Exhibition
The Music Is Black: A British Story
18 Apr-1 Dec 2026
V&A East Museum
London E20 2AR
Overview
125 years of Black music-making in Britain. This landmark exhibition will reveal how Black British music has shaped British culture. Spanning four continents and 12 decades, this is a story of excellence and struggle, resilience and joy.
Media
Displays, Object Encounters & Conservation Overlook
V&A East Storehouse
until 1 Jan
Anastasia Tribambuka: Palimpsest
Felstead Art | The Trampery
until 6 Dec
Visions Programme 2 led by Onyeka Igwe
Nunnery Gallery
until 21 Dec
Grant Mooney: sphere music
Chisenhale Gallery
until 7 Dec
Paloma Proudfoot: A festival of ugly sounds
The Approach
until 20 Dec
Ruoru Mou: Fortunate
Cell Project Space
until 14 Dec
ONGOING COMPILATION
Rocket
until 29 Nov
Shannon Cartier Lucy: Woman with a Juice Box
Soft Opening
until 10 Jan
Wolfgang Tillmans: Build From Here
Maureen Paley
until 20 Dec
Wolfgang Tillmans: Build From Here
Maureen Paley: 4 Herald St
until 20 Dec
Brink
Herald St
until 31 Jan
Wolfgang Tillmans: Build From Here
Maureen Paley: Studio M
until 20 Dec
EDUARDO PAOLOZZI: Bunuel Suite editions / LUCIANO BONOMI: Requiem series
Benjamin Rhodes Arts
until 13 Dec
Private viewings by appointment
Flowers, Kingsland Road
until 1 Jan
What we Talk About When We Talk About Russell Herron
Studio 1.1
until 30 Nov
A Room for Keepsakes
Hales
until 1 Jan
DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR
The Gilbert & George Centre
until 1 Feb
Rio Kobayashi: Crooked Pencils
Kate MacGarry
until 20 Dec
Daniel Ward: Lonesome Ghosts
PEER
until 13 Dec
Joy Gregory: Catching Flies with Honey
Whitechapel Gallery
until 1 Mar