Virtual Beauty exhibition at Somerset House

BGUK_3302657 - Running from 23 July to 28 September 2025 at The Terrace Rooms, as part of Somerset House’s 25th birthday programme, Virtual Beauty explores how digital culture is reshaping our understanding of beauty and identity - offering fresh perspective on an urgent subject. Curated by Gonzalo Herrero Delicado, Mathilde Friis, and Bunny Kinney, and featuring over 20 international artists working across sculpture, photography, installation, and video, Virtual Beauty delves into the influence of artificial intelligence, social media, and digital avatars on self-image, and questions who holds the power to define beauty. Artworks photographed: - Ines Alpha 'I'd rather be a cyborg' ( 2024 ) - Hyunkkoo Lee 'Altering Facial Features with WH5' ( 2010 ) - Ben Cullen Williams in collaboration with Isamaya Ffrench 'Past Life' - Michael Wallinger, 'Interactive Body Synthesis' ( 2022 )