The Grief Gallery presents exhibitions, installations and events featuring the belongings of loved ones lost during international design festivals, including NYCxDESIGN, the London Design Festival and DesignTO (Toronto).

After independent curator Charlene Lam lost her mother suddenly in 2013, she leaned into her creativity and curatorial instincts to guide herself through grief. Faced with the impossible task of emptying out her mother's dream house, she asked herself:

"If I were to curate an exhibition about my mother, which 100 objects would I choose?"

That question -- "If I were to curate an exhibition about my mother, which 100 objects would I choose?" -- was the key to making progress with her mom's belongings, moving through her grief and moving forward with her own life. It was also the seed for The Grief Gallery, with the first exhibition incorporating her mom's belongings taking place in London in 2015.

In the years since, through The Grief Gallery, her work as a certified grief coach and her Curating Grief framework, she spotlights the objects left behind after a loved one dies as a powerful source of connection, awareness and healing. 

This is The Grief Gallery's core belief:

We are ALL curators after a loved one dies.

Last Wednesday of every month at 2pm ET (NYC) / 7pm UK time

Part of the Reimagine End of Life Event Calendar

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