THE GOVERNMENT ART COLLECTION
Jun 3, 2011 - Sep 2, 2012
The Whitechapel Gallery presents the Government Art Collection, shown in a public gallery for the first time in its 113-year history. The Collection’s 13,500 works dating from the 16th century to the present day are shown in 400 embassies and government buildings worldwide. The diverse nature of the Collection, and its role promoting British culture on the world stage is the subject of a series of 5 displays at the Whitechapel Gallery.
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THE BLOOMBERG COMMISSION : JOSIAH MCELHENY
Sep 7, 2011 - Jul 20, 2012
The Bloomberg Commission invites an international artist to create an annual site-specific artwork inspired by the rich history of the former library. Previous commissions were created by artists Goshka Macuga (2009) and Claire Barclay(2010). Bloomberg’s support reflects its commitment to innovation, and its ongoing efforts to expand access to art, science and the humanities.
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BIG IDEAS : SIMON SCHAMA
Feb 09, 2012 7:00pm talk/event
Historian, broadcaster, critic, and Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University, New York, Simon Schama presents his lecture This was Tomorrow: Whitechapel Gallery, the Independent Group and the promise of the 1950s.
£7.00

THE STORY OF THE GOVERNMENT ART COLLECTION
Mar 3 - Sep 2, 2012
Today the Government Art Collection is one of the most important collections of British art, with 13,500 works dating from the 16th century.
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GOVERNMENT ART COLLECTION SELECTED BY DOWNING STREET STAFF
Mar 9 - Jun 10, 2012
12 from No.10
This world-class collection of British art is shown in a public gallery for the first time in its 113-year history as part of the Gallery’s ongoing programme of opening up important public and private collections for everyone. The Whitechapel Gallery offers a glimpse behind the scenes of 10 Downing Street as staff choose their favourite works from the Government Art Collection.
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WRITERS IN RESIDENCE
Mar 9 - Jun 10, 2012
Each year the Whitechapel Gallery invites a writer to curate a programme of events, considering writing as art.
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ARTISTS FILM INTERNATIONAL
Mar 28 - Jun 16, 2012
This season of artists' films meditates on ideas of migration, displacement and journeying.

GILLIAN WEARING
Mar 28 - Jun 17, 2012
Turner Prize-winning British artist Gillian Wearing’s photographs and films explore the public and private lives of ordinary people. Fascinated by how people present themselves in front of the camera in fly-on-the-wall documentaries and reality TV, she explores ideas of personal identity through often masking her subjects and using theatre’s staging techniques. This major exhibition surveys Wearing’s work from Signs that Say What You Want Them to Say and Not Signs that Say What Someone Else Wants You to Say (1992–3) to her latest video Bully (2010).
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PRESENT POSSIBILITIES AND THE FAILURE OF HISTORY
May 17, 2012 7:00pm talk/event
Head of Sculpture Studies at the Henry Moore Institute, Lisa Le Feuvre, talks to Eisler Curator Daniel F. Herrmann about the role of materials and design in the ideologies of modernity, considering how artists such as Josiah McElheny have used history to reach an understanding of the present.
Zilkha Auditorium
Tickets: £7/£5 conc

DANIEL F. HERRMANN ON GILLIAN WEARING
Jun 07, 2012 7:00pm talk/event
Curator Daniel F. Herrmann on Gillian Wearing
Gallery 1
Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 conc., includes exhibition ticket.
With BSL interpretation.

GILLIAN WEARING : SELF MADE, 2010
Jun 08, 2012 7:00pm talk/event
Running time: 84 mins.
Gillian Wearing’s debut feature film introduces a cast of untrained actors to a Method acting teacher. Drawing upon their own experiences, each participant creates and stars in their own mini-film.
Zilkha Auditorium
Tickets: Film only £6/£4 conc. Combination ticket – film and exhibition - £12.50/ £10.50 conc.