October Gallery, in central London, was founded in 1979 and was the first gallery in the UK to present contemporary art from all around the world. October Gallery has nurtured and has developed the careers of some of the most innovative and exciting artists of our time, exhibiting artists from the Middle East, Oceania, Asia and Africa.

October Gallery has been instrumental in bringing to international attention many of Africa’s leading artists of today, including El Anatsui, Nnenna Okore, Gérard Quenum, Julien Sinzogan, Owusu-Ankomah, Rachid Koraïchi and Romuald Hazoumè.

October Gallery presents six to eight exhibitions per year and collaborates with numerous institutions and museums on loans, exhibitions and catalogues. Such collaborations range from organising commissions for exhibitions such as the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Uncomfortable Truths (2007) or the recent loan of Brion Gysin’s magnum-opus, Calligraffiti of Fire, to the New Museum, New York (2010). In 2011, Rachid Koraïchi won the prestigious Jameel Prize at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The gallery maintains close relationships with various Departments of the British Museum. In 2013, The Royal Academy of Arts displayed a magnificent work by El Anatsui on the façade of Burlington House. It is one of the largest wall-hanging sculptures he has ever created from bottle-tops.

As a registered charity, October Gallery runs a significant educational programme for London schools. Its elegant three-storey Victorian building in Bloomsbury houses a café, theatre and garden-courtyard. The gallery maintains a cultural hub in central London, hosting talks, performances and seminars for poets, writers, artists and intellectuals.

Tuesday - Saturday 12.30 - 17.30pm
Admission Free