“Backstage” presents a series of photographs captured by ‘one of the major American photographers of the late twentieth century’*, Peter Hujar. These images record performers backstage in New York theatres Read more…
All Exhibition Events in the Roman Road area
Discover what's on and things to do in the Roman Road area of Tower Hamlets, East London, including events in Bow, Mile End, Hackney Wick, Whitechapel, Stepney, Bethnal Green and Poplar.
4 May 2021
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28 May 2021
Displaying photographs by Paul Trevor, “Brick Lane 1978” is a window exhibition at the Four Corners Gallery. Following the racist murder of Altab Ali in 1978, the East End’s Bengali Read more…
24 May 2021, 1:00 pm
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5 June 2021, 7:00 pm
From the Western Isles to the East End, the Espacio Gallery is exhibiting work by four artists from the remote island of North Uist. Belonging to the Outer Hebrides, North Read more…
22 May 2021, 12:00 pm
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18 July 2021, 6:00 pm
The first solo exhibition by Shanghai-based artist Yu Ji, “Wasted Mud” uses sculpture to explore the human body in relation to the built and natural environments we inhabit. Cast in Read more…
19 May 2021
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15 August 2021
“A Glittering City” is an exhibition presenting two moving-image artworks focusing on the topics of urbanism, gentrification, power and resilience. For the first film, ‘Fire In My Belly’, artist Ayo Read more…
21 May 2021, 10:00 am
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8 August 2021, 4:00 pm
The world’s first Empathy HQ is opening right here in Bow! The Nunnery Gallery will present the first UK solo exhibition by the Finnish artist Enni-Kukka Tuomala. In this exhibition, Read more…
5 November 2020
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24 November 2020
Fish Island’s Stour Space Gallery will be hosting street artist Don’t Fret’s exhibition ‘The Greatest The City Could Offer Me Was a Stranger’ at Stour Space Gallery in Fish Island Read more…
1 October 2020, 8:00 am
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30 October 2020, 10:00 pm
Stour Space Gallery Fish Island will be hosting an art exhibition by Olivier F Adam at Stour Space Gallery from 1 to 30 October. Known as the ‘Gentle Sculptor of Read more…
7 October 2020
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10 January 2021
Whitechapel Gallery presents the first major UK survey of figurative painter and creator of poetic mise-en-scenes, Kai Althoff (b. 1966 Cologne, Germany; lives and works in New York, USA and Cologne, Germany). The exhibition Read more…
26 September 2020, 12:00 pm
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6 December 2020, 5:45 pm
Chisenhale Gallery presents Becoming Alluvium, the first solo exhibition in the UK by Saigon-based artist Thao Nguyen Phan. Working with painting, installation and moving image, Phan’s work explores history and tradition Read more…
24 September 2020, 6:00 pm
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9:00 pm
Visions is returning this September, reopening the Nunnery programme after five months of lockdown. It is a new animation work by lead artist Hetain Patel, together with 26 other artists, Read more…
3 September 2020, 10:00 am
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25 September 2020, 4:00 pm
Art 4u2 are a local group of artists led by tutor Virginia Hawke, who meet to paint, draw and sketch all over Tower Hamlets. This exhibition is the culmination of Read more…