What's On

Photo London returns for its landmark tenth edition at Somerset House from 14 - 18 May 2025.

Sophia Al-Maria and Lydia Ourahmane’s Lancaster Place commission continues their collaborative exploration of the ‘grey areas’ of England’s narratives, focusing on the notion of the ‘right to remain’.

The Courtauld Gallery is home to one of the world’s great art collections, and is located in the North Wing of Somerset House.

The Pits is a new installation by resident artists, Sophia Al-Maria and Lydia Ourahmane in G31, which sits in dialogue with their outdoor commission on Lancaster Place, 2125.

In this one hour experience, you'll take a walk through the varied and surprising history of Somerset House.

The Photo London Public Tours are a key part of the public programme.

Photographer Sakir Khader and curator Aya Musa come together in a conversation moderated by curator Dalia Al-Dujaili, focusing on their collaboration on Sakir’s first solo museum exhibition Yawm al-Firak, Arabic for Day of Separation. They will share their experiences working as photographers in conflict zones, discuss the responsibilities of institutions, and explore the ethical choices involved in presenting complex narratives in cultural spaces.

Sir Don McCullin is certainly one of Britain’s best known journalists. His searing reporting from the torn places of the world became a part of the national vocabulary. Still working today, Sir Don casts a very long and thoughtful view at the uses and costs of photography.

Artist Zofia Kulik joins curator Fiona Rogers to discuss her extensive body of work, journeying from her earlier works as part of the avant-garde duo KwieKulik, to the development of her solo career in the late 1980s. Inspired by eroticism, feminism, and the political and social developments of post-war Poland, Kulik's work offers a radical critique of not only what it means to be an artist and a woman, but of what it means to be human.

In a conversation led by Alona Pardo, Discovery exhibiting artists Polina Piëch (Roman Road), Daniel Tchetchik (Form Gallery and Virginia Damtsa), and Lucia Pizzani (Victoria Law) discuss their innovative approaches to photographing landscapes and nature, their immersive, analogue, processes and[delete comma] the purpose of capturing the world around us with the camera today.