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Whitechapel Gallery

Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend

Review
Three to see

Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend

From a chilling show on Arctic culture to Polly Morgan's gorgeously repellent serpentine sculptures

José da Silva, Kabir Jhala and Louisa Buck

Bryan Robertson: an engrossing book on a brilliant—but forgotten—maverick curator

Review
Books

Bryan Robertson: an engrossing book on a brilliant—but forgotten—maverick curator

This is the first publication about the man who put London's Whitechapel Gallery on the international map, but never gained the recognition he deserved

Ian Massey

'The past is being weaponised': Nalini Malani's anti-fascist animations come to the Whitechapel Gallery

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Nalini Malani

'The past is being weaponised': Nalini Malani's anti-fascist animations come to the Whitechapel Gallery

Eighty-eight of the artist’s iPad drawings will be projected across the gallery's walls for her first UK solo show

Kabir Jhala

What has the Whitechapel Gallery chief Iwona Blazwick been reading during lockdown?

Blog
Book Club

What has the Whitechapel Gallery chief Iwona Blazwick been reading during lockdown?

The London-based curator has been perusing publications on science fiction, avant-garde cabarets and all things witchy

Gareth Harris

Revamped art book prize wants to become the Oscars of arts publications—is it succeeding?

Review
Books

Revamped art book prize wants to become the Oscars of arts publications—is it succeeding?

A year on from its announcement, we look at whether the Richard Schlagman Art Book Awards is meeting its ambitions

Ben Luke

Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend

Exhibitions

Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend

From today's finest figurative painters to British Baroque in the post-Brexit age

Gareth Harris and Kabir Jhala

Tschabalala Self: 'what information is needed for one’s body to become gendered and racialised?'

Interview
Exhibitions

Tschabalala Self: 'what information is needed for one’s body to become gendered and racialised?'

The US artist’s colourful, tactile works that mix printmaking, painting and fabric are political without being ponderous

Louisa Buck

Moveable feasts and brisk bidding at Whitechapel's Art Icon gala

Blog
The Buck stopped here

Moveable feasts and brisk bidding at Whitechapel's Art Icon gala

Louisa Buck

Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend

Review
Three to see

Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend

From Lucian Freud's stunning self-portraits at the Royal Academy of Arts to King Tut's treasures at the Saatchi Gallery

José da Silva, Emily Sharpe and Gareth Harris

Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend

Review
Three to see

Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend

From Michael Rakowitz’s recreations of bombed artefacts at the Whitechapel Gallery, to Faith Ringgold’s story quilts at the Serpentine Gallery

Gareth Harris and Gabriella Angeleti

Michael Rakowitz remakes works destroyed by Isis for first UK retrospective

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Exhibitions

Michael Rakowitz remakes works destroyed by Isis for first UK retrospective

Recreations of lost Assyrian reliefs will be on show in Whitechapel Gallery exhibition

Aimee Dawson

Out of time? London’s recent queer past comes under the spotlight at the Whitechapel Gallery

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Exhibitions

Out of time? London’s recent queer past comes under the spotlight at the Whitechapel Gallery

A new exhibition examines how the community has been affected by rapid development and gentrification in the UK capital

Kabir Jhala

Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend

News
Three to see

Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend

From Diane Arbus's intimate portraits of street life at the Hayward Gallery to a window into the future at the Whitechapel Gallery

José da Silva, Anna Brady and Kabir Jhala

Simon Fujiwara builds mini museum for Leonardo's Salvator Mundi at the Whitechapel in London

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Salvator Mundi

Simon Fujiwara builds mini museum for Leonardo's Salvator Mundi at the Whitechapel in London

The original painting is never shown, only copies and projections are displayed

Gareth Harris

Rachel Whiteread: Art Icon

Blog
The Buck stopped here

Rachel Whiteread: Art Icon

Artist honoured as the Whitechapel Gallery's Art Icon as she returns to the East End

Louisa Buck

Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend

News
Three to see

Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend

From Condo’s gathering of 52 galleries to a last chance to take a dip into Elmgreen & Dragset’s world at the Whitechapel Gallery

Kabir Jhala and José da Silva

Sweet on Europe: Ulla von Brandenburg to re-stage exhibition of European confectionery, 45 years on

News
Exhibitions

Sweet on Europe: Ulla von Brandenburg to re-stage exhibition of European confectionery, 45 years on

Show at Whitechapel Gallery in London was held in 1973 to mark the UK's entry to the common market

Gareth Harris

Three to see: London

News
Three to see

Three to see: London

From rejuvenated “killed negatives” to a new lease of life for the UK’s only Michelangelo marble

José da Silva, Alison Cole and Emily Sharpe

Three to see: London

News
Three to see

Three to see: London

From a glimpse of the future at the V&A to a Charles II blast from the past at the Queen's Gallery

José da Silva and Louisa Buck

Elmgreen & Dragset get first major UK survey at Whitechapel Gallery

News
Exhibitions

Elmgreen & Dragset get first major UK survey at Whitechapel Gallery

Exhibition during Frieze week spans 20 years of the artists' career and will include a major new commission

Julia Michalska

Kindred collage spirits John Stezaker and Georgie Hopton talk the dark side of the art form

Blog
The Buck stopped here

Kindred collage spirits John Stezaker and Georgie Hopton talk the dark side of the art form

Louisa Buck

Books, trees and live birds: Mark Dion's new exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery

Blog
The Buck stopped here

Books, trees and live birds: Mark Dion's new exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery

Louisa Buck

Crystals and contemplation: Mona Hatoum celebrated as Whitechapel Gallery’s 2018 Art Icon

Blog
The Buck stopped here

Crystals and contemplation: Mona Hatoum celebrated as Whitechapel Gallery’s 2018 Art Icon

Louisa Buck

Despite the war of words, UK-Russia shows go ahead

Archive
Frieze

Despite the war of words, UK-Russia shows go ahead

But some exhibitions have been cancelled as political stand-off continues

Gareth Harris

Richard Tuttle: now’s the time to be-weave

Archive
Richard Tuttle

Richard Tuttle: now’s the time to be-weave

Tate Modern, the Whitechapel Gallery and Bowdoin are showing the textile artist’s works

Julia Halperin

Interview with Hilary Weston: Grimm in Florida

Archive
Interviews

Interview with Hilary Weston: Grimm in Florida

The importance of meditation, mirages and tuning out.

Gareth Harris

Interview with Wilhelm Sasnal: Home is where the art is

Archive
Artist interview

Interview with Wilhelm Sasnal: Home is where the art is

Wilhelm Sasnal on how his native Poland provides the inspiration for his work on canvas and celluloid

Julia Michalska

Interview with Thomas Struth: “Photographs reveal people’s inner agenda”

Archive
Artist interview

Interview with Thomas Struth: “Photographs reveal people’s inner agenda”

On the eve of his solo show at the Whitechapel Gallery in London, Struth talks about society, the family and the gaze

Louisa Buck

Interview with Achim Borchardt-Hume, new chief curator for Whitechapel

Archive
Curators

Interview with Achim Borchardt-Hume, new chief curator for Whitechapel

Borchardt-Hume on history, community and leaving the Tate

Rosie Spencer

Whitechapel Gallery accused of “self-censorship”

Archive
Whitechapel Gallery

Whitechapel Gallery accused of “self-censorship”

Lenders to a Hans Bellmer exhibition say works were withdrawn from display for fear of causing offence

Lucian Harris

News from London: Whitechapel gallery celebrates its centenary with a new director while Michael Landy has a breakdown in Marble Arch

Archive
Whitechapel Gallery

News from London: Whitechapel gallery celebrates its centenary with a new director while Michael Landy has a breakdown in Marble Arch

Meanwhile, Tracey Emin pushes up the bids in Islington, and there are rumblings at the Royal Academy

Louisa Buck

London News: A revolutionary row at Saatchi as changes come to the Turbine Hall, Whitechapel and Wapping

Archive
Saatchi Gallery

London News: A revolutionary row at Saatchi as changes come to the Turbine Hall, Whitechapel and Wapping

Whitechapel curator goes .com, more power into art and Juan Muñoz is the next artist for Tate Modern

Louisa Buck

Iwona Blazwick on her time with Tate and the future of Whitechapel

Archive
Iwona Blazwick

Iwona Blazwick on her time with Tate and the future of Whitechapel

The number two position at Tate Modern might satisfy most curators but Blazwick has given it up to direct the Whitechapel Art Gallery

Louisa Buck

German season in London

Archive
Exhibitions

German season in London

Rosemarie Trockel, Andreas Gursky and Stephen Balkenhol all show new work

The Art Newspaper

Women artists provide alternative view at the Whitechapel

Archive
Women Artists

Women artists provide alternative view at the Whitechapel

“Inside the visible” is on show until 8 December

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