Exhibition

The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain

27 Oct 2022 – 19 Feb 2023

Regular hours

Thursday
11:00 – 20:00
Friday
11:00 – 20:00
Saturday
10:00 – 18:00
Sunday
10:00 – 18:00
Monday
10:00 – 18:00
Tuesday
10:00 – 18:00
Wednesday
11:00 – 20:00

Cost of entry

£16.50/£12.00 conc

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Somerset House

London, United Kingdom

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Somerset House presents The Horror Show!: A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain, a major exhibition exploring how ideas rooted in horror have informed the last 50 years of creative rebellion.

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THE HORROR SHOW! A TWISTED TALE OF MODERN BRITAIN

Thursday 27 October 2022 – Sunday 19 February 2023.

Tickets: £16.50/£12 concessions. Money-saving exhibition tickets combined with catalogue and poster purchases also available. Tickets via somersethouse.org.uk.

From 27 October to 19 February 2023, Somerset House presents The Horror Show!: A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain, a major exhibition exploring how ideas rooted in horror have informed the last 50 years of creative rebellion. The show looks beyond horror as a genre, instead taking it as a reaction and provocation to our most troubling times. The last five decades of modern British history are recast as a story of cultural shapeshifting told through some of our country’s most provocative artists. The Horror Show! offers a heady ride through the disruption of 1970s punk to the revolutionary potential of modern witchcraft, showing how the anarchic alchemy of horror – its subversion, transgression and the supernatural – can make sense of the world around us. Horror not only allows us to voice our fears; it gives us the tools to stare them down and imagine a radically different future.

Featuring over 200 artworks and culturally significant objects, this landmark show tells a story of the turbulence, unease and creative revolution at the heart of the British cultural psyche in three acts – Monster, Ghost and Witch.

Content guidance: This exhibition contains some graphic and disturbing artworks and therefore may not be suitable for children under 12.​

CuratorsToggle

Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard

Claire Catterall

Exhibiting artistsToggle

Gazelle Twin

Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread

Helen Chadwick

David Shrigley

Noel Fielding

Jenkin Van Zyl

Juno Calypso

Jake & Dinos Chapman

Tai Shani

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