Artist Author Edmund de Waal To Chair Booker Prize 2024
The Booker Prize 2024 has officially opened its submissions, accompanied by the appointment of the judging panel. Artist and author… Read More
15 December 2023
Edmund de Waal
A Question Of Clay: Strange Clay – Hayward Gallery – Revd Jonathan Evens
Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in ceramics from artists and the public, from the popularity of The Great Pottery, Throw Down to Theaster Gates’
13 November 2022
Phyllida Barlow Awarded Damehood In Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Phyllida Barlow given Damehood in the Queen’s birthday honours list. Also recognised Edmund de Waal, CBE and Photographer Martin Parr, CBE
12 June 2021
Henry Moore Foundation Edmund de Waal Show Set To Open
This Living Hand, the exhibition curated by artist and writer Edmund de Waal for the Henry Moore Foundation will now open on the 19 May.
12 May 2021
Edward Colston Four Opt For Jury Trial – Explore V&A’s Raphael Cartoons – Edmund de Waal Gifts Library Of Exile To Mosul
The four people charged with criminal damage for pulling down a bronze statue of slave trader Edward Colston and dumping it in Bristol harbour have pleaded not guilty.
25 January 2021
Edmund de Waal: Winter Pots
Gagosian presents an exhibition of new works by acclaimed artist and author Edmund de Waal, made during lockdown earlier this year.
Tuesday–Saturday 10–6 by appointment
Edmund de Waal Books Thousands of Books British Museum – Marina Vaizey
Books written in exile by the exiled. It is this phenomenon, the triumph of the human spirit in dire circumstances, that is the focus of a gesamtkunstwerk, a complete work of art, by Edmund de Waal which may be viewed at the British Museum when it reopens
26 March 2020
Edmund de Waal: library of exile
Closed until further notice
Created as a ‘space to sit and read and be’, library of exile is an installation by British artist and writer, Edmund de Waal, housing more than 2,000 books in translation, written by exiled authors.
Daily: 10.00–17.30 Fridays: 10.00–20.30
Edmund de Waal Venice Installation Confirmed For British Museum
Edmund de Waal is to exhibit his profoundly beautiful Venice Biennale collateral work, ‘Psalm’, Library of Exile, at the British Museum in London in 2020. The work will also be presented at the Japanisches Palais in Dresden from November 2019 to February 2020.
21 May 2019
Venice Biennale Collateral Exhibitions Provide Calm and Quality
It was a relief to step away from the hustle and bustle of the Giardini and Arsenale, the main venues for the 58th Venice Biennale, to visit exhibitions elsewhere.
14 May 2019
Cornelia Parker Curates Fifty+ Contemporary Artists At The Foundling Museum
In order for something to be ‘found’, it has to at some point in its history been ‘lost’ – Cornelia Parker Cornelia Parker… Read More
17 May 2016
New Works By Edmund De Waal Open At New Art Centre
New Art Centre Salisbury announces the exhibition of a body of new work by Edmund de Waal in the Artists… Read More
4 October 2015
Richard Long Presented Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon By Edmund de Waal
The Turner Prize winning British artist Richard Long was awarded the Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon Award, at a gala dinner… Read More
20 March 2015
Edmund de Waal Donates Art For Prisoners Abroad Charity Auction
Leading artist Edmund de Waal has donated a major work of art to an auction for the charity Prisoners Abroad…. Read More
9 September 2014
Edmund de Waal Unveils New Atmosphere Installation At Turner Contemporary
De Waal, who grew up close to Margate in Canterbury is best known for his large installations of porcelain vessels… Read More
28 March 2014
Edmund de Waal Showcases Atmosphere At Turner Contemporary
Edmund De Waal, the best selling novelist and potter, who grew up in Canterbury and is best known for his… Read More
5 February 2014
Edmund de Waal Donates New Site Specific Work To Fitzwilliam Museum
The internationally known potter and best selling author Edmund de Waal has donated a new work, to the Fitzwilliam Museum,… Read More
29 January 2014
Edmund de Waal Launches First New York Exhibition With Gagosian
The Gagosian Gallery has announced that new work by the artist and writer Edmund de Waal will be exhibited in… Read More
9 September 2013
Edmund De Waal Ceramics Displayed At Former Rothschild Home
Hare with Amber Eyes author exhibits 1000 porcelain pots Edmund De Waal, ceramicist and author of the international best… Read More
22 April 2012