# Event Details - **Event Name**: Private View: Xanthe Somers, Yacout Hamdouch & James Barnor - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 01 Jul, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 01 Jul, 2026 at 08:30 pm - **Event Description**: An exhibition which comprises large scale ceramics, vibrant paintings and stimulating photography.About this EventOctober Gallery presents, Poetic Threads , which pairs stimulating new works by Zimbabwean ceramicist, Xanthe Somers, with colourful paintings by Moroccan artist Yacout Hamdouch, who is exhibiting at the gallery for the first time. In our second gallery space, a Spotlight on selected photographic works by internationally renowned photographer, James Barnor, complements this vital and energetic exhibition.The exhibition will be opened at 7.15 pm by Dr. Christine Checinska, Senior Curator in Africa and Diaspora: Textiles and Fashion, Victoria & Albert Museum.Xanthe Somers presents Carer, Cleaner, Mother, Maker, a series exploring women’s labour, colonial histories and eco-racist practices in the Global South. Combining pottery, basketry and textiles, Somers develops a distinctive visual language inspired by Zimbabwean weaving traditions. Her hand-coiled ceramic forms are punctured, distorted and painted, referencing grass basketry, blankets and domestic textiles associated with care and labour. Through these works, she highlights the often-overlooked stories carried within women’s craft traditions while using weaving as a metaphor for social cohesion and its fragility.Yacout Hamdouch exhibits works from her series Poetic Landscapes and Fertile Rainbows, exploring memory, emotion and human connection through layered compositions of colour and form. Organic shapes subtly referencing the female body move between abstraction and landscape, evoking fleeting experiences and emotional states.The exhibition is further enriched by photographs by James Barnor, whose six-decade career documented newly independent Ghana and 1960s London. His celebrated images capture African identity, culture and diaspora histories, and continue to inspire generations of photographers today. is open from 2nd July - 15th August, 2026.October Gallery Trust has nurtured and promoted extraordinary artists from a multitude of cultures — long before such global perspectives became common practice. The gallery has been widely valued as a nexus for artistic, intellectual and ecological collaboration, supported by a rich cross-cultural education programme. As we look ahead, we do so with the same pioneering spirit that defined our beginnings.Your support helps us continue offering individuals and communities a welcoming, globally minded oasis. A small donation of £5 will help preserve our historic gallery as a sanctuary for creativity, ecology and learning. Please donate by clicking the link here. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/private-view-xanthe-somers-yacout-hamdouch-and-james-barnor/100001990879471091 - **Event Categories**: art, nonprofit, exhibitions, photography, fine-arts - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes - Location: October Gallery - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: October Gallery - **lat**: 51.5207102 - **long**: -0.12187070000004496 - **full address**: October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester St, London, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Private View: Xanthe Somers, Yacout Hamdouch & James Barnor - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/a0241486f71d1973433b4eb6a9e0fefb7bb18d9f5852410bbd56b96e6e87be8e-rimg-w1200-h600-dceb8d7a-gmir.jpg?v=1781074214 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Private View: Xanthe Somers, Yacout Hamdouch & James Barnor being held? - **A:** Private View: Xanthe Somers, Yacout Hamdouch & James Barnor takes place on Wed, 01 Jul, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 01 Jul, 2026 at 08:30 pm at October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester St, London, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Private View: Xanthe Somers, Yacout Hamdouch & James Barnor? - **A:** Private View: Xanthe Somers, Yacout Hamdouch & James Barnor is organized by October Gallery. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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