
Visual arts
The East End has long been a hotspot for artists, and Tower Hamlets is no exception with flagship venues such as Whitechapel Gallery, alongside small community exhibition spaces.... With many artists living and working in the borough we have lots of galleries and studio spaces exhibiting work from emerging artists as well as established household names.
For current listings of exhibitions go to our events pages.
- 5th Base Gallery
- Apiary Studios
- arebyte Gallery
- Brady Arts Centre Exhibition Space
- Cell Project Space
- Chisenhale Gallery
- Espacio Gallery
- Four Corners Gallery
- French Riviera
- Gallery Cafe
- Hales Gallery
- Husk Coffee & Creative Space
- IMT Gallery
- Kahaila Cafe
- Leyden Gallery
- Limehouse Studios
- LimeWharf & Wharf Kitchen
- London Jewellery Workshop
- Magus & the Fool - art cafe
- Maureen Paley
- Mowlem Street Studios
- Nunnery Café
- Nunnery Gallery
- Old Truman Brewery
- Oxford House
- Portman Gallery
- Republic Gallery
- Rich Mix
- Roman Road
- SAFE Studios
- Smokehouse Gallery
- Spitalfields Studios
- St John on Bethnal Green
- Stolen Space Gallery
- Stour Space
- Studio 1.1
- The Approach
- The Art Pavilion
- The Cass, London Metropolitan University
- The Ecology Pavilion
- The Rag Factory
- The Tommy Flowers
- Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives
- Town House
- Trinity Art Gallery
- UNION Gallery
- Unit 3 Projects Space
- Whitechapel Gallery
- Whitechurch Passage
- Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix Gallery
Related Events
- Swap smartphone scrolling for bite-size reads with Canary Wharf’s Short Story Stationsfrom Thu 4 Apr 19 until Sat 8 May 21
- Chinese New Year - Welcome in the Year of the Ratfrom Sun 26 Jan 20 until Sun 9 Feb 20
- Holocaust Memorial Day 2020from Sun 26 Jan 20 until Thu 30 Jan 20
- Lunar New Year CelebrationsSun 2 Feb 20
- The Oxford & Cambridge Goat RaceSun 29 Mar 20
Event Highlights
- Exhibition: ‘A’ Team Arts 40th Anniversary - Yesterday Today Tomorrowfrom Mon 2 Dec 19 until Wed 29 Jan 20
- Pencil-UK Bijoy Mela 2019 (Celebrating 48th Victory Day of Bangladesh)TODAY ONLY
- Victoria Park Festive EventsSelected dates between Sat 7 Dec 19 and Sun 15 Dec 19
- what makes you who you arefrom Wed 15 Jan 20 until Sun 19 Jan 20
- Depictions of Living from Thu 23 Jan 20 until Tue 28 Jan 20
Arts News
- Free Remix Workshops with London Remixed Festival & Community MusicSat 1 Feb 20 to Sat 1 Feb 20
- Tower Hamlets says 'Thank You and Goodnight' to 'A' Team Youth Arts Leadersposted: Thu 12 Dec 19
- Physical Theatre Courses in Jacques Lecoq’s Pedagogy, Physical Theatre and Devising TechniquesTue 28 Jan 20 to Tue 7 Apr 20
- RAFTA Script Awardposted: Fri 8 Nov 19