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Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Azure Blue), 2021–22 © Rachel Whiteread. Photo: Thomas Lannes

In Conversation

Rachel Whiteread
Tim Marlow

Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 7:30pm
Sarabande Foundation, London
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Rachel Whiteread will be in conversation with Tim Marlow, director of the Design Museum, London, for the next installment in the series of INSPIRED talks organized by the Sarabande Foundation. The pair will discuss Whiteread’s recent and current projects and delve into the twists and turns of her creative career to date—from concept to form, and everything in between. Using industrial materials such as plaster, concrete, resin, rubber, and metal to cast everyday objects and architectural elements, Whiteread’s sculptural works are instantly recognizable as evocative interrogations of negative space, from the domestic to the monumental.

This event was originally scheduled for Wednesday, December 6, 2023.

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Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Azure Blue), 2021–22 © Rachel Whiteread. Photo: Thomas Lannes

Rachel Whiteread’s 2023 Connaught Christmas tree, London. Artwork © Rachel Whiteread

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Rachel Whiteread
The Connaught Christmas Tree

November 16, 2023–January 7, 2024
The Connaught, London
www.the-connaught.co.uk

Encouraging passersby to celebrate a feeling of togetherness, Rachel Whiteread has used 102 white neon hoops to decorate the Connaught hotel’s 31-foot (9.4-meter) Nordmann’s fir. Whiteread regularly uses circular motifs within her practice and here they illuminate the streets of Mayfair, acting as a symbol of hope and unity this festive season.

Rachel Whiteread’s 2023 Connaught Christmas tree, London. Artwork © Rachel Whiteread

Left: Rachel Whiteread. Right: Briony Fer

In Conversation

Rachel Whiteread
Briony Fer

Thursday, October 12, 2023, 3pm
Regent’s Park, London
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Rachel Whiteread and Briony Fer will be in conversation as part of Frieze Masters Talks, a program that explores the connections between historical art and contemporary practice. The pair will discuss Whiteread’s recent and current projects, including . . . And the Animals Were Sold (2023), a new site-specific installation at the Palazzo della Ragione in Bergamo, Italy, which was conceived in relation to the historic architecture of the site and region. They will also discuss pivotal milestones in Whiteread’s life and career that paved the way for her to rise as a leading British artist. The event is free to attend with fair admission on a first-come, first-served basis.

Left: Rachel Whiteread. Right: Briony Fer

Photo: courtesy International Catalogue Raisonné Association

Talk

ICRA Annual Conference 2022
Legacy: The Artist’s View

Thursday, December 1, 2022, 9:30am
Cromwell Place, London
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The International Catalogue Raisonné Association conference will give artists, their families, and catalogue raisonné authors space to articulate their thoughts on the theme of legacy. Engaging with the question of posterity, the conference asks how a family’s closeness to the artist can be both a blessing and a challenge, and thinks about ways in which later generations as well as nonfamily members can address issues surrounding an artist’s continued relevance. Edmund de Waal will be the keynote speaker and Michael Craig-Martin and Rachel Whiteread will contribute to the conference as well. The in-person and online event will include a question-and-answer session.

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Photo: courtesy International Catalogue Raisonné Association

Rachel Whiteread

In Conversation

Rachel Whiteread
Ann Gallagher

Wednesday, September 22, 2021, 1pm
Messe Basel
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As part of Art Basel’s Conversation series, Rachel Whiteread will participate in a Premiere Artists Talk with Ann Gallagher, former director of Tate’s collection of British art and editor of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist’s sculpture, about key moments in her career and what drives her work today. The conversation will be introduced by Marc Spiegler, global director of Art Basel. The event is free to attend with fair admission. To watch the livestream event, visit Art Basel’s Facebook.

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Installation view, Rachel Whiteread: Internal Objects, Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London, April 12–June 6, 2021. Artwork © Rachel Whiteread. Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates

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London Gallery Weekend
Damien Hirst and Rachel Whiteread

June 4–6, 2021
London
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As part of the inaugural London Gallery Weekend, Gagosian will have extended hours at all three London locations. Damien Hirst: Relics and Fly Paintings, the second exhibition of the artist’s yearlong takeover of the Britannia Street gallery, will be unveiled on June 5 to coincide with the event. Visitors can also see Rachel Whiteread: Internal Objects at Grosvenor Hill, alongside additional works by the artist at Davies Street, before it closes on June 6. London Gallery Weekend is a new and free annual event featuring over 140 of the city’s leading contemporary art galleries coming together to celebrate culture and creativity.

As part of the event, Gagosian is collaborating with the Connaught Patisserie for a special pop-up, which will be at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, on June 5 from 10am to 4pm and June 6 from 11am to 3pm.

Installation view, Rachel Whiteread: Internal Objects, Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London, April 12–June 6, 2021. Artwork © Rachel Whiteread. Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates

Left: Rachel Whiteread. Middle: Enuma Okoro. Right: Jan Dalley

In Conversation

FT Weekend Digital Festival Spring 2021
Rachel Whiteread, Enuma Okoro, Jan Dalley

Thursday, March 18, 2021, 12:35pm edt (4:35pm bst)

As part of the spring edition of the FT Weekend Digital Festival, Rachel Whiteread, author Enuma Okoro, and Financial Times arts editor Jan Dalley will be in conversation. The trio will discuss the body and spirit in art

Gagosian is partnering with the Financial Times to host the arts program throughout the three-day virtual event. Recent Gagosian Quarterly films on Edmund de Waal, Theaster Gates, Titus Kaphar, Meleko Mokgosi, Rudolf Polanszky, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, and Adriana Varejão will be screened between sessions. To join, purchase tickets at ftweekend.live.ft.com.

Left: Rachel Whiteread. Middle: Enuma Okoro. Right: Jan Dalley

Rachel Whiteread, Cabin, 2016, permanent installation, Governors Island, New York © Rachel Whiteread. Photo: Tim Schenck

In Conversation

Tom Eccles and Kiki Smith on Rachel Whiteread

Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 2pm EDT

Join curator Tom Eccles and artist Kiki Smith as they discuss the work of Rachel Whiteread through the lens of their personal friendships with her. They talk about the way her works reveal the memory embedded in familiar everyday objects, her drawing practice, and their experience of public projects by Whiteread such as Water Tower, installed on a New York rooftop in 1998. Their conversation, recorded on the occasion of Artist Spotlight: Rachel Whiteread, will air online. To register to watch, complete this form.

Rachel Whiteread, Cabin, 2016, permanent installation, Governors Island, New York © Rachel Whiteread. Photo: Tim Schenck

Rachel Whiteread: Detached (New York: Gagosian, 2013)

Online Reading

Rachel Whiteread
Detached

Rachel Whiteread: Detached is available for online reading from October 21 through November 19 as part of Artist Spotlight: Rachel Whiteread. Published on the occasion of the artist’s 2013 exhibition at Gagosian, Britannia Street, London, this catalogue features in situ images of Detached 1, Detached 2, and Detached 3 (all 2012), along with documentary photographs of the works in progress. Also included are vitrines incorporating found objects, small casts, and maquettes; a series of resin sculptures, cast from doors and windows, in delicate hues such as rose and eau de Nil; and works on paper. A text by Briony Fer examines the materiality of Whiteread’s work.

Rachel Whiteread: Detached (New York: Gagosian, 2013)

Rachel Whiteread, Shack I, 2014, permanent installation near Joshua Tree National Park, California © Rachel Whiteread

In Conversation

Rachel Whiteread
Iwona Blazwick

Thursday, January 24, 2019, 7pm
Whitechapel Gallery, London
www.whitechapelgallery.org

Rachel Whiteread will be in conversation with Whitechapel Gallery director Iwona Blazwick on the occasion of receiving the gallery’s annual Art Icon award for 2019. The pair will discuss the artist’s career and work, in which everyday settings, objects, and surfaces are transformed into ghostly replicas. To attend the event, purchase tickets at www.whitechapelgallery.org.

Rachel Whiteread, Shack I, 2014, permanent installation near Joshua Tree National Park, California © Rachel Whiteread

Taryn Simon, Professional Mourners, 2018 © Taryn Simon

Auction

Artists for Artangel

Live auction: June 28, 2018
Banqueting House, London

Online auction: June 7–28, 2018
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Exhibition: June 8–27, 2018
Cork Street Galleries, London

Artists for Artangel is a special auction to benefit Artangel’s ambitious projects in contemporary art. For over thirty years, Artangel has worked with artists to produce extraordinary artworks of public import in unexpected places. Commissions by gallery artists include Rachel Whiteread’s House (1993), a negative concrete cast of a condemned terrace house in Bow, London; Douglas Gordon’s Feature Film (1998); and most recently, Taryn Simon’s highly acclaimed performance on the culture of mourning, An Occupation of Loss (2016 and 2018), presented in an astonishing underground location in Islington, London. For information on works in the auction or how to bid, go to www.artangel.org.uk.

Taryn Simon, Professional Mourners, 2018 © Taryn Simon

Rachel Whiteread, Stairs, 2001 © Rachel Whiteread

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Rachel Whiteread
Art Handler’s Tour

September 22, 2017, 6:30–8:30pm
Tate Britain, London
www.tate.org.uk

An exclusive chance to learn about the technical and behind-the-scenes aspects of installing the Rachel Whiteread exhibition. This is a one hour tour led by Mikei Hall, Senior Art Handling Technician with time for a private view following the tour. To attend the event, purchase tickets at www.tate.org.uk.

Rachel Whiteread, Stairs, 2001 © Rachel Whiteread