09 – 22 Aug 2018
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Launching on Sun 22 Apr 2018
Launched on World Earth Day 2018, we've raised a flag which reflects in real-time the impact of pollution & climatic changes.
FREE
The Courtauld Galley houses one of the finest Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collections in the world. Courtauld Friends enjoy free access to exhibitions plus benefits across Somerset House.
17 May – 23 Sep 2018
A new projection-mapped sculptural work made specifically for Somerset House and Photo London.
FREE
08 Jun – 22 Aug 2018
Independent British magazines changing the world.
FREE
27 Jun – 22 Aug 2018 | 10.00-18.00
Featuring never-seen-before photographic portraits of pioneers of R&B, Funk, Soul, Afrobeat and Hip Hop.
FREE
27 Jun – 22 Aug 2018 | 10.00-18.00
Our East Wing Edit presents a summer of free activity for all ages, offering a unique insight into our core events and exhibitions.
FREE
02 - 26 Aug 2018
Studios Resident Gaika marks 70 years of Windrush with month-long installation exploring sound systems and Notting Hill Carnival’s heritage.
FREE
09 – 22 Aug 2018 | General admission £19.75 - £26.75
Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House returns bringing the best of cinema to one of the most spectacular settings in London.
10 – 22 Aug 2018
Film fans are invited inside Somerset House for Behind the Screen – a diverse and entertaining programme of talks, workshops and family activities.
15 – 22 Aug 2018
Championing great movies and the people who make them.
FREE
3rd Saturday of each month | Next tours on Sat 18 Aug 2018
Discover how we’ve transformed the New Wing of our building into a working space for creatives in the heart of the city by joining one of two Somerset House Studios tours.
FREE
Sat 18 Aug 2018 | Doors 18.30
The dark side of dreams is explored in this double-bill of dystopian science-fiction and vivid nightmares.
Every Thursday & Saturday
We offer free guided tours every Thursday and Saturday.
FREE
Every Saturday | 30 Jun – 18 Aug 2018
Interactive sessions where you can unpick creative processes by working collaboratively with the artists and collectives from each takeover.
FREE
Sun 19 Aug 2018 | 10.30 - 12.30
Join animator Lauren Orme to harness their imaginations and create dream like figures through drawing and 3D modelling.
FREE
Sun 19 Aug 2018 | Doors 18.30
Join us for a night that will truly be Once Upon a Dream as the Walt Disney classic fills the courtyard with colour, romance, music and animated magic.
Mon 20 Aug 2018 | Doors 18.30, event 19.00-20.00
Romance has been a key ingredient of the movies since they began but is there really any such thing as a ‘simple love story’?
Mon 20 Aug 2018 | Doors 18.30
Summer Screen presents one of the most perfect evocations of first love, a rapturous film that has become an instant classic in less than a year.
Tue 21 Aug 2018 | Doors 18.30
A film of formidable power from director Ava DuVernay, who turns an episode from the history of the civil rights struggle into an incendiary dramatic thriller.
Tuesdays & Thursdays
Boiler Room, Gaika & Somerset House Studios presents SYSTEM, a weekly event series to celebrate Migration & sound system culture in the UK.
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