The Programme will showcase the rich and diverse history of photography up until the present day, and explore the current and future direction of the medium in a dynamic format
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Are you living your life in sleep mode – a deceptive term meaning never fully on or off? Curator Sarah Cook explores the politics of how we spend our time.
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Work from the most up-and-coming fashion talent from around the world.
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Film4 Summer Screen programmer David Cox on curating this year's outdoor cinema season.
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This Autumn, Somerset House presents 24/7, a landmark exhibition examining our inability to switch off from our 24/7 culture.
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Visual artist and writer whose work explores the fictions, infrastructure and conceptual systems compose the concrete world, such as ecology, finance and information.
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Jenna Sutela presents a talk sharing some of her ongoing artistic research on biological and computational systems.
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Try out Nikon’s latest cameras and lenses in an immersive portraiture workshop.
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Try out Nikon’s latest cameras as you explore the art of black and white photography.
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This groundbreaking exhibition unites visionary artists and thinkers from around the world to explore the remarkable power and potential of soil.
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22 Apr 2021 From May, the River Terrace at Somerset House will be open for events, culture and ... exhibitions taking place at London’s working arts centre. From 01 – 27 June the London Design Biennale is in ... and design institutes. This year a diverse group of countries, cities and territories from six ...
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Paul Maheke discusses his complex creative process, and the racial politics of the art world.
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We continue our series of participatory rituals throughout summer. Based on the 12 mythic Labours of Herakleos.
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An open-air Birth Cafe discussion space, held in association with Arrivals + Departures outdoor installation.
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For Earth Day 2018 we bring together a range of activities and talks exploring the future of our lives in the city.
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An evening of new performances and transdisciplinary discussions.
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We speak to the artists who were part of our exhibition, closed early due to world events, to understand how their lives and creative practices have changed since the lockdown.
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To mark the end of Art Night 2021 we broadcast all online film works across one evening, including our Somerset House co-commissions.
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Writer, artist and curator Tamar Clarke-Brown joins artist Zadie Xa in conversation to discuss Xa's work for ASSEMBLY 2020.
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In conjunction with Gallery 31 exhibition Swimmers Limb, Yaa Addae of Comuzi Lab leads a workshop on cultivating future care infrastructures.
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