Exhibitions, publishing, licensing and archive news from British Culture Archive.
Exhibitions • Tate Britain • 2026
Works by photographers represented by British Culture Archive will feature in Tate Britain’s forthcoming exhibition The 90s: Art and Fashion, which opens in October 2026.
Publishing • May 2026
British Culture Archive’s forthcoming Tish Murtha publication will launch alongside the major retrospective exhibition at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art.
Exhibitions • Barcelona • May 2026
British Culture Archive is presenting 25 works at Brit Under Fest in Barcelona, forming a major photographic presence at the first edition of the festival.
Licensing • Philharmonie de Paris • April 2026
BCA licensed images from George Wilson’s celebrated 1980s amusement arcade series in Herne Bay, for inclusion in the Philharmonie de Paris exhibition Video Games & Music.
Licensing • Music • March 2026
British Culture Archive licensed four Nick Wynne photographs for cover artwork by Bleech 9:3, the alt-rock band signed to Polydor Records.
News • February 2026
Photographs by Tish Murtha were used across Sam Fender’s People Watching record artwork, bringing Murtha’s North East documentary photography to a wide contemporary audience.
Licensing • National Gallery of Victoria • December 2025
British Culture Archive licensed Tony Davis’s Ravers at The Eclipse, Coventry, 1991 to the National Gallery of Victoria for its major Westwood | Kawakubo exhibition in Melbourne.
Licensing • Museum of Liverpool • October 2025
British Culture Archive licensed selected photographs by Alex Hurst for Curly Blows, Cuts and Curlers, a Museum of Liverpool display exploring hair, identity and community in the city.
Publishing • Assouline • August 2025
A photograph by Jeanie Jean, represented by British Culture Archive, has been featured in London Chic, published by Assouline as part of its Classics Collection.
Publishing • Manchester University Press • August 2024
British Culture Archive licensed a Jon Shard photograph from Flesh at The Haçienda for the paperback cover of Queer beyond London, published by Manchester University Press.
Publishing • Thames & Hudson • April 2024
A photograph by Nick Wynne, represented by British Culture Archive, was licensed for inclusion in Stephen Ellcock’s Thames & Hudson book Elements.
Licensing • Chanel • December 2023
British Culture Archive supplied archive imagery connected to Manchester’s music and cultural history for Chanel’s 2023/24 Métiers d’art show in Manchester.
Music • Chris Hunt • December 2023
Photographs from Chris Hunt’s Beeton Grove series were used as projected stage backdrops during Johnny Marr’s 2023 live performances of Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me.
Archive News • Tish Murtha • November 2023
A look at British Culture Archive’s involvement in presenting and promoting the work of photographer Tish Murtha.
Community • George Shepherd • May 2023
British Culture Archive donated a framed George Shepherd print to Trafford General Hospital, marking the hospital’s connection to the history of the NHS and its place in Greater Manchester’s social history.
Publishing • Manchester University Press • April 2023
Anne Worthington’s photograph Walkway Kids, Grey Mare Lane, Beswick, 2001, sourced through British Culture Archive, was selected for the front cover of David Scott’s Mancunians, published by Manchester University Press.
Collaboration • January 2022
The Patrons Project is an initiative to foster collaboration, creativity, and community between artists and creatives across Northern England. Each project has limited edition packaging art and information about the collaboration on the reverse side of the peel-and-reveal label.
Licensing • Publishing • July 2021
A photograph by Thomas Blower, represented by British Culture Archive, was licensed for the cover of Tom Benn’s award-winning Bloomsbury novel Oxblood.
Exhibitions • Science and Industry Museum • June 2021
British Culture Archive collaborated with the Science and Industry Museum on Use Hearing Protection: The Early Years of Factory Records, presenting a dedicated BCA display of photographs documenting Manchester during the period in which Factory Records emerged.
Exhibitions • September 2020
A number of photographers connected with British Culture Archive were included in Facing Britain, the major touring exhibition exploring British documentary photography.