Book now | 11 - 21 Jul 2024

Somerset House Summer Series

Somerset House Summer Series with American Express returns in July 2024 with eleven nights of unmissable gigs in the intimate and immersive setting of our spectacular courtyard. → https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/somerset-house-summer-series

19 Apr - 06 May 2024 | Book now

Sony World Photography Awards 2024

Discover incredible stories from around the world told through the visual language of photography. → https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/sony-world-photography-awards-exhibiti…

What's On

16 - 19 May 2024 | Book now

Photo London 2024

Photo London’s ninth edition returns to Somerset House with the very best in past, present and future photography.

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Until 28 Apr 2024 | Free

Zheng Bo: Bamboo as Method

A large scale new commission from Hong-Kong based artist Zheng Bo, transforming our courtyard into a bamboo garden.

Aerial view of the Nelson Stairway, Somerset House, Image by Kevin Meredith

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Historical Highlights Tour

In this one-hour experience, you'll take a walk through the varied and surprising history of Somerset House.

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Vincent Van Gogh, The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)The Courtauld

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The Courtauld Gallery

The Courtauld Gallery, located in the North Wing, is home to one of the world’s great art collections. Open daily, 10am – 6pm.

An image selected for the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards. A woman sits in the front seat of a car, with her arm on the ledge of the car's open window.

19 Apr - 06 May 2024 | Book now

Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition 2024

Discover incredible stories from around the world told through the visual language of photography.

Until 07 Jul 2024 | Free

Studio 01: Points of Return

A new Somerset House Studios exhibition series presenting the work of three early career visual artists.

16 - 19 May 2024 | Book now

Photo London 2024

Photo London’s ninth edition returns to Somerset House with the very best in past, present and future photography.

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Video

The Power of Cute

A video essay unpacking the lure and sinister nature of cuteness.

Channel is Somerset House’s new curated online space for art, ideas and the artistic process.

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Podcast

The Darker Side of Cute

Artist Sean-Kierre Lyons explores how cuteness can be used to sugar coat difficult messages

Podcast

Felt Cute, Might Shapeshift Later

Artist Hannah Diamond explores the transformative powers of cuteness and the intersecting aesthetics of pop music and internet culture, while celebrating cute’s liberating plasticity in our latest podcast episode.

Podcast

Not Strictly Speaking: Assembly Podcast Series

A three-part podcast series exploring different manifestations of the voice in response to the Assembly programme. Underpinned by a new sound commission from French composer Felicia Atkinson.

Documentaries & Films

Studio 01

Explore the work of two artists featured in the Jerwood Somerset House Studios Residency.

Video

Bamboo As Method

Artist Zheng Bo explores the restorative nature of creating artworks with plants.

Podcast

Is Failure More Productive Than Success?

We step inside the community of designers on site at Makerversity in Somerset House to explore the role of mistakes in the design process.

Podcast

The Black British Renaissance

Tracing the legacy of Black British fashion with Andrew Ibi, Jazzie B & Martine Rose.

Talk

In Conversation: Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen

The artist duo sit down with Orit Gat to share the ideas and process behind their commission for Channel.

Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen: May The Fox Take You

Editorial

For Resistance is My Nature

Caitlin Quinlan unpacks the tensions in Revital & Tuur’s moving image work: life and death, loss and heartbreak, as well as the systemic violence of industrial and political processes.

Video

Between Beauty & Violence

Revital & Tuur unpack the unique writing and filmmaking process that fuelled their commission for Channel.

Podcast Series

Soft Life

Our new podcast series exploring alternative ideas around work, time, the body and ecology emanating from Somerset House and beyond.

Artist Phoebe Collings James working on some ceramics

Video

Grounding Practice: Phoebe Collings-James

In this Grounding Practice episode, the ceramicist and multi-disciplinary artist takes us on a meditative journey through their moulding, shaping, glazing and painting of clay.

Video

Jitish Kallat: Whorled (Here After Here After Here)

Whorled (Here After Here After Here) is the first major public commission in the UK from Mumbai-based artist Jitish Kallat.

Editorial

The Morning After the Long Night

Artist and writer Harun Morrison reflects upon the long night, an event to mark the final weekend of SERAFINE1369's new large scale, installation We can no longer deny ourselves.

Podcast Series

The Process

The creative process is inspired by worlds beyond itself. Each episode follows an artist in bringing those worlds together, platforming the big conversations which go on to inspire new work.

Video

O Barco

Interdisciplinary artist Grada Kilomba brought her critically- acclaimed installation O Barco / The Boat, 2021 to our courtyard.

Somerset House Studios

As the home of cultural innovators, Somerset House connects creativity and the arts with wider society.

Somerset House Studios

Somerset House Studios is an experimental workspace in the centre of London connecting artists, makers and thinkers with audiences.

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Somerset House Studios Artists

Up to 70 artists are resident at any one time and are supported to develop their practice for a defined period.

Creative Technologies Fellowship

This fellowship in partnership with UAL Creative Computing Institute (CCI) offers a unique development and commission opportunity for an artist who is looking to explore the ways in which computational systems can be used as part of a critical practice exploring social, ecological, or environmental questions.

A white case of multiple heads with multiple hands holding the chins. To the right is a hand, also cast in a white plaster, reaching down to touch the faces

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G31

G31 is a project space dedicated to the work of Somerset House Studios and its residency programmes. Open year round, G31 hosts a programme of durational installations and activities.

Donna Lynas Residency

Artist Appau Junior Boakye-Yiadom is announced as the inaugural resident of the Donna Lynas Residency.