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In light of the current situation, and following the advice from Government, we have made the decision to close our public exhibitions and events until at least 01 May. Anyone who has booked a ticket for an affected event will receive a full refund as soon as possible.

Our exhibitions might be closed but we’re still here for you online. We’re working hard with all our artistic collaborators and producing partners to be able to share our cultural programme in other ways during this period. Scroll down and keep following us in the coming weeks for a full digital programme of films, podcasts, artist interviews, live streams and more.

We understand this is a challenging time for everyone, and we’re working hard to find ways in which we can help alleviate the impact on our creative community, which includes resident artists in Somerset House Studios. If you are able to help support that effort, please consider making a donation which will go toward sustaining our creative community.

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Video

Mushrooms

Embark on a psychedelic awakening in a new film commissioned in partnership with NOWNESS.

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Interview

Hyper Functional, Ultra Healthy: An Interview with Leah Clements

Ahead of presenting performance work Hyperbaric for Hyper Functional, Ultra Healthy, we talked to artist Leah Clements about the research and experience behind the new commission.

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24/7 Podcast

Artists from our 24/7 exhibition explore the non-stop nature of modern life.

Artist Commission

Salvage Rhythms: Sam Williams & Roly Porter

Sam Williams and Roly Porter present Salvage Rhythms: a new multimedia commission for Somerset House Studios.

Video

Hyper Functional, Ultra Healthy | Natasha Trotman: SUBSET / RESET

A new film commission by Natasha Trotman highlighting certain neurodivergent perspectives.

Article

A New Way to Set

Tracing Fleet Street's 24-Hour newsprint industry with artist Eloise Hawser.

Article

Creative Careers Academy Insights: Mary Sibande

Creative Careers Academy member Hodan Ibrahim reviews our exhibition Mary Sibande: I Came Apart at the Seams.

Letters as envelopes sent to artist Nastja Säde Rönkkö on display in the 24/7 exhibition at Somerset House

Interview

Six months without the internet

Nastja Säde Rönkkö, an interdisciplinary artist from Finland, spent six months without access to the internet to study the effects of offline existence.

Podcast

Re:cognition Podcast | Nick Ryan

An ontological adventure into voice recognition, language, semiotics, sensory experience, immersive sound and imagination.

AGM Report 2019

Take a look at all the action from the annual general meeting at Somerset House Studios with artist performances, installations and DJs.

Podcast

Ubi Sunt - a new audio commission by Flora Yin-Wong

Made in collaboration with visual artist Go Watanabe, examining the recall of memory in our technological age.

Installation view of Get Up, Stand Up Now © Peter Macdiarmid

Creative Careers Academy Insights: Get Up, Stand Up Now

Creative Careers Academy member shares her thoughts on major our summer exhibition.

Watch & Listen

ASSEMBLY: Christian Marclay ~>

Watch and listen to the sounds of Beatrice Dillon, Lawrence Lek and Karen Gwyer, with a film and exclusive series of podcasts recorded at this year's ASSEMBLY, curated by Christian Marclay.

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Somerset House Studios

Please help us to support artists in this uncertain time. We would be truly grateful if you would donate to Somerset House’s Crisis Fund and ensure we can help to sustain our artist community.

Somerset House Studios

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Future Events

03 – 05 Apr 2020

Now Play This at Home

Now Play This festival has packed its digital bags and will be coming to your home for a weekend of play, creativity and experimentation.

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09 – 19 Jul 2020

Somerset House Summer Series

with American Express. We’ve announced our Summer Series line-up with the strong hope and intention of delivering another amazing season of gigs this summer.