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Spirit of the Times

15 March 2025 at 14.00–16.00

Syd Shelton, Darcus Howe addressing the anti-racist demonstrators, Lewisham, 13 August 1977 1977, printed 2020. Tate. © Syd Shelton.

Hear readings, rememberings and reflections from artists featured in The 80s: Photographing Britain

Join us for a panel discussion with artists Grace Lau, Jem Southam, Mitra Tabrizian and Roy Mehta in the context of the exhibition The 80s: Photographing Britain.

In this critical decade, photography was used as a tool for social change, political activism, and artistic and photographic experiments. The artists will speak on the cultural memory of the 1980s and the legacies of that time in photographic practice and our wider culture.

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