Welcome to Wandsworth

Queer Wandsworth Exhibition

Name: Queer Wandsworth Exhibition
Start: 2026-02-03T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-28T17:00:00+00:00

Date

Tue 3 - Sat 28 Feb 2026

No Booking Required

Queer lives have always been part of Wandsworth. They have been lived in theatres and libraries, parks and prisons, night-time spaces and every day spaces, even when hidden, criminalised or rarely recorded.

This exhibition explores how people have found belonging, creativity and resistance across the borough. It traces how power, protest, care and pleasure have shaped queer experience, and whose stories have been remembered - or overlooked - along the way.

Queer Wandsworth brings together fragments of these lives through objects, photographs, film, recorded voices, print culture and archival material. From performance and drag traditions rooted in music hall culture, to Pride events, queer nightlife in the borough, activist campaigns and fundraising, these materials show how people expressed identity, built visibility and created community in public and private spaces.

Alongside historic material, the exhibition at BAC includes a contemporary commission by artist Luca Bosani, responding to three stories from Wandsworth’s queer past. By grounding these histories in real places and lived lives, Queer Wandsworth invites you to see the borough as a landscape shaped by connection, courage and imagination.

This exhibition is divided into two spaces: Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) and Wandsworth Town Hall Library. Please check for individual venue opening times.

3 - 21 Feb 2026 | Battersea Arts Centre (BAC)

4 - 28 Feb 2026 | Wandsworth Town Library