Hear from Professors Sara Crangle and Rod Mengham as they discuss the life and work of poet, writer, and artist, Anna Mendelssohn. Drawing on the material presented in the exhibition 'Speak, Poetess' (11 Oct 2023 – 21 Jan 2024), discover how Me

Hear, Now. Episode 22: Johanna Billing

Dec 19th, 2023 27m 59s

Discover the inspiration behind artist Johanna Billing's film 'Each Moment Presents What Happens' (2022), as she discusses her ideas for the work with Whitechapel Gallery Director Gilane Tawadros and curator Judith Winter. The conversation touc

Hear, Now. Episode 21: Escape the Slick

Jul 11th, 2023 40m 19s

What should public space feel like? How do we find comfort, character and community in it? These questions underpin an immersive environment created by Duchamp & Sons, Whitechapel Gallery’s youth collective, and London-based artist Gaby Sahhar.

Hear, Now. Episode 20: Life Is More Important Than Art

Jun 13th, 2023 18m 40s

Giving us a behind-the-scenes look at the Life Is More Important Than Art summer season, which encompasses exhibitions, social spaces, live performances and listening experiences, award-winning journalist Stephen Smith speaks to the artists, cu

Hear, Now. Episode 19: Performance Now

Jan 4th, 2023 28m 26s

Has performance art become institutionalised or does it still hold the power to challenge the institution? Drawing on two exhibitions, Moving Bodies, Moving Images and Out of the Margins: Performance in London’s Institutions 1990s – 2010s, t

Hear, Now. Episode 18: Tracing Absence

Oct 4th, 2022 44m 51s

Episode 18 of Whitechapel Gallery’s Hear, Now podcast series delves deeper into the themes that underpin the exhibition Tracing Absence. Students graduating from the MA Curating Art and Public Programmes course, run by Whitechapel Gallery and L

Hear, Now. Episode 17: The Artist's Studio

May 19th, 2022 22m 55s

Episode 17 of Whitechapel Gallery's Hear, Now podcast series delves into the myriad of ways in which artists have studio spaces. Presented and produced by Marthe Lisson, hear from Russell Schofield, director of MDM Props, and artists Rory Cahil

Hear, Now. Episode 16: The Travel Bureau

Mar 29th, 2022 28m 5s

Episode 16 of Whitechapel Gallery's Hear, Now podcast series explores the work of Paulina Olowska and her current exhibition The Travel Bureau - selected works from the Christen Sveaas Art Foundation. Listen to fascinating excerpts from a live

Hear, Now. Episode 15: This is the Night Mail

Nov 17th, 2021 28m 32s

Iwona Blazwick speaks with MaryAnne Stevens, a specialist in Norwegian art history, about artist Ida Ekblad’s selection from the Cristen Sveaas Collection, which expose us to the eeriness of night scenes, from moonlit landscapes to dreams and n

Hear, Now. Episode 14: Theaster Gates: A Clay Sermon

Nov 5th, 2021 27m 36s

Delve into the ideas behind Theaster Gates’ new exhibition, with curator Lydia Yee in conversation with the artist. We also hear from historian Jason Young about the work and legacy of David Drake, an enslaved man whose pottery, engraved with p

Hear, Now. Episode 13: Artists' Film International 2021: Care

Oct 29th, 2021 32m 17s

Artists’ Film International is a collaboration between Whitechapel Gallery and 20 global partner organisations. In 2021 the works selected give us pause to reflect on the meaning of care in today’s society – from bodily, mental or spiritual car

Hear, Now. Episode 12: Simone Fattal: Finding a Way

Oct 22nd, 2021 27m 43s

Damascus-born artist Simone Fattal is in conversation with curator Laura Smith about her new commission for Whitechapel Gallery, an environment of ancient ceramic architectures and flowers emerging from memories of lost landscapes.For more in

Hear, Now. Episode 11: Yoko Ono: MEND PIECE for London

Oct 15th, 2021 22m 52s

‘Mend carefully. / Think of mending the world / At the same time.’ These are the instructions offered by artist Yoko Ono for her 1966 work Mend Piece. In this episode curator Cameron Foote reflects on the meaning of this work within Ono’s wider

Hear, Now. Episode 10: Phantoms of Surrealism

Jun 11th, 2021 28m 4s

Join curators Nayia Yiakoumaki and Cameron Foote as they examine the pivotal role of women as both artists and as behind-the-scenes organisers within the Surrealist movement in Britain in the 1930s, explored through the lens of the 1936 London

Hear, Now. Episode 9: Desde el Salón (From the Living Room)

Jun 4th, 2021 25m 52s

Whitechapel Gallery Curator Laura Smith is in conversation with Whitney Hintz, Curator of the Hiscox Collection, about a new display of works selected by the artist Sol Calero. They consider Calero’s immersive installation, comprising a brightl

Hear, Now. Episode 8: A Glittering City: Ayo Akingbade with Duchamp & Sons

May 28th, 2021 29m 3s

Artist Ayo Akingbade discusses her new film Fire In My Belly, co-developed with Whitechapel Gallery’s youth collective, Duchamp & Sons. Echoing the precarious times we live in, this newly commissioned work offers a compelling take on questions

Hear, Now. Episode 7: Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy

May 20th, 2021 32m 30s

Celebrating the work of pioneering artist Eileen Agar, Whitechapel Gallery Curator Laura Smith and Assistant Curator Grace Storey share reflections on her legacy, alongside special guests including artist Lucy Stein, poet Daisy Lafarge and desi

Hear, Now. Episode 6: Can You Hear Me?

Nov 17th, 2020 29m 29s

CONTENT WARNING: This episode features a reference to rape and sexual violence.In her new video installation Indian artist Nalini Malani explores global issues of social injustice, positioning the voiceless and the invisible alongside gods an

Hear, Now. Episode 5: Something Necessary and Useful

Nov 11th, 2020 30m 6s

Portuguese artist Carlos Bunga creates monumental structures out of everyday materials to propose architecture as transitory and corporeal. Having destroyed the gigantic painted cardboard environment he had created for Whitechapel Gallery, Bung

Hear, Now. Episode 4: Exercising Freedom: Encounters with Art, Artists and Communities

Nov 6th, 2020 31m 47s

In the late 1970s in London’s East End, Whitechapel Art Gallery developed a pioneering approach to art and education. Jenni Lomax, Community and Education Organiser at the time, invited artists to work alongside communities to set up residencie

Hear, Now. Episode 3: Kai Althoff goes with Bernard Leach

Oct 29th, 2020 28m 54s

Renowned artist, ceramicist and writer Edmund de Waal joins Whitechapel Gallery Director Iwona Blazwick to discuss the legacy of British artist and potter Bernard Leach. Founder of the Leach Pottery in St. Ives 100 years ago and celebrated in K

Hear, Now. Episode 2: Home: Live > In Room

Oct 21st, 2020 30m 22s

What role might art play when our freedom is curtailed? Can confinement trigger new creative processes and networks of solidarity? Hear Whitechapel Gallery’s Youth Forum, Duchamp & Sons alongside Curator of Youth Programmes Renee Odjidja discus

Hear, Now. Episode 1: Accelerate your escape

Oct 14th, 2020 29m 7s

Renowned British painter Gary Hume speaks with curator Laura Smith about his transcendent selection of art from the Hiscox Collection. Immersed in the transformative power of colour and form, Hume invites us to escape the everyday and to find n

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