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What happens when creativity becomes resistance? The Harlem Renaissance story
A vintage photo of a large group of Black men and women in overcoats and hats posing outside a brick building in New York
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What happens when creativity becomes resistance? The Harlem Renaissance story

Valerie Ebuwa tells the story of how a cultural revolution in a New York borough redefined what it meant to be Black in the US.

Irvine Welsh on Men in Love and how the Sick Boys rule the world
The author Irvine Welsh in mid conversation while seated on stage
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Irvine Welsh on Men in Love and how the Sick Boys rule the world

​​Author Irvine Welsh discusses his book Men in Love, the latest sequel to Trainspotting, in conversation with Miranda Sawyer.

Northern Soul: hidden gems and a brief history with Deptford Northern Soul Club
People dancing outside on a terrace, one in the foreground with arms open
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Northern Soul: hidden gems and a brief history with Deptford Northern Soul Club

Deptford Northern Soul Club’s WIll Foot Shares an introduction to the genre and some of his favourite floor-filling tracks.

Inside Yoshitomo Nara's beautiful studio sanctuary in Japan
Artist Yoshitomo Nara – an older Japanese man with grey hair over which he wears a black baseball cap, and wearing a black hooded top, stands in his whitewalled artists studio which has paintings on the wall and various materials propped against the walls and at the room's edges.
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Inside Yoshitomo Nara's beautiful studio sanctuary in Japan

Get an insight into the art and practice of artist Yoshitomo Nara as he offers a rare video tour of his studio.

Stravinsky conducts in the Royal Festival Hall
Igor Stravinsky, a small 83 year old balding man wearing black-rimmed glasses stands with arms stretched out at his stands as he conducts a rehearsal
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Stravinsky conducts in the Royal Festival Hall

Watch the legendary composer conduct a 1965 performance of The Firebird by the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Caroline Achaintre: studio spotlight
Artist Caroline Achaintre, a middle-aged woman with long wavy brown hair, wearing glasses and a powder blue sweatshirt and sleeveless jacket, stands in front of one of her multi-coloured woven artworks
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Caroline Achaintre: studio spotlight

The artist and guest curator of the Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition Material Worlds, leads a video tour of her London studio.

Tour Mickalene Thomas: All About Love with Lea Ogunlami and Ione Gamble
Three people relaxing on red bean bags, staring at large collages on a wood panelled walls
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Tour Mickalene Thomas: All About Love with Lea Ogunlami and Ione Gamble

Take an intimate tour of this 2025 Hayward Gallery exhibition in the company of the presenter and the editor-in-chief of Polyester zine.

The stories behind iconic photographs
Installation view of diane arbus - in the beginning at Hayward Gallery
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The stories behind iconic photographs

Take a closer look at iconic photographs by Hiroshi Sugimoto, Andreas Gursky, Charlie Phillips and Diane Arbus.

Tour Linder: Danger Came Smiling with Bimini and Ione Gamble
Ione Gamble, a young White woman with red hair, and Bimini a White drag artist with platinum hair stand in the Hayward Gallery; works by the artist Linder are on the wall behind them
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Tour Linder: Danger Came Smiling with Bimini and Ione Gamble

Join the drag artist and founder of Polyester zine on a video tour of our exhibition, Linder: Danger Came Smiling.

Linder: studio spotlight
The British artist Linder, an older White woman with long hair, wearing a patterned knitted jumper, in her studio space. She is gesturing to work on a table top; next to her is the journalist Fi Chesterton a young woman with long dark hair
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Linder: studio spotlight

Get an insight into Linder’s art and practice as she leads ArtReview’s Fi Churchman on a tour of her studio space in this video.

Explore the works of Haegue Yang with Leap Year curator Yung Ma
A gallery installation featuring multiple vertical sections of white Venetian blinds used as screens for projections, alongside sculptures and brightly colored abstract panels.
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Explore the works of Haegue Yang with Leap Year curator Yung Ma

Get an expert-led introduction to our 2024 Hayward Gallery exhibition, Haegue Yang: Leap Year.

'I was born an artist - the world made me an armed robber': John Costi and Jeremy Deller on Koestler
Artists Jeremy Deller and John Costi sit on chairs in the Koestler Arts building, around them multiple artworks (predominantly paintings) adorn the walls; others are propped up in stacks against the base of the walls.
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'I was born an artist - the world made me an armed robber': John Costi and Jeremy Deller on Koestler

Artists John Costi and Jeremy Deller talk about their co-curation of the 2024 Koestler Arts exhibition, No Comment.