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27 episodes

The London Open Live Podcast: Ep 4 - Futurity: Ignorance is Bliss?

In episode 4 of our mini series The London Open Live Podcast, we present 'Futurity - Ignorance is Bliss?' featuring Lois Weaver, Gigi Brathw...

00:33:24Jul 18, 2025

The London Open Live Podcast: Ep 3 - Community Building & Venues

In episode 3 of our mini series The London Open Live Podcast, we present 'Community Building & Venues', featuring Lois Weaver, Joseph Morgan...

00:34:00Jul 2, 2025

The London Open Live Podcast: Ep 2 - Live Art 101: what is it & why do we do it?

In episode 2 in our mini series The London Open Live Podcast, we present "Live Art 101: what is it & why do we do it?" - a conversation betw...

00:27:53Jun 19, 2025

The London Open Live Podcast: Ep 1 - My First Live Art

For the first episode in our mini series The London Open Live Podcast, we present "My First Live Art" - a conversation between Martin O’Brie...

00:36:04Jun 5, 2025

Hear, Now. Episode 23: Anna Mendelssohn

Hear from Professors Sara Crangle and Rod Mengham as they discuss the life and work of poet, writer, and artist, Anna Mendelssohn. Drawing o...

00:34:06Jan 2, 2024

Hear, Now. Episode 22: Johanna Billing

Discover the inspiration behind artist Johanna Billing's film 'Each Moment Presents What Happens' (2022), as she discusses her ideas for the...

00:27:59Dec 19, 2023

Hear, Now. Episode 21: Escape the Slick

What should public space feel like? How do we find comfort, character and community in it? These questions underpin an immersive environment...

00:40:19Jul 11, 2023

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

Giving us a behind-the-scenes look at the Life Is More Important Than Art summer season, which encompasses exhibitions, social spaces, live...

00:18:40Jun 13, 2023

Hear, Now. Episode 19: Performance Now

Has performance art become institutionalised or does it still hold the power to challenge the institution? Drawing on two exhibitions, Movin...

00:28:26Jan 4, 2023

Hear, Now. Episode 18: Tracing Absence

Episode 18 of Whitechapel Gallery’s Hear, Now podcast series delves deeper into the themes that underpin the exhibition Tracing Absence. Stu...

00:44:51Oct 4, 2022

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

Episode 17 of Whitechapel Gallery's Hear, Now podcast series delves into the myriad of ways in which artists have studio spaces. Presented a...

00:22:55May 19, 2022

Hear, Now. Episode 16: The Travel Bureau

Episode 16 of Whitechapel Gallery's Hear, Now podcast series explores the work of Paulina Olowska and her current exhibition The Travel Bure...

00:28:05Mar 29, 2022

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

Iwona Blazwick speaks with MaryAnne Stevens, a specialist in Norwegian art history, about artist Ida Ekblad’s selection from the Cristen Sve...

00:28:32Nov 17, 2021

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

Delve into the ideas behind Theaster Gates’ new exhibition, with curator Lydia Yee in conversation with the artist. We also hear from histor...

00:27:36Nov 5, 2021

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

Artists’ Film International is a collaboration between Whitechapel Gallery and 20 global partner organisations. In 2021 the works selected g...

00:32:17Oct 29, 2021

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

Damascus-born artist Simone Fattal is in conversation with curator Laura Smith about her new commission for Whitechapel Gallery, an environm...

00:27:43Oct 22, 2021

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

‘Mend carefully. / Think of mending the world / At the same time.’ These are the instructions offered by artist Yoko Ono for her 1966 work M...

00:22:52Oct 15, 2021

Hear, Now. Episode 10: Phantoms of Surrealism

Join curators Nayia Yiakoumaki and Cameron Foote as they examine the pivotal role of women as both artists and as behind-the-scenes organise...

00:28:04Jun 11, 2021

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

Whitechapel Gallery Curator Laura Smith is in conversation with Whitney Hintz, Curator of the Hiscox Collection, about a new display of work...

00:25:52Jun 4, 2021

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

Artist Ayo Akingbade discusses her new film Fire In My Belly, co-developed with Whitechapel Gallery’s youth collective, Duchamp & Sons. Echo...

00:29:03May 28, 2021

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

Celebrating the work of pioneering artist Eileen Agar, Whitechapel Gallery Curator Laura Smith and Assistant Curator Grace Storey share refl...

00:32:30May 20, 2021

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

CONTENT WARNING: This episode features a reference to rape and sexual violence. In her new video installation Indian artist Nalini Malani ex...

00:29:29Nov 17, 2020

Hear, Now. Episode 5: Something Necessary and Useful

Portuguese artist Carlos Bunga creates monumental structures out of everyday materials to propose architecture as transitory and corporeal....

00:30:06Nov 11, 2020

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

In the late 1970s in London’s East End, Whitechapel Art Gallery developed a pioneering approach to art and education. Jenni Lomax, Community...

00:31:47Nov 6, 2020

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

Renowned artist, ceramicist and writer Edmund de Waal joins Whitechapel Gallery Director Iwona Blazwick to discuss the legacy of British art...

00:28:54Oct 29, 2020

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

What role might art play when our freedom is curtailed? Can confinement trigger new creative processes and networks of solidarity? Hear Whit...

00:30:22Oct 21, 2020

Hear, Now. Episode 1: Accelerate your escape

Renowned British painter Gary Hume speaks with curator Laura Smith about his transcendent selection of art from the Hiscox Collection. Immer...

00:29:07Oct 14, 2020