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Tom Hunter’s photography work is featured in THE LONG NOW: SAATCHI GALLERY AT 40, exhibition 5 November 2025 – 26 April 2026 https://www.saatchigallery.com Celebrating four decades of ground-breaking contemporary art, The Long Now is an expansive group show presenting new works by iconic artists closely associated with the Gallery’s dynamic history, alongside fresh voices from a new generation.Spanning tw

Photographer Tom Hunter and filmmaker-archivist Leonie Rousham join us to discuss the role of artists in documenting housing activism. Thursday, Mar 19 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Free event but please follow link to book a space https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-conversation-with-tom-hunter-and-leonie-rousham-tickets-1983550725616?aff=oddtdtcreator Drawing on their own experiences of photographing 1990s squatting commun

A Life in the Work of Others with Tom Hunter A dynamic discussion with artist Tom Hunter on the works which have shaped his creative journey, thinking process, and sense of place and purpose in the world 8-930pm Thursday the 12th of March 2026 Free event but follow the link a space https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/Qxa04zAyG9/a-life-in-the-work-of-others-with-tom-hunter-mar-2026?srsltid=AfmBOorSv8tgPqkBAyWiizfncSoUC8_aw9QD

Tom hunter shows in the group exhibition ‘City Glitch’ in Hackney, London 15th December 2024 until 4th January 2025 Free Entry https://theycometheysittheygo.co.uk/ Tom Hunter is showing his large scale pinhole photograph of ‘The ‘Rio’ Cinema with a renowned of group of London artist at the ‘They Come they sit they go’ project space at the Hackney gallery Finch in London. Othe

Tom Hunter talks to Between the Ears and Debbie Kilbride from BBC Radio 3, for The Ballad of The Hackney Mole Man, William Lyttle https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0024m84 You can hear my dulcet tones along with the great Iain Sinclair and others discussing the life of The Mole Man, art and Hackney life. Great stories of old Hackney. “I’m just a man who loves to dig”, said William Lyttle, an Irish civil engineer who