Iwona Blazwick on 120 years of the Whitechapel Gallery

of the 20th century made its debut at New Burlington Galleries and consequently the Whitechapel Gallery as part of a tour to promote anti-fascism in Spain. Picasso asked that the price of entry was a pair of boots. By the end of the show 400 pairs had been donated for the freedom fighters in Spain.

Top: exhibition poster for the Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti exhibition, 1982. Above: Installation view of Frida Kahlo, 1982. Seven Stories About Modern Art in Africa ‘Modern and contemporary art from Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Sudan testified to the avant-garde creative energy of the continent.’‘Twelve live horses spent the day at the gallery in a recreation of an iconic 1969 Arte Povera work by Jannis Kounellis, an encounter of nature and culture that proved unexpectedly emotional.’

Top and above: horse entering the Whitechapel Gallery foyer for Jannis Kounellis’ exhibition, ‘A Short History of Performance’ in April 2002. ‘Scandinavian duo Elmgreen & Dragset conjured away the Whitechapel Gallery and replaced it with the ruin of a public swimming pool, a memorial to all civic facilities destroyed by commercial development. A testament to our mission to realise artists’ visions.

Installation view at the Whitechapel Gallery. Elmgreen & Dragset, ‘This Is How We Bite Our Tongue’. 27 September 2018 – 13 January 2019.

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