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Whitechapel Gallery honours Tracy Emin with award

January 11, 2022

BRITISH artist Tracy Emin will be the ninth recipient of the Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon honour. The prestigious award was established in 2014 in partnership with Swarovski and the Swarovski Foundation. Emin h...

Glass reviews Eileen Agar: Angel Of Anarchy at the Whitechapel Gallery

Charlie Newman

June 21, 2021

Art, Feature

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IT WAS reported last year that as a result of the pandemic, 78% UK job losses made were women's, leaving roughly 1.5 million women without an income. It feels potently apt that the Whitechapel Gallery have chos...

Yinka Shonibare receives Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon Award

Amie Bawa

January 8, 2021

Art, News

Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare has won the Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon award. He is the eighth artist to receive the prestigious annual award in celebration of his “outstanding contribution to our cultural li...

Glass visits Leonor Antunes: the Frisson of the Togetherness at the Whitechapel

Rowena Chiu

February 9, 2018

Art, Exhibitions, Feature

ANTUNES’ first solo project in London, the Frisson of the Togetherness, borrows its title from British architect Alison Smithson’s description of how young people bring together elements of style to define thei...

Glass talks to artists Luisa Rabbia and Emma Hart about their shows at Collezione Maramotti, Italy

Stephanie Clair

November 2, 2017

Art, Exhibitions, Feature

FOR the last decade the Collezione Maramotti has showcased 20th century art to the public at the former Max Mara head office, in Reggio Emilia, in northern Italy. The original purpose-built brutalist structure ...

Max Mara Art Prize for Women 2017-9 has announced its shortlist

Allie Nawrat

October 20, 2017

Art, Exhibitions, News

THE Max Mara Art Prize for Women has announced the six shortlisted artists for the seventh edition of this prize which promotes and supports emerging female artists based in the UK and thus enables them to deve...

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye selects pieces for Whitechapel Gallery’s new show

Emily Rae Pellerin

March 25, 2015

Avant Art, Culture, News

Turner Prize-nominated Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is assistant curating an exhibition this spring at London’s Whitechapel Gallery. Running now through mid-June, the presentation, titled Natures, Natural and Unnatura...

Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915 – 2015

Fausta Maria Bolettieri

July 28, 2014

Avant Art, Culture, News

It’s not just a coincidence that the Whitechapel Gallery announces its landmark abstract art exhibition for 2015. The Tate Modern and Tate Liverpool are currently displaying exhibitions of two major abstract a...

Lydia Yee announced New Chief Curator at Whitechapel Gallery

Xenia Founta

July 25, 2014

Culture, News

Lydia Yee has been appointed the New Chief Curator at London’s Whitechapel Gallery. Joining the over-a-century-old gallery and working closely with the Director Iwona Blazwick, Ms Yee will guide a broad program...

Artists’ Film International show at Whitechapel Gallery, London

Xenia Founta

July 7, 2014

Avant Art, Culture, News

This summer, the Whitechapel Gallery hosts a showcase of artists’ films from around the world for Artists’ Film International, a touring programme of film, video and animation. The Italian artist Yuri Ancara...

To Be Or Not To be – Giulio Paolini at Whitechapel Gallery, London

Xenia Founta

July 3, 2014

Avant Art, News

This July, the Whitechapel Gallery presents To Be Or Not To Be an exhibition featuring key works from the Renaissance to the present day by the Italian artist Giulio Paolini. The exhibition is comprised of p...

A journey through cinema history – Twixt Two Worlds at Whitechapel Gallery, London

Xenia Founta

June 6, 2014

Avant Art, News

Pioneers of early cinema alongside leading contemporary artists are shown in a forthcoming show, the Twixt Two Worlds, at Whitechapel Gallery, this month. Willia...

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