21 Sep 2023 - 07 Jan 2024 | Book now

The Missing Thread

This autumn, Somerset House explores the stories of Black British fashion in a major new exhibition. → https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/the-missing-thread
15 Nov 2023 - 14 Jan 2024 | Book now

Skate at Somerset House with Switzerland Tourism

Skate returns to Somerset House this winter for an unparalleled skating experience in the heart of the capital. → https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/skate-somerset-house

What's On

Sun 31 Dec 2023
New Year's Eve with The Cocoa Butter Club

Countdown to 2024 with award-winning cabaret collective The Cocoa Butter Club, ice skating, DJ sets and fireworks.

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Makerversity members discussing their latest project
01 Nov 2023 – 04 Feb 2024 
Makerversity: Designing for the Real World
Celebrating the tenth anniversary of one of our first creative residents, Makerversity, with an exhibition showcasing innovative projects and the process behind disruptive design.
Aerial view of the Nelson Stairway, Somerset House, Image by Kevin Meredith
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Historical Highlights Tour
In this one-hour experience, you'll take a walk through the varied and surprising history of Somerset House.
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, 10am – 6pm.
A digital collage of random objects overlaid one another. There are figures of people, plants, drawings of roots and skeletal structures and statues.
Until 01 Feb 2024
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.
A pastel pink and purple pigment print of an otherworldly seal by the artist Ram Han
25 Jan - 14 Apr 2024 | Book now
Cute
A major new exhibition exploring the irresistible force of cuteness in contemporary culture.

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Channel is Somerset House’s new curated online space for art, ideas and the artistic process.
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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 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.
Rashaad Newsom
Video
Gestures of Possibility
Rashaad Newsome shares the futuristic and fantastical ways they celebrate the power of movement and gesture in their work.
Soft Life
Podcast Series
Soft Life
Our new podcast series exploring alternative ideas around work, time, the body and ecology emanating from Somerset House and beyond.
Rashaad Newsome in conversation
Talk
In Conversation: Rashaad Newsome
The artist is joined by Tamar Clarke-Brown to unpack his latest commission for Channel.
Artist Phoebe Collings James working on some ceramics
Video
Grounding Practice: Phoebe Collings-James
In this Grounding Practice episode, the ceramicist and multi-disciplinary artist takes us on a meditative journey through their moulding, shaping, glazing and painting of clay.
Whorled
Video
Jitish Kallat: Whorled (Here After Here After Here)
Whorled (Here After Here After Here) is the first major public commission in the UK from Mumbai-based artist Jitish Kallat.
Christine Sun Kim
Video
Edges of Sign Language
Multidisciplinary artist Christine Sun Kim shares insights into a new series of artworks that explore the physical space of American Sign Language (ASL).
serafine-1369
Editorial
The Morning After the Long Night
Artist and writer Harun Morrison reflects upon the long night, an event to mark the final weekend of SERAFINE1369's new large scale, installation We can no longer deny ourselves.
Podcast Series
The Process
The creative process is inspired by worlds beyond itself. Each episode follows an artist in bringing those worlds together, platforming the big conversations which go on to inspire new work.
Video
Monstrosity & Glamour
Journey with Jenkin van Zyl through his deviant practice and theatrical installations.
O Barco being performed at Somerset House
Video
O Barco
Interdisciplinary artist Grada Kilomba brought her critically- acclaimed installation O Barco / The Boat, 2021 to our courtyard.
Onyeka Igwe
Video
Artists in Focus
Our Artists in Focus series demystifies the journey of creative practice, our latest video features Studios resident Onyeka Igwe.
Editorial
Whose AI Is It Anyway?
New York-based curator and cultural producer Julia Kaganskiy unpacks and reflects on the challenges posed by AI.
Podcast Series
Echoic Archive
Artists connect to raise questions about the role of the artist in archiving.
Video
In Conversation
Live demonstrations, sessions and talks with contemporary artists and thinkers.
Sin Wai Kin and Roisin Tapponi
Talk
Sin Wai Kin & Róisín Tapponi: The Story Cycle
Turner prize nominated artist Sin Wai Kin joins film & video curator Róisín Tapponi to discuss their latest work.
Ana Min Wein - Where Am I From - Nouf Aljowaysir
Commissions
PATH AI: Privacy, Agency and Trust
Three new film commissions created by artists and researchers Nouf Aljowaysir, Juan Covelli and Chris Zhongtian Yuan who were chosen for the PATH-AI residency programme. The works reflect on the creative potential, challenges and limitations of human-AI relationships.
Keiken commission
Commission
Keiken: Morphogenic Angels
Artist collective Keiken, co-founded by Tanya Cruz, Hana Omori and Isabel Ramos, presents a futuristic transhuman love story, set one thousand years from now.

Somerset House Studios

As the home of cultural innovators, Somerset House connects creativity and the arts with wider society.
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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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.
CCI Residency Open Call
Creative Technologies Fellowship
This fellowship in partnership with UAL Creative Computing Institute (CCI) offers a unique development and commission opportunity for an artist who is looking to explore the ways in which computational systems can be used as part of a critical practice exploring social, ecological, or environmental questions. 
A white case of multiple heads with multiple hands holding the chins. To the right is a hand, also cast in a white plaster, reaching down to touch the faces
Opening 09 Feb 2024
G31
G31 is a project space dedicated to the work of Somerset House Studios and its residency programmes. Open year round, G31 hosts a programme of durational installations and activities.
Residency Presentation
Donna Lynas Residency
Artist Appau Junior Boakye-Yiadom is announced as the inaugural resident of the Donna Lynas Residency.