A major exhibition celebrating the life and work of Valentino showcasing over 130 exquisite haute couture designs.
/whats-on/valentino-master-couture
A major retrospective exhibition on a global icon of gastronomy, Ferran Adrià, and the restaurant he built to become the world’s best, elBulli.
/whats-on/elbulli-ferran-adri%C3%A0-and-art-food
New commission that examines how sound operates in society as well as exploring the parameters of her own relationship with American Sign Language and spoken languages.
/whats-on/hyper-functional-ultra-healthy-2023/christine-sun-kim-edges-sign-language
Founding Director Touria El Glaoui shares her highlights of the 5th edition of the fair
/blog/highlights-154-contemporary-african-art-fair
Full line-up details, events and talks from Somerset House Studios Autumn/Winter programme announced
/press/further-details-somerset-house-studios-autumnwinter-season-announced
Janet Street-Porter takes us on a journey back to London in the swinging 1960s, as she shares her story of being cast in Blow-Up, a British cinema icon.
/blog/set-blow
This year, visitors to Skate will experience a new spectacular artwork on our stunning ice rink from Somerset House Studios resident artist Gaika.
/whats-on/skate-somerset-house/gaika-100-names-of-god
Larry Achiampong presents a special performance in association with his new commission by Somerset House Pan African Flag for the Relic Travellers Alliance.
/whats-on/larry-achiampong-voyage-relic-traveller
Emerging Strategies for Interdependence. A day-long gathering to explore and strategise how art and culture can play an active part in reconfiguring ownership.
/whats-on/beyond-cultures-of-ownership
Watch a film of Nocturnal City with Amy Lamé, Lutz Leichsenring, Berlin Community Radio, Bala Club & Estela Oliva.
/blog/whats-state-london-night-club-culture
Become an afrobeat poet! Joanna Brown of Africa Writes leads a creative writing workshop in response to photographic imagery from our Malick Sidibé exhibition.
/whats-on/free-family-drop-workshop-eye-beholder
Watch the trailer featuring a vibrant fusion of contemporary cultures.
/blog/explore-world-hassan-hajjaj
Artists Jananne Al-Ani, Baptist Coelho, and Shaun Gladwell to explore the relationship between war and the everyday.
/whats-on/traces-war
Exploring the collective memory of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, recent developments in heritage conservation & contemporary efforts to reclaim it as a public place.
/whats-on/london-design-biennale-2018/talks-workshops/china-forum-bridge-nation-and-its-revitalisation
Listen to Mat Collishaw and his collaborators as they introduce Thresholds, a new virtual reality artwork which restages one of the earliest exhibitions of photography in 1839.
/blog/portal-beginning-photography
Studios resident Libby Heaney wants to answer the question: how can we create an ethical framework for AI and quantum computing before it’s too late?
/blog/substrand-profile-libby-heaney
The Future(s) of Power is a new series of open parliamentary sessions that explore the future of representation, governance and democracy.
/whats-on/superflux-futures-power-1
Talk featuring Rob Orchard, co-founder and editorial director of the Slow Journalism Company, the publisher of Delayed Gratification magazine.
/whats-on/brief-history-21st-century-protest
Joe Namy leads a workshop on the resonance, poetics, and healing effects of sub bass tones.
/whats-on/grounding-practice-starlight-frictions-sub-bass
Building on our anti-racism pledge, Somerset House Trust wants to interrogate the history of ... available in the public domain largely represents white historical perspectives. There is a lack of clarity ... on the impact of the current and previous building, and the legacy of those who have occupied it over ...
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