Free October viewing at The British Museum

As an ISHA resident, you can attend private viewings and special events at The British Museum.

Hew Locke: What have we here? opens on Thursday, 17 October, in Room 35 of the Joseph Hotung Great Court Gallery. A special community evening viewing will be held on Sunday, 13 October, and we've secured tickets for late morning entry (so you can attend the lecture if you want).  If you want to explore the Museum and permanent collections before or after visiting the Silk Roads exhibition, you should book a separate ticket via the British Museum website.

About the exhibition

In this exhibition, you can join renowned Guyanese-British artist Hew Locke as he turns his lens on the British Museum collection to explore the histories of British imperial power.

In this new show, Locke explores, questions and challenges narratives of British imperialism through objects from the British Museum collection, alongside specially commissioned new works. Offering a fresh perspective on the British Museum's history and collection, Locke explores the messy and complex ways museums are implicated in these histories.

Using interventionist techniques, he reframes historical objects, from the earliest surviving drawings of Indigenous Americans by a European artist to a Guyanese Akawaio feather headdress.

Booking and tickets

If you'd like to attend, email AlasdairP@isha.co.uk. Tickets are offered on a first-come, first-served basis, and Alasdair will be able to provide full details of what time and where to meet up with him.

Tickets must be pre-booked, and you won't be able to get into the exhibition without a ticket.

More information

The British Museum website provides more information on Hew Locke: What do we have here?, visiting guidance, and museum accessibility.

If you’d like to be added to our community events mailing list, email AlasdairP@isha.co.uk anytime.

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