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Zineb Sedira

ZINEB SEDIRA

Zineb Sedira Presents... Whitechapel Gallery 15 February–9 June 2024 London
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To accompany her exhibition Dreams Have No Titles, British French-Algerian artist Zineb Sedira has chosen a selection of key films that have inspired and influenced her practice.

This free daily screening programme reflects Sedira’s deep personal engagement with the history of activist cinema, particularly the productions made across France, Italy and Algeria following Algerian independence in 1962.

All films are screened in their original language with English subtitles. Visitors are welcome to enter Gallery 2 at any time during the screenings.

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This was a cinema that was not just about entertainment but also about disseminating information and political engagement, when filmmaking was a tool for political resistance.
Zineb Sedira: ‘Culture is a way of resisting’
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Zineb Sedira: ‘Culture is a way of resisting’ Conversation Zineb Sedira: ‘Culture is a way of resisting’ Zineb Sedira represented France at the Venice Biennale in 2022 with Dreams Have No Titles. In this interview, she discusses this seminal work, which is currently showing at Whitechapel Gallery in London. Read the story
About the Artist

Zineb Sedira’s (b. 1963 Paris, France) work has enriched the debate around the concepts of modernism, modernity and its manifestations in an inclusive way for over the fifteen years of her practice. She has also raised awareness of artistic expression and the contemporary experience in North Africa.

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About the Gallery

Whitechapel Gallery is a public art gallery on Whitechapel High Street in East London, opened in 1901 as one of the city’s first publicly funded spaces for temporary exhibitions. Founded by social reformers Canon Samuel and Henrietta Barnett, the gallery was established to bring art and education to the working-class communities of the East End.

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77-82 Whitechapel High Street
London
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Tuesday – Sunday
11am – 6pm

Thursday
11am – 9pm

Closed Monday
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London 77-82 Whitechapel High Street
Whitechapel Gallery contemporary art institution in London United Kingdom
Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, United Kingdom
+44 20 7522 7888
http://www.whitechapelgallery.org

Opening hours
Tuesday – Sunday
11am – 6pm

Thursday
11am – 9pm

Closed Monday
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