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We're open every day until Tuesday 23 December at 6pm.

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Past Programme

Explore our rich resource of past exhibitions, talks and events by year or type.

Upcoming Programme

Year

Bookshop Event

11:00am, Sat 04 Oct 2025

Photowalk & Darkroom Workshop: Lakeside Darkroom

Photowalk & Darkroom Workshop with Lakeside Darkroom, located in the iconic Thamesmead area.

Bookshop Event

5:00pm, Tue 30 Sep 2025

Sally Mann Book Signing

Sally Mann is making a rare visit to our Gallery for a Book Signing in our Bookshop. It's the first time we can welcome her back after her retrospective exhibition

Exhibition

Last chance to see

27 Jun 2025 - 28 Sep 2025

Felicity Hammond: V3 Model Collapse

Exploring the connections between geological and data mining, image-making and machine-learning.

Exhibition

Last chance to see

27 Jun 2025 - 28 Sep 2025

Dennis Morris: Music + Life

★★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ Time Out Discover music, culture and Black British identity through the lens of Dennis Morris.

Bookshop Event

6:30pm, Thu 25 Sep 2025

Book Launch, Talk & Signing: Japan Art Revolution

Join us for the launch event of Japan Art Revolution: The Japanese Avant-Garde from Angura to Provoke, published by Thames & Hudson, in our Cafe Bar.

Tours

6:30pm, Thu 25 Sep 2025

Exhibition Tour | Dennis Morris: Music + Life

Join an informal tour of the exhibition

Talks & Events

11:00am, Sat 20 Sep 2025

Open House Tour: Soho Photography Quarter 2025

A free guided tour of Soho Photography Quarter as part of London Open House week

Talks & Events

12:00pm, Fri 19 Sep 2025

Conference: Visualising the Histories of Black Britain

Join us for a one-day conference exploring the enduring impact of Dennis Morris’ photography and its role in documenting and shaping Britain’s visual culture and memory

Bookshop Event

6:30pm, Thu 18 Sep 2025

Book Launch & Conversation: Sian Bonnell & Susan Bright

Please join us for the launch of artist Sian Bonnell's career surveying monograph, Wilful Amateur. Sian will be in conversation with the curator and writer Susan Bright in our Cafe

Tours

6:30pm, Thu 18 Sep 2025

Exhibition Tour | Felicity Hammond: V3 Model Collapse

Join an informal tour of the exhibition

6:30pm, Wed 17 Sep 2025

Develop, Making a Publication: Introduction

Join this online information session to learn more about this years Develop programme!

Talks & Events

11:00am, Sat 13 Sep 2025

Audio Described Tour & Listening Session

A special event, drawing on Dennis Morris' work, for blind and partially sighted participants, and the wider public

50 Exhibitions for 50 Years

We’ve explored our archives and revisited 50 exhibitions that mark significant moments both in the history of the Gallery and of the photographic medium itself.