Whitechapel Gallery

Mbeke★★★★★★★★★★4.04 months ago

I attended the White Chapel Art Gallery to see the Joy Gregory exhibition, Catching flies with honey. It was a great opportunity to learn more about Ms Greggory's personal journey, diverse photography styles, displays and lighting. The collections are all great in their right, whether its her analysis of her time in different countries, her personal histories and experiences, blond hair, the dresses we refuse to discard and so much more, it all served to give me insite, education and time for reflection of these major areas. The exhibition is spread over 3 floors and many rooms so be prepared for walking. As a photographer, I really enjoyed it. The exhibition runs until March 1st 2026 and I have also reviewed it on my TikTik page #coachwaseme. There are free viewings in the gallery of every exhibition on Thursday evenings 6-9pm.

Julie Smith★★★★★★★★★★4.03 months ago

Small Gallery. Beautiful facade. TBH some of the exhibitions were to me uninspiring. I did enjoy the Tent exhibition Fierce and Fearless with Sedna, Kali etc . I did Google and learnt more about each. Had an amazing story about Kali from Pandvani 108 via Crick Crack club fairly tales for grown ups at Cranbounre earthouse. They also do these events in London and other areas of the UK. Staff were polite and helpful. We only visited the free areas, but they have late evenings with free entry to all exhibitions, check website for details.

Paul★★★★★★★★★★5.09 months ago

There's one paid for exhibition where you can pay what you like. Upstairs all the exhibitions are free. There seems to be a focus on local - east end - artists. What I like is the public/community feel about the place. It's separate but also part of the public space. The coffee shop seems to stretch into the gallery.

Leah Walker★★★★★★★★★★1.06 months ago

The outside of the building was beautiful, and that’s as far as I’d recommend to go. As we entered the gallery it was not clear which exhibits you needed to pay for and which ones were free. We stood looking at the map trying to figure out where to go. There was a room behind the front desk so we thought we’d start there. At the desk there were two employees, who had not acknowledged us, and who were too busy talking and trying to look cool rather than actually doing their jobs. We opened the door to go into the exhibit when the members of staff told us this was a paid exhibit and we needed tickets. It would’ve been helpful if there was some sort of signage, or the staff engaged with us before we entered the exhibit. The rest of the gallery was made up of about two rooms and a cafe. The two rooms consisted of a tent with a few benches in and a room with a cardboard maze that looked like a scene from a midsummer nights dream, but based on a cult. There was another visitor there at the same time as us, and she was equally as confused and disappointed. The quality of art was appalling. It was especially ironic as the maze was all about nature, yet every other board had an iPhone plugged in and was playing a very strange video. As someone who has visited many art galleries in London, I would not waste your time visiting this one.

Kypriopoulla★★★★★★★★★★5.0a year ago

Once a former library in Whitechapel, the building was built in 1901 and it has nine exhibition rooms, for a contemporary art exhibitions, with a cafe, bookshop and great exhibitions. Except from the exhibitions do step back and admire the building with the golden leaves, and the weather vane up in the cupola showing Erasmus riding a horse backwards reading a book created by Canadian artist Rodney Graham. The gallery is free to visit but on some exhibitions you need to be paid for.