A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has visited the Centre so far to see our current exhibition ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR…’. Here we take a look back during the opening weeks at the Centre.

The Guardian: Exhibition of the Week

‘Provocative and personal, public yet intimate pictures created by Gilbert and George in the 1980s and 90s – including their first naked self-portraits.’

– Jonathan Jones, The Guardian

SIRS Architects – A 2025 RIBA London Award Winner

In May, SIRS Architects were awarded a prestigious RIBA London Award with their project, The Gilbert & George Centre.

‘…Sometimes creativity is stimulated by site challenges, and that is certainly what has happened here. In defying multiple obstacles to create something unique and personal, The Gilbert & George Centre is exquisite. …it is clear both outside and in that this is a building where everything has been meticulously considered and designed.’

The Royal Institute of British Architects has been celebrating outstanding work in the built environment for over 180 years. RIBA awards are highly valued by both the public and profession, regarded internationally as a mark of excellence, promoting good architecture and setting the standard for creating better buildings and places. Winning projects showcase innovation, create more sustainable futures and demonstrate a commitment to improving people’s lives through thoughtful design.

Read more here.

London Gallery Weekend

As part of their 2025 programme, we were delighted to welcome a group of members from London Gallery Weekend for a private tour of The Centre, followed by a Q&A with Gilbert & George. The Q&A included a wide ranging dialogue covering the art of Gilbert & George including their vision for the Centre. The audience were also treated to a special performance by Gilbert & George of their ‘Singing Sculpture’.

‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR’…’ Opening Night

In the presence of Gilbert & George, we celebrated a wonderful opening night for ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR…’.

Free Weekly Highlight Tours

Our free Weekly Highlight Tours continue every Friday and Sunday at 11:15 AM for our current exhibition, ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR…’

Tours begin at 11:15 AM and are led by a member of our friendly team. Lasting approximately 45 minutes, the tours provide an insight into the Centre and its vision, including an overview of the Centre’s current exhibition and the art of Gilbert & George. They have a conversational tone, encouraging participants to engage, ask questions, and share their own reflections.

In keeping with our vision of ‘Art for All’, these tours remain free of charge, however donations can be made at the Centre (or online via our website).

If you are a group leader interested in exploring the exhibition in more depth, we offer tours upon request. For educational groups, these tours remain free of charge. However, for other large groups, we kindly request that you consider supporting us with a donation.

Our recent tours have included groups from The Courtauld Institute of Art, SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design), USA/France, Photographic Arts Council LA, USA, and Gagosian Gallery (as part of their Building & Legacy Programme).

Feedback from our visitors:

“My first time at the Centre was wonderfully enhanced by an engaging and fascinating tour from Alice, who’s knowledge and articulation on the works and history of G&G, gave me a deeper understanding and appreciation of the Artists and their works on display.” – Google Review

“The Art Trail courses thoroughly enjoyed their visit. We would like to thank Diogo for the excellent tours and introductions to the works in the exhibition. We all came away from the visit with so much more insight into the work of Gilbert & George!”– Mary Ward Centre (Art Trail Course)

Film Room

As part of our new exhibition, the Centre is screening two new films, both exploring the themes and technical processes behind the 18 pictures created by Gilbert & George on view during ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR…’.

‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR…’ A conversation with Gilbert & George and Michael Bracewell

This film captures a compelling dialogue between Gilbert & George and their long-time friend and author Michael Bracewell, as they reflect on works included in the exhibition. Together, they delve into the profound themes that permeate their artwork—death, hope, life, and fear—offering insights into their creative philosophy and the societal reflections embedded in their pictures from 1984 to 1998.

To watch the full interview, visit the Centre’s film room or watch online via our website here.

PISS DRYING IN THE MORNING ON TARMAC by Peter Stern

PISS DRYING IN THE MORNING ON TARMAC (2000) is a short film, directed by Peter Stern, filmed during Gilbert & George’s ‘THE RUDIMENTARY PICTURES’ exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery in LA, California, USA.

The film features a walk-through talk of the exhibition between Gilbert & George and Ealan Wingate (former Director at Gagosian) offering insights to themes and process behind the making of their 1998 ‘THE RUDIMENTARY PICTURES’.

Shop ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR…’

To celebrate the opening of our new exhibition ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR…’ we are excited to bring you our new range of Gilbert & George merchandise including two new posters, a tote bag and a specially designed Chilly’s water bottle.

To accompany the exhibition Gilbert & George have also designed a fully illustrated exhibition catalogue which includes an essay by the writer Michael Bracewell.

With worldwide shipping available, all items can be purchased at the Centre or from our online store! All proceeds benefit the Centre, helping to keep it accessible to everyone with no ticket or entry fee, supporting Gilbert & George’s vision of an ‘Art For All’.

Shop here.

We are pleased to announce there will be a performance by Philharmonia at the Royal Festival Hall to celebrate the landmark exhibition Gilbert & George: 21st Century Pictures at the Hayward Gallery.  

Gilbert & George’s groundbreaking artworks address contemporary society’s big topics – questions of identity that have preoccupied them for half a century. See their striking pictures projected on the Royal Festival Hall’s huge screen, and get to know them through interview footage filmed at their home in Spitalfields, while the Philharmonia performs symphonic music exploring the themes of Sex, Money, Race, Religion, one of the key works in the exhibition.  

Sex is represented by the sensuous, ecstatic music Wagner wrote for his doomed lovers Tristan and Isolde. The story of Dukas’s (and Disney’s) greedy apprentice illustrates the danger of our obsession with money. Duke Ellington addresses race in his symphonic fusion of work songs, spirituals and swing. Bach, a devout Christian, and Xenakis, a committed atheist, both create intricate musical constructions inspired by their opposing approaches to religion.  

Gilbert & George are on record saying that they never listen to music – though they’ve chosen some of their favourite songs to complete the programme. Can the orchestra convince them that music is NOT the enemy?  

🎫: Sex, Money, Race, Religion at the Royal Festival Hall, London | Sunday 5 October 2025, 7pm

Book tickets here.

Free Weekly Highlight Tours 🎨

We are thrilled to announce that we will be holding free Highlight Tours every Friday and Sunday for our new exhibition, ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR…’ at The Gilbert & George Centre.

Tours will begin at 11:15 am every Friday and Sunday, operating on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis for all visitors who wish to join. Each tour will last approximately 45 minutes and are led by a member of our friendly team.

The tours provide an insight into the Centre and it’s vision – established by Gilbert & George with the objective to advance the education of the public in the arts, and generally to advance the arts, architecture, heritage, and culture for the benefit of the public.

Tours will include an overview of the Centre’s current exhibition and the art of Gilbert & George. They will have a conversational tone, encouraging participants to engage, ask questions, and share their own reflections.

In keeping with our vision of ART FOR ALL, these tours remain free of charge, however donations can be made at the Centre (or online via our website). Every donation will wholly benefit the Centre and will make a vital difference in our continued success by helping to ensure the Centre remains a permanent art gallery providing an exhibition programme open for all.

If you are a group leader interested in exploring the exhibition in more depth, we regularly offer tours upon request. For educational groups, these tours remain free of charge. However, for other large groups, we kindly request that you consider supporting us with a donation.

We are extremely proud to announce SIRS Architects are a 2025 RIBA London Award winner with their project, The Gilbert & George Centre.

The Royal Institute of British Architects has been celebrating outstanding work in the built environment for over 180 years. RIBA awards are highly valued by both the public and profession, regarded internationally as a mark of excellence, promoting good architecture and setting the standard for creating better buildings and places. Winning projects showcase innovation, create more sustainable futures and demonstrate a commitment to improving people’s lives through thoughtful design.

‘…Sometimes creativity is stimulated by site challenges, and that is certainly what has happened here. In defying multiple obstacles to create something unique and personal, the Gilbert & George Centre is exquisite. …it is clear both outside and in that this is a building where everything has been meticulously considered and designed.’

To find out more and read the full jury text on the project click here.

‪Photography by Prudence Cuming Associates

The Gilbert & George Centre is thrilled to present ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR…’ an exhibition of 18 pictures by Gilbert & George that span the years 1984 to 1998, an astonishingly prolific period for the artists.

The exhibition brings together the epic quadripartite picture ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR’, which the exhibition takes its title from, and presents it alongside a unique selection of pictures from Gilbert & George’s ‘NEW DEMOCRATIC PICTURES’ and ‘RUDIMENTARY PICTURES’.

Gilbert & George have long been concerned with ‘the moral dimension’ of modern society; they see this as the imprint of time and human experience on both the world that surrounds us and our feelings within that. ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR…’ lays this bare in a rare opportunity for visitors to view works from the 1980s and 90s.

The exhibition will remain on view until February 2026 and will complement ‘Gilbert & George: 21ST CENTURY PICTURES’ at London’s Hayward Gallery, which will open in October 2025.

Image: Portrait of Gilbert & George next to ‘LIFE’ part of the epic quadripartite picture ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR’ (1984) on view in the Centre’s Main Gallery. Photography by Prudence Cuming Associates.

MK Gallery presents Andy Warhol: Portrait of America, an ARTIST ROOMS Partnership Exhibition with Tate and National Galleries of Scotland.

Almost 25 years since Andy Warhol: Cars was shown in 2001, MK Gallery is exhibiting the seminal pop artist’s work once again in Milton Keynes. This exhibition is a survey of over 130 of Warhol’s most iconic artworks, including two paintings of British art duo Gilbert & George, who were the focus of MK Gallery’s inaugural exhibition in 1999.

The British artistic duo Gilbert & George (b. 1943, b. 1942), like Warhol, explored the interplay of personal and public identity, often blurring the lines between performance and life. They met Warhol when they first performed The Singing Sculpture in New York in 1971. Painted silver, they stood on a table in suits and sang Underneath the Arches. Unlike other portraits of this period, the paint here is applied uniformly and the screenprints are applied evenly, echoing Gilbert & George’s own graphic style. Gilbert recalled that Warhol made them scrambled eggs even if George remembered that it was, in fact, Robert Rauschenberg.

🎨 Andy Warhol: Portrait of America is on view until 29 June 2025.
📍MK Gallery, Milton Keynes
🔗 Visit mkgallery.org for more information

Image credit: Andy Warhol (1975) Gilbert and George, ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York and DACS, London 2024. Photo © Tate

An ARTIST ROOMS exhibition, a partnership between Tate and National Galleries of Scotland.

We are thrilled to announce the third exhibition to take place at the Centre will be ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR…’ – an exhibition of 18 pictures made by Gilbert & George between 1984 and 1998, an astonishingly prolific period for the artists.

The exhibition presents a rare opportunity for viewers by bringing together works from a period in which the art of Gilbert & George forged further and deeper into a phantasmagorical and visionary landscape…

Bringing together the epic quadripartite picture ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR’ (1984), which the exhibition takes its title from, the Centre presents it alongside a unique selection of pictures from Gilbert & George’s ‘NEW DEMOCRATIC PICTURES’ (1991) and ‘RUDIMENTARY PICTURES’ (1998).

From their very beginnings, Gilbert & George have sought to express in their art the fundamentals of human existence: the universal truths as they see them of the modern condition. The title of this exhibition, ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR…’ is therefore descriptive of the subjects surveyed by the art of Gilbert & George, and the feelings that may be evoked by those subjects within the individual, who as such ‘completes’ the picture, each in their own way.

‘Each picture speaks of a “Particular View” which the viewer may consider in the light of his own life.’
– Gilbert & George

We eagerly look forward to welcoming you in May!

With Love, Always and All ways
Gilbert & George
The Gilbert & George Centre Team

The Centre’s presentation of Gilbert & George’s ‘LONDON PICTURES’ has now officially closed.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who visited the exhibition and supported us – it was our pleasure to welcome 20,000 visitors to the Centre during the ‘LONDON PICTURES’ exhibition.

The Centre will now be closed for a short period as we prepare for the opening of our next exhibition in May – announcement coming very soon!

Don’t forget to sign-up to our mailing list to receive updates on our upcoming exhibition and events at the Centre.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Centre and our next exhibition soon!

A special thanks to everyone who has joined us on our – free to the public – Friday Highlight Tours.

By popular demand, we are thrilled to announce that, throughout March, we will be holding an additional Highlight Tour every Saturday until our current exhibition, ‘LONDON PICTURES’, closes on 29 March.

Tours will begin at 11:15 AM every Friday and Saturday, operating on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis for all visitors who wish to join. Each tour will last approximately 45 minutes and is led by a member of our friendly team.

The tours provide an insight into the Centre and its vision – established by Gilbert & George with the objective to advance the education of the public in the arts, and generally to advance the arts, architecture, heritage, and culture for the benefit of the public.

Tours will include an overview of the Centre’s current exhibition and the art of Gilbert & George. They will have a conversational tone, encouraging participants to engage, ask questions, and share their own reflections…

In keeping with our vision of ART FOR ALL, these tours remain free of charge, however donations can be made at the Centre (or online here). Every donation will wholly benefit the Centre and will make a vital difference in our continued success by helping to ensure the Centre remains a permanent art gallery providing an exhibition programme open for all.

If you are a group leader interested in exploring the exhibition in more depth, we regularly offer tours upon request. For educational groups, these tours remain free of charge. However, for other large groups, we kindly request that you consider supporting us with a donation.

The first Saturday tour will take place tomorrow (8 March). 

Here’s some feedback from previous tour participants:

‘A huge thank you to you and your team for welcoming us to the Centre and for the very insightful tour of the exhibition – we all thoroughly enjoyed it. An enormous thanks also for your amazing generosity in giving everyone a gift of the two catalogues – the students were blown away by your gesture and said it really was ‘Art for All’!’

‘The group had a lovely time getting to know the Centre and Gilbert & George’s work.’

‘Thank you again for such a wonderful visit and a truly wonderful and insightful gallery tour.’

‘Splendid to visit the Centre yesterday – much inspiration and fascination from the insights given. A great ambassador for the Gilbert & George cause.’

‘Thank you for being so generous with your time and for sharing your knowledge.’

The Centre’s current exhibition – Gilbert & George’s ‘LONDON PICTURES’ will be on view until Saturday 29 March 2025. The Centre will then be closed for a short period of time until the opening of our next exhibition in May – to be announced soon.

The largest group of pictures created by Gilbert & George, the ‘LONDON PICTURES’ offers both a directory of urban human behaviour and a moral portrait of our times. Brutal and declamatory, these brooding and disquieting pictures have been created from the sorting and classification by subject of 3,712 newspaper posters, stolen by Gilbert & George over a number of years. In their lucidity, no less than their insight into the daily realities of metropolitan life, the ‘LONDON PICTURES’, are Dickensian in scope and ultra-modern in sensibility.

More than a decade since they were first unveiled on a global tour, the Centre presents 28 of the 292 pictures from the ‘LONDON PICTURES’ group – many of which have not been seen in the UK previously. Viewing these ‘LONDON PICTURES’ will prompt viewers to consider how society has changed and what has remained central to our shared experience…

‘LONDON’ (302 x 508 cm) from Gilbert & George’s 2011 ‘LONDON PICTURES’.

‘London is the most important part of our inspiration. It is all that surrounds us. And so we have been able to include all this remarkable surface of thoughts and feeling that we find in these posters…’ – Gilbert & George

‘From the actuality of these news placards, brutal, blunt, absurd, there resonates a vision of the city as Gilbert & George have known and traversed it, drawing from its energy, dreams and trauma as though from a palate of human feeling, recognised and employed since the beginnings of their art.”

The ‘LONDON PICTURES’ derive a great part of their impact and intensity from the directness and unchanged immediacy of the newspaper posters within all but one panel of each picture. In each remaining panel can be found a different image of HM Queen Elizabeth II, taken from coins, her countenance and profile changing with age, dented and worn through the usage of currency. The words ‘IT’S WRITTEN ALL OVER THEM’, beneath the legend ‘A LONDON PICTURE’, propose that these newspaper placards cannot help but reveal what society has become.

The ‘LONDON PICTURES’ seem to comprise a great visual novel, revealing without judgement the ceaseless relay of urban drama, in all its gradations of hope and suffering.’ – Michael Bracewell, 2012

Treat your loved one this Valentine’s Day to a ‘KISS ME’ original Inkwash by Gilbert & George.

Available in Black, Red or Black & Red, each Inkwash is individually hand-painted by Gilbert & George meaning each one has its own unique, rich, heavy brush strokes. Depicting blunt and direct exclamations, so often overheard by Gilbert & George in streets, restaurants or whilst travelling – these Inkwashes incite the viewer or listener to theorise and explore the messages portrayed to them from the artist…

View the range here…

Sold unframed. Available for worldwide shipping and for collection from The Gilbert & George Centre.

To ensure your Inkwash arrives on time, please order by 11pm on Sunday 9 February for purchases in the UK. We cannot guarantee international orders will arrive for Valentine’s Day.

All proceeds benefit the Centre ensuring its door remains open to everyone with no ticket or entry fee, furthering Gilbert & George’s vision of an ‘Art For All’.

Picking up where the acclaimed Bacon in Moscow left off, GILBERT & GEORGE AND THE COMMUNISTS sees daring art dealer James Birch take the most iconic duo in British art through the dying embers of the Soviet Union, and into a China reinventing itself post-Tiananmen Square as a global superpower.

GILBERT & GEORGE AND THE COMMUNISTS is more than just a picaresque and deeply funny riot through art history: it is a first-hand account of how, just as one global giant died, another was born.

★ ‘A winning combination of recent-ish global history, alcohol fuelled bad behaviour and the struggle to bring art to the masses. Very good and very funny.’ ★ – Jarvis Cocker

Signed copies (by the author and Gilbert & George) now available to purchase from the Centre and via our online shop.

Welcome back, The Gilbert & George Centre is now open!

ON VIEW:

‘LONDON PICTURES’ (2011) by Gilbert & George
‘WITH Gilbert & George’ (2008) by Julian Cole (Film Room)

🗓️ FREE ENTRY Wed-Sun, 11 AM – 5:45 PM
📍5a Heneage Street, London, E1 5LJ (near Brick Lane)

As we enter 2025, we have an exciting lineup of tours and events, including a new exhibition opening at the Centre this Spring. This will be followed by the opening of Gilbert & George’s exhibition, 21ST CENTURY PICTURES, at the Hayward Gallery in October. Be sure to follow us for upcoming announcements in the coming months!

Happy Holidays! 🎄

We would like to extend a thank you to everyone who has visited the Centre during 2024. We are now closed for the festive break and will reopen at 11am on Wednesday 8 January 2025. 

We would like to wish you all a Happy Holidays and look forward to welcoming you back in the New Year! ✨🎆

With love, Always and All ways,
The Gilbert & George Centre Team

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has visited and supported the Centre during 2024. In our mission of an Art For All, your support is invaluable, and as we reflect on 2024, we would like to share some of our memorable highlights… ✨

In April, we proudly launched our second exhibition, showcasing 28 of Gilbert & George’s ‘LONDON PICTURES’.

The largest group of pictures created by Gilbert & George, the ‘LONDON PICTURES’ offers both a directory of urban human behaviour and a moral portrait of our times. Brutal and declamatory, these brooding and disquieting pictures have been created from the sorting and classification by subject of 3,712 newspaper posters, stolen by Gilbert & George over a number of years. In their lucidity, no less than their insight into the daily realities of metropolitan life, the ‘LONDON PICTURES’, are Dickensian in scope and ultra-modern in sensibility.

In April, Gilbert & George presented their latest suite of original Inkwashes titled ‘G AND G’. Each Inkwash is individually created and hand-painted by Gilbert & George, meaning each will have some variation, and each is numbered and signed by Gilbert & George. Available to purchase exclusively from the Centre here, with all proceeds going towards keeping the Centre admission free.

In May, the Centre hosted the book launch for ‘Dark Shadow (2024)’. Gilbert & George created Dark Shadow in 1974 as a ‘living sculpture book’, the ‘result of our past three years of earnest daily thoughts, shadows, deeds, cares and pleasures.’ Hurtwood’s limited new edition of 2,000 marked its fiftieth anniversary. All books are numbered and signed by Gilbert & George with its own unique, hand-marbled, cloth cover. No one else will have the same book… Available to purchase here.

‘THE PILGRIMAGE OF GILBERT & GEORGE‘ directed by Mike Christie, premiered on SKY Arts. Since its initial airing, the film has been screened at several art film festivals and has received multiple award nominations.

Filmed over the Spring and Summer 2023, this immersive, 87-minute film weaves together a body of new interviews with a rich tapestry of historic and rare archive, to form a compelling personal reflection on their journey and enduring art philosophy. The film also features contributions from White Cube’s Jay Jopling, friend and filmmaker Julian Cole, and their dear friend Sandra Esquilant.

Throughout the year, we had the pleasure of welcoming visitors for Architect-led Tours as part of this year’s London Festival of Architecture in June, and the Open House Festival in September. These tours were led by the Centre’s architect Manuel Irsara, Co-Founder of SIRS Architects.

In June, the Centre was thrilled to welcome artists from The Tracey Emin Artist Residency (TEAR), along with a special visit from artist Dame Tracey Emin, where they participated in a tour of Gilbert & George’s studio, followed by a visit to the Centre.

In July, The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) hosted a special screening of ‘WITH Gilbert & George’ by Julian Cole. This event was followed by an in-person conversation featuring Gilbert & George, filmmaker Julian Cole, and Gregor Muir. The film is currently on view in the Centre’s Film Room.

In 2024 we introduced our – free to the public – Friday Highlight Tours. In November, we had the pleasure of welcoming many students from across the UK, including Fine Art students from Glasgow School of Art, as pictured. As we move into 2025, the Centre plans on hosting additional tours – more to follow soon! If you would like to book a guided tour – led by a member of the Centre’s friendly team, please email [email protected].

We look forward to even more memorable moments in 2025, follow us on Instagram or sign up to our mailing list to keep up to date with new exhibitions and events at the Centre coming soon in 2025!

With love, Always and All ways

The Gilbert & George Centre Team

Season’s Greetings! ❄️

As we near the festive period, please see below our festive opening times:

The Centre will be closed from Sunday 22 December and will reopen at 11am on Wednesday 8 January 2025.

Our Festive Opening Times: 

Wed 18 – Sat 21 December: Open as usual, 11am – 17:45pm 

Sun 22 December – Tue 7 January: CLOSED  

Wed 8 – Sun 12 January: Open as usual, 11am – 17:45pm 

For festive shipping in the UK, please place your order by Wednesday 18 December to ensure your gifts arrive on time.

We look forward to welcoming you during the final few weeks of 2024 and would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support.

We would like to wish you all a Happy Holidays and look forward to welcoming you back in the New Year! ✨🎆

With love, Always and All ways,

The Gilbert & George Centre Team

✨ The Gilbert & George Centre Festive Gift Guide 2024 ✨

Discover our new Gift Guide and shop Gilbert & George gifts this festive period!

Featuring our new Jigsaw Puzzle which depicts Gilbert & George’s ‘FINDING GOD’ picture from their ‘1982 PICTURES’ group, along with the Gilbert & George Swear Box, and fun stocking stuffer badges.

You can shop online or visit the Gilbert & George Centre, where you will find exclusive merchandise available only at the Centre, including luxury porcelain items (candles and plates), and vinyl records.

FINDING GOD (1982) JIGSAW PUZZLE
£25.00

Available exclusively from the Centre, and in limited quantity, the puzzle depicts Gilbert & George’s ‘FINDING GOD’ picture from their ‘1982 PICTURES’ group.

During the 1980s, Gilbert & George saturated their pictures with colour. “How we actually coloured a picture was something we had to find out. At first, we only knew how to colour an individual panel. We only knew how to colour this one red, and this one, and leave these two not coloured. Then we started to discover with certain colours that we could colour black line, and the division between coloured and not coloured would be lost in the middle of the black line.”

THE GILBERT & GEORGE SWEAR BOX (2023)
£25.00

GILBERT & GEORGE LONDON PICTURES TOTE BAG
£10.00

‘ART FOR ALL’ Badge & Keyring Set
£5.00

2021 INKWASH BADGES Set of 6
£10.00

GILBERT & GEORGE: THE MEANING OF THE EARTH by WOLF JAHN *SIGNED*
£35.00

Dark Shadow (2024) – Limited Edition of 2,000
*Click & Collect only from the Centre*
£125.00

Gilbert & George created Dark Shadow in 1974 as a ‘living sculpture book’, the ‘result of our past three years of earnest daily thoughts, shadows, deeds, cares and pleasures.’ Featuring original text and artwork by Gilbert & George, the publication offers an unparalleled perspective on the early career of one of the twentieth century’s most significant artists. Like their art, Gilbert & George’s writing is irreverent, rebellious, often funny and deeply poetic. The book includes a letter to their readers and photographs by the artists of themselves, their home in East London and their pictures.

Hurtwood’s limited new edition of 2,000 marks its fiftieth anniversary. Each book has been individually hand marble and each is unique.
Kindly note shipping is not available, this item is Click & Collect only from The Gilbert & George Centre.

All proceeds benefit the Centre ensuring its door remains open to everyone with no ticket or entry fee, furthering Gilbert & George’s vision of an ‘Art For All’.

To ensure your gifts arrive on time, please order early:

– For UK delivery, place your order by Monday, December 18.
– For international delivery, please order by Monday, December 2.

Please note that we rely on third-party shipping partners. For any inquiries, email us at [email protected]

Don’t forget to sign up for our mailing list for updates on offers and new products.

Gilbert & George star on the front page of The Evening Standard in a special 1 in 4 exclusive covers by Chris Levine.

Everybody say Frieze…

To commemorate the world-famous art fair returning to London, light artist Chris Levine has created a new series for The Standard featuring some of Britain’s best living creatives – including Gilbert & George.

Here, he talks how about his portrait of the Queen went global, kicking bad habits and shooting our art greats – or pick up a copy on newsstands today (Thursday 10 October 2024) 🗞️

By popular demand, we are pleased to announce the release of the Centre’s first jigsaw puzzle.

Available exclusively from the Centre, and in limited quantity, the puzzle depicts Gilbert & George’s ‘FINDING GOD’ picture from their ‘1982 PICTURES’ group.

During the 1980s, Gilbert & George saturated their pictures with colour. In their own words, “How we actually coloured a picture was something we had to find out. At first, we only knew how to colour an individual panel. We only knew how to colour this one red, and this one, and leave these two not coloured. Then we started to discover with certain colours that we could colour black line, and the division between coloured and not coloured would be lost in the middle of the black line”.

The 1000-piece puzzle is available to purchase now exclusively from The Gilbert & George Centre and via our online shop. Shop here.

£25 each

Puzzle size: 48 x 69 cm
Box size: 33 x 20.5 x 5.5 cm

Suitable for age 3+

Made in the UK
Worldwide shipping available

Installation shot of ‘The Complete Pictures 1971-1985’ by Gilbert & George at Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels in 1986.

FINDING GOD (1982)

‘FINDING GOD’ was part of Gilbert & George’s touring exhibition ‘The Complete Pictures 1971-1985’ which was shown in Bordeaux, Basel, Brussels (depicted in the above image), Madrid, Munich, and at The Hayward Gallery, London from 1986 to 1987.

The exhibit spanned works by Gilbert & George’s from their first series ‘NATURE PIECES’ (1971) of London parks in black and white up until the bright and multi-coloured ‘NEW MORAL WORKS’ of 1985.

Just Announced! Gilbert & George will present their 21ST CENTURY PICTURES at the Hayward Gallery, London, opening 7 Oct 2025 – on view until 4 Jan 2026. 

Wishing our dear Gilbert a very happy birthday! 🎈

Image: Portrait of Gilbert by Rankin part of the 1990 shoot with Gilbert & George in their home and studio courtyard.

Photographer: @rankinarchive
©Rankin 

We are pleased to announce during Open House Festival 2024, the Centre will host Architect-led tours on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September, 11am – 12.30pm.

The architectural tours – led by SIRS Architects Co-Founder Manuel Irsara – will visit the building’s spaces and provide visitors with insights into the project’s history and its making.Tours will be free but booking is essential due to limited capacity. Book your tickets here.

SIRS Architects converted a former industrial building in London’s East End into Gilbert & George’s art foundation, breathing new life into the historic fabric of the area and seeking to immerse visitors in the unique realm of Gilbert & George through a sequence of spaces and built details.

The Centre will also be open to the public 11am – 6pm, during our Open House Festival 2024 drop in days: Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 September, and Wednesday 18 to Sunday 22 September. Visit Open House Festival for full details.