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Public Faces and Private Lives, Gillian Wearing, Whitechapel Gallery, London

Gillian Wearing’s early investigations of public faces and private lives predate Big Brotherand Twitter, and in this Whitechapel survey the work appears both pioneering and slightly archaic.

The V&A Parasol Foundation Prize: Championing Women in Photography

This year’s winners of the V&A Parasol Foundation Prize for Women in Photography explore the ways individuals and communities come together.

Exhibitions and Events for International Women’s Day 2025

Celebrating brilliant art created by women, whilst acknowledging the ever-pressing challenges that face female-identifying creatives globally today.

Enduring Partnerships

A new exhibition from Michael Landy and Gillian Wearing reflects decades of an exceptionally creative personal and artistic relationship.

Together Forever

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, and macLYON have come together to explore the concept of friendship in a group exhibition titled ‘Friends in Love and War.’

Expressive Portraits

Faces have fascinated us since the dawn of art. This summer, Portrait(s) Festival returns for its annual celebration of face-focused photography.

Art Now: Contemporaries in Focus

The creative industries bring £10.6 billion to the UK economy, contributing to social change and overall wellbeing. What does the future look like?

25 Years of British Art

New Contemporaries continues to play a key role in art from the UK: a story of towering medicine cabinets and potent portraits of identity.

Seeing and Believing

Gillian Wearing has explored the relationship between self-presentation and illusion for 30 years. Guggenheim opens a new retrospective.

Artists of Tomorrow

New Contemporaries has played a key role in British art since 1949. In a challenging year, their mission is perhaps more important than ever.

Connection and Identity

Bloomberg New Contemporaries returns for 2020 with a new digital platform. Kirsty Sim’s images explore the effects of mass media on culture.

5 to See: This Weekend

Seminal female artists, powerful social themes and the next generation of talent come together in this weekend’s top international exhibitions.

New Contemporaries

Bloomberg New Contemporaries returns for 2019, highlighting the next generation of contemporary visual artists in an expansive show.

10 to See: London Design Festival

London Design Festival returns for 2019. The 17th edition looks to the future, responding to the climate crisis and key questions of our times.

10 Artists: Aesthetica Art Prize Success

From leading biennials to top cultural institutions, Aesthetica Art Prize alumni continue to demonstrate excellence across the globe.

Future Now Symposium Speakers 2018

Speakers at the Future Now Symposium 2018

Embracing New Disciplines

On the cusp of the RA’s 250th anniversary, From Life takes an inquisitive look at the tradition and its ongoing relationship with artists today.

Vibrant Approaches

In an accelerating landscape, fresh ways of understanding the world become important. Bloomberg New Contemporaries offers insight.

5 to See: This Weekend

Structures define the everyday human experience. The selection for 6-7 December examines the varied manifestations of the term.

Alternate Futures

Gillian Wearing’s large-scale photographic installation at The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, is entering its final month.