EXHIBITION CALENDAR
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An exclusive selection of exhibitions showcasing the POC London art scene, curated for you to stay abreast of the latest shows and events in the city.
Our meticulously curated collection encompasses a diverse array of artistic genres and cultural themes. From prestigious museums to intimate galleries, this online guide strive to highlight the finest cultural experiences available in London.
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TALK: Time Will Tell: Future Museum and Contested Objects - Tate Britain
Join this discussion on the theme ‘movement’ led by artists, curators and museologists.
Using Keith Piper's Viva Voce as a reference, we will examine, collaboratively, how public institutions approach presenting contested art objects and artefacts in the present day and consider future contexts and solutions for the wider museum sector. We will be joined by practicing artists, creatives, academics, curators and museologists for a roundtable talk that gets to the heart of these complexities and hear from the audience too how institutions can be best equipped to navigate these conversations.
The discussion will take place in the JMW Turner display.
£5 / £3 Concessions
TALK: Lunchtime Lecture: British West Indies: Luxury, Identity and the “New World” - Victoria and Albert Museum
Join Joy Johnson as we seek to explore luxurious items patronised by the wealthy which symbolised the identity of the New World, the “Americas” during the 18th & 19th centuries.
Free
TALK: Each One Teach One: Visibility and Identity - Victoria and Albert Museum
An ‘in conversation’ public talk at the V&A to share knowledge and insight into discussions on Anti-Racism and Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion within the Arts, Heritage, and Cultural sector.
Free
TALK: Picture Description - Soulscapes - Dulwich Picture Gallery
The Picture Description Talk series Picture Description talks are designed for our blind or visually impaired visitors. Delivered by our trained guides, each talk introduces paintings from our Collection or the exhibition followed by a group discussion.
Free
TALK: LR VANDY: TWIST - October Gallery
LR Vandy will discuss her new works and artistic practice in a Gallery Talk with Elisabeth Lalouschek, October Gallery’s Artistic Director.
October Gallery is delighted to present the second solo exhibition of LR Vandy, following last year’s display of her large-scale installation, Dancing in Time: The Ties That Bind Us, a five-meter-high rope sculpture commissioned for the International Slavery Museum’s Martin Luther King celebrations at Liverpool’s Canning Dock waterfront.
Free
TALK: Fowokan George Kelly: Speak To Me Great Lionheaded Ancestors - Felix & Spear
Felix & Spear present Speak To Me Great Lionheaded Ancestors, an exhibition of sculptures and wall-based works by Fowokan George Kelly (b. 1943).
Free (rsvp essential)
TALK: Japan, outside Japan: Miyuki Okuyama - The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (online)
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is pleased to present Miyuki Okuyama’s first UK solo exhibition, Japan, outside Japan. The show will feature Okuyama’s two recent works, Dear Japanese: Children of War (2012-17) and Michinoku Homeward: Walking towards the Northeast (2021).
Free
TALK & WORKSHOP: DECOLONISING THE BODY - Bermondsey Project Space
Following their successful programme Decolonising the Body, Skaped has curated this exhibition of community art as a celebration of the experiences and learning undertaken.
Free (booking required)
TALK: Cracked But Not Broken - Tate Britain
Using archival footage and photographs from Nigeria and the UK, the film explores the experience of being mixed race. It concludes by shedding light on concealed systems that exploit the ongoing displacement and redirection, pushing individuals in need away from supportive networks and towards trauma and suffering.
£5 / £3.50 concessions
TALK: Trespassing: Art and Black belonging in a colonial landscape - The Time is Always Now Artists Reframe the Black Figure - National Portrait Gallery
Writer, editor and journalist, Niellah Arboine, whose work explores the complexities of Black belonging in nature, will facilitate a conversation that considers the role of artistic practice and expression to create and assert a new kind of belonging in Britain’s colonial landscape.
£10 onsite / £8 online
EVENT: Tate Late: Women in Revolt! - Tate Britain
At this Late at Tate Britain experience workshops, performances, DJ sets, talks and displays that imagine new futures, question the role of mothers in society and explore the politics of the body.
Free
BSL TALK: Picture Description - Soulscapes - Dulwich Picture Gallery
This BSL talk will look at highlights from our Soulscapes exhibition. You will have the opportunity to visit the exhibition independently following the talk.
Free
TALK: Accordion Fields - Lisson Gallery
A group exhibition of cross-generational painters, 'Accordion Fields' presents a selection of works across both of Lisson Gallery’s London spaces. All eight artists, whether born or based in the UK or internationally, initially cultivated their artistic talent in London, studying at one of the city’s prominent arts schools and often in direct dialogue with one another. Across a thirty-year span, the artists have witnessed a multiplicity of socio-political shifts, including London’s evolving relationship with the rest of the UK, Europe and the world, and an evolution in the position of British painting on a global stage. With works in the show spanning densely layered landscapes to compressed portraits and composite re-imaginings of past events, the participating artists together produce a symphony of painterly styles, exploring the indeterminate, liminal and multi-dimensional notions of space.
The Local and Global in the Art of Frank Bowling - Hauser and Wirth
One day Event
Delve into a stellar artistic career spanning over 50 years with guest speakers Susi Sahmland, Frank Bowling Studio; artist Rohan Ayinde; and Beatriz Lobo Britto, Curator at the Institute of International Visual Arts in London (iniva).
Free (Booking required)
TALK: Uncovering hidden stories to tell better histories - The Time is Always Now Artists Reframe the Black Figure - National Portrait Gallery
An exciting discussion about the role that heritage sites play in uncovering hidden histories and re-presenting a fuller, richer story of Britain told through the stories of the many, not the few. Join us in this conversation with Sandra Shakespeare and Tracey Sage of Museum X, with Dr Errol Francis, representing Culture&. At the nexus of artistic intervention, gallery spaces, and community engagement, these three speakers will respond to the exhibition, posing provocations such as: How do we redefine portraiture? Is the future gallery Black and British?
£10
TALK: John Edmonds: One - Maximillian William
Maximillian William is pleased to present John Edmonds’ first solo exhibition in London. Titled One, the exhibition unites Edmonds’ work in Black and white from several bodies of work made between 2016–2022.
Free
TALK: What Constitutes An Act Of Feminist Resistance? - South London Gallery
Using the works in Acts of Resistance: Feminisms, Photography and the Art of Protest exhibition as a prompt, this event explores the question;
What is a feminist act of resistance?