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Whitechapel Art Gallery

London, United Kingdom
Official website: Whitechapel Art Gallery

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, was the venue for From Two Worlds exhibition, 30 July - 8th September 1986. Originated by Nicholas Serota and Gavin Jantjes, the exhibition featured Rasheed Araeen, Saleem Arif, Franklyn Beckford, Zadok Ben-David, Zarina Bhimji, The Black Audio Film Collective, Sonia Boyce, Sokari Douglas Camp, Denzil Forrester, Lubaina Himid, Gavin Jantjes, Tam Joseph, Houria Niati, Keith Piper, Veronica Ryan, and Shafique Uddin.

It was also the venue for exhibitions such as Back to Black (2005) and a major Zarina Bhimji mid career retrospective that took place in 2012.

Related items + view all 33

click to show details of Back to Black - brochure

»  Back to Black - brochure

Brochure relating to an exhibition, 2005

click to show details of Back to Black - catalogue

»  Back to Black - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2005

click to show details of Back to Black: art, cinema and the racial imaginary

»  Back to Black: art, cinema and the racial imaginary

Review relating to an exhibition, 2005

click to show details of How Sweet It Was

»  How Sweet It Was

Article relating to an exhibition, 2005

Exhibitions at this venue + view all 7

People who have appeared at this venue + view all 74

»  Melvin Van Peebles

Born, 1932

»  Charles White

Born, 1918. Died, 1979

»  Aubrey Williams

Born, 1926 in Georgetown, Guyana. Died, 1990

»  Llewellyn Xavier

Born, 1945 in St Lucia