Dead Darlings is thrilled to mark their 20th anniversary with a special exhibition and auction in collaboration with W139.

A two-week exhibition, including over eighty artworks, happenings, a plethora of archival materials and an extended auction event. We can’t wait to share with you what has been twenty years of fun, surprises, commitment, creativity and hard work.

The title for Dead Darling’s much-anticipated 20th anniversary event, In It Together, this December at W139, serves less as an explicit theme for our upcoming auction and more as a reminder of their origins — a return to form, a rallying cry to our community and the art lovers around us. Dead Darlings XX — In It Together is a signifier of a shared experience, signalling that sense of unity, solidarity, and mutual support that, as a collective, they have always relied on, are grateful for, and wish to highlight and celebrate in this very special 20th anniversary edition of Dead Darlings.

To celebrate this milestone, not only will there be a full-length auction day that will include a show and auction of up to 80 selected artworks, ending in an old-school W139 bash, but in the weeks leading up to it, there will be panel discussions, t-shirt silk-screening sessions, and a big archival show that will include 20 years worth of Dead Darlings anecdotes, films, images, and a fabulous display of all back catalogues and publications.