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Somerset House

A woman with shoulder-length dark hair poses in a beige suit against a pale wall.

A Decade In, London’s Somerset House Studios Is Still Refining Its Model of Artist Support

Director Marie McPartlin says the residency program was designed to give artists what many institutions won't: years to work, a built-in culture of peer mentorship and permission to fail along the way.
By Simon Coates
A large graphite drawing shows multiple overlapping scenes of women in patterned clothing engaged in communal activity, including washing, gathering, and ritual gestures, in a lush environment.

Nine Artists Who Stole the Show at 1-54 London

The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is back at Somerset House for its 13th edition with special projects, live performances and work by 100 contemporary African and diasporic artists.
By Farah Abdessamad
A young woman stands in a bright, neatly arranged bathroom taking a mirror selfie with an iPhone, wearing a white t-shirt that reads “PRETTY PLEASE” and a beige skirt, with a flower headband in her blonde hair—an image from Amalia Ulman’s 2014 performance Excellences & Perfections, which blurred the lines between Instagram persona and conceptual artwork.

One Fine Show: ‘Virtual Beauty’ at Somerset House in London

The diversity on display in this exhibition makes a convincing case for the self as the final frontier.
By Dan Duray
A family wrapped in blankets stands staring morosely in a desert

Don’t Miss: Sebastião Salgado at London’s Somerset House

By Henry Roberts
The Dia Beacon Museum in Dutchess County New York.

NY Times Cuts Regional Arts Coverage, Bjork Talks Virtual Reality

By Alanna Martinez

After The Jam: Paul Weller Can’t Slow Down for ‘Saturns Pattern’

By Linda Laban
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