London, United Kingdom

Whitechapel Gallery

Whitechapel Gallery, founded in 1901 in London's East End in a striking Arts and Crafts building by Charles Harrison Townsend, was conceived to bring art to the people of east London. Without a permanent collection, it has shaped international art history through landmark exhibitions — the first UK shows of Picasso's Guernica, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Frida Kahlo, and the 1956 This Is Tomorrow exhibition. A 2009 expansion into the neighboring former library doubled its size and added year-round galleries, an archive, and educational spaces.

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. Source: Wikipedia