By Appointment Only: Romani Art, Culture and Heritage

By Appointment Only: Romani art, culture and heritage opens in The Reflections Room at London Museum Docklands on Tuesday 25 November 2025. Co-curated by exhibiting artist Corrina Eastwood, it showcases the work of three British Romani artists, who share their identity and experiences through Romani visual activism.

Inspired by the trade and industry of London’s Docklands, the artworks on display honour the livelihoods, creativity and craft of Romani communities, and their contribution to British society. Steeped in personal memory, the display seeks to challenge stereotypes and presents a timeline of British Romani history – offering an invitation to foster better understanding and connection.

The display centres around 3 key works:

Sugar Coated (2025) by Corrina Eastwood
Artist, activist and writer Eastwood draws on her experience as a British Romani woman to highlight marginalised voices. In this deeply personal piece, she reflects on her heritage and memories of her late father, incorporating 3D-printed casts of his hands

Tap Your Heels Together Three Times (2025) by Delaine Le Bas
Le Bas’ practice explores belonging, gender, and modernity. In this piece, featuring her grandfather’s prize rosette, she draws on family history and Romani traditions such as totting and rag and bone. Through this work, she examines who society includes and excludes

What Makes a Home? (2025) by Dan Turner
South-east London artist and educator Turner, investigates the relationship between Romani and mainstream British culture. His installation presents objects made using traditional Romani crafts once sold door to door and questions whether such items are functional or decorative, permanent or fleeting

Alongside these works, a timeline by Romany author, archaeologist, broadcaster and award-winning filmmaker John-Henry Phillips, illustrates the history of the communities dating from the year 500 up to 2022. The Historic England film Searching for Romani Gypsy Heritage with John Henry Phillips (2024) and an oral history piece, both produced by John-Henry, contextualise the timeline and explore the resilience of the communities and how their stories live on today.

FREE Admission

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