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Mar - Oct 2021 | Wednesday 21.00 GMT
An online platform commissioning artists and bringing people together to share work within a DIY TV show format.
FREE
01 Jul - 31 Oct 2021 | Mon – Sun 10.00 – 18.00
Exhibition exploring the notion of the body as an archive; as a record of collective stories, experiences, and memories.
FREE
09 Sep - 04 Nov 2021
Workshops, presentations, conversations, and peer-to-peer meetups, shaped by and for creative practitioners and critical thinkers.
09 - 30 Sep 2021
A series of presentations, organising workshops, film screenings and performances reflecting on the many dimensions of abolition.
Sun 26 Sep | 12.00 - 16.30
A two-part event looking at how prisons seize time as a form of punishment and resources to reclaim landscapes from state entities
Thu 30 Sep | 18.45 - 20.30
An evening of live readings and performance reflecting on carceral punishment.
Thu 07 Oct | 18.45 - 20.30
O YAMA O explore the rhythms and movement of everyday life through improvisation and folk song.
07 - 28 Oct | 18.45 - 20.30
Talks looking at different strategies and systems for making music and organising sound.
Thu 14 Oct 2021 | 19.00 - 23.00
Celebrating five years of boundary pushing creative talent with live music and performance.
16 & 17 Oct 2021 | Standard £25.00, Conc £10.00, Under 12s free
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, the leading art fair dedicated to the promotion of contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora, returns to London for its 9th edition.
16 Oct 2021 - 06 Feb 2022
A new group exhibition offering a different perspective on humanity's impact on the planet by tracing the complex interrelations between today’s climate crisis and legacies of colonialism.
FREE
Wed 20 Oct 2021 | 18.45 - 20.30
Vicki Bennett explores the processes of making audiovisual content, working with archives and found footage.
21 Oct 2021 - 06 Mar 2022 | £16 / £12.50 concessions
Calling all mayhem-makers and rule-breakers - the Beano is taking over Somerset House!
Sat 23 Oct 2021 | 19.00
The Walk makes a stop at Somerset House, bringing a specially choreographed dance to our courtyard, in welcome to Little Amal.
Thu 28 Oct 2021 | 18.45 - 20.30
Elaine Mitchener discusses radical approaches to creating and interpreting musical scores
Fri 29 Oct | 15.00 BST
Somerset House Studios partner with Sónar CCCB to present an exclusive video performance by Yeule with an appearance from Lucinda Chua.
Thu 04 Nov | 18.45 - 21.00
Writer, director and moving image artist Akinola Davies Jr. hosts a creative show and tell
11 Nov 2021 - 06 Feb 2022
A new commission by London-based artist Rene Matić, exploring ideas of preservation, protection and cultural property.
FREE
11 Nov 2021 - 27 Feb 2022 | Mon – Sun 10.00 – 18.00
An exhibition considering the temporary synchronicity between people, bodies, sounds and signals.
FREE
Reopening in November 2021
The Courtauld Gallery will reopen its doors to the public in November 2021 following the most significant modernisation project in its history.