Autograph | Blog

Long Read: Interview with Poulomi Basu

POSTED: 30 May 2020

"We are fighting this oppression together. And we are doing this with agency"

Artist Opportunities During Covid-19

POSTED: 29 May 2020

We're continually updating this list of funding, opportunities and resources

Common Threads

POSTED: 26 May 2020

Exploring the many ways underrepresented stories can be told

Call for Event Proposals

POSTED: 21 May 2020

Our third annual Open Call for emerging cultural producers who are working on a new or early stage project

Disability and Digital (im)mobilisation

POSTED: 14 May 2020

Missed this online event? Watch it here

A Call to Care

POSTED: 11 May 2020

A new series of conversations about care and community during Covid-19

Visual Care

POSTED: 07 May 2020

Franklyn Rodgers’ exquisite portraits capture a generation

“We Were Here”: Remembering Nevil Hartley

POSTED: 01 May 2020

Autograph’s Senior Curator Renée Mussai pays tribute to the late Nevil Hartley

African Cosmologies: Photography, Time and the Other

POSTED: 28 April 2020

New photobook to add to your lockdown reading list

A Different Way of Seeing

POSTED: 21 April 2020

Covid-19 got in the way of our plans to exhibit this film at Autograph, now you can watch it online

Interview with Mouth That Roars

POSTED: 21 April 2020

“Black young people with autism are rarely represented in the public arena”

Photobooks for the NHS

POSTED: 20 April 2020

We’ve donated 200 photography books to Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital

Who Cares

POSTED: 10 April 2020

These photographs by Sonal Kantaria and Sangita Mistry feel more relevant than ever

Care

POSTED: 03 April 2020

It’s been an astonishing few weeks.

Autograph is temporarily closing

POSTED: 17 March 2020

From 18 March 2020 until further notice

Family Workshops for Children with SEND

POSTED: 22 November 2019

Booking is now open for workshops in Jan - Apr 2020

We're hiring! Learning & Participation Manager (Maternity Cover)

POSTED: 01 November 2019

Help us to engage with thousands of people to explore the themes we address through our artistic programme: identity, representation and rights

EXPLORERS Conference: Art, Rights and Representation

POSTED: 18 October 2019

Autograph is taking part in a two day event about neurodiversity, art and the politics of inclusion

Lola Flash and Maxine Walker Opening Night

POSTED: 13 May 2019

More than 400 people joined us for the launch of Autograph's new exhibitions

Free tickets for artist educators to the Rights in Focus Conference

POSTED: 12 March 2019

We have 10 free tickets available for artist educators to attend our upcoming conference on rights and arts engagement

Chris Miller reviews The Space Between Things

POSTED: 05 March 2019

Chris Miller is an artist at Submit to Love Studios in Hackney – a collective of artists, all of whom have survived brain injuries. As part of our March Thursday Late event in collaboration with the studio, he reviews Boswell's powerful exhibition at Autograph.

Cecil Waldron - Submit to Love Studios artist

POSTED: 28 February 2019

Cecil's work will be on display at our March #ThursdayLate

Artist Sam Jevon

POSTED: 27 February 2019

In the run-up to our Thursday Late event in collaboration with Submit to Love Studios, we take a closer look at the work of Sam Jevon

Artist Affiong Day

POSTED: 26 February 2019

A member of the Submit to Love Studios collective, Affiong's work will be on display at our March #ThursdayLate

Submit to Love Studios: Mohammed Sharif

POSTED: 26 February 2019

Mohammed's work will be on display at our Thursday Late event on 7 March

Events for families with children with SEND

POSTED: 12 February 2019

Autograph is launching a new series of monthly workshops at our gallery in Shoreditch

Accumulate x Metro - Pay it Forward Folio Reviews

POSTED: 04 February 2019

Have your photographic work reviewed by established photographers, influencers and curators from within the industry

Creative workshops with Accumulate

POSTED: 30 January 2019

We're developing a new exhibition with youth homeless charity Accumulate - and participants attended their first workshops at Autograph

Hire Rivington Place

POSTED: 23 January 2019

Have your event, launch, meeting or activity at our iconic building in Shoreditch, London. We offer unique and versitile spaces for hire.

Sunil Gupta commission in Spectrosynthesis II

POSTED: 21 January 2019

The New Pre-Raphaelites - an Autograph commission - will feature in the largest-ever LGBT Asian contemporary art exhibition

Black Girl Meetup Visits Autograph

POSTED: 14 January 2019

We welcomed Black Girl Meetup to our gallery in Shoreditch, to see Autograph's new exhibition by Phoebe Boswell

Call for event proposals

POSTED: 08 January 2019

Are you a creative practitioner? Propose your event or activity to take place at Autograph in our 2019 open call

Faisal Abdu’Allah’s powerful tapestries

POSTED: 03 January 2019

Artimage looks back at 2018's top art stories - including our exhibition The Duppy Conqueror And Other Stories

Mulberry School for Girls visit Common Ground exhibition

POSTED: 02 January 2019

Inspired by our exhibition of work by young London photographers, local pupils created their own group portraits

Our Holiday Opening Hours

POSTED: 20 December 2018

Our gallery in Shoreditch, London will be closed from Sunday 23 December - Tuesday 1 January. See you in 2019!

Omar Victor Diop: Black Subjects in the Frame

POSTED: 19 December 2018

In a new video by HENI Talks, hear some of the ways the framing of black identity through history has hindered, obscured and liberated the lives of many people across the globe

Phoebe Boswell exhibition opening night

POSTED: 19 December 2018

More than 200 people joined us at the opening night of Phoebe Boswell's exhibition The Space Between Things

Lyrispect Commission

POSTED: 18 December 2018

Listen to Lyrispect's original poem The Reclamation - created in response to our touring exhibition by Zanele Muholi at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art

Middlesex University Archive Visit

POSTED: 18 December 2018

Students visited Autograph's archive, sparking complex discussions about how visual arts can affect change in our communities

Pop-up Book Sale

POSTED: 12 December 2018

At the opening night of our new exhibition by Phoebe Boswell - perfect for Christmas shopping

Nearly 100 local pupils respond to our exhibition by Omar Victor Diop

POSTED: 11 December 2018

Saint John the Baptist Primary School joined us for a series of learning workshops

Liberty/Diaspora featured on BBC World News

POSTED: 05 December 2018

Watch Omar Victor Diop's interview with Focus on Africa about his recent exhibition at Autograph

Leased Offices Available

POSTED: 20 November 2018

We have some fabulous leased offices available at Rivington Place

The story behind Rachel Velastegui's photograph Amor

POSTED: 19 November 2018

A powerful image, taken when both Rachel and the sitter were 17

Young London Photographers: Common Ground launch event

POSTED: 19 November 2018

More than 200 people joined us at the opening of our student exhibition

An Rinceoir Briste – The Broken Dancer

POSTED: 14 November 2018

Courtney Jelley addresses disability in her work, on display now in Young London Photographers: Common Ground

Couch Surfing by Chantae Henry

POSTED: 13 November 2018

Young London Photographers: Common Ground opens tonight - we take a closer look at Chantae Henry's work addressing homelessness.

Call For Practitioners

POSTED: 13 November 2018

Autograph are looking for two practitioners to present at our upcoming Rights in Focus Network event on Saturday 8th December.

Lewisham Young Advisors Workshop

POSTED: 01 November 2018

A passionate discussion about the experience of youth 'then and now'

Challenging the Narrative: Young Migrants Speaking Up

POSTED: 30 October 2018

Listen to the podcast from Brighter Futures' event at Autograph - debating the biggest issues faced by young migrants today

What Does Freedom in Journalism Look Like?

POSTED: 29 October 2018

In light of the detention of Shahidul Alam in Bangladesh, an important discussion at The Photographers' Gallery, London on 4 November.

#SpelZanelePride hosted by Lyrispect

POSTED: 25 October 2018

Inspired by our touring exhibition by Zanele Muholi, an afternoon of poetic proportions took place at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta

Hackney's Caribbean Tea Party

POSTED: 24 October 2018

Autograph was proud to take part in Hackney Council's event celebrating the Windrush Generation

ActionSpace Artists at Autograph

POSTED: 22 October 2018

Thompson Hall, Andrew Omoding and Ian Wornast joined us for Thursday Late at the gallery, sharing and discussing their work.