October Gallery

London, UK

The October Gallery has been instrumental in bringing to worldwide attention many of the world’s leading international artists, including El Anatsui, Rachid Koraïchi, Romuald Hazoumè, Nnenna Okore, Laila Shawa and Kenji Yoshida. The Gallery promotes the Transvangarde, the very best in contemporary art from around the planet, as well as maintaining a cultural hub in central London for poets, writers, intellectuals and artists, and hosts talks, performances and seminars.

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Events and Exhibitions

ALEXIS PESKINE, Fire Figures ~ Current Exhibition, on display through January, 2021. For more information, click here.

RACHID KORAÏCHI, Tears that Taste of the Sea ~ Upcoming exhibition, open to the public 22 January, 2021 through 27 March, 2021. More information found here.

Project Overview

The Institute of Ecotechnics founded and developed The October Gallery, an internationally recognized art and cultural events center in the Bloomsbury area of central London as a meeting place for the ‘transvangarde’ – cutting-edge artists, musicians, poets and thinkers from all cultures around the planet. The October Gallery annually curates between seven and ten art exhibitions relating to different cultures each year as well as hosting a wide range of musical, dance and theatrical performances, as well as seminars, symposia and talks on a range of scientific and cultural topics. With a café serving daily lunches both to London-based habitués and globe-trotters just passing through, the Gallery maintains one of London’s warmest and most welcoming spaces for both old and new-found friends.

The rich diversity of art presented is an inspiration to collectors and enthusiasts. Institutions such as the British Museum, London; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany; Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany; Setagagya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan have all collected works from October Gallery.

Founded in 1979, October Gallery is a charitable trust which is supported by sales of art, rental of the Gallery’s unique facilities, grants from various funding bodies and the active support of dedicated artists, musicians, writers and many friends from around the world. The Gallery’s Education Department is inclusive of all ages from under 5 to PGCE student and delivers a wide range of provision.