East London Museums

  • Barbican Art Gallery
    Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS  Tel: +442076388891
    E-mail: tickets@barbican.org.uk barbican.org.uk/artgallery
    Hours: Mon - Sat 9am to 11pm, Sun 12pm to 11pm

    Feb 15 - Jun 12, 2012

    Song Dong
    Waste Not

    May 3 - Aug 12, 2012

    Bauhaus: Art as Life

    curated by Catherine Ince and Lydia Lee

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    Whitechapel Gallery
    77 - 82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX  Tel: +442075227888
    E-mail: info@whitechapelgallery.org whitechapelgallery.org
    Hours: Tue - Wed 11am to 6pm, Thu 11am to 9pm, Fri - Sun 11am to 6pm

    Sep 6, 2011 - Jul 20, 2012
    Press Release

    The Bloomberg Commission: Josiah McElheny
    The Past Was A Mirage I'd Left Far Behind

    American sculptor Josiah McElheny (b.1966) transforms the Gallery into a kaleidoscopic hall of mirrors.

    Mar 3 - Sep 2, 2012
    Press Release
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    The Story of the Government Art Collection

    Today the Government Art Collection is one of the most important collections of British art, with 13,500 works dating from the 16th century.

    Mar 9 - Jun 10, 2012
    Press Release
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    Government Art Collection
    Selected by Downing Street Staff: 12 from No10

    Glimpse behind the scenes of 10 Downing Street as staff choose their favourite works from the Government Art Collection.

    Mar 28 - Jun 16, 2012
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    Artists Film International

    This season of artists’ films meditates on ideas of migration, displacement and journeying.

    Mar 28 - Jun 17, 2012
    Press Release
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    Gillian Wearing

    The films and photographs of British artist Gillian Wearing (b. Birmingham, 1963) explore our public personas and private lives.

    Apr 19 - Jun 10, 2012
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    Maria Fusco and Sally O’Reilly
    Writers in Residence

    Each year the Whitechapel Gallery invites a writer to curate a programme of events, considering writing as art.