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NOW OPEN! ‘Our George Crompton, WORLDS and WINDOWS by Gilbert & George’ 🎉

The Gilbert & George Centre is pleased to present ‘Our George Crompton, WORLDS and WINDOWS by Gilbert & George’ – a moving tribute to the artists’ close friend, George Crompton, who sadly passed away in September 2025.

The exhibition features the triptych ‘CROMPTON STREET’ from ‘THE NEW NORMAL PICTURES’ (2020), presented publicly for the first time. Alongside this tribute, Postcard Art from ‘THE URETHRA POSTCARD ART’ (2009) and the ‘WORLDS AND WINDOWS’ (1989) – rarely exhibited and on view for the first time since 1990 – are on view in the Beam and Lower Galleries.

“The most famous Crompton in history is, not surprisingly, the author of the Just William books (Richmal Crompton). The other Crompton, our George, was a little bit like the character in the book. Naughty but nice. He’s living on in the pictures.”
— Gilbert & George, 2026

Also on view in the film room is Day Tripping, a film trilogy by director Iain B. MacDonald which follows the artists’ journeys from their East End studio to the Essex coastline of Southend-on-Sea.

Visit the Centre with FREE admission, Thursday–Sunday, 11AM – 17:45PM.

📍 The Gilbert & George Centre
5a Heneage Street, London, E1 5LJ (just off Brick Lane)