The techniques and materials that Carey Mortimer uses are quintessential to her work. The paintings have their beginnings far beyond the first brush strokes; with pigments being ground from collected rocks, coral and burnt vines, ink taken from local cuttlefish. Carey is a contemporary British painter who uses these ancient techniques to convey her very […]
This exhibition of work by Prunella Clough (1919 – 1999) and Alan Reynolds (1926 – 2014), brings together two of the most important figures in twentieth-century British painting, exploring between them, figuration, abstraction, cubism, ‘concrete’ art, and collage. Prunella Clough is widely regarded as one of the most singular and significant British artists of the […]
DATES TBC This exhibition is a rare chance to experience two of Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Rooms. These immersive installations will transport you into Kusama’s unique vision of endless reflections. Infinity Mirrored Room – Filled with the Brilliance of Life is one of Kusama’s largest installations to date and was made for her 2012 retrospective at the […]
This exhibition of new works by Bronwyn Katz is titled ‘I turn myself into a star and visit my loved ones in the sky’. It includes ten new sculptures that deal with materiality, narrative and social history and addresses how each of these are intrinsically interconnected. Her thinking is developed around ‘earth matter: its origins […]
p- ool- s o-f t- he ou- t- l- ine- s incorporates a score titled Knives (2017), collaboratively produced by Anna Barham through computer and human reading processes. The score contains over a hundred versions of a short passage from Vampyroteuthis Infernalis, by the Brazilian Czech-born philosopher, writer and journalist, Vilém Flusser. The book presents a speculative investigation of the vampire squid to consider human and […]
Group Show with Cigdem Aky, Jack Bidewell, Gabriela Giroletti, Emilia Kina, Adeline de Monseignat, Natascha Schmitten, Alisa Sikelianos-Carter, Panos Tsagaris, Adia Wahid. In the context of art, the ancient Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi is often defined as a kind of flawed beauty, an appreciation for the anomalies that arise in nature or during the process […]
Curtiss’ first exhibition in London, featuring new paintings, works on paper and sculptures. Curtiss’ paintings are carefully composed, framed and cropped with a cinematographic instinct for arresting image and a keen eye for the absurdities of everyday life. With their saturated colour, crisp detail, and scenarios which are at once banal and bizarre, they have […]
Hilary Pecis paints kaleidoscopic portraits of her Los Angeles environs, spanning interior scenes, cityscapes, still lifes and landscape paintings, that draw from photographs and memories. Piecemeal Rhythm is Pecis’ first solo exhibition in the U.K. The title of the exhibition references the cadences of daily life depicted in Pecis’s paintings, where the casual disarray of […]
Mélanie Matranga's films, installations and sculptures are at once intimate and elegiac. Her work asks fraught and timely questions about images and memory, privacy and proximity. Titled 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, the artist presents works that were made over the last year. At a time when we have become accustomed to confinement and isolation, 0, 1, 2, […]
The exhibition brings together a group of new site specific paintings and works on paper by Sara Hughes, a series of large-scale flower paintings, which hangs together in the Nave, a vast space at the heart of the Museum. For this exhibition, Hughes takes a more pointed approach to the imaginative landscapes that have defined her […]
WOW: Women Only Works on Paper, a display of over 50 watercolours and pastels complemented by etchings and screen prints. The artists Vanessa Bell, Winifred Knights, Ithell Colquhoun, Annie French, Lucy Kemp-Welch, Thérèse […]
Celebrated Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos creates vibrant, often monumental sculpture, using fabric, needlework and crochet alongside everyday objects from saucepans to wheel hubs. She frequently uses items associated with domestic work and craft to comment from a feminist perspective on national and collective identity, cultural tradition and women’s roles in society.
Digging deeper into the stories told in Constance Spry and the Fashion for Flowers; this online exhibition looks at Spry’s ground-breaking career, remarkable life, and the legacy she has left in floristry and beyond. Get to know the doyenne of flowers through films, articles and interviews with Spry experts and admirers, including memories from those who worked […]
Arnolfini presents a major retrospective of the work of photographer Jo Spence (1934 – 1992), drawn from The Hyman Collection, one of the most comprehensive collections of Spence’s works in the world. Spence is well known for her highly politicised approach to photography and the representation of her own struggles with cancer. From Fairy Tales to Phototherapy focuses on […]
One of the great pioneers of abstraction, Sonia Delaunay was a key figure in the Parisian avant-garde, and one of the most influential female artists of her time. She is known for her sense of depth and movement and her bold approach to colour. Bastian’s forthcoming exhibition brings together a number of works from her […]
Somnambulist, is an exhibition by Karin Gulbran, who initially trained as a painter, and then turned her interests towards ceramics during the early stages of her career. She shifts seamlessly […]
With a career spanning six decades, graphic designer Margaret Calvert has produced timeless work that we see everywhere — often without realising it, as her work shapes much of our national visual […]
How can we transform our relationship with nature? This group exhibition and artist led research project unearths and interrogates our connection with our habitats and ecosystems, both global and local. Artists […]
The Tourists explores themes of tourism and ecology, our relationship to images, architecture and place, destruction and loss. Working in painting, sculpture and digital media, this exhibition brings together a group of Ellen Harvey’s […]
For centuries, women’s artwork was neglected, their careers thwarted, and their achievements forgotten. Yet, despite the obstacles they faced, many persisted in making art. Drawing from our rich holdings of […]