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Whitechapel Gallery
art gallery in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- TypeMuseums
- WhereShadwell, United Kingdom
Photo: Ham · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
About
About Whitechapel Gallery
The Whitechapel Gallery is a public art gallery in Whitechapel on the north side of Whitechapel High Street, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The original building, designed by Charles Harrison Townsend, opened in 1901 as one of the first publicly funded galleries for temporary exhibitions in London. The building is a notable example of the British Modern Style.
In 2009 the gallery approximately doubled in size by incorporating the adjacent former Passmore Edwards library building. It exhibits the work of contemporary artists and organizes retrospective exhibitions and other art shows.
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Photos: Fred Romero from Paris, France (CC BY 2.0) · Matt Brown (CC BY 2.0) · FromMorningToMidnight (CC0) · Matt Brown (CC BY 2.0) · Peter Trimming (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Ewan-M (CC BY-SA 2.0), Wikimedia Commons.
Good to know
- Built
- 1901
- Style
- Art Nouveau architecture
- Visitors a year
- 490,000
- Opening hours
- Tue-Wed, Fri-Sun 11:00-18:00 · Thu 11:00-21:00 from OpenStreetMap; check before you go
- Official website
- whitechapelgallery.org
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