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Joy Adamson – Artist

We’re delighted to have teamed up with the Elsa Conservation Trust for our latest exhibition in Mortimer Gardens – works by Joy Adamson....

Stardust

EXHIBITION: PREVIEW of STARDUST, Friday September 11 2026; 18:00 – 21:00...

Town of Culture 2028

Saturday Workshops: Girls Behind the Lens for young women and girls to develop their creative powers, ...

5 Artists who Celebrate the LGBTQIA+ Community

On 17th May, we celebrate International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, drawing attention to the prejudice and discrimination people within the LGBTQIA+ community face...

Pride 26

Pride 26: We're celebrating with an exhibition by pioneering LGBTQ+ photographer Alice Austen. Outdoors, in Mortimer Gardens 19 to 28 June....

Site Festival 26

Museum Display. Site Festival 26: Works by fine art photographer Rita Long and responses by some of the young people she's been working with...

In Memoriam VALIE EXPORT (1940-2026)

On the occasion of what would have been her 86th birthday, we pay tribute to VALIE EXPORT, one of the most influential, inspiring and fearless artists of the twentieth century....

Colour Me Modern

EXHIBITION: Colour Me Modern: Claire Aho and the New Woman - until 27 June in the Museum and until 18 June in Mortimer Gardens...

31 Heroines for Women’s History Month 2026

We're celebrating Women's History Month with a daily spotlight on a pioneering woman photographer from the past...

Hinda Schuman – Video

Video: As part of our programme around Hinda Schuman's exhibition, Done Doing Time, we hosted a presentation of Hinda talking about her work...

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Great Train Tapestry: The Story So Far

Phase I of the Great Train Tapestry’s creation has now reached its close and thanks to the creative guidance of Lisl Ponger, we continue our process with a solid foundation of ideas and an established vision for the project’s next steps!

PlanetHeroines28th November 2023

Book Exhibition Featured Pride 2024

Zanele Muholi Exhibition Book

Since the early 2000s, visual activist Zanele Muholi has used photography to re-envision the realities of Black LGBTQIA+ lives in South Africa. Published in tandem with a Tate exhibition held in 2020, the Zanele Muholi Exhibition Book showcases the breadth of their ongoing photographic and activist practice.

PlanetHeroines28th November 2023

Anti-Violence Projects Brief News Featured Listicle

16 Days of Activism 2023

Throughout the 16 days of activism, we have posted about the work of women photographers who are highlighting violence against women in its many different forms, read their stories here.

PlanetHeroines27th November 2023

Featured Garage Sale

Commodity Cultures and Consumption

What resists commodification? Very little these days. Subcultures, alternative lifestyles and perhaps, most tellingly, varying types of ethical consumption, all fall foul of capitalism’s ability to co-opt alternatives into its mechanism.

PlanetHeroines24th November 2023

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Paris Photo 2023

Photo Exhibition - Hundred Heroines volunteer writer Emma Godfrey Pigott reflects on her experience of Paris Photo 2023, and discusses her highlights from the event.

PlanetHeroines22nd November 2023

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We’re holding a Garage Sale!

Inspired by the work of Martha Rosler, our Garage Sale – as well as offering some great bargains – challenges the viewer to take a critical look at the second-hand market in the UK, particularly the pricing policy of charity shops as they strive to find new audiences.

PlanetHeroines22nd November 2023

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Workshop : Synthetic Dyes for Image Transfer onto Fabrics

A free workshop experimenting with sublimation print and dysperse dye transfer onto fabric as part of the Great Train Tapestry Project.

PlanetHeroines14th November 2023

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The Great Train Tapestry Batik Workshop II

As part of our Great Train Tapestry project, Zariq Rosita Hanif will be leading this 2nd workshop using batik to create panels for the final piece!

PlanetHeroines14th November 2023

A woman, painted in blue, sits amid plumes of orange smoke and small fires, on a dry landscape.

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Re/Sisters: A Lens on Gender and Ecology

Exhibition at the Barbican (until 14.01.24) RE/SISTERS: A Lens on Gender and Ecology is a major group exhibition surveying gender and ecology.

Katherine Riley13th November 2023

Four sculptures the the shape of humanoid figures stand in a room lit by bright green lighting. Four sculptural 'baskets' lie on the wooden panelled floor.

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Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility

The Guggenheim Museum (until 07.04.24) - Going Dark addresses what it means to be seen, not seen, or erased in society, through formal experimentations with the figure.

Katherine Riley7th November 2023