Delaine Le Bas & Ronke Osinowo: NO performance for Un-Fair-Ground
Schedule
Sat May 30 2026 at 11:00 am to 11:30 am
UTC+01:00Location
The Whitworth | Manchester, EN
About this Event
To celebrate the last weekend of this fantastic exhibition, join us for a very exclusive performance from Delaine Le Bas and Ronke Osinowo. This will take place in the exhibition space itself for a fully immersive experience, exclusive to ticketholders.
The rest of the gallery will be open from 10am as normal, while the Delaine Le Bas exhibition will open to the public properly after the performance, at 12pm.
📅 Saturday 30 May 2026
⏰ 11am - 11:30am (doors open 10:45am)
📍Gallery 7, the Whitworth (limited capacity)
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*Please note: capacity for the performance is extremely limited and entry is first come, first served. Please arrive early. The performance will start promptly at 11am, and due to limited capacity in the performance gallery, latecomers will not be admitted.
About the venue
The Whitworth is an accessible venue with facilities to support you during your visit, and alongside this our visitor team will be on hand to assist you in the gallery. Find out more about planning your visit to the Whitworth and accessibility information for you.
If you’d like to speak to a team member about any access or additional needs, please get in touch with the gallery and we will be happy to assist you. Contact: [email protected] or telephone: 0161 275 7450.
Seating will not be provided for performance attendees, but there are foldable stools and walkers with inbuilt seats available for use during the performance and around the building. Please speak to one of the Visitor Team on arrival if you would like one.
About the artist
Delaine Le Bas (1965 Worthing, UK) studied at St. Martin's School of Art, London. A practising artist since 1988, she works with fabrics, film, performance, painting, photography and sculpture, creating large-scale immersive installations. She was one of sixteen artists who formed ‘Paradise Lost’ at the First Roma Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, 2007. She worked with her late husband, artist Damian Le Bas (1963-2017), on the installations ‘Safe European Home?’ and ‘Frontier De Luxe’. In 2017, they collaborated on the stage designs, costumes and texts for ‘Roma Armee’, Maxim Gorki Theatre, Berlin.
In 2015, she created the ongoing installation and performance work ‘Romani Embassy’. Her works were shown in the Prague Biennale in 2005 & 2007, the Venice Biennale in 2007, 2017, and 2023, the Gwangju Biennale in 2012, Critical Contemplations at Tate Modern in 2017, and the ANTI Athens Biennale in 2018. She has participated in all of the Berlin Herbstsalons, most recently in 2025.
In 2022, Le Bas was commissioned by Tate Liverpool for ‘Radical Landscapes’. She presented ‘The House of Le Bas Established: 1984’ at the Whitechapel Gallery Archive in 2023. Site-specific installation ‘Incipit Vita Nova’ was created for Secession Vienna in 2023. A major solo show, ‘Delainia17071965Unfolding’ opened at Tramway for Glasgow International in 2024. Delaine Le Bas was a nominee for the 40th Turner Prize, showing a new version of ‘Incipit Vita Nova’ at Tate Britain, London, from September 2024 to February 2025.
In 2025, Le Bas was in residence at ‘The White House’, Dagenham, for Create London, making the installation and performance work ‘A Stranger In Silver, Walking On Air’ and presented a solo exhibition of new work ‘+Fabricating My Own Myth Red Threads & Silver Needles’ at Newcastle Contemporary Art. She presented a solo booth installation at Frieze London, and she is an artist in residence at Celle Ligure in Genoa. In 2026, she will present ‘Un-Fair-Ground’ at the Whitworth in Manchester.
Public collections include The British Council, Musée des civilisations de lʼEurope et de la Méditerranée (MUCEM) and Brighton Museum and Art Gallery. The scenography, sculptural furniture, figures and performative elements of Delaine Le Bas’ installation works are supported by furniture designer and maker of objects, Lincoln Cato. She is represented by Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix.
About Ronke Osinowo - performer Ronke Osinowo (b.1973) is a British Nigerian artist based in London. Raised in a Romany household, their multidisciplinary practice spans written text, imagery and performance. Their work examines identities that exist beyond the confines of traditional class structures, often focusing on the liminal, the dislocated and the uncanny. Ronke has collaborated with Delaine throughout the years in various guises, with notable performances in ‘To Gypsyland’ (2013) at 198 Contemporary, ‘Stranger in Silver Walking on Air ‘(2025) at The White House and ‘+Fabricating My Own Myth Red Threads & Silver Needles’ (2025) at Newcastle Contemporary Art.
Photo by James Speakman.
Where is it happening?
The Whitworth, Oxford Road, Manchester, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 0.00 to GBP 5.00
