makers and thinkers with audiences.

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From 27 Mar 2025
Grounding Practice
An artist-led series, designed as a resource to access and share methodologies, research and works-in-progress.
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Somerset House Studios Artists
Up to 70 artists are resident at any one time and are supported to develop their practice for a defined period.
American Artist, in Residence
Multidisciplinary artist working across sculpture, video, and digital media, American Artist joins the Somerset House Studios community for a one-month residency in May 2025.
Aut-ooo-matic
07 Nov 2024 - 30 Mar 2025 | Free
Aut-OOO-Arcadia: Louis Morlæ
A solo exhibition by artist Louis Morlæ, and the culmination of Somerset House Studios and UAL Creative Computing Institute’s Creative Technologies Fellowship.