Spotlight Tour

Join artist Hetain Patel for a 30 minute spotlight tour focused on his film Don’t Look at the Finger (2017), showing in Ikon’s current exhibition Friends in Love and War – L’Éloge des meilleur·es ennemi·es. Facilitated by Ikon Curatorial Fellow Amrit Sanghera.

This exhibition is supported by the British Council and is presented as part of UK/France Spotlight on Culture 2024 Together We Imagine, with additional support from Fluxus Art Projects and Birmingham City University.

About the artist

Hetain Patel is a London based artist and filmmaker. His films, sculptures, live performances, paintings and photographs have been shown worldwide in galleries, theatres and on iconic public screens including Piccadilly Circus, London and Times Square, New York. His works have been presented at the Venice Biennale, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing, Tate Modern and Sadler’s Wells, where he is a New Wave Associate.

Patel’s work exploring identity and freedom, using choreography, text and popular culture, appears in multiple formats and media, intended to reach the widest possible audience. His video and performance work online have been watched over 50 million times, which includes his 2013 TED talk ‘Who Am I? Think Again’.