Read, Watch & Listen

Members of our Young Poets and Young Visual Arts Group chat about what it means to be a young artist today and their experience of being part of our young creative programmes.

We asked three female contemporary female artists (Clare Twomey, Kate Malone and Pheobe Cummings) to speak about the life and work of three of the female artists in the our Postwar Modern exhibition (Elisabeth Frink, Kim Lim and Lucie Rie).

In another archive edition we return to the cinema and experience a family falling apart in front of their son’s eyes in 1960s suburbia – here we speak to actor turned writer and director Paul Dano about Wildlife.

Following its sold out run in spring 2022, you can now enjoy this filmed performance of the latest edition of Transpose. Curated by filmmaker and writer Campbell X, this electric film features live music, theatre, rap and unbelievable twerking from some of the UK’s most exciting trans artists.

Postwar Modern Curator Jane Alison, plus advisors Ben Highmore and Hammad Nasar introduce us to the themes and ideas behind the exhibition. 

Curatorial Assistant Michal Goldschmidt introduces four artists from the exhibition: Anwar Jalal Shemza, Franciszka Themerson, Kim Lim and Shirley Baker. Drawing from their own writings, she shines a light on their life and work.

A collection of pioneering early electronica & experimental pop music from postwar Britain.

A conversation between Assistant Curator of Postwar Modern, Charlotte Flint, Associate Artist, Abbas Zahedi and Young Visual Artist, Jan Kamiński.

Let your creative side loose with these fun animated activities inspired by our current exhibition Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain: 1945-1965. Keep the family busy with drawings, collages and more.

Human Rights lawyer and poet Abbas Faiz has written a short essay for us covering his reflections on our current exhibition Postwar Modern, how it intersects with humanitarian issues and his involvement in Abbas Zahedi's Age of Many Posts project.

Have you ever wondered how we can live on the planet in a way that doesn't destroy the very ecosystems we need to thrive?

This letter, entitled We are the Earth was written by Indigenous activists from Brazil, Sônia Guajajara and Célia Xakriabá, in collaboration with Earthrise and is a part of our latest exhibition, Our Time on Earth.