Date: Tuesday 1st May, 5.15 – 7pm
Location: Lecture Theatre, Chelsea College of Art & Design
Founded in 1901, the Whitechapel Gallery has hosted some of the most important artistic developments in national and world culture. Responsive to the cultural diversity of the community it served and the art scene worldwide, the gallery supported collaborations with Jewish writers and artists, artists from Asia, as well as artists from Europe and Latin America.
Nayia Yiakoumaki is pursuing a PhD in Visual Arts on the theme of institutional archives and their curatorial potential. As Whitechapel Archive Research Curator, she is now involved in the development of a purpose-designed Research Room and a dedicated Archive Collection Gallery; both are to open within the Whitechapel’s extended premises in 2008.
At this TrAIN Open Lecture, Yiakoumaki will be discussing the history of the gallery in relation to the different visitor groups it attracted and referred to; this subject will complemented with reference to The Whitechapel Files, an exhibition held at the Whitechapel last year.
