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Our ongoing Commentaries series commissions writers to respond to our projects and exhibitions. All Commentaries are available to read, and print, here.

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Featured
Room for Reading / Nicole Wermers
Mar 1
Room for Reading / Nicole Wermers
Library at York Street
Nov 25
Library at York Street
Room for Reading / Sean Edwards
Jun 2
Room for Reading / Sean Edwards
Room for Reading / Yuri Pattison
May 4
Room for Reading / Yuri Pattison
Room for Reading / Kate Davis
Mar 2
Room for Reading / Kate Davis
Room for Reading / Onyeka Igwe
Feb 8
Room for Reading / Onyeka Igwe
Room for Reading / Rabiya Choudhry
Dec 13
Room for Reading / Rabiya Choudhry
Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme – ‘May amnesia never kiss us on the mouth’
Sep 9
Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme – ‘May amnesia never kiss us on the mouth’
Room for Reading / Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme
Sep 9
Room for Reading / Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme
Room for Reading / Corin Sworn
May 16
Room for Reading / Corin Sworn
Moving in Relation 2. ‘This Harmonic Chamber’ – Corin Sworn, Jer Reid and Luke Fowler
Apr 7
Moving in Relation 2. ‘This Harmonic Chamber’ – Corin Sworn, Jer Reid and Luke Fowler
Sharon Hayes – 'Ricerche'
Oct 9
Sharon Hayes – 'Ricerche'
'In the open' – Series II – Ayo Akingbade, Rosa Barba, Mikhail Karikis, Tarik Kiswanson, Lawrence Lek, Cally Spooner
Jan 27
'In the open' – Series II – Ayo Akingbade, Rosa Barba, Mikhail Karikis, Tarik Kiswanson, Lawrence Lek, Cally Spooner
Luke Fowler, Lauren Gault, Ashanti Harris, Sulaïman Majali, Duncan Marquiss, and Margaret Salmon – 'In the open'
Jul 1
Luke Fowler, Lauren Gault, Ashanti Harris, Sulaïman Majali, Duncan Marquiss, and Margaret Salmon – 'In the open'
10. Panel Discussion led by Tom Jeffreys followed by Dinner – 'A Place for the Work and the Human Being'
Dec 5
10. Panel Discussion led by Tom Jeffreys followed by Dinner – 'A Place for the Work and the Human Being'
Room for Reading / 2019
Jan 1
Room for Reading / 2019
Janice Kerbel – Notes from Sink / Routine for 24 Women
Nov 10
Janice Kerbel – Notes from Sink / Routine for 24 Women
Publication Launch / 'Radio Piombino'
Oct 25
Publication Launch / 'Radio Piombino'
Katinka Bock – 'Radio Piombino'
Apr 20
Katinka Bock – 'Radio Piombino'
Room for Reading / 2018
Jan 1
Room for Reading / 2018
'Slow Objects' - Vanessa Billy, Edith Dekyndt and Erin Shirreff
Oct 14
'Slow Objects' - Vanessa Billy, Edith Dekyndt and Erin Shirreff
Steven Claydon – 'The Archipelago of Contented Peoples: Endurance Groups'
Apr 22
Steven Claydon – 'The Archipelago of Contented Peoples: Endurance Groups'
Sharon Hayes – 'In My Little Corner of the World, Anyone Would Love You'
Oct 8
Sharon Hayes – 'In My Little Corner of the World, Anyone Would Love You'
Simon Starling – 'At Twilight: A play for two actors, three musicians, one dancer, eight masks (and a donkey costume)'
Aug 26
Simon Starling – 'At Twilight: A play for two actors, three musicians, one dancer, eight masks (and a donkey costume)'
Simon Starling – 'At Twilight'
Jul 2
Simon Starling – 'At Twilight'
Akram Zaatari – 'The End of Time'
Apr 8
Akram Zaatari – 'The End of Time'
Ulla von Brandenburg – 'Sink Down Mountain, Rise Up Valley'
Jan 30
Ulla von Brandenburg – 'Sink Down Mountain, Rise Up Valley'
Room for Reading / 2016
Jan 1
Room for Reading / 2016
Thomas Demand – 'Daily Show'
Sep 26
Thomas Demand – 'Daily Show'
Anne Hardy – 'TWIN FIELDS'
Jun 6
Anne Hardy – 'TWIN FIELDS'
Featured
Room for Reading / Nicole Wermers
Mar 1
Room for Reading / Nicole Wermers
Library at York Street
Nov 25
Library at York Street
Room for Reading / Sean Edwards
Jun 2
Room for Reading / Sean Edwards
Room for Reading / Yuri Pattison
May 4
Room for Reading / Yuri Pattison
Room for Reading / Kate Davis
Mar 2
Room for Reading / Kate Davis
Room for Reading / Onyeka Igwe
Feb 8
Room for Reading / Onyeka Igwe
Room for Reading / Rabiya Choudhry
Dec 13
Room for Reading / Rabiya Choudhry
Room for Reading / Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme
Sep 9
Room for Reading / Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme
Room for Reading / Corin Sworn
May 16
Room for Reading / Corin Sworn
Room for Reading / 2019
Jan 1
Room for Reading / 2019
Room for Reading / 2018
Jan 1
Room for Reading / 2018
Room for Reading / 2016
Jan 1
Room for Reading / 2016
Room for Reading / 2015
Jan 1
Room for Reading / 2015
Thea Djordjadze – 'Lost Promise in a Room'
Sep 24
Thea Djordjadze – 'Lost Promise in a Room'
Claire Barclay, Kate Davis, Olafur Eliasson, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Douglas Gordon, Gabriel Orozco, Yvonne Rainer, Richard Serra and David Shrigley – 'You seem the same as always, -'
May 28
Claire Barclay, Kate Davis, Olafur Eliasson, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Douglas Gordon, Gabriel Orozco, Yvonne Rainer, Richard Serra and David Shrigley – 'You seem the same as always, -'
Ulla von Brandenburg – 'Neue Alte Welt'
Apr 2
Ulla von Brandenburg – 'Neue Alte Welt'
Tacita Dean
Nov 20
Tacita Dean
Robert Barry – 'Words and Music'
Sep 4
Robert Barry – 'Words and Music'
Gerard Byrne – 'Images or shadows of divine things'
Apr 16
Gerard Byrne – 'Images or shadows of divine things'
Martin Creed – 'Things'
Feb 20
Martin Creed – 'Things'
Mircea Cantor – 'Which light kills you’
Nov 14
Mircea Cantor – 'Which light kills you’
Roni Horn – 'the tiniest piece of mirror is always the whole mirror'
May 30
Roni Horn – 'the tiniest piece of mirror is always the whole mirror'
Spencer Finch
Oct 25
Spencer Finch
Adel Abdessemed – 'TRUST ME'
Apr 11
Adel Abdessemed – 'TRUST ME'
Adel Abdessemed, Roni Horn, Anna Gaskell, Pavel Büchler, Marine Hugonnier, Marcel Broodthaers, Philippe Parreno, Cerith Wyn Evans – 'Always Begins By Degrees'
Mar 1
Adel Abdessemed, Roni Horn, Anna Gaskell, Pavel Büchler, Marine Hugonnier, Marcel Broodthaers, Philippe Parreno, Cerith Wyn Evans – 'Always Begins By Degrees'
Michael Lin, Apolonija Sustersic, Richard Wright – 'Jardins Publics'
Aug 10
Michael Lin, Apolonija Sustersic, Richard Wright – 'Jardins Publics'