Whitechapel Art Gallery

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  • Address
    80-82 Whitechapel Rd, Whitechapel, E1 7QX
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  • Phone
    7572 7878
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  • Transport
    underground rail: Aldgate East

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Lonely Planet review

It's all change at the Whitechapel Art Gallery as it doubles its size by expanding into a disused library next door. During that time, one of the capital's more interesting contemporary art galleries becomes the Whitechapel Laboratory, with changing exhibitions, live music, poetry, talks and film. The new space will contain three new galleries, an Education and Research Tower and a street-facing café.

The Whitechapel Art Gallery was founded in 1901 by Victorian philanthropist Samuel Barnett to bring art to the people of East London and it has made its name putting on exhibitions by both established and emerging artists, cartoonists and architects, including Gary Hume, Robert Crumb and Mies van der Rohe. Its ambitiously themed shows change every couple of months; check the programme online.