Editor of Wallpaper, TF Chan will be joined by theVOV’s co-creators as we look back at Season One.

TF will explore the realisation of theVOV, drilling down into why and how the initiative came about and also discuss the inherent collectivism that the project creates. theVOV’s creators will also discuss the capacity of theVOV as a tool to be used by all and look to how theVOV might look for Season Two and beyond…

theVOV is joined by Artist Ibrahim Mahama, Architect Sumayya Vally, Alistair Hudson Director of The Whitworth and Senior Curator at the Whitworth Dominique Heyse-Moore, as they explore the ways in which we interact with art and architecture and the potential of designed spaces as catalysts for social engagement. Moderated by Director of The Whitworth and Manchester Art Gallery, Alistair Hudson…

Art and science are often considered to be in opposition to each other; the subjective vs the objective, fact vs fiction. However, as we learn more about how the brain functions and begin to harness creative output to maximise its effect on the mind, new advances in both disciplines are bringing the two closer than ever before.

In this panel discussion, theVOV brings together psychologist and neuroscientist Daphna Shohamy and Vesna Petresin, transdisciplinary artist and thinker, to discuss the connection between art and the brain, touching on the role of narrative, construction, and memory in the creative process…

The Metaverse is a collective virtual shared space, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space, including the sum of all virtual worlds, augmented reality, and the Internet. This event will explore how the metaverse’s dimensions range across artificial cyber creators that invent human culture, to humans that create exclusively cyber culture…

theVOV is delighted to welcome Queercircle for an exploratory conversation about the future of safe digital spaces for LGBTQ+ people. Led by Queercircle Founder & Director Ashley Joiner, Gemma Rolls Bentley and Nuka Nayu, the panel will explore the potential for technology to provide safety beyond a physical world and the role that it can play in building a global inclusive community.

For theVOV Season One, the Showroom presents ‘Collective Intimacy - Reviving a Live Programme’ in collaboration with Prada and The Vinyl Factory. The exhibition takes us on a journey in which multiple and trans-located narratives of the current Black experience and their futuristic imaginaries are the point of departure for a cosmopolitan view of the world…

‘The stage as a home, the home as a stage’. This virtual workshop takes inspiration from Linder’s The House of Fameexhibition and her Chatsworth House residency (2017-18) as an invitation to explore the cultural influences and personal histories that make your ‘home’.

Join Clare Grafik, Head of Exhibitions at The Photographer's Gallery as she recaptures Jan Svoboda's exhibition, first shown at the gallery in 1982.

Join Clare Lilley of Yorkshire Sculpture Park in conversation with artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, where they delve into his landmark exhibition FABRIC-ATION (2013).

Join co-curator Hikari Yokoyama as they take us on a tour of Sarabande’s show Corpus Mentis (2021) acting as a lens by which the viewer can peer into the world of exhibiting artists.

Join the Showroom for a lunchtime tour of their exhibition 'Collective Intimacy – Reviving a Live Programme' on theVOV.

Join artist Katie Paterson, Director of the Turner Contemporary Victoria Pomery OBE, and Senior Curator Fiona Parry, for a tour of Katie Paterson & JMW Turner: A place that exists only in moonlight (2019)

In a time of deep uncertainty, we turn to art to provide a new lens for understanding our present moment. After a turbulent and confusing year, artists are helping us make sense of the challenges our communities faced and how to move forward on a clear path. During this multimedia webinar FS partners with theVOV’s new virtual arts ecosystem to connect the dots between art and the key cultural conversations of the moment…

Join Nottingham Contemporary Director, Sam Thorne, for a lunchtime tour of Linder's House of Fame. Uncover Linder's exploration of 'fame', inspired by a Chaucer dream poem, where the goddess Fame can hear everything in the world.

Join curator Natasha Hoare, as we take a deeper look at Goldsmith CCA's revival on theVOV of Tony Cokes' vibrant video works and hear a polyphony of voices.

Join Clarrie Wallis, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at Tate, for a tour of Art Now: Lisa Brice on theVOV.

theVOV Presents An in conversation with Carol Eliel, Margot Heller and Yayoi Shionoiri

Join YSP Director, Clare Lilley, for a Q&A surrounding Yinka Shonibare CBE's Wind Sculpture VII.

Continuing Saraband’s events with theVOV, we are taking a walk down memory-lane with Ai-Da, the world's first ultra-realistic robot artist! 

Join Alistair Hudson and Dominique Heyse-Moore, as they take us on a tour of theVOV's presentation of The Whitworth's virtual exhibition 'Ibrahim Mahama: Parliament of Ghosts'.

Get ready to experience the first ever virtual life drawing class of a digital gender- neutral avatar. Join Sarabande, dust off your pens and pencils and prepare to make history!

Join Director Margot Heller for a lunchtime tour of Chris Burden at the South London Gallery (2006).

Join artist Hanna Tuulikki and curator Emma Gillespie for a lunchtime tour of Hanna Tuulikki: SING SIGN: a close duet on theVOV.

Join curators Eddie Chambers and Melanie Pocock for a tour of Ikon's 2013 exhibition Hurvin Anderson: Reporting Back.

Join artist Marc Bauer and Co-Director of Drawing Room Mary Doyle as they take us on a tour of Drawing Room’s virtual exhibition ‘Mal Ȇtre/Performance (2019)’.

For theVOV Unites series, world-renowned Irish Artist John Gerrard will explore the future of NFTs and their position within the changing landscape of the art world. Having worked in ‘digital art’ for the last two decades, Gerrard will discuss the moral, societal, political and environmental implications of the NFT and discuss his new work ‘Western Flag (NFT)’ dedicated to the support of soil restoration and post petroleum agricultural practices in Ireland.

In celebration of Earth Day 2021, join representatives of Botanical Gardens from around the world; Lucia Pietroiusti, Curator of General Ecologies at the Serpentine Galleries; and artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg as they look at the emerging relationship between Art and Botany.

Join Artist Pio Abad and Art Historian Dr Dorothy Price for a virtual tour of Spike Island's 2020 exhibition 'Pacita Abad: Life in the Margins'.

Join Ralph Rugoff the Director of the Hayward Gallery of London as he takes us on a tour of Hayward Gallery’s exhibition ‘Andreas Gursky’ (2018).